North Carolina Newspapers

N ----- THE WILMINGTON JOUBNAL .1. i.'ESClXIIAltD, Editor nnd rrop. - - 1 l j: .r One Siiuaieoaa.we-V7.7; oo rW''' Att rETTTTR OT Kr?IXT:Sf MtT Ft . ADTRFT. ' One square, two week.'.". . . . . . .,.. .. One Square, on. otu. ........... ......j 2 , One Square, three month. ; ; 7 00 O" Square, lxotbi.i,, 18 00 Aiditionl 8iuaroi ut proper tlownl Mt. ; A Square U einal to tt.x n.- rr of ad vertising type. ; r - ; f! i , Cftdf, nvartably In ndTftftce. ,. TtBMS OF SmSCHXPTIOJi : . Till PAlLY JOTJKNAL is mailed to tub , i'ibert Eioitt I)OLt.ns per siniura ; Forn i ...- for bix saentUs ; Sventv-m.vb Cexts month lor shorter period. TTLE fl'EKKIA JOURNAL t Two r,j.- ns pot aBio i C' 1vlt.ai: for rtx mittb?. MiubBcriptimreceiToti to theWEEKLV fortes hau six months. Vol. 28. WIWIIXGTOX, N O., FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1S72 No. 10. i b a i i a i v m art n n M IN, h - hi .at : II I u aaitlmmgton Jounml WHUIf tiTOX. V. 1. : FRIDAY, MARCH '22, 1S7'2. U"ntt -n. Prarsoi. Iov renrwn. The recent decision of tho Supreme curt of tho lTnited States in the rae of ; Iv Wirain;.to!i arid Wehlon Hailroatl Com pany vs. Keid, v.Lidi y:z pnUished 011 jes rday, at last puts an end to a painful cose '1' ' alleged "judicial infiuViordi'iatin"' in x"oih Carolina. Tlie case ia brief ?- as fiOlows: llcid, the Sheriff of Halir.ix county, l:ad distrained ;tnd was about 10 sell an engine belonging to the "Wilmington ar.d Wddou Kailroad 'onrpany for t.nx.-s lovied under an the Hadica! J.fisUturft in The Company all in conflict with if I that t hi.5 act. was charter, &r., aud prayed, aiconc; other thine?, for an in junction acain.Nt the fherifl' lestrainhis liimlr-om. selling the euglnc. Ills Honor, hiile Waits granted the injunction, u hereupon the Sheriir app?alcd. and the rns went Itefore th" Supreme Court at i.'nlcih. , Aff r heating tho argujjiont ou i'fth ,siJo&- J ho Ccurt, Chief Justice f'KAnsox delivrriufx tlio opinion, overruled 1 he deer? ion of Jud; Watts. There upon, the case v. as hy vril of error, tar ried up to the Supreme Court of the I'niled States to ascertain wheflvr the act id' the Radical Legislature passed hi March lc60 was not in iolulion of that provision in the Constitution of tho United States which declares that no State shall p.is3 any law? impairing U.o obligation of contracts. Mr. Justice Davjs delivered the opinion i f the Court, ;nd tleclared in the most em phatic terms that tho no; of the Legislature icferred to was clearly unconstitutional, and accordingly reverted the decision 01 Thief Justice l'KAicsox. and aflinned that nfllis Honor. Ju-IWati s. n many aecoitnts this is a notable case :. us in North Carolina. It .shows that Iboro has, at last, been found a tribunal iwfore whoco i,ar Chief Jur-tice rrtArtsox ; and his associates, the so-called Supiomc Court of; North Carolina, can be brought for judgment. In this connection it will i.r readily remenibered that it was through I ihe iuferpooltloa of his Jlouor, Judge' i'i:ooKS, also of the I'ederal Court, that this same Chief Justice IV.aksox was gal vanised, and the exlmustetl X'ow ers of his ouit renewed during the Kirk war. bo that whether our Chief Justice refuses to act, or whether ho acts -wron fully or more properly speaking, o !i Judge Mooni:, in ubordinately, the United States Judiciary equal to tho emergency. It is pleasing, too, to think how great relief it must have afforded Judge Watts to ha acquitted of '.he charge of"jiKueSal insubordination." "We imagine that tho luxury of having his opinion sustained by a higher Court. wa,s rather a n jw fc0nsnt.':i with a Judge who could preface an opinion by declaring he would give the jury the best he had in his shop,"" and who could define a lawful fence lobe ono horse high, pig tight and bull strong."' We leave his Honor to the enjoy ment of his victory over his Commander-in-Chief, the Chief Justice. There is another thing remarkable about this opinion of Mr. Justice Davis, in view of the fact that he is now the Labor Re form candidate tor the Presidency, and that is hi niter reckless disregard of the politi cal effect of his judicial action. Regarded simply as a "contest between Watts and Pkaesox, Judge Davis would seem to have made a political blunder in overrul- .' 1114 Peaksox. In the lirst place, Watts i-. an humble man, accustomed to being overruled, ami has but little Hl:tieal intlu ''ncc. i'E Alisox is arrogant and dict atorial as a Judge, controls his four associates, is un-a'-customed tu being overruled, and is with .d. one of the shrewlesi, most unscrnpu !ou3 and 'persistent and. influential oiiti cians in the State. Yet in spite of all this, Mr. Justice Da vis ovoriulcs the man who has live votes, and sustains th inan who has onlv one vol''! In tlie language of r.n.EY SMiTU.tiiisis "buliy": for Davis as a d.ide. but it is very bad for hint as a prb 1 ieim: Aud.. .then iho l.iih'css le.inafr in which the northern giant jurist bruslics away tle little SonMtern tlr buztfng about Iris great'. fudkials ear! lhv 1 ttK- Wati v. ill swell when ho :onirehonil3 it I -V big bull dog conhi not lift his leg oi er a fi-- c with more contt mpt'jou.s vnvrhu'.a.ncc than tliat with which Jude Da vi?treats Jud-jC 'i . U-ox. Hear him I V he! Tli" General Assonv;v North Car olina toid the AVilmingtc-u and v Cidon . iailroad conit any, in lav-po'iff in. icfu'rh. v ow can flr?7nid'i'fita"'1, tliat if they would complete the work rf internal improvement ;-r which they were, incorporate!, their ( property and tlie. shares of their storJ-ihold-- rs should If fore-'-or CTcmjit from taxa 1 ion. rrrtofiUy require ,o vsyuuxent to '(Ofc ttid'a fii:Jrv!'f corporation cantwt icrforut. thc functions for which .it was created without ow ning rolling stock, and. a limited quantity of real csuue, aud that these are embraced in the general term property. It is insisted, however, tliat the tax on the franchise is 'something entirely distinct from the property of the corporation and that the Legislature, therefore, was rot in hibited from taxing if. 77s j.o.v.'oji, ;.s rqvttlhj vron.1 "' the other '''"" f.'"S ratr. : . ...... It ix-nw.Vt: to vrffiic the point further i. ,- ua i..'Tiljrion in contro iev did impair the obligation of the con- tract, which the General Assembly f -North Carolina made wun me piaiu- tiff i-A error, aud it lo-urns u.at iu- i . . a m;bt airular squabble for Rail nnt of the Sm.rciuc Court must be re- . i , vt-r?cd. .. .. , . Exit ltARcX ! I'oor Fearsox !! ' It needed not Clark vs. Stanley to complete thine undoing, ahere is no room tor thee now upon i t lie Tiench of the Supremo Court of the United States ! Only at Raleigh and at Richmond Hill ait thou sovereign ! Thou ait Leard' at Washington nly to be uubbed ! i s Alas! alas! what a change! Time, wis w hen the opinions of Ihe .Su preme. Cou,rt of North Carolina were heard viith resnect. j'veu in Vennnter .