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MARCH 19. 1876. WHOLE NO. 2,757- ttonatelTlowratea. -. 5 ' FITS Sanarea entmAtA am a. iinmrteruAnmit taasqaaresasaaalf-oolnBLs.- . V outlim:v Castekr in a fine speech in the Spanish Cortes attackedtho Minrsiry., -7 - la France railway train went through abridge into riveri III and a large number.of persons wero drowned. Feared at London that British ship Ban Ctotr. -Kew York to Glasgow and British barque Walton New ydrk and London, have been ' lost with air oa board. Yesterday Gen. W. ' RJ Cox, on 'trial, in this city for conspiracy, was released, there beiug no evidence. J- Provided with pardon for himself ancl immunity for his wife, Marsh concludes iv) return this week and testify. - - Del e.riiies to1 New York Republican Conven t jU almost uuanimously for Copkling for 1'i'et.ident.1 r A achooner.was run down, near Barnegat Light, N. J., Friday night, liya brig, which passed 'on . carelessly to sea leaving a passing steamer to take care of the schooner's crew; - New York marketes Gold, 114llUiV cotton 12S 13 116 cents; spirits . turpentine S3 cents; rosin $1,601 65. 3 TI1K CASK OV GKN, COX. I So fair as their case against Gen. Cox U coucerned, ; the Republican party met with 'a disastrous over throw in the . examtaalio.ni befbre U. Sj Commissiooer Cassidey yesterday. There was uotufiioient evidence to sliow "probable cause;? in truth, there was just no evidence at all against (V-h. Cox; and District Attorney Uijdger suggested that he be dis-' charged, which was done by the Com missioner. - -'- . i- The Conservative party will not forget: this piece' of petty political persecatiun. Uen. tJox was ciraggea f rwin his home in; " Raleigh with-J o il cause. The warranj. for hia arrest Was based on the india-rubber affidavit of a disappointed Republi can office-see kr, who no doubt hoped to masiufacture , a little iixed ammu nition for the use of the Radical bat- teries In ihe great battle to be fought J during the present year in North Carolina. . ' " -w ' ; But the conspirators have over reached themselves; and if they do not tiud t!ie champion afiidavit manu 1 f acturer of Robeson county a most expeusive luxury, there is no reliance to be placed in the signs of the times. ! Spirits Turpentine v The Henderson Tribune prefers Vance and Cox. ! Tire re aretbirty-seven orphans in the Asylum at' AshevilleV -i The Messrs. Manning have pur chased the remaining interest of Mr. Luck in the Danville Daily Kew. . I A little child of Henderson Wumble, oi-Wake county, fell into a tub of hot water and -was scalded"7 to " death,- last Tuesday.,. v . i li Jeff Dupre, in Panther Branch township, who was injured some time since hi Myall's saw mill, died last week from his injuries. i A weekly Democratic paper will shortly! be issued at Beaufort, N. C, by a sroca company,, with Mr. B. L. Perry as nuuager. ' I Rev. Dr. Deems, of New York is to lecture in Portsmouth on Tuesday ! evening next. Subject" Wooing and Weddiug." . '"r- Josiah NesbitV house, in. Mc DojWell county, was forcibly entered and lulled of U0 about' ten days ago. A wliite man and a negro have been arrested; i ihe ucgro confessing to the crime. ; - i i The printing presses, type and other material of . the .late Charlotte Daily Eagle, were to have been sold yesterday at the Court Iloose door, by virtue, of a mort gage txecut-id by M. J McSween to CoL W m. Johnston. - j. 1 1 At theroeeting roflthe "Execu tive Committee a letter was read from Cot h. D. I'ool, declining to be considered at 1 he Democratic Conservative" State Coot ventioo'a candidate for the office of tiuper iniendentof Public Schools. . f. I Lewisburg - Courier : .Paschal 1 arson, or as everybody calls him,. Uncle; lVchal, is one of tbe few survivors of the vhr of 1812. lie thinks it quite a small UiKleriiikiug to walk from bis home to ; iwii.jH distance of six miles, in about two 1 hniiM anxTTben back again in the artery i-. lie is a good, staunch Democrat.!, ai .1 t tvfrry election allows notbingto keep ii fioni the polls; ; - 7 ;;. iiStatesville American : Mr. Jo-i f" tii Woi)dt a respectable c tizen of Wilkes ; ixti. iy, wlw4ived fourteen milea nortbeasl !'f Wjikesboro. was sitting at . the" table u nit his family, eating supper, on tbe eve "'Si of 1 ho 13th, when at party of dis uinl men entered the room and deliber- t'-i) fireijjipon bim, killing taim instaally ; they also fired several shots at his wife but iWiuuHiely missed her. Their object ap I'eais; to luve been robbery; as Mr. Wood was aj irt-Dtlemao of means, but lit this they ,t re thwarted by the timely appi'arance of several ueibbors 1 1 -a - ' -j- i , r-j Tbe Washing to i.lans wilKhave HUither of their lively temperance meetings Hiooklyn Hall to morrow night. , The(organization .of a society, for the purpose of spending a pleasant e ve uiHgiweekly, narrating army r incidents, is proposed - .11 r Si'ail-!4d (by. wholesale) i bring, h'-'A :r'i ' eight to teu ; cents per. pound in 'his market just now.