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tfM.-H. :BER;CKO. "'Editor and Proprietor; n t r- Friday, November 2d, 1877: l Remittances nUt be mad by Check, Drafts Postaf Motey ora, tjAU Wr uTaotorn will rAcrfntnr letter when desired. j" Only Such remittances will be t the riek. ot ; the publisher.' i j . . - i -- Specimen copies forwarded when denlredl -.1 ' "JUDGE MEttRIIttON'S BIIil. !; ,The' Stae said long ago that there was no wisdom in extremes. The latest illustration of the truth of this remark are the comments of '.certain I Washington correspondents and cer tain Radical papers on Judge Merri uWs bill introduced into the United . . ... I State's Senate relative to placing the few surviving veterans of the war of 1812 on the pension list again, who hail from the. South. Their names had been thrown out because of theiV locality and supposed or real sympa-f1 thy with that awful rebellion. (We stop: to remark that , we -get piping hot ' whenever 'we read in a Yankee paper of Southern rebels, wlien (, we know how they kicked up their heels at George the Third - in such , a vigorous way, and , were so hot for . secession : ; from 1808 to ,181 4.) : Now, no one but a bull-heajded par tisan, who would liot be just or gen eruus though' the very .heavens fell, cpuld possibly object to Senator Mer rimonVbill. : It is wise, just and time ly, because it 'proposes to pay to the real heroes of 1 the war. of 1812 the pension now paid to the veterans ot that time who happened to live in the North, and were able, at a later day, to sneaV contemptuously of "South- em rebels." ': '- The Southern veterans of 1812 are necessarily very old men and -were J J J old men when the warof 1861 began. They were too oia to snouiaer any- i; our. border, s To persecute; them now by withholding the pay that has been accorded to the men- of tbe North who fought the baUles of the country, is. malignant ' and ; mean; - and every rway' unworthy of any, nation but one of idiots and5 pirates. The men who have been cut ff because of Southern birth or residence belonged to the Southern army that won those battles that gave prestige and . glory to the American name. To refuse to give I them the dole that tbe (iovernmenf bestows upon less meritorious. soldiers, simply because their homes were in the South, is as contemptible as un- just. t We hope the wrong done wili thing but their crutches, ana ; only j. . iu-v. -. both barrels consisted of brown paper,, and i,. : f iVi;. Ko'ttiM aoin I if they can have an opportunity tlbf- the waddirie found' near t1iew bod v was Aof - . - . -m : . " ni i II ir ! s van r 1 1 iratit nra fl f flQTT II and not to meet the new ; invader at doing so, I, Jiiljcommo hrowHaper similar foal.m be remedied by the passage of J odge :pasha8 have retired to la strong pbii-' Merrimon's bill. To refuse -to do :tion ne Hag8an KalohwbiiPeB this would show a malicious and vi- Heyman and Terguiasoffaha"ve dictive spirit on the part ot jn ortnern Senators that would go a good way towards rekindling the smoldering fires of sectional dislike and antago nisms. As a Northern journal pert!