-aits can ' Hall. Anil now'.' (Ita.A'V S.w W guess better at me guess than Hie Cliicf: Justice ofthrt State can rule aft :r able ar- j gument and mature rollectioD, aided by King Leah and William Shaksfcare ! In his opinion, Chief Justice Peahson says the act of fhe Legi'lature is Constitu-"! tional 4 unless lihe Kinp; Leah the State has divested itself of all of the attiihutes , of sovereignty and divided the kingdom j amonjj nnerateful children. We leg leave to suggest to the sago of Richmond Hill that his difficulty may have originated just, hop: for the reason that the Federal Court was unable : to appreciate the value of Kin Leah's case in a Court of Law, or the correctness of Wm.Shakspeareas a Reporter. If the North Carolina Chief Justice, had st uck lo Lis , old fishionedaud more apt illustrations, and ' had declared in his uwn familiar phra?e ' that when his lladical brethren attempted to tax these Railroads, they had '-"waked up the wrong ia3senc;cr,' or had got the 1 wrong sow by the car," he. would havo had belter luck. We repecifully suggest to ( the Chief Justice that the next time he attempts to overrule Judge Watts, he had ! better let ; fine wiitinst " alone. Alas ! j ror Pkakon". We wish not lo exult in thy humiliation, but if we should do so, we frankly confess the sin f it and ray. " it's nniiibtv. but it's nice." 1 Official Corruption. Fraud and peculation, dishonesty Hd corruption in eve ry possible form, have be corno so common that they have come to be considered almost inseparably incident to onioe-holdiug. In the better days of the Republic -charges of official corruption against high public functionaries were promptly repelled and generally disproved. The slightest insinuation against the in tegrity of a public man was sufllcicnt to make him demand, as a matter of right and just ice, a thorough, full and complete investigation and rrpo.w r f his official con duct. The result w as, that honesty being the. rule and dishonesty being the exception to official conduct, a mere charge of official corruption was not sufficient to affect the reputation of even the humblest public servaut. It is a matter of profound regret to every true man to know that this state rf things no longer exists. Investigations are now no longer sought by accused officers as measures cf simple iustice to themselves, but are obtained on ly after long and persistent clamor by the accusers. The Senate of the United states, con- ; t rolled bj.thc friends of the Administration, , j resisted for weeks the demand for an iu- i vestigation into the frauds committed by ; ! tne olhcers ortho Custom House m ISew York city: resisted for weeks the demand , . tor investigation into the unlawlul sales ol arms to a Foreign Government at war with ; another friendly Foreign Government. Investigation, open, public investigation, j so long regarded as a sure and trusty I means of defence, is now regarded and u'ed ' only as a weapon for attack. From this but one resuit could follow j thc gravest charge against the highest dig- i nitary if, indeed, the word dignitary in ! this day and generation be applicable to . any office holder needs only to be made ' to be believed. Nor can it be said, truthfully, that tin ' state of things results from a prurient, de- j praved, scandal, si mder-loving public sen- ; timent. It results from a continuous aceiniiula- tion aud aggregation of proof, that, increas ing clay by day for years past, has at last driven from the hearts of men all belief in official integrity. Nor do we, in this connection. refer es- peciully to Southern officials or the repute in which they are held by the people they plunder. It is a sad slate of affairs for America whoa her President and Cabinet, with scarcely a single exception, labor nude r the gravest suspicions, if not the plainest proof, of corruption. The iusatublo maw of the President it veins impossible t fd!. Not even the plunder i t 1 1n New York Gold Ring, of the New York Custom House, of tho Seneca Sandstone ijuarry, or of the Erie ' Railroad, can satisfy him. As Wendell 1 Phi'-lips recently said : -Nothing will satisfy hint but re-election and another million.'' , Tiie lov.l Secretary of State, the ineffi- 1 U'-nf Fish, is said to he peculiarly open to in arJliv ;.t of counsel on matters per- laining to his dipartment, when counsel happen to he connected ith him by blood or marriage. Mr. 'Pi ca Miier lioutweil haj bc-eu inves tigated, and the result shows avast amount of money paid to his friends, constituting th-'' peculiar and most extraordinary syndicate" for services that, it seems to plain business men, ought to have been rend red for a tithe of the amount. Mr. Secretary of War, Belknap, is now undergoing investigation about illegal sales of arms to the French, and tho singular discrepancy alleged to exist between his re ceipts and vouchers for the proceeds of the same. yir. Postmaster General. CresweH, is notoriously, common rumor hath it, the head of the Whiskey Ring. But Mr. Secretary of the Navy, Robeson, the jolly New Jersey tar, if one tithe of the allegations against him be true, is the big. , gest robber of them all. . Our Embassador to Spain having re ceived a fee from the English stockholders in the Eric Railroad Company, is now, at a most ciiliaal juncture of affairs with Spain, by. - express permission of the Presi- ' dent of tho United States, on an extended ; tljaYV Pf absence from duty, and taking j road plunder. Our Embassador to England, for fear : '' he might have too much leisure during his residence near the Court of Saint, James, . and in order to turn au honest () penny, ; toonic . lidc,- an,l ,fmt for ! prn Silver mine ! ! . ; But time nor epaee iermns to allude '.v.-. th most nreminent deeds of the even to the most prorniuent oeeas oi tne most prominent omciais. ;"") ! 5hV 'h r remittee has . . . t ka towtn nn. lwn annointedtoihouirn into the malversa r-7" .-.7, t tions of office of Genera! Grant's admmis- No wonder, then, that thc reorae have come to nffldiil integrity J a myth. IJUtlrflcIrt. The coplo of North Carolina are given to uudeiLand that the failure to arrest the thief, Littlefield. aud his delivery tflthe au thoritlcs of thte State, Tvas owing to his surrender by his bondsmen aud his arrest and imprisonment in Florida on aa indict ment for bribery. It, fnrns out that this is a mere ecuso framed 1y his Eadieal pro tectors. The Tallahassee Fhni'Un.,, f the l?th ijistant, says : Littlefled is net "jugged" ouite yet. Af ter the zrrif created by the arrival of the ; wqnbition from North Carolina was over, j he was bailed from -the custody of the ! Sheriff of Leon rountr," and has since , been at large. The indictment found against him in Leon Circuit Cour. which furrJsLcd to , Covrrnor Reed a plausible excuse ft- dis regnrdingthe Nortlj Carolina requisition, j i.-s now really of little or no consequ.ence, ! and ought not any longer to remain in (he ! way of the State's discharging a clear duty j which she owes to a sister jurisdiction. Since the indictment was found, the mate- j rial witnesses in the case have died, and j there is now no possibility of proving the i charges against him. This being a fact known to the prosecuting attorney of the : Circuit where the indictment was found, tho J Judge of the Circuit ought lo hold a special j term of his court, if necessary, to dispose of j the matter. The time for shielding such a , notorious swindler ha passed. Our repute ! as a State is injured by the continuance of a judicial farce which is a reproach to jus- t.ce and a disgrace to the. government. j Let there be an end of fochng. The b- j viUe Livon and American well sells : If j therebe anhonestjfcourtjifxeintentiontotry j Littlefield in Florida, on a charge of crime, ! whv. let the case iro on and the laws of the ! State be vindicated. Rut if this Florida prosecution is simply a pretext for shield- 1 1 f i 1 ?1 A 1 1 Id- ing a scouncirei iroui ine pumsnmeni uuc , his crime as public opinion regards it then is the whole proceeding a most shame- ful one, and derogatory to thc character of the state." LOCAL. THE OUTLAWS. ri UTJIKK i nOM T1IK ROBISOX OUTLAWS- THE IIEBAI.I) CORKER 10 SDEXT A PXtlSOAER. When the train pass;! Moss Neck, on the Wiimington, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad yesterday, Stephen Lowery and Andrew Strong, two cf the Robeson out laws, appeared at the depot, each armed with a Winchester rifle, and four Colt's navy revolvers in their belts. With them was the latest Tlcmbl correspondent, A. B. Henderson, a true bohemian, who reported himself as a prisoner to the outlaws. Hen- uerson had slung across his shoulders a oug kwoods rifle, belonging to one of the oui:iWs, and was escorted w herever he wcut hj Stephen Lowery and Andrew J strong. Me remarked privately, that he ! was stin determined to interview Henrv Berry Lowery, if to be found in those parts; but also stated that from all ac counts it seemed that he had flown the countrv: not one word, however, had he been enabled to obtain of the whereabouts of the chief leader of the gang from those I who had him in custody. They insist, : though, in declaring Boss Strong not dead, but badly w ounded. ! This bohemian, Henderson, is heavy on the sensational, as will appear from the following dibpatch to the New York Herald, t which was handed the Conductor by one j of the outlaws to forward to its destination, but which was no doubt written by Hen j dcrson himself. It is as follows : ! We have captured your correspondent, ' A. B. Henderson; will not hurt him, but ; will keep b'ni a week. Ross is not dead. his SlErilEX X L-OWEKY. mark. his 1 Ami:kv," x Stkoxo. mark. Witness: A. B. IlEXDEIlSOX. - Henderson also sent the following dis- aioiiR with them when overtaken. About ; pronering nis support u Juuge inimuuu, ... . $5,000 of the "queer" was found upon their J has at last .turned another somersault, and patches regarding mmself to his wite ana We have seeu one of their $20 ! is now abjectly seeking the fullest com- a ministerial friend, which were duly for- j bills on the Merchants' National Bank of munion with the "Regulars,' or office warded with the foregoina: bv Capt. Mor- the citv of New- York, which is a very holding, corrupt ionist, Grant party. It is risou, the conductor: Mrs. A. R. IIexdf.rsox, Lock Haven, Fenn. 1 am with the Lowerys, perfectly safe A. R. Hi-.NTiEnsox. Rr.v. S. Siij:dtax, Rahway; N. J 1 am in no danger whatever. A. R. Hex tf.rsox. The v-hoj.j aRair is in thc true bohemian fashion. n.-n derson is determined to kick i up a sensation while he is at it. Ho may gain much information from Cue outlaws, and he may lose his head. It is emphati cally a tOS up "heads and tails.'" He deserves something, however, from his very holiness. We look for further develop ments with interest. Not wi islanding the assertion of tho out laws, we believe Boss Strong dead: and it is very probable that Henry Berry Lowery l:a left the country. IIVTC SPOTS. A popular mode of reasoning man and woman putting their heads together. A ':girl" died recently at Portsmouth, N. IL, wlm had been in service in One 1 family sixty-nine years, They tell of a railway m ( whereon the locomotives are assisted up ; steep grades by a yoke of oxen. When you go to drown yourself, always pull off your clothes; they may r.t your T;r..a ni,bind t uv a nv vii' ivvo.tu- In Boston they do not shako carpets any more, but a new process has been mlro- rhienr! lit- wViieb 1 bv .-U P '-.shamnOOtied." . Cablegram, calograra, kalogmm, nan- cram, thalasogiam, an onogram, arc names snL'L'ested for incssarrs received bv the cable. Chicago's wickedest man caresses his lamuy at lniervais wiuu iiaicjaets, uwung . ... i . 1 iT.i v.:u water, carving knives, saws, mallets, etc., and then sells their clothes and gets drunk ! on tU . , . ' A : -11trr in lllinnis bavinir ensraced a new reporter, received the following as his ' f-t-'" efiort . ; ..vve are informed that the gentleman - - i ; who stood on his head under a pile-driver 1, ... r v : , r i-w.x -- - o boots druv on, shortly afterwards found lf in Chiny, rfertly n-kM and witt- ' out a cent in his poclcet. ' State Xews; Turpentine searce in Kayelterille. - ' A teuiixr. jico candidate tor Mayor U talked of in Ffcyetteville. Cumberland county is to" 'ha re a numl'er of now turpentine dteti!lries. " , Superior Court fir Johnson county, con venes at Smitjifield, o?i Monday, March 2-th. Supeiit-r Com! for Lladen is in session this week. (Jases of larceny against ne gioes ciivd the criminal tiocKet. .- . , 41 r-, . . r- AVi 1 1 mI Au l yeryti-U for the past few gZ an' that mucL of tLe low , pund 13 Mr. Tfardv a p.iri.r.r n woii-tnown -n. izon ol pjtt count v, a-od about 60 years, died suddedly of heart disease in Tarboro on Monday last. ' Duplin county young men are. to have a grand tournament at Kenausvillo at an early day. A $250 horse will be the prize ' for the successful Knight. Kerr Craig, Esq"., is formally spoktn of as a candidate to represent Rowan county, ; iner. a " " " We learn thatjthe fcteamer Casw ell will commence her regular trips between New- I bern raid Kinston about the first of April 1 next. The boat is expected to arrive at ; Kinston in the course of another week, . The Conservat ives of Franklin county i recommend Hon. A. S. Merrimon for Gov- ; ernor; General W. R. Cox, for Lieutenant- Governor, and Capt. Joseph J. Davi for (ijrrrevis,, " There was to have been a marriaee in i Wayne county last week between a youth- ful (Quaker ot some S2 Winters, and a fair daughter of ayne . with tho withered bloom of some 76 Summers upon her once fair checks. The bridgegroom, however, changel his mind and tailed to come to time. F.of. W. J. Palmer, former SiinerLa- tendent ol our State Asylum tor the Deaf and Dumb and thc iwluu Jcai- iaicii;n Wednesday, whore he has been on a visit, j for the scene of his duties in Hel'eville, t Canada. j On the night of Wednesday of last week. : says the Goldsboro Me-e&eitycr, some : scoundrel entered the stables of Mr. Her- ring, of Duplin county, residing some six miles from Warsaw, and cut the throat of i a line horse. Wayne Superior Court, Judge Clark .ourr, .mtige V'anc 1 the State docket, i presiding, is in session , are about J-u cases on i aud this number is being daily augmented, j by the crund jury. A true bill was found against Stephen lianield (colored) for murder, and the trial set for Thursday next. Mrs. Mary Ann Hiingf rs, of Edgecombe county, desires information of her sen, William Aaron Rridgtrs, his whereabouts, condition, &c, that she may relieve him if in need. He left her about a year ago w ithout any intimation of his destination. His mother is in great distress iu regard to him, asks of the newspapers ot the country an insertion Southern' r. ol ths notice. 1 arbor o Oft or Deiit. The tax-payers of j ! Edgecombe- will bo glad to learn, upon the j authority of tho late Sheriff, Battle Bryan, ; j that the county is now practically out of j j debt that , so far ;is the general fund is ! concern el. ' The only balance t hat remains has been j contracted since the besipnir.g of 1872, and 1 i that, he informs us, will not amount to : much, he having already taken up most of ; i the claims. Soi'theruw. Arrival ok Covxterfeiters. Thc ' Franklinton. The deputy sheriff was only counterfeiters, Dennis and Andrew Fur- ! fifteen minutes behind them, and it is be gorson. who were arrested in Mecklenbmg l?ved they will be recaptured. Two oi county, tho latter part of last week arrived , in this city yesterday morning under j charge of Deputy "United States Masshal, J. G. Hester, and were committed to jail. ! Uiese men were arrested by citizens ot tlie j above named countv, taken to Charlotte ' ! nd placed in the custody of Hester, and j on being examined by United States Comf missioner Aarens of that city were rernd jedto jail in default of $3,000 bail. Why j they should have been brought here we dc j not know, and have not been informed. The . accused, when captured, were driving a i wagon throusrh the county peddling to- l bacco, and had in their possession quite a farto number ot unstamped boxes oi to i bac :o. 1 hey were als th liart of horse drovei . ' . coarse and nadlv executed anair. 1 nc ; wagon, torses, tobacco, &c, taken, are, we suppose in the possession of the proper au i thorities. Ualeigli Scntinef. Cmio Stolex axii Fouxd. Saturday last, as we learn from the Raleigh A'etWf. the town of Oxford was thrown into a great conslernatioirby the sudden and mysttri- ous dis appearance of little Tommy, the son ? of Captain Henry A. Taylor, one of the most prominent citizens of Granviie conn- however much he may be tolerated for ty. The little lxjy was only eight years old. i present expediency, his rebuke of Sheri It soon berrnTi to be suspected that tho dan. nnd indhectH- bin censure, of the child had been abducted by one Newton, ,,!-. li-ifl l..i.-iri of- wnrL C T Ip 'In vl(-r (Japt. A. F. Spence: .. as dispatched in j "Liberal movement" is marked for future search ol the lost child. , Arriving in Ral- proscription, and will be persecuted with eigh on Monday, he s-Mjn discovered the j all the power which the President may be little wanderer on Fa yc-Ueville street. Tom- i able to wield. General Grant never for my stated that Newton had promised to ' fiCts, and never forgives. Personal indc bring him to a great city where he could pendeuce is a virtue in public life, which always get plenty of money, and held out ' ue cannot rise - high enough to recognize, other inducements to him. Newton has and his resentment, is intensified in propor beeu bound over to Court. j tion to the degree of moral courage which We learn that the anxious suspense and thwarts or impedes his ambitious aspira- hearttelt anguish ct the parents at tlie loss of their darling boy, was beyond all de - scrijition, and the entire community, in sharing their unhappy affliction, assisted with all their might and juain the recovery ! of the lost cliild. The happy news that ' "the lost is found" was telegraphed to the J .1 ?cf ruccfiil n-ironta' nnH tV. litt.O ViOV ;as ' restored on Tuesday t o his nearly heart- broken mother, who is now confined to her , i , , i , .1,, : r 1 D3U, anu uoruering ou ueiirium, uwu mc ment, now ever nuniDie, no saennce oi seii painfid alHiction sustained in this distres- i respect, no abandonment of principle, no sine: domestic calamity. surrender of convietion, and no new-born j ... 'i i death of col. JOHi alkxasbeii T7ivt ivnTt. rirriTs nnr nainfiil dntv j to aiinounce to our readers the death of ; our townsman, whose name neaos tnis par acraph. Yes, Col. Rowland is no more. i s ,...,. . , . . . ! He died at his residence in this town on -Monday nieht last, in tlie 57th rear of his age Col. 1 i honor and ; scf anii ; posed gr. : represented iu the State i county w" -.r,,a -.CfViia .rkiintw wrsn nvirs n ClArk of the Countv Court, and was Register f ; Deeds one year. j- : fi-allv a leader in verv cilso whicli he es- l poused ; whde his warm, generous and ; liberal heart drew around him troops of rriariAa A i,itnH .nd father h r Ursn,t- n,i tin-. . frnd n w Hue and firm-as a citizen, publie spirited, hoiiorahlo and inst. one In the com- ,,.;. i ,.iuu v I had warmer rlendSj jath of no ?n , f Lumbcrton Jtob more universally lamented esonian. lowland , filled n. ny positions of j insignificance among the camp-followers streaming through the western wiudow j thl irj,iatiTe--diflerence in favor of cfcm-i 1 , VJ J trust, always with credit to him- j whom they have so justly denounced. This just wnero long years ago we knelt, by our ! .trTativea. Sl:i5.771. 38! The Conserva- i B-lv'a . , ; : -! satisfaction to the people who re- is Um choice of alternatives. They are a motner Knee lisping Our I ather. How tlves .avPU tiat mucu to education in one , .... .. :... .w' eat confidence in him. in 1648, he ( power under the standarl of revolt, Fml many times w den tne tempter lm-ed us on vear frcU) tll,, raiifal carpet has thieves .'V V. a J " Ci " u? i ' Va iil - . the Senatorial district composed t that flag, and they would subside into im- j nas tne memory oltliose sacred hours, Uiat t nrt robbers! Maik the difference! In ' l'J , of the counties ol Robeson ana lucmnona, potency. Their reiorm " woma Decome momcr wi , ner iann ami prayers th one easo the neorli ruled in tke i I " .i 1 . i " r.ui Senate. Ha was Sherhf of this j a by-word, and in the dull chronology pf saved ns nom plunging into the deep abyss , otlier. tha radlcai5, caWt baggers, upstart. ! Yl X ?.V , ir t.tThmVn: : for fouryears,and resigned much A political life, shame wotdd darken the only ot sin : l ears n,v luted great drifts he- . ignorarjt and corrupt officeholders niled. I .Wf esret of his friends. He served the r record of an ephemerr existence. Wnxk- j tween her and us, but they have not hid- ' VJrft rpn,.t. w thft rL0a note the dfoT--.?Sh?.nt7l'" l ww, A . , TlTE RAnKIOIf & Al'OCSTA Alls LlXK ' 11. R. Information has been received at Railroad headquarters, in tlii city, that the bill granting a charter to the above 1 named railroad has passed thy Ceorgia , Legislature. Rahigh Nee. I i Deaf, Dvmb aso Br.iKr IxsnTtTE. The Caldwell Jioard of Directors for this Institution met on yesterday and; elected A. D. Jenkins, Esq., Treasurer. On the requisition of the President of the Board J. N. Hunting, Esq., the State Treasurer paid the Treasurer of the Board S-VJIX Haiti yh JV'Nrs. The Conservative antl Democratic citi zens of 'ake county w ill hold a Conven-, tion at the Court ilouse in Raleigh, on Saturday, April 13th, 1872, for the purpose of selecting delegates to represent the coun ty in the approaching btatc Convention, at Greensboro', and fofonr. a more perfect nain 1 3 " organization tor tho corning cam Pemtextiakv. The Caldwell board of Iirectors for the State Penitentiary met on yesterday and elected G. W. .Welfcer President of the lhurd. Upon his requisi- tion, the Governor issued his w arrant on the State Treasurer for S5.000 for the sup- port of the institution. We suppose, of course, that Ihe Governor has refused to notice the requisition of the real Hoard. Death ok ax Estimable Lady. Mrs. M. W. Haywood, the wife of Col. F. the residence of her husband in Franklin- ton on Tuesday evening last, at 3 o'clock. j , .t,OT , Not to be Nomixated. Iu reply to j '"rs 01 : inquiry, we would state that no Judges will be nominated at the Greens boro Convention. By a decision of our Supreme Court, it is held that the Judges are continued in oliico for their full terms ! from the first regular State election. As the lirst regular election was Vit.Iil in Au ! mit. (Tiftim t,, ! ve.ir forms. ii.j n rfii Ai.mc 1 j&44. ItiC Uonstltutl istitution allows them two years grace. Of the twelve judicial dis tricts, tne terms oi six are tor four years and six for eight -ears. Under the decision of the Supreme Court, ; the next' election for Judges will be for the i six districts for the short terms. These ! terms would irave expired in August, and it would have been necessary to nominate candidates this year, but for that clause of; the Constitution referred to, which keeps , the short term Judges in office till August, : "' Jaif, Demvetty Five PnisoxEns ' makf Goot tiikir EfrArE. Yesterday morning between the hours of 2 and 3 drew Ferguson, Denis Ferguson, John Newton, John Knc-wles and (Jeo. Ander son, all white. The escae was effected by filing the iron window grates, und then prizing them open with a wooden pillow that supported the but ks ; with plrmks taken from the bunk a bridge wns improvised to the top of th stockade, from which point they let themselves dwn to the outside and iu the street. At ft o'clock the Shot iff, with his depu ties were in Lot pursuit, 'mt as yet we have not Leard of their capture. A teleeranhle dispatch received here at 10 o'elok, announced tho passage of three of the prisoners over the railroad und ere at Cedar Creek this mormngat 7 'oclock, from tlie escaped men, the r ergusons, were C. S. prisoners charged with counterfeiting. Newton was ibe. kidnapper, Henderson was under a two years' sentence for steal ing, and Knowles' offence we did not learn. Tlie two that remained are the Sampson Ku-Klux, who, we believe, have "too good a thing" of it to even desire to get away. Sot if they are not State's evidence. Ral- ' il,e (Governor of Illinoi. Governor Palmer, after backing and fill- ing his sails, denouncing the military inter- Tovnrr rf TlSf ,T 1 n rot Z doubt must solved iu favor of the State. Three thousand dollars, it is said, was lent K, f thrat the woman was a man ; 'IZZ'e f IIallf:lX;,aml a reSldc' fc f Ulat i (The Hinghamton Bridge case,0d Wallace.) i to the University, to pay salaries to radical ! and that too, f a very respectable family cou nty for over thirty years, where she f howev rV - thc colitrct( is ,lain auU un j professors who did nothing-literally noth- ! Memphis, Tenn. He had so disguised was universally beloved and es temed for aml)iguouS) rflKl tfce mcnJ0fihc partJcs ! !ng, during that time Tlie balandof it,ltmae11 wit,h ctirls chignon paint 5.C,'manT,! ! erlu,gual,t,M f 1,Parfc and to it can be clearly ascertained, it is the ' $0,158 18 went to pay the carpet-barer ! ' almost impossible to tel , i'"7J"-- "uui. j complete the woik of internal improve- known as the debt ov s cell, in our county j mei for wL!ch Wtfn) iliCOipJIujea, jai , made good their escape and are now ; thch. iwperty J(I1! lhe ibai,.6 cf tlwir fctock at large. . holders should be forever exempt from 1 here were seven prisoners confined in taxatioil. Th,8 u not denie) but & is con. 1 1 I tamped boxes of to- ! ference of (roneral Sheridan at Chicago, ; 1 hi its application to a railroad is ; S10.000 00 lent to the University to pay j veral hundred miles aw ay. Tins, ofeourse, o engaged in playing , seeking the nomination cf the Labor Rt- t e jrt.iviioge of running it and taking fare j the enormous salaries of Radical professors I will be refunded. The executors will rc erand had a drove formers at Columbus, and voluntarily ai:d freight is property, and of the most who did nothing but make that institution ! wive the amount of the policy; $1,300, t .-a. . . . . J, ,1, not proposed ar ine vvnue jiouse io kui the fatted calf for the return of this prodi- gal son of Ra(heahsm, but he is received back into the family fold, and permitted to pick up the few crumbsthat may by chance ! fall from the Executive table. A few weeks age, Governor Palmer was ! professedly among the sternest Liberals. ' He wrote letters, and encouraged defection t in every possible way. All this is known 1 and remembered at the White House, and president, will not" be pardoned. Every ' : . . - ,..1.. l.nt 4.. 1 i V.A lof ? -'I.;'! i tions. ' ifj Mr. Sumner, Mr. Greeley, Mr. Schurz, i Mr. Trumbull, Mr. Fenton, Mr. Tipton, 1 li..ll rP'Kci,.- 1,nta ".mm4fnil ilia rno n i pardonable sin, in daring to expose the cor- j ruptions of this Administration. No atone- , . , i , -ii. - r i r : -al of pretended conversion, w'oula alter j or :iiiect tneir relations wirn a iTesiueni TL-lirt dirord nil RAntlmpnt. and reiectfi alt motives of duty as inconsistent with the I writuvk Vnfrlnt i : ! JS " 1-For 1 Celestial t"-! agist has lifted ns ::t as reg . otir future fate. .s of years we have steadily b- ( heveu ru. m the end this planet will be l paxehed up liko a scroll, and it is refresh- 1 hit to find it nrovdby this individual that. i so far from meltinawith fervent beftt. we shall probably breaf. in pieces iron) intense cold, and be distributed throngb epace in aerolites. , ' - 1 : Much Adieu about Kothiog Some of our farewell dinners Jv.j. and oilier leaoers, w ere now to renounce i ajwiuig uui. ii ua in jearmug lenuorness t fj-pg let him go to i tneir opposition, anu craveniy consent to wucu ner sweet spun was uapnzca in ine qiq and he will cat luimoie pie, ' it woum not cnange tne peany ffp ru oi ine riv er. . . , stated is true. We get v.iiuii.4vi- -m.1 ' ---v- t-r--'v - - -, T i-nm t no rcrrri i a or t no eiiheoruwnwv-whfrh iie.fiemsnns as Tnenrst i mc me wtu-worii mresnoia. Mann u.v.. . w . - t. . . 'o n imim?nis anu mcir nnn ; condition ot personal loyaftj-. . more m ine iow, quaint room, nauowedty are tv-0 years OI- 1 The disaffected Kepublicans muw eitner ncr presence, no;v ine ieenng or ciuidisn , r (, , to e,jcation a"ai '! go forward, and complete the good work ; innocence ami uepenoence romes over us, ; of oMservative rule, the tthey have begun, or prepare to sms into ; aiiuvvc i-net uo The rtMflroMtf l-eIon in the 1'inf (d i ft! ate Supreme 'nrf. . 1 Jore, ; rr Term. 1871. The Wiuningttn end Weldoti. liuihoiid Co., Plaint 'iff in Error, tf. Jtto. -.1. ' Be4, Shirty. In error to the Svprcmc Court of the Slate of North Carolina. Mr. Justice Davis, delivered the oitinion i of the Court. ThL is a wrir"nf TrrtTTO the Supreme Court cf tlie State of Noith Caroliur AJid brings up the question whether the recent legislation of the Stale concerning the col- i bram-h and department of tie Stat Gov lection of taxes is, as it affects 'the plaintiff ' emment, while the Conservative havo had in eiTer, in violation of that provision of tho constitution of the United States, which declares that no State shall pass any law impairing the obligation cf contracts". As i early as 18&V the General Assembly of I No,tl1 incorporated the Wilming- j ton and Weldon Railroad ComiKiny, lor "'v j'uij'wc t tUllJiliUUI! t 1 aiiLOtl lil j the Mate, and inserted a 'provision iti the charter -that the property of said company, and the shares therein, shall 1 exempted from any public charge or tax whatsoever.'' : It has been so often decided by this courl j that a charter of incorporation granted by a ! State treates a contract between the State j and the corporators, which the State can- not violate, that it would be a work of su pererogation to repeat, the reasons ou which the argument is founded. It is true that when a corporation claims an exemp tion lrom taxation, it must show that the j P t0J u, 1" ! ' N"" " "'.t,"' 1," J Z .-1 "fii duty of the court to give etlect to it, the same as if it w ere a contract between pri vate persons, without regard to its supposed injurious effects upon the public interests. It may be conceded that it were better for the interest of the State, that the tax ing power, which ia one of the highest and most important attributes of sovereignty, shonld on no occasion be surrendered. In the nature of things the necessities of the government cannot always be forseen, and in the changes of time the ability to raise revenue from every species cf property may le of vital importance to the State, but the Courts of the teantry aie not the proper tribunals to apply the corrective to improv ident legislation of this character. If there lieno constitutional rest-int on the action olthe Legislature on this subject, there is no remedy, except "through the influence of a wise puibiic sentiment, reaching and con- trolling tho cuuduct ot the law-making j power. ; case e is no difficulty whatever in this The General Assembly of North Carolina told the Wilmington and Weldon railroad company, iu language which no one can misunderstand, that if they would .'quent legislati not impair the obligation of the contract, and this presents the only question iu the case. The taxes imposed are upon the franchise and rolling stock of the company, and itnou lots of laud aniiurtenant to and forming part of the propeity of the com-, pany, and necessary to be ued in the suc cessful operation of its business. It c-r- tainlv requires no argument to show that J a railroad corporation cannot perforin the j functions for which it was created with- , out owning 'roiling stock, evA : linii- .' ted quantity of real estate, and that ' these arj embraced in the gen- ral term property. Property is a ', word of large import, and in its application to this company included all the , and estate required by it, for the successful prosecution of its business. : If it had appeared that the comiiany had r acquired, either real or personal estate, be yond its legitimate waufs, it is very clear that such acquisitions would not be within the protection of the contract. But no such '. case has arisen, aud ve are only called up- on to d.cide uion the case made by the re cord, which show s plainly enough that the 1 company has not undertaken t abuse the ' favor of the Legislature. It is insisted, however, that the lax on , 1 the franchise is something entirely distinct , i from the property of the corporation and . tliat the Ijegislature, therefore, was not in- ! hibited from taxing it. This position is i i tfwmllv 11 ni ii 1 1 11 u i hi t T . nr1i'i iiL-..Ti in i i tLis case X(,thincis better settled than lhat the francilise of a p,.jvate corporation valuable kind, as it cannot be taken for public use even with out compensation (Redtield on Railways, p. 1-0, sec. 70.) It is true it is not the same sort of property as the rolling stock, road bed, and depot grounds, but it is equally with them cover ed by U)C Kencrat terra" til0 property cf j lhe cmnpany" aiMif therefore, equally vyith in the protection of thc charter. It is needless to argue the point further. It is clear that the legislation in cont rover i ceedings in conformity with this opinion. Tb Old.FstMliioncd MotSior. Thank God ! some of us have an ,, Old- fashioned mother. Not a woman of the period, enameled and painted with her1 petivu, .tin-ut.j. mm oaiuo u, w a n n i great chignon, her curls and bustle, whose white, ievveled hands have never felt the MULr Jv , - v : u,Atr Vf1", lV e clasp ol baby fingers ; but a dear, old fash- ioned, sweet-voicvd mother, w ith eves in ,e ' , : tL j ",,'V.C', in whose clear depths the. -lmre-hebt (bone . , , . , : t: m ., yv., n smooth upon her faded cheek. lhose fipai Iianils. worn Willi toil, wntlv rminvl our tctfering steps in childhood, and sn- othed our pillow sickness, even! ioned mother, it floats to us now, like the beautiful perfume of some woodland blos- n, i- , . The music of other voices may bo lost, but the entrancing memo'-v of hers iota, uul ine euirancirj0 memory oi ners w, echo m our souls forever. Other faces will fade away and be forgotten, but hers . " . ' , ... . r re-eieeteu, no not maue an impressive ey did impair the obligation ol the contract, I cation, while they were receiving enormous 6iimvjn-. confide, ed as a whole " (overnot which the General Assembly of North Car- i sakuies and living high, at tho public ex- j I)aTjg of Texas is under Indictment for olina niade with the plaintiff in error, and j pense very often. The unnecessary clerks frftllllu,,;Ilt of dection certificates, it follows that the judgment of the Supreme . anl employes and H(x,d were turned out ailll leads the (;,.aI)t wijlg iu Lis Sute; ; Court must be reversed It is so ordered, ' and their places abolished, all of f hem, but j ;ovcrnor RoCl, (.f Florida, under impeach i anl the cause is reminded for further nro- ' that of Ashley, and his salary and expenses r . ...ij ! -a Jn I ; will sh e oi until the licbt from Heaven's i . v-y.."" "'V , without regard to party, w-asey ana rac- J " , "v. ii i r b eu. between radical and ouservative nde as ., ...vnm the rerent ContrresMonal inves portals shall elonfv onr own. When in i u i. I ard, vv horn me recent, uongres. ?onai imess the fitful pauses of busy life our feet wan- - . der back to.the old homestead, and crs- den from our sight the glory pf her pure, i unselfish love. Journal, o- ? farm. A youth n . :i '.. .. i cense iu c. n ' '-.- ii day, was remindsu uy ut.a mem two previous tnnnnt r,f 4Nn.'7&R-fr7ft: Otlat tit' flirt amonntof the American national debt, and yetthe ti is by nofnans thoroughly in - sured iTn! LAn t rti i f 1 1 1 0 nt ri v a lie-r-vrL-.i rttai fin tba two girls didn't know I want od to get mar- Brooklyn, . a dissipated woman, named l -rater there is. ,rlhe lead H heaved, risd till I nhowed them the document this I Honora Byrne, drora her husband, who 'your honor, and the rwateS gwe down In-i" one does.' He got the'parw.. ' ' was ill, from tha house, then went upsairs j fec how much water thare iii? 1 ;!! k - ' IoperiT'in ' London !W: Inst tred to the ! 4 "g herself. ; ; The Germans of San Ptaaciteo :. .; it From the Kaleigh Sentiael. ; ConsvrTiitltni ts. KnUcAllMn The Slflvrence. tidl the attentioiTof the people tothestrik- Ing difference between the public economy J wi j L rJ It is our purpose, from time to time, to spects under Radical rule and Conserve- thernle: The difference in favor of the Conservative rule must impress everybody most forcibly, and it will be the more mani- festwben i is remembered that duriinr two years of the time embraced by the ac i, fi.nnnn,K,,ii1I, ; T: count we give, the Radicals, under Gov. ! Holden; had complete control of every j control 01 out one branch, the Legislature. since jNovember, lsTU. Wf fia-cf- nl1 t4 .o4; t. V.. 1 done with the Educational Fund-how it ! I was spent by the Radicals, but not for the 1 I'uiiwsb oi euueaiiou. During the year, beginning the first day of October, 18t 8, and ending the first day of October, 1800. there was to the credit of the Educational t und, lor the purposes of education 517'' C1S 'ri During that time there -vas " r " j disbursed of this fund. 167,158 IS ' Leaving a balance of S 5,490 07 j Now where did this sum of $107,158.18 1 go ? Did it go to educate the children of the State and for the purposes of educa- tion ? No I Hut $158,000 of it was taken j i,Vii.Mrfirai.(n a- ...a crdina peiS. tLSS Teg- j islature while they increased the State debt ! millions on millions, aud other departments ; ........ 1 Ashley and his clerks members of his family, and the negro Hood, salaries! The 1 same work, and more and better tco, is ! now done for $1,500 per year! ! From the first of October, 1800, to Oc tober first, 1870, there went to the credit of the Educational fund from all sources, $002,3 00 65 During that time there was disbursed of this fund, m3,-Hl 01 Leaving a balance of 9158,008 04 Now let u seo how this sum of $203, 411 01 went, and how much of it went to the purposes 9f education. !?l.V0. 00 of it was invested State bonds! two thirds of it in pc cial tax bonds at that ! to.ooo 00 lent to the Univeish.y to pay the salaries of professors who old literally nothing. 2.KiO 00 lent to Deaf and Dumb Asy lum. 1.778 00 went to pay thc negro Hood's salary ami expanses for vir tually nothing. 131 JO paid to David A. Jeukias for services and expenses can't tell what. 75 00 went to pay another cai'et- 1 bagger"' of the name of Sopor for his services. J -Q to pay costs of a foolish and ' fruitless l.-.w suit. 415 oO to pay poll tax returned. 38.081 60 paid to teachers ! ' $203,411 01 .Of this vast sum only &38,J.81 80 went to teachers of schools ! ! Now let us see how lhe disbursements and expenditures were made under Con servative rule. From the first day of October, 1870, to the first day of October, 1871, there went to the credit of the Educational Fund from all sources, S300,TM3 62 During that time, of this stun was disbursed, 177,407 50 years ao oy yk AO; am A. Oakley, ol LO- Leav Ing a nominal balance of $188,540 12 iumbia county, N. Y., for his own bene Now let us sw what went with this sum ! fit. Mr. Oakley probably expected to re of $177,407 50, and how much of It went ! -lize handsomely ufler a fow payments, but : to the purjK-ses of education. v ; the vtuerable sin&icr of thiee score and ten Of the sum so expended, i dilh"t ie, and after some years, becoming $174-753 20 went to common schools ! discouraged at the eonst-nt drain upon hi 805 county capitation tax refunded 1 resources, ho .-cMced flft policy to one 882 05 exiense account. Peter Conkling. The l itter bore tlm brunt 000 42 poll tax. of annual payiucnts for seven years, and - gave it up as a bad job, assigning the poli- $177,107 50 ' ey to James Conkling, who was plucky to See the ditterenee thc Radicals. In rwo the end, and paid regularly hp to tho year years, disbursed for the purposes of ednca- j of his death, which occurred wIkmi Alisa.r $38,081 bO the Conservatives, iu one year, j Whitbeek vas ninety or Uiercabouts. disbuised $174,75; 20 ! ! Dine re nee in fa- 1 Meanwhile the case had become famous in vor of Conservative rule, $135,771 ?8 ! ! the office, and No. 3.015 ' was lookedup That left nominally to the credit of the ed- t on as a veritable cuiiosty in life undrwrit ucational fund, on the first October, 1871, "g. After Mr. Conkling". death his exe thc sum of $188JJ45 12. But it must be cutors made the pajments, aud so much a remembered tliat of this sum there is $150,000 00 which the Radicals invested in special tax bonus worthless ! And a laughing stock and by-w ord. The question may be asked, how did the Conservatives bring about this wonderful and beneficial change ? The explanation is ! easy and plain. As soon as the Conserva ' tive Legislature convened they forthwith into how inst I com ituted a searching inquiry common school matters were administered. t They found that "Cape Cod" "Carpet-Bag- ! ger" Ashley and the negro Hood were i doing worse than nothing in the interest of edu- , were reduced to $1,500 a year. That did not suit him so he resigned his of-ce and left the same for the good 'education! We trust he lirirb- c Aiircn i nd tiMiirn no onrani Then, by accident, Gov. Caldwell ap- . i n v r ' i t!i , , " nomted Prof ?ilclvcr m Ashlev' nlaee. sun- I h1 WJl, indeed a Ttadicil of the E 1 f ?Vi, . "adical ot the ' 'straitcst sect. "He turns outto be a mod- i er..t KM,,,bli.an and an honest mm Up r'ue 1cI,-,ucan an( 81 iwncsl man. lle has labored assiduously and done more ' ... -.-.j r, tbonegionool, ;rks all together, hing at a cost Ot worn mmseu rnan ysmev,ino ncgioiiooi, , an(1 a whole rciiuue of clerks ; nnfi vc1 ,Anf,ltoi n-n,;,,, i . z -r: . , 7mv' T;;''"101 Diaie,anu inaiiprtl'..MW,., to fll wp1fare of tho- ' lf nv on (inilhts thft frtlt1l nf- thp the records at the ; find that what wo have i the facts and figures T.P r,T,H,r 4. nr. T,r,.- ,v.r. Ko- J XtVC" .. ur;vc, urn. iuc ijooijio will ocxs uiti me joaii- i i. 'm "I JTlCZ'ZZhi ' I , , V , ,7. , h ye uim our preaIction ! His days , me numbered by the Radicals! . re- ;n 4. k it ;iv iiiiii li ir mi t .inn i ih: UAUlt S?h IV , fZ&Z. Let the TorTe i ron.id. r of the bovc facts and make their conelusions. absolute radical nst one year Conservatives -.. . " Fcnuile Nulrtde. A i-sanrifal young milliner girl, ra'ne4 -t : Mar Horwitic, living in Thii-d . : ns. N ew York, shot herself through tht a nd ; with' a pistol, on Tuesday, ou 'a'or.it of das, m i President Saget Is growing unpopular. ! Five ineendiaries hava been condemned to I eath at Prt-au-lrBce. Tlifiln.n TOY-trt.H n H a-ct ln MrtS. . CmnilinZ POlIlICai ClUUs luc.riv aiu Kl Froia the Decaimr (TIL) Magartoe, March 2. . . lturi;lnr or Blonde T On Tuesday evening, about dark a. - J.cd cul cf lb, handson j Etafe1' J ft ( second-class hot:ls. She told handsome and ap- one or our ! S J m L u"le money, ind . gV&ft H m ri!f 5at , 2ti SJ Jf r !9 "fr ?!fl?J1enTTl ?te icgiuat tuaifit-s ci ius uuaru. bounce ! more was said until this morning, when j "ut i,'1 i 5" " . ,"i the girl informed him that the wished" to asked him with tears m her eyes for her trunk and- the loan of $10. This the landlord refused at the time to comply with, but demand ed about ?1 due hrm on board. She !? l?VSf, i'S, 71 lI pose of in Decatur, aud promised bim-fr. quick rcmittarice as soon as she arrived In St. Louis. Everything was arranged for her departure the $T0 furnished her; bnf, as she was getting upon the St. Louis train, o'riiuni v airo, wun aocumenis in laid his liand upon her shoulder 1"J 8M, tT",rG arresteUiny prisoner." Before she could make things satisfactory l? the "ffir th.e trUl wii-h yn" cu0 ttc It'alro offi- ?er;. Sh was brSht before one of the J , L lu:1 ruuu ro sen open to contain a lot oi burglar tools, four 'Pf suits and masks, and about $5O0 M1 contfeit money. Upon a more full !nvestif"'on and upon a close examination 1 T1 O nrintn r. w?r If Ui. i tvifn inrii ed over to Marshal Wilson, of Cairo, and will go hence to Memphis, where a full in vestigation of crimes preferred against Mm will be made. Rapid Transit In CI tie.. New York has been exercised for some years over the old London problem how to . get down town. The distance from the upper portion of the city to the business ( section has become so considerable, that the time occupied in the transit by the ; street passenger railway or other ordinary means of conveyance, lakes a serious slice out of the working day. Thc large scheme 1 of a viaduct railway projected last year' having fallen through, a new plan, called the depressed railway, has been brought ! forward by the chief engineer of the New Haven Railroad, which Is now 1 before the State Legislature for char ter. The road Is to ran through : the blocks, the tracks to be below the m t I face of the earth sufficiently to allow the ! passage of car 1111 )er the streets. The cut is to be fifty feet wide, so as to accommo date double track. There will be, at con venient distances, stairways, platforms aud . other accommodations lor passengers. The motive power, of course, will be 6team. The projectors say they can construct tlds road for $250,000 a mil', and that the right of way will cost ,000,000. The whole cost of tho rail.vav in running order will be somewhat more than $10,000,000. The Ecening Post is rsured that the capital'is ready to begin the woi k us soon a the bu thority can be obtained. 1 V. liirn:itublu t'lific of Lille IuHurniKf. A Hartford life insurance company lias recently been called iq on to adjust a loss caused by the death of Miss Eunice Whit beck, of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, in i August 187", in the 0.M year of her age. j The Courant gives lhe following details of i. the case: " 5ho was iixired tVenty-fivo custom had it become flint they made ono payment after her death, which they did not learn for several months, residing se- which is about half the amount paid-in premiums by them and their predeces sors." Tlie CJrant tiovcrnun in the Sonth, The Tribunr Urns gffups the Grant pil-lai-s in the South : j in ti Fuiin i it i i j ri i no aA u at . declaa-e the South hi dauoer unless he is , of a rononihia1iop; ;ovVrnor Clayton, of i f , t, , !i i Arkansas, under grev ions charge of fraud, i ot tne ?ate ana . av(nvs a 6tron., (lcdilectiou for renomina 3 will never c-ome tion. r;ovm,00r l)ul!ock frsook his "office lo save himself from impeachment, ' and I now demands renonnuatiou;. tioverncr . ........ t. . 7 , OCOjl' "l oouui Yan V ua' , ":. ; tho fiuanccs of that State, aud saved him- .,.iffmm 1,1.,,m.n',i .'njnnitor. self from the consequences by miquitocs tampering with the Legislature, sends up , ..AJ; unan-wi-f. cdi MnnmSn a oncment enuorseinent ol tne renomina- : a voneraeni enuorseinent oi tne renomma- UoQ. wjile (;ovfrnor noideu, cf NorUi fjaroiina wli0 uiOU( faCt.d irapeachment . j fel, declares fhe renominatlon of the' I country. General l.oujfstroel. Tlin r'l.tr-irr. 'rVIIiiino loam fbat PresT- dcnt Grant has decided to remove General' fwmi Il.fl Sni-revortriini of th I ""- Port of .New Orleans, and it asserts : H so, the. e can be hut one reason lor the act, viz : That Longstrcet is almost me v't nf ( . h nlv one J??8' ?Zlrlu thtSl- wL? enjoys the n.srK.ct of Mvommuniiy, without regard to party. Casey and PacJc- rd, whom the recent congressional inves- W1 " "?f "T " 1 , istration along witn tlicm are to De en-, i dorsed. I'.nd the war on their behalf re- . -.-.j. This nohrv Wsald to have been i the lean, voar i 'Qverboaid, you WockheadL"' ,X9 Irish; .. man snatched up one ci ui mnn KnAtched Till pigs of. lead I and threv it overboard; the' niate, Tri en- . i dflvorineto prevent him. krst'his baJanee3- unt fM into tho rivers Tha csptain run-J; t nine to tho deJv aslifd, ilWhj.. don't .jou. l,ave tho lad and ?:ng out now mucn j that city for the purpose cr taxing an tiva pari in me commn picBiucuuai taiu- ralgu an indspcndcut Ifpublirsos.