-'. Bring -on your ; ,H...--.V J v i . JO . K' i -1 A the ie,Kult of some Kpintual iiininebt inauifesling itself iu the' congrega lion jof the Front Street. M. E. Church, South, of this city; the pastor 111 holdser ; vices every evening the present week. HT JE3C E3 d T HPy j NBW anTEBTMBKIBIITS. . j IIeiksbkrqeb New books. .'.. , A. David New Spring gocds. -' V - Adrian & Voiaehs Sundries! i II UK son & Co. English piece goods. 1 Harrison & Allkn Hats. A. SHRiKR-rSpring clothing. ; v ' j , S. W. Holden Pumps and gas fitting. i Kkrchner & Caldkr Bros. Groceries. ! Worth & Worth Land plaster, &c. i John Dawson Turpentine tools. O. G. Parblkt & Co. For Smithville. . C. D. Mters & Co. Butter crackers. ' J, WlixiiER Horse and buggy for sale. ! Local Don. ' ,,,- See fourth page for new adver tisements. A white roan, very, much tfa tigued, was arrested Friday night about 2 o'clock, and lodged in the Guard House. The windy weather reminds one of the danger from fires bnilt nnt in vr,i or lots for washing or other purposes, and the necessity of guarding against the same. The Register of Deeds issued foot, marriage r licenses during the 'past wees, or wbich one was for a white and two for colored couples. - .- 5 This Detafif the occasion of their second quarterly meeting for , the present Conference year thV pulpit of ihe Fifth Street M. E. Church will be supplied to-day by the Presiding Elder, Rev. W. S. Black. ; -r;The : steamer, J, & - VnderhiU wiU take the! place of the steamer Dixie, temporarily, to run between this city and Smithville. The latter, in the meantime, Will be repaired, repainted, &6. V: - Mr. C. E.! Dibble, of this city, late route agent on the Richmond and Dan ville Railroad, has been transferred to the Carolina Central, between Wilmington and Charlotte, ' taking the place of Mr. J. E. Eld ridge, who baa been removed.' ! . Rev. .Dr. '.Wilson, of the First Pre8byterian Church, not having returned from Goldsboro, where ho has been in at tendance upon the session of Presbytery, Rev. C. M. Payne will occupy his pulpit this morning.; There will be no service at night. fflortaary. .-- ' There were six interments in Oakdale Cemetery during the week closing yester day, the ages of the parties being 37 years, 24 years, S years, 2 years, 10 months, and 3 days, . respectively. Tbe diseases were fever, lockjaw, heart disease, whooping cough, consumption and meningitis. . Tbe interments in Pine Forest (colored) Cemetery for the same period numbered 2, both children. . aa 1 iTfeiliodlst Centennial. Methodism was introduced into tbe Old North State one hundred ' years ago, and our friends of that denomination have made arrangements for a centennial cele bration at Raleigh, commencing Tuesday Bext and continuing throughout tbe week. Tbe programme of exercises, which baa already appeared in the Star, is complete and appropriate; and we have no doubt that the attendance will be large, and that it will be a season of much interest and spiritual enjoyment to our Methodist friends'. ,' .- nobbing the Dead. , We learn that a thief entered Oakdale Cemetery by some means, on Friday night, and stole from a lot therein a valuable mag nolia plant." The party seemed to be an ex. pert, as he placed a broken limb of a cape jessamine In the spot from which the .mag nolia had been removed. ' Superintendent Donlan and two others traced the tracks of the thief from the lot from which the plant was taken to the eastern line fence, and thence through a piece ' of land between Oakdale and Pine Forest Cemeteries. We are requested by Superintendent Donlan to ask that any 6mwho may have purchased such a plant, within the' past forty-eight hours, will aasist bim in bringing the thief to justice, for evidence to convict whom he would willingly pay ten dollars. t-- ' County Oomnalaalonera. The full Board met in called meeting at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Board proceeded to. the election of a Commissioner to fill the vacancy occa sioned by the resignation of Mr. -A. H. Morris. Mr. B, G. Bates was put in nomi nation and unanimously elected. Ordered, That the clerk notify Mr. Bates of his election as a Commissioner. The Board 'then 'resolved' itself into a Board of Education, but adjourned with out the transaction of any business of in terest. ' , . Cblefcen Dlpniea. We learn that there was quite an inter and exciting " chicken dispute " at Hilton, onlFriday afternoon", the owners ot tbe birds being Col. Johnson, of Halifax, and a Wilmington party. There were seven matches, three of. which were won by tbe Wilmington party and four by the representative of Halifax. It was expected to have about twenty' contests . during the afternoon,' but the chickens did not match to suit, v A bear fight was in the programme, but for some cause failed to come off. ? Ahnlveraarr Dinner. , Our thanks are tendered to Messrs. G. W. Bailed, H. G. Smailbones,. and J. M. Mc- Dougall, Committee of Arrangements, for a complimentary ticket to the Sixth Annual Dinner of SC 3eorge and . St." Andrew's Society which takes place on the 22nd inst. ' 'HBItO'BESO cocwtvcask. Second Day's Proceeding Before tj, S. Commliloer Casslder Uen. Cox .,' Dlsebaraed '. of . tbe " Commlt looera Continued. ' Court convened at -lOclock. r Two wit nesses absent yesterday were announced to be present. - 7 -' 1 - Judge Cantwell stated that the' prosecu tion would be unable to close until the evi dence of J. J. Royall, for whom subpoena had been issued, .but who bad not been found, should be given. - la reply to a pro : test of the defence, he said he proposed to have all the evidence pertinent to the case, if need be by the use of all the. power of the United Stales.and by extending the case to the limit of time prescribed by the stat ute of limitation, but did not desire unne cessary delay. ".... CoL French held that the whole . country could not be ransancked for ' witnesses while the prisoners were kept in suspense. If no evidence of any crime could: now be produced, they must be permitted to go free. The defence had waived every tech nical right in order to facilitate a decision of the case on its merits. ' He had even waived bis personal exemption from being reouired to testifv in recard to his acts as counsel, and become a witness for ihe pros- ecution in this ease. . ! . I Judge Meares said the prosecution had no power to stay the case to obtain new. wit nesses after it had once begun the Chief Justice of the United States, evenj bad no such power. J ' Judge Cantwell said this was not the trial of a cause, but a preliminary examination in a criminal matter hence not subject td strict application of the rules of evidence. He explained that he appeared as the feed counsel of the prosecuting4witness and net as tbe representative of th e United States. He also said all five of the Commissioners of Robeson county were defendants in this case, and not four as had been represented. The U. S. District Attorney was! not re quired to appear here. If the case should be sent hence to the Circuit Court, then the District Attorney had the option of enter ing a nolle pros, if the interests of tie Gov ernment were deemed best served by eo doing, orof preceding to prosecute the case. The Court said the subpoenas for these witnesses had been issued and placed in the hands of the officers in the first instance, and the case would accordingly be delayed to await their arrival, if necessary If there was a proposition to delay the case to await tbe arrival of new witnesses, the matter would present a different aspect, j Dr. R. M. Norment, the prosecuting wit ness, was put upon the stand, and exam ined by Judge Cantwell. Had been a can didate for tbe Constitutional Convention at the election held in Robeson county last August. Was a resident of that county and citizen of the United States. ;Neil Mc Neill was a candidate with him at that election, and Duncan Sinclair and Calvin Ai McEachin were the candidates on the other side. The election occurred on the 6th of August (Thursday). Could not say exactly how many electors voted for him a few more than for the opposing candi date. Tbe same was the case with his col league. His own i majority was about 50; McNeill's was about . 88. He went to the Court-House in Lumberton on the Satur day (Aug. 7,) after the election, and there found the County Commissioners in session as a Board, engaged in counting the returns of the election. - Considerable discussion ensued on the question of allowing the evidence to take the form of a narrative. Tbe Court held it might do so. : , , . r-,,'.-r. , 1 ,tc, At" this'point TJ." S. District lAttdrney Badger, who had just arrived, Paid he was here simply in virtue of his office, for the purpose of seeing f hat nothing more er less was done than should be for the interest of the United States. , . . . . j 'After explanations by counselor. Nor mcnt proceeded. On the Friday after the election (6th of Aug.) he had seen copies that had been made of tbe official returns from all the precincts, and found that him self and colleague were in the majority. He. sent a telegra'mto Thos.-B. Keogb, Chairman of the Republican State, Execu tive Committee at Raleigh; the same day, announcing the result Qa the; next day (Saturday) be heard that the Conn ty Com missioners had thrown out i the! votes of four precincts. . He , went ;1o the Court House and inquired of the Board whether that was the case. Was informed it was. Asked if they would read the order, and the order was -read. ' After some discuss, sion, witness proceeded to give substance of order. He then asked to be heard in favor of a reconsideration of the action taken, and having been 1 informed that be . would be ... heard .. with , great pleasure, addressed . the Board;' 7and cited them to sections of Battle's Revisal bearing on tbe case.: He also asked and received permission to have counsel heard by the Board. .' Employed Mr. ; Giles Leitch, and left him to urge the matter noon tbe attention of the Commissioners. Mr. . Lemuel . W, . Thompson, a member. stated in tbe Board that he ' had become convinced tbat vthe votes of the rejected townships ought to be counted,! and asked, and received permission to change his vote on their rejection.'. . The oher side, had counsel present also.- lln reply fa a ques tion.1 A -ij"1 -i rX-v: 1 , JudgeX3antwell ;asked, on the evidence, that L. W. Thompson be ; discharged ifrom arrest, but retained as a "witness, and that a subpoena be issued.or, that ; purpose. Granted.1 ;'VA i t yiSZ'.'-'V- ' Dr. Norment resuatted On ..this - day (Saturday) he received a telegram from Mr.' Sorrell, urging him to try and get iis cer tificate. He sent a telegram to Mr. Eeogh, Chairman of the State Republican Execu tive Com mit lee, the. same' day, stating the action of the ' Commissioners, but ex pressing hopes for .a. .change. , On . the : fol lowing Monday sawCoL N. A vMcLeani counsel for the Commissioners, on the subr jecU i He said : ' ; : v : Col. French Here was a third party in troduced. - - Such testimony was not com petent under any rule of evidence.. After discussion the Court decided the witness should proceed.' ''''--' Dr. Norment On the Tuesday or Wed nesday following the election bad this con versation with Col. McLean. His impres sion was it was Wednesday Wednesday or . Thursday. "l He (Norment) had in the meantime written a communication to the Wilminrtoui-ftw.'.. CoL McLean said it that . communication . was withdrawn ' ho would use his influence to have the Com missioners reconsider their action in throw-; ingout the returns. He (Norment) then communicated with the editor of the iW, but received a reply that the request came too late, as the paper had gone to press.! Since that time he had heard do more of the efforts for .a reconsideration. He had omitted to say in his previous evidence that he had asked the Board to adjourn from the Saturday to the Tuesday after theelecr tion, 11 the official returns were not au 10, as the Board had adjourned in this manner a year or so before, but the request was re fused. He had subsequently filed a com plaint in tbe Supreme Court, and gotten a mandamus issued, made returnable before Judge Settle at' Greensboro.? On the hear ing, the casejwas dismissed for lack of ju risdiction, it was i held the case should have begun in the Superior Court. , At the time of this! decision it was only a few day 8 to the time set for the assembling of the Constitutional Convention, and too late to renew the proceedings. He had next gone on to the Convention, and, when the members ' qualified,! went forward with a certified copy of the returns and asked to be admittted to a seat as tbe legally elected candidate. Judge Settle, however, had set his application aside on the ground that he was compelled to seat those having cer tificates, and he accordingly did so. He (Norment) never . got ; his seat in the Convention. There was an ad verse report made upon his h appli cation, and this report waa referred to a tribunal where it slept until tbe close of the session. 1 1 Question whether admission of himself ! and colleague would have changed the political character of the Con vention was objected to. j Cross Examined While the Convention was in session in Raleigh he had been fre quently before the committee, and had in formed Gen: Cox that but for his telegram and the Journal's funetu officio article be thought the Commissioners would have re' considered their action. (He had heard that Gen Cox's telegram to Col. ? French was to this1 effect: "Hold Robeson and save the State;) Gen. Cox replied, that he had telegraphed to a private individual He (Norment) had answered: "That indi vidual bad the ear of the Commissioners of Robeson, and,, coming from Gen. Cox as Chairman of "iSe Democratic Executive Committee, i it had had its effect.'! The conversation' with CoL McLean, before spoken of, bad been, he thought, about the Tuesday following the election. Gen. Cox's telegram came about that time he could not say exactly when ; to the best of his knowledge and belief should say it was after the Sunday! following the elec tion. ' but ; was not certain . whether it was before or after Tuesday. Gen.; Cox did not specify the character of the telegram' ..he had . sent,',; : Had no ,,very lengthy conversation with bim. . Gen. Cox did not say that he had the same right to send telegrams that he (Norment) had, or that his telegram 1 was sent subsequent to Norment's or was a response to it. There were over 800 voters in the rejected pre- cints of 'Robeson the result had been changed in the county, himself and col: league defeated, and Jhe majority in the Convention changed by that action of the Commissioners. ; Thought the ; Board told mm iney naa inrowa out iu remrns uu wbuld bear him or bis counsel for a recon sideration. ! Thecounsel of the Board was present,; but not in a condition, ; as be thought, to advise, any one. J;lTJbugbt they Informed bim they bad consulted counseL He had received from the. Republican State Executive Committee a?lahigb a dispatch to this effect i Make evry effort to get cer tificaieH." This was about a week after the election about ihe ' time Genu Cox's tele- mum arrived ' he thought. . He did not think the telegram be received advised him to "use any and all means to get tbe cer tiflcates," but the language used was very strong too strong," be considered. Did not consider any unlawful method of get ting; certificates bad been, proposed.;; The communication he , sent; the Post was rather bitter but: not very personal. ' Mr. Lean was " tight," atf the time of dieir coriver sation. In reply to a question. Had all the evidence before the Convention on the 6ih September. 1 The election'and time of Assembling were so near together he could not give the full notice required by law of his proposal to contest, the . election. .. Was able, to give'but twenty-eight Jnatead .'of thirty day's notice. aGen. Cox,;may .have said something to bim about having a right to. telegraph.- -The Board of Commission ers bad admitted that, all.the returns were. before them. ! lie knew tbat : a- United States Commissioner had been in Lumber- ton and collected some facts in reference to the : action of el3oaro". 4 He was apt instrumental in bringing the Commissioner there,' and 'difi.1 not hear of his presence nntu aner Jie nau u . ua vommissioner also went to Shoe Heel. , This, was, about the time be received the telegram about Using every effort, to, get the certificates.; Had not told Neil McNeill these Commis sioners would be carried to Lumberton in. ironsnnless their Vote; excluding the re turns was reconsidered. Had seen that re port in the Itobetonian and addressed a de I nial to that paper, whereupon the man who I had been responsible for the' report was hunted up, but declined to confirm his pre" 1 vious statement; nevertheless, theBooesoman declined to give him (Norment) the benefit of his denial. ", The'only influence that was possibly exerted on the Board by Keogh'S telegram was the changing of the vote of One ..member, i The others were .not suffi ciently influenced to change. The ; Com missioners said: they had been advised by counsel that the returns were imperfect be cause the poll-books had not been brought in. : CoL McLean, the counsel of the Board -had practiced law about 20 years. Judge Cantwell inquired whether it was to be claimed that the. advice of counsel learned in the law would operate to excuse those who followed their advice from re sponsibility for their actions. The defence replied that it most certainly .was; Stephen .R. Ward was called to the stand. 1 1 Was Rgister of Deeds of Robeson county at the time of the election, . He had all the returns of that election here and produced them to the Commissioners. They had been placed on file in his office.! The returns from the townships tnrownout i were sent into his office by the poll-holders and not filed by the Commissioners. Judge Meares objected to the reading of the paper. It was not a proper return of the election; and worth no more than blank , paper. The ' . Couit noted the objection, but on examination admitted the paper.' By consent of counsel, the returns were admitted in .bulk, subject to future excep tions. Recess to 3 P. M. ... I ! AFTERNOON SESSION." District Attorney Badger announced that. by arrangement with Judge Cantwell, the Attorney for ' the ' United ' States ' would henceforth take entire control of the prose cution of this case. . By leave of the Court, Judge Cantwell then withdrew. The footing ' up ! of the . returns of the election in Robeson county here presented was read as follows: , 1 l For 1 R. M. i Norment, 1,774 votes ; for Neil McNeill, 1,736 votes; for Duncan Sinclair, 14757 votes ; for Calvin A. McEachin, 1,718 votes, - k t Stephen E Ward was cross-examined. Am still Register of Deeds in Robeson county ; was present at, the canvass of tbe late election.' CoL McLane -had been, at torney for the Commissioners for twelve months or more past - The. commissioners consulted him before throwing out the votes of the four townships. Think he was in a condition to give legal advice, though he was a little under influence of liquor.! Was quiet in manner and gesture.' Not drunk. Did not bear bim ' brag that he was to be paid $200 for this opinion. He (Ward) had always lived in Robeson. Is still Clerk of the Board. Was present at the discus sion on .this matter. Neither one of the counsel was drunk. He did not see the telegrams from Raleigh ofbear CoL French give any advice to the Board thereon. Was not positive whether h the Journal said anvthlng about the matter. Did not recollect hearing c; anything about it. Did not recollect -that the Bobesonian bad said that no such dispatch as that of Gen; Cox had been sent. Did -not knew that the matter of tbe dispatch bad been mentioned in the Board at alL It certainly was not considered by them as a Board, Might have heard some one speak to mem- bers.on the subject.' Had . no recollection of any of the, Commissioners bavingapoken of the, telegram. Pid nb recollect hearing that connectioQ.- May have heard them speak of charges in the, papers as being false.1 Did not recollect what false charges he heard them speak bf. Nothing was said I about the telegram so far as he recollected i jjia not Know tnau tne telegram was . sen some days after the- meeting of tbe Board; . B. W. Stark took the Stand, 7 Was an op erator of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Raleigh. He had with bim now all the telegrams sent from Raleigh by W R? Coi to W. Foster French, or other per sons in Lumberton during the month of Au gust last; After somber preliminaries, the d it-patches were produced on the written or; der of tne Court. ' There were only two of these dispatches, both to CoL French. The first reads: M AS you ; love the Stated bold Robeson." The second is: "Robeson must give certificates to our candidates." i Both were signed with Gen, Cox s name, but he could not say they were, in Gen. Cox's hand writing. They did not seem to be both written in the- same hand. There was nO date on the messages, but they were record ed in his office August 9th. Did not know who brought them to the office; Gen. Cox was Chairman of the Democratic State, Ex ecutive Committee. A ; good -.many tele grams were going off about that time. ' 'Did not know that members of the'Executive Committee sent telegrams.signed.with Gen. Cox's name- He thought one of the mes sages was, in Gen. Cox's: handwriting the one:, f AS yori(ovetbeL State hold Robe son.'? i Was sot positive. '."- ; l iW-Foster.Freach testified: Received the telegrarn jAs you love the State, wl etc. Don't know that he didn't receive the other. This telegram was not an answer to any he bad sett.- Had not communicated with Gen. Cox- or the Committee on these sub- jecto , previous to its! receipt Had; com - municated this telegram to only one or the County.; .Commissioners Mr. - Morrison. Sent it to him by maiL He (French) receiv ed the telegram about 1 o'clock Monday or Tuesday night, he thought. He wa at home asleep when the messenger brought it and waked him. Previous to seeing the telegrams here 'and hearing the preceding witness he had been under the impression tnat ne received it as late as Wednesday. Had never known until ' be met Mr. Mor rison in this Court Whether that telegram was received by hfni ' Was not counsel tor the Board until the mandamus case came on at Greensboro.' Mr Morrison lived about twenty-five miles from him. Think he never, spoke to any of the other Com missioners about the telegram. Was not present at the proceedings upon tbe count ing of the votes; - Was - at "home asleep. After it was over a lady happened to call, and from her he had the first information that it had been going on. He also beard some shouts. Did not remember meeting any of the Commissioners that evening- saw Mr. Morrison on Monday, however. Had also seen McLean, who said the Board did not see any need of reconsidering their action. Would notsweajrhe did not get this second telegram, v He got a good many telegrams about that time Thought Col. , McLean had been in practice over twenty years. His"; reputation for' learning and ability was very high in Robeson.' Thought the. telegram had not been received by him at time of bis conversation with Mr. Mor rison on Monday. Mr. Morrison said at that time that the Board bad decided not to reconsider its action. Had no recollec tion of seeing CbLMcLean that dsy,: Did see him till some days after.' He (McLean) was not drunk at that time. Saw him du ring the next week somewhat under the In fluence of liquor." . ,t v ' , ,'tv7 Stephen E. Ward recalled by the prose cution.' Read from the minute-record of the! Board the record of proceedings, for August 7th Saturday.! ThepolUxok of Britts township was sent in Tuesday, be fore 12 o'clock, he thought Two of the township poll-books had not been sent up to him to this day. : T: 5 The District Attorney received, permis sion to . summon 1 two of the poll-holders from each of the four rejected townships ; CoL French protesting that the court bad. ruled in the morning that the' case could not be delayed to bring in new witnesses. In reply to a question of Judge Meares, whether he had now any farther evidence to submit against his client, the District Attorney . replied ' that ' be bad ; not. and further stated - that in bis opinion no conspiracy bad been proven against Gen. Cox the evidence tending to Show only that he had sent a telegram after the conspiracy had been formed. He did not desire the further appearance of Gen. Cox in the case. . '' Judge Meares called attention to the fact that he had not asked the discharge of his client. ' ".' ' ;, . -";''- The District Attorney,, then, would take the responsibility of entering a nolle pros. on behalf of the Government, if that were necessary, In response ; to an inquuy of Judge Meares, the Court stated that Incase all the ... ..... j , prisoners should be discharged, the records and affidavits herein would remain in the bands of this Court Ah adjournment was then, bad until 10 A. M. on Tuesday next - . ... f- -i M Serenade to Gen. Cox. - About 9 o'clock last jiight a large con course of citizens, beaded by the . Cornet Concert Club; ' drew up in front of Gen . Cox's quarters at the Purceli Hons e for the purpose of tendering bim their eo ngratnla- tions on his release from the custody of the lVr S. Commissioner's Court After some lively airs had been renderr ed, the General appeared on the steps of the Dawson building opposite, accom panied by Judge Meares; bis late counsel,' who Introduced him to the throng in a few forcible sentences. ; Gen. Cox thanked theconcourse for this token of their interest; and yet he could not say that he bad " not expected it, for he 1 realized that the cause of the whole' people bad been on trial iu bis person. He had been torn from his home in Raleigh by the officer of this Court, upon a trumped-up charge brought , against him by an ambi tious cross-roads politician for purely ma licious or political purposes. So flimsy had been the pretence of evidence ' against bim that tbe prosecutor -had felt compelled a the end of to-day's examination to release him on ''his 'own motion by entering nolle pros.1 on f behalf of the Govern ment .He ' had proposed on 'bis part to ' fight' the" 'matter ' through and not ask for any discharge, but the pros ecution had not waited? for bim to ask it And now he would say this was not the end of the matter. On. the meeting xt the Court at Raleigh he proposed to take 1 some one else from their home, to answer to a charge of malicious prosecution and perjury in this case. . i He would send word to-night to those at the bottom of this matter' that the day when the Kirk business of unlawful arrest could be prosecuted with satisfaction and success in North Carolina had passed away; " The foundations of republican lib erty had been ' undermining long enougb, and now these lawless acts and crimes committed against the rights of law-abiding citizens must cease. , J, The "General's remark were frequently interrupted by applause. , We cannotre-" tend to do anything like justice to ther at this hour They were hifpUy concluded. by a prophecy that t-3 cext time the Gen eral should come bcre, it would be to at tend a greater celebrata thsa that wtich . had beenCp&i4 for tbe purpo80 V joxninz in 'the rejoicings - over 14.CC0 Democratic 1 majority rolled up in the State. " ' ' Chnrcb Fair and Featlval. , I . On next Tuesday night the, lower room , Of the Lumsden building will be open to a)1 those who have a desire to help the lsdies, of the First Baptist Church in their cffoW ta nd the church of Its debt ; Among ihe attractions will be a bootblack stand, very handsome, for the most popular gentleman- of tbe evening, to be voted, on by the la dies; also a beautiful piece of band-work to be voted to the belle of the evening by " the gentlemen. . t . " 1 , Tbe Heaton Cnae Ag;aln, v "T In the case of James Heaton, found guil ty of stay ing an election in this city, men- ' tion of which was made in our last His Honor, Judge McKoy, did not pass sen- ence, as was incorrectly stated by us. His counsel moved for a new .trial, which mo tion waa held under advisement bv Hia Honor until so me day daring ' the present week 'm 1 .,5 .-;, '.'.:.! Bepnblleaat Commlitee . j - We learn that the original Republican Executive Committee for this county, as ;it stood before the new county of Pender was , formed, met at tbe Court House yesterday . and reorganized by the election, of S. H. Manning as Chairman and H. E.' Scott as Secretary.'" n:ViV-K1 kVf?l - Baas r Tnaraaoaar. , -l I ' The following was the range of the ther mometer at the Signal Bureau, In this city, yesterday: "J-, : t ; 4 I 7 A. M., 33; 12 M., 39; 2 P. 1L, 40; 4:80 P. M.,41; 9 P. M., 34-11 P. M., 80. Onr Cnarenea ToDar. ' First Presbyterian Church, corner Third and Orange streets: Rev, Jos. R. Wilson, D. D., Pastor. - Services at 11 a. m., by Rev. C. M. Payne. No service, at night. Sunday School at 3 p. m. ! ; 1 1 " j Second Presbyterian Church, corner of Fourth and. Campbell streets.' Rev. A. McFadyen will fill the pulpit at s 11 a. m., and also at 7i p. m. ; Sunday School 1 atl 3 m. Prayer meeting Friday at 71a. in. Seats free. - ' . . ": - i fit. James' Church, corner Third and Ser- Market- sts. -i Third Sunday in Lent vices as follows : .Celebration at 7i turn. Morning Prayer at 11 o'clock; Evening Prayer at 5; o'clock; Sunday School at 3 Services in St John's Church ' tb-day Third Sunday in Lent, as follows: Early Celebration at 7T'a.: m. Morning Prayer Litany and Ante-Communion office jai It o'clock. Evening Prayer Children's Ser vice at 5 o'clock. s - . i l. Services at St Paul's (Episcopal) church. corner of Fourth and Orange streets,' as5 fol lows services at II a. m., ' and 7f pi ra. Rev. T. M. Ambler, Rectou Seats free. Front Street M. E. Church (South),1 "cor ner, of Front and Walnut streets: Rev.J.E. Mann, pastor. Services at 11 a, m. and 8 p. m. Sunday school at 3 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday night at 8 .o'clock. Young Men's Society,; .Friday Ihighi at 8 o'clocx. - - . v ;--J..i-;-T: t if - :- Fifth Street Methodist E. Church (South), situated on Fifth, betweenNun and Church streets: Rev. J. M. Rhodes, pastor. !f Sev- vices at 11 a. m. and 7i p. m. Sabbath School at 9 a. m. Class meeting 3 m. Prayer meeting Thursday '. night ' at 1 o'clock.' i itt lt.- First Baptist. Church, corner of Market and Fifth streets, Rev. James B. Taylor, Pastor. Sunday School at 9 a. m.i Ser vices at 11 a. m. and li p. in. Young men's prayer meeting Tuesday nigh$ '.at 7J o'clock. Regular prayer meeting Thursday night at 7T o'clock, Jj-,W-':- - . St Paul's Evang. ; Lutheran Church, corner of 6th and Market streets. Rev. G: D. Bernheim, pastor.; . German service at 11 a. m. ' English service at 7 p. mi Sunday school at 3 p. m. Catechetical instruction on Friday at 3 J p. . m. Weekly lecture, on Friday at7J P m. - , -,; ;, f .v ; ;.. St Thomas' Catholic, Church, Dock st, near Third. , Third. Sunday in Lent. Mor ning Services at 7 and 10.80. J Vespers at 4 o'clock. 'DailyMafis at TaJ m.1 jThe "Way of the Cross" on Friday, evening at fJftQ. -til ' -.It-H-i',-' f' ' -V ;''V 4t)" j A a Services at St Mark's (colored) Episcopal Church,-corner Cth and Mulberry streets, on Sundays as follows : Morning Prayer at 11 o'clock. ... Sunday, School atSt Barna bas , School House, at 3 J p.m. Confirma tion class at the Church at 5 p. m. lEven ing prayer at 8 ' o'clock.' 1 ' .''"I First Baptist Church, colored, on Fifth and Campbell streets. Sunday School at 9$ a. m.; preaching at 10 a. m., 3 p. m Jand 7i p. m. Rev. F.R. Howell, Pastor, r -V Trinity Chapel, M. E. Church, 7th fand Brunswick streets, Rev. zi T. Pearsall, Pas tor. Services at 11 o'jclock, a. m., 8 p m. and 7 p.m7 Sabbath School at 9 a. m. ; Ebenezer 'Baptist Church (colored), 7th ... between Orange and Ann streets," W.f H Banks, pastor. - Services at 10 a. m., 3 m.,and8p,m, . , . j. . , 'First (colored) Presbyterian Churchy 8th and Cbesnut . streets. Rev. J. W. Nelfair, will preach at 11 a. m. Sabbath School at 9a. m, J" ' " ' --t - BUbop Atklnaona Appolmnaentaror . bla Stprlnar Tlaliatlon. I Krnslon, ' ' - March 23, Wednesday Holy Innocents, Lenoir, 24, Friday. Newberne, " 23. Sunday Beaufort, 23, Tuesday; 8t Paul'a.Switt C B'dge, w 31, Friday. Union Meetiog. House, April 1, Saturday. Trinity cb., Beaufort co. " 2, Sundays Blount's-Creek. 8, Monday. . Et John's, Durham's Ck,M 4, Tuesday. South Creek.Beaufort co. ' ' 6, Thursday. Greenville, - . 9, Sundays Et John's, Pitt county, ' 11, Tuesday. Snowhill, . ' ' 13, Thursday. Marlborou'sKTitt cbT, - 4,-14,Good Friday Wilmington, Ct XlatL's' - - - - 1 - - f I and Ct John's cL'cs, 13, Ilter.i etstcsviHe,' - - 23, Saadayj , Hickcry, i , . : "-24, Monday FayettevUle, . . -V May 6, Saturday. Rockfish,; . '" 7, Sunday!
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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