-, nently remarks, 'the Northern man who. is haunted by the fear of the payment of pensions to Confederate soldiers shows scarcely more sense than the Southern man, if such a . lunatic is to be found, who looks for ward to . such an . impossible thing. In fact no one in the South - enter tains such la preposterous idea, and no one in the North knows this better than the vindictive defamers in ' the Northern press who are warning their section against this fiction of their ' own imaginations. - , .The veterans of the Mexican war should also'; receive their pensions without reference to locality br; na- tionality. V; A great government can not afford to be vipdictive,n!ggardly, partial or mean. t ' Here is the way tho great Radical paper, the New York Times; refers to Senator Merrimon's bill-:-.- ': "Senator Merrimon, of North Carolina, thinks the present a good time to restore reoel soldiers to the pension list. It is a season of conciliation, good-will, and sen timent, and so Mr. Merrimon introduces a bill which reads as followBr 'That section 4,715- of the jevised ; statutes,- forbidding ; the payment of the pensions therein named, .- be and the same is hereby repealed.' That is'ibe whole case, and it is intended . to re store to the i pension list the persons ' and 7 their heirs who voluntarily engaged in the la.e rebellion against the authority of the United Slates. This is the enterinir wed?e. It js the preparation for a bill to include in thft lifttnf np.nainriAra thnw nhn tnntrlxt in both armies,' ae i some ofahe-sentimental- " Twit."0.1.. w ith Andrew i Johnson j that . ftreasoo is a crime, and must be planished as such.' " , tol. J essForrestjin, Memnbiau He -w.'.s - 'i.?Ki- , ', . . , - - tiroa n-v'AM'.C :.l.l!T Ji1.ii.-S i If IJIi: JL.il ao'teudidbliy.suaVheTi;! in bealtbAndwaa possibly thegreat- Kied by tbe HafviwTh South will al ways jJiboQr tbgrfitj cavalry toari.; . lie was or North: Carotin stock,, his jiarenU angmVy" this; -State to Tebnesseer.1 Wo are nticfertain " .whfether;Geh.fF6rre8 w.as boTn '"be- THE WESTEKN DISTKIOTi . . Mr. Marcos Erwin addresses a se-' sohd open lettelo SQen." Brjbert 1j in which he sat:tactcVily ispok-s of the two obJdctldnBlliatrsre-lifBecr against ..the abolition of ih.-.Western.- Jntlioial .District, viz: that one Judge aadmeaittieWVtiriMtyawpet'tM'' po80 cf thV workamnh5t1fs aboli- tion woahi be vwyiBWrrvetew Ai to the firsChe snows 'that' atJircuit Judge of a State Court Hransact&iaa much business as therejjs; done,;fp both of the United i States Districts. h of the United ; States Districts, to the second,' he says the 'Judge 'tv' '""-1 tA u As of the Eastern District cap, hold the Courts at the three7 points at, wMch. they are now held jn the West. t:- The bill of Congressman VWaddelf meets tljis objection fully; SAs, to Wj -.r, D 1 KAi;fiWinr I .av.ol.ges offered by the .bolUhteg ofithe District, Mr, Erwin;'says:t i I Ml That it would affordf Congress all .opJ I Dortunity to endorse an important. measure i ( 'sk .' sFftAn annAiinnan on1 t so fondly cherished by President ; Hajes viz: The abolition of .all useless offices and, the reduction of the rublic J&xpenuirure in every branch of . the ' civil service' o.1he lowest possible point, consistent' with, the due execution of tne laws ana me interest ' of the country. - It would also prevent a nleasinz and unDartisan spectacle of arf en tire unity oisenwrneni aua sawn ia..iuc ; national Legislature and the Execulive,.ia. tire unity of sentiment aud aCtion in .the cal reform about which so. mujch has been "thfmUd experiment It, abolishing their ofBces, justice would . be tempered with mercy! to some incapable persona who. "ifitii ful result of too close ascrutiny into their J pfflcial conduct; and,' while some who de- j SS 'SfSJSSSSa fnrthftr nnnreasion and the miblic treasurv4 i i from further plunder." -j ' h t We have seen no sound objection yet offered in opposition, and we have no doulA, that Western Congressmen, l - Papers and people will approve of t warmly when the bill is nnderetbod. warmiy wnen me onus unuereioyu. It is an effective and certain way ot curing a great and crying evihThos people who have been oppressed and :i4 i TA. tiIaVIo P?JBf. S??. y w.to...r.j.r.. - on position made three assaults before Uiej,; sucr; ceeded. The t Turks played .a foul game bv twice 'displaying' whltl I flaff. and thus allurihjr them under a I I i v t - - It' terrific fire, i, They paid foruihi forsl'i their killed alone is" said to have been four thousand.. The I Russians are iforUfying 'the : capture positions, as thev are threatened with a combined I? - attack by Osman and Cheyket Pashas, From Asia Minor comesj the i -news that negotiations at Kars 'have been broken off and the bombardment jias Wun afresh. Mouktar and Ismail t united and - are near the Turks atid i . . . . 1 i : & . i not far from Koprikpi.' The successes 'of the. Russians at Flevna create inuch alarm at Constantinople. . Such is the present- outlook. i . ; The last Richmond papers repre-1 sent ihft r.itv all : alivo - with ' ttia p.ic. pected visit ot tbe irresident. Ex tensive preparations haye'ibeen made, and by this ' time he is tbe guest of .hat beautifuljty,3!p.6how' the spirit of the people 'we qudte the fol lowing: - At miielins nf tho M olliniliol nroalia -I held yesterday at the Broad Streets Metho dist Church, on motion it wasjesolved that the Methodist clergy of Kicbmond. Man chester, and all visiting clergy of the Church, call upon the President of the Uni ted States in a body .on Wednesday, at 9 , p.m.. --- - . -,i , , In the 'distribution of Chairman ships North Carolina receives, three. ,CoL ;Waddell is chairman t or the committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Gen. -Scales of Indian Affairs, and Gen. Vance of Patents. We are -' . - - f i . i- glad to see Mr.- Randall recognizing , our puDuo men, some or wnom nave -1 1 had a considerable experience in Con- i Snrrpaainnal 1 Atrial atirtti - ' S ' '' : r " & ''-''"- I-T. ry r r niJ ii'.'tri- : ju. vatm viipmii uttun vrpeuiur uaa come to grief. He . is in! jail in, New Jersey awaiting a trip to South Car-, blina Upon a requisition jof Govenior Hampton. He is one oftf thefaiees41 f-one of those carpe t-Tag gentry-r !who came down npon th BQUthf.(Iike;, a wolf m the fold.'.' ThemillsUri I r ftili awprk gSfSgrlpdi Grinding .1 grinding Let -?em grinds n(i.5 Gen. j.Forrest, the; great cavalry 1 business and lha atreta-fairVv thrrmtl I! - - - - ' -"y -E'--tvf - T- M L 3.: '.,.. f. ' .... ' r 1 ' ' .;-." .. - fed j with peoblfe Afaoignhb'palU bearers weW e-A?iiiM'itV'J'fAif Davis, G.ov.!? PpranAbnac NewQrleapatiajirespondedpirompis ti) ;iiV4 y to tbe call of the Ferhandlft-! nf- t ... - .- t. . . . t .,, r j f,w tOi Rev; Hoyla 'reppftssboie1 converts recently on hi etrhlt!' JiO 83 converts recently on his circuit!.'' I i " IIIUC LUU. - AUG ilCHJf 1UBUCU UttllOl Lil The Russians made a splendid- fight niito"i AHfnt Unp-o' fw. Um" the 24th wben tney: captured tne I one. The accused Robert Smith, was i not pro- near tiwinie Dubruik 1 bey lisnl wnen ne amvetf at ,tbe body, lie SCPGUIOR COCST. ? rue jnafee o bert Smltb' Tha zed rdor ofDavId Jlriphy T Removed from II aden Ik) County, -jJThercase- -of iKobe-LL8mith,harged with the mohpajflfl qftftgiggf ten ,xfnty(ll nn i tlm , night. nf.nU) iflsihanft J.OTftteithdvwFllnaiy preeIdingjiiTblehtura foreridotf was coa hundred men summoned by order ef the quisite ,nuuer bid ' iJden secured.' '1tte following .named pcraona jooHjprlselie $t: tuhr rollere, t Bf4 1! rant, ,-. W, l. Cotton (colored), Robert Henqing, tW, A. WiUson, tsaac1 R'UorttroJ;4. Ll' Jicobe,' Thomas SSlffliAa pS BrowBelle(boMred)rM.VMtIatire,! Elijah 23 Th 4 w !;i!(lt VI--! J"fl K1' and the court, then .took a recess until 31 -v ,i ; : v vw.. AFTERNOON SESSION AJ. UW MWlk BfVtIUVU VVUI TW OM3 IVUfiVUCU aod Oie ttirf?wMtrceedwth,-'. '. (The, first witness called bythe" proccii- This witness testified thit" -:he examined 'ir' j1 . ' "3b iril jT-j.- t. m the body TXh decease '(David 'Murphy) ; ni& ;0niwhich het homicide was come mif f?:ilhe W1? thPearf, the wound being what Is. known as a chest wound.' Ttjeceaie'tK eouli ' have lived a min- ,nlfc orso XatttrttArfit silk- Witness1 foatdv. Uodyf frdm :j fifty.- to!0ne hnndred and fifty i' yards: front4 Ilobert Smith's houseeaihe road leading from Smith's house, to the river. There were about' one hundred' 'bdoY" in tne body. They were Tnixtiol shof, two-thirds of them libeingsmaU and one-third 'duck or turkey sbot. At. the t; coroner's inquest Smith's 0nebafrel j gUQ OnAhnrrol nf flip irun Bppmpd trt hnvA lippn RceniVv5 iJch'areed. whiles the! otter had5 reyo- apparently been loaded' for several days, the caps being eorroded. Witness saw the jloaddrawn, audit wMomrjosea mixed .shot, something similar to those tulhebody, Ue saw one hundred rSd" and i .hJS wera &bout fifty Tbewadding ia had rained'tne' (lay "before the homicide was committed. Smiih's house is" a 'small and rails m the rear. Yt1. was ' nearer' from a0iriiir? ?.?f iim WW a OrYHiX YimtJiyi ThA Alrl hnrrcl liarl nrn- jbably been load(ed fbr several weeka! There llwerd about ope Thundred and'.fifty shot in jthe 616 barrel and only about one hundred J11??, ?ie-5V'irm! p- ipearances deceased was between Smiih's UOU: louse ahd tho man who shot him. i ,: i-.x ,.;i ?as next called. Witness is a surveyor,. nd exhibited attftttrSih UtlSmith's house nd grounds adjaeeiitlheretd, showing' tfcef irectidn'tot fhd! 'aflsi location -of mhe Columbus Evans and 8am! Evans 'testi- ed that they were present1 when the snr- ey of the grounds was made. f ' :' r - sr.' r Ui i COLU4CBUB T. KTAHY ras called and' sworn Witness saw1 the y on the night Of" the 28th of June 1877, t about 11 or 18 6'olock, within about one, lUndrcd and thirty-five ' yards of Smith's ouse. 1 He remained with tbe body. After heriff SUtloa 'came be looked for 4 tracks, e saw tfo tracks there before the Sheriff's nival, but found ;ta Nd. 9 or 19 track, e by shoe jrun - down at - the side. 'here were other .tracks on the same 'road ponr which deceased was found,' one made riv; k Nt' ft nhdtti HTnrfihv wilm Tri -ftiinrl r:' " - .. : JBmith a Nol '9 shbe There was. also a bare footed track.' It raiaed enough afterwards io obliterate' the tracks. ! In a conversation With' Smith' he (9.) told witness that the bar tooted track was- that of Lucy4 Melvin, 'a pblored servant'irl' ia his 'employ. He paid that he and irtrCyf ettin went to where Ihe bodywas aftci 'h gun fired: He.(S.) run down by the body,- .then . turned , baek find founds itj.u. He JBhook:, the .body and called Murphy, by name, . but .received, no hnswer., -,He then, called for alight, which was brought by -:Lucy i Melvin. ,.He ; was. j F?l ery much excited and could not remember; pi. that occurred,!; He, (Smith) said that orpby went, to- his- house j between sun- own and,,arki;and- he invited; him in. urpby refused, as lie had to go to. Sam. ivanaV,; He (S,) insisted , upon his coming. n,,ashe wanted Murphy i to, go. with, him pshingi Afterwards he ;and Murphy went to the; lake ,aod Mnrpy, sat,dowq .while he ISx),ciu);ighW90ci, i i The lake was through W.gfl.-fieJ4ng an.hfi.weorbapkhPmei.when P9.f fVAd iMqrpbyB.ap4r ft!? mUh'O cw.ife. sMflgi 8S toote,paj anl t,the. BtfSFri.iSW mi&WV&i -M.arpby .ep ?e4, 4pi(."4flVili'8"AnPJ, h colMed. girl) about her children. : He.(Smitb) asked Ptofejr rP.gl.ifilliW Mefused, pajK bfnust, go, )sheni,hei,ldv.i?n4 he ; iokchim,(S,l. about, the. jeate ; be- t D down Abe neero ?lrl 8hu' pnt poor after Marphj auMemith) sat down to pvill off his bcats-fi QerbadotoWbf iheoi pff,-when) thenar fired and- somoiohe bUooei( i,WilQesaifiaw.rtbe - wadding And IWiJ.9hnxSuttont;int?ob0l bondjed and:. f woty.tholJjolesiiSometof tb shol .were fmallaniwi&eJargmSmitbi.weot tpaann Jh.iieighbors; going- first to' jdeceaae('s reji WvnSioiHa jtoUaedAim witness) andt told phttiDaTeJIlBmh TiWaa ahot that aomehfld r j fcaAkUlcjfchUa.tnear Jxis'lSmith's.' dunse Rm v aMwww mmiim aj -aiw aVUJT IV US 17 wit u nr n W - . A Le CmujL tortfvuU'daB m Bu'berfr Court 'tes- 1 I came anerwards with J. A. Sutton. It Ijuue, wiiu tw,u uuurs, tue enclosure cousisi inn nf an u (rn rr art Willi nslinm in rmnl jine jrpni aoor io tue ooay tinaa tirom tue back deor'4 The tracksWere' easily' dis- Then Sam Smith said Ihatrvte war wil!jDgftoi8lit"ot'go" f?r i and fluent afler.Jhe ' Shtfiff:,; Smili was work!bs: witlf Melvin -nt the tirae. I he "feher lfT arrived "abou t" 8 o'clock . A. M. Smith, who went for a i octer after noiify- fjina tire Sheriff aijived jfbout daybreak." o'clock .0vjlier veningiiPwi iadjoumed p'roseci it vf udtre Dantel'li? RusselC-Messrs?? ft. atidi CuC Iori ; 'aud Mr. Bryan! Fdf ' Ilia defence: JIesgrs. -Thos.l H, Suttoff and fN Aflpteamail,rjr,! 1? .i.um.: . The-prisoner is a young man,, apparently about 25 years old andhas a rather plea sant face;) iHe seems td be very cheerful and self possessed. t i; Iia falher, Mr T.'M. Smith, and his father in-law? 'ex-Sheriff, R. P, Melvin, tre in constant attend a. ice; and are, of course, deeply interested in the trial. .The attorneys on both'Bides are very vigr ilant and every point is carefully watched ' - The case i will brobablv not be concluded before Friday;- VVe have not learned how many speeches will be made for the prose cution, or in what order Ihcy will be .de livered. Mr. Sutton and Mr. Stedman, we hear, will both speak for the defence. Tbe Dlpbtberla. ' . The Soutli Carolina papers,-' or some of theui,'conliDueto call attention to the use of sulphur as a remedy for that terrible and seemingly unmanageable- disease, diphthe ria. ; Here is whatDr. Berley. a physician of that State, says of one .particular case; "Thasubject was an infant, and. the .case an unusually'- marked one. . The previous treatment by -the parents suggested the use'. ; of sulphur, and I determined to give it a ' trial. I prescribed nothing but small Quan tities of 'flour of sulphur,' intimately mixed with sugar, and given three times a day; n twenty-four hours the patient had been It so far relieved as apparently to experience not the least luconvenience, and was play ing about its usual. I commend this to tbe favorable notice of the profession, both be cause of its results in this case, .and. the ease with which the remedy (if found such) can be applied. I think an occasional dose will be'fouiid efficacious as a preventivuW this dangerous disease."'" ''' "' Almost RIaraer. ' t:.-, . n We regret to learn that a difficulty oc curred at Marion, S. C, on-SStp'rday' night net, between Mr. W. L. Gregg, formerly of. this city, i but ndwMa-the ; employ of. Messrs. Wiliiaiiur & ; Murchison. of this pUce, to atleod)4o their business at Marion, . and a man by tbe name of E. P. Ellis, t du ring which the latter drew a knife 'and stabbed Mr.'Greg through the left lung, nflicting a - dangerous wound. : It was thought,; nt 'first,? that Mr. Gregg would idie from the. effects of. the injury re- ceived. but - at last accounts some, hopes were entertained that he would ultimately recover. The difllculty, we unuersrand, originated iu reference to some cotton which Mr.. Gregg had purchased from Mri. 'Ellis. A Plucky Jailor. v We learn .that tbrce colored prisoners, confined in the jail at Rockingham, Rich- jmond county' assaulted the jailor, Mr. 'Alex.; McDonald, on Tuesday morning last, while he was in the act of giving them their jbreakfast. They threw him , to the -floor, and were endcayoring to get tbe keys from liini; he having locked the door when he. emereu ine room, wxieu, uu maoageu w new tone hand free, with which he quickly drew bis pistol f and fired ; upon the ; prisoners killinone anddangerously;woundingan: uiuer. iuo tuiiu uuc was iiicu - bcvuicu without difllculty.' GEN. FOBBEST. ltncral service Impoilns D- ; moBitrailon-Snepenalon or Biial- nea. ."-'.. -Memphis, Oct. 81. . The funeral of General Forrest took place to-day at Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Rev.- Dr.' Stainback. " who had peen a private soldier under General For rest. ofliciatinfr. - I The streets for squares were crowded with people. y Among the pall bearers were Jefferson avis, Gov. (Porter, Jacob 'Thompson, col.. Galloway, and vr. uowan and maj. Rouhart of General Forrest's staff. . .The funeral escort was - composed of mounted ex-uonieaerates preceding tne hearse, music. Odd Fellows, the Chickasaw GtiArda. the RlufT Citv Grevs. the MemDhis Ligbt Guards, the Memphis Artillery, . ex- Confederate soldiers, ex-union soldiers, civil organizations, the Mayor and City Council, the;Fire Department and citizens , on foot. i All business was suspended during , the funeral. FRQiri wMniNOYON; Iflll fur !Pc-fmeBtvof -Arrearase to Sailor Reason for K eaisnation ox Mr. Poller organisation of tbe Poatofflee Committee It will Be, wort Faro r a Die to southern InTall tlontraetor In 1861. - ' il. .i ....'.,.'. Washington, Oct. 31. i The Naval committee of the House have resolved to report a bill for paying arrear- n (res ot salaries oi sauon. ?- . r .. 1 The eeaeral deficiency was not discussed, "Committee on Appropriations Vouchsafe qo information, i :; it.r- . Hon. Crarkson. Ji. Potter, has declined the chairmanship of the House committee pn pacific Itailroads solely, as ne states in a 'letter to SDeaker Randall, because of .his of .which CoL; Thomas , , A. Scott is. Presk dent. This, be tbougnt, would ne regaruea htf unfitting him for service vbS- that com mittee: otherwise he .would willingly have kr.r.eriLed the nosition .- Hisletterof declina tion Was sent to ate Speaker Monday eve-' iQiojr.and.will. be. submitted to the House, Which can alone excuse him. ' -"- ' " ! - iAmob the conflrmatioas to-day' were . a pumber of Postmasters, including Thorn p-; ton, or Memp&is, and J ones, or xnasnvuie; Kegteleri of ' Land Office: i A ndersd'n, ; of Monlgomfery;' and'Gibbs;- of Little Rock; Rebel ver not Public Money. s Strobuck,: of Montgomery, ' and -number oF Sfmy and tiiw nmmntinnsr. m .- ..-."), ; ; i-n. ( FThe committee '-on Postofflces and Pdst Koadrwas organized to day.; Hon. A." UU Waddell; of JMortb Uaroilna is tniairman. TheoiHmitiee Will' renort; as the first b'u Biness. tne Tesoiution oi KIT. lieagan; payr bsr the 'Southern maU contractor for Iranspbrtini tiie mail'ln 18$li- and asking' that the Seoretaryof the ,Treasnry! be"ref quired to pay sid plajms at once. - Sam Evans went to Melon's. Evans returned with a bqrse. .WASHINGXON, . Namluailona tnd Confirmation Opnsreaalonal A Larse flnmbcr of, Dili uirc tBCia-ineir vjibbbiich,' 1 1 on ABitiiueemeul of Commluecjr tmm III ITabb. JtA. I " - k ' ' ' ' ' 9 Washingtoit, OcT..-1 SENATE. The Senate met and after a abort executive session adjourned HOUSE. VThef&H of the StatesTor bills' t for reference; Accupiect the House for five I 4KMirs,-ad theonseqiiietrce-w-the intrtr-f ductior of the large8,V.P,ur4bcrf bills;that were ever presented in one day m the bis- i toryot Congress. JThey reaehed 845. 'They repeal of Jbe bankruptcy, law, the; abolition, I of taxes bo the sale of tobacco by producers. South, the repeal of the test oath, and pr propriations for works of internal improve ment, rj; Among the latter were bills appro priating $3,000,000 for the Mississippi levee and $1,000,000 for the Missouri, river, m m v. The cbmnjittees : were announced as fol-1 lows (the., more . important in full ; and. the chairmen and Southern members on oibersa " Elections Harris. Coudler. u Williams Ellis, Thornburg.n7. : t,-..;, mu- n -- ways ana jaeans W opdr l ueaer, ay ler, Ilobbins, Harris of .Georgia, Gibson; Phelps, Kelley, Garfield, Borchard, Banks. -Appropriations Atkins, Jilount; Single ton, : Clymer, Hewitt, j Sparks, , Durham,, Hale, Foster, Smith, Baker: ,1 ? mnkicg and iJurrency--isuckoer-ljBc-"rals, Cox, Yeates, Bell, i . Morrison, House, LatterelC Landers- Chal'- mers, Elam. O'NcH.Iair, Coswell, Cole, Rice. ' " c raciflc Kailroad rotter, Throckmorton, nice. ' - . x . , Claims BriahL, Davis. Henrvr -all the commerce lieagan, Felton.-Kea, Kenna. Jfubuo JLiands Morrison, : (formerly i of Y,JBlilSDAl' useClarky.IIewiito Postoflleeand Post Roads-,-Waddell , of N. C, Slemons, Caldwell, Garch.r District of Columbia Williams of Michri' Hunton, Blackburn, Hioklc. if, ,.-Jrn-U Judiciary Knott. Harris of Viriinia. Hartridge, Culberson, f 4 ' War Claims Edson of Dlinoia. Cabell., Schelley, CaWwell. i public Jfixpenditurea tlatcher of Mis souri, Pridemore, Davidson, : Man niog. , , . rrivate Land Claims Gunter of Arkan sas, Caldwell, Qiddiogs;,Turner,? 'Cain.' W Manufacturers VV rights Dibrell, ..YYu sbtf, Ligon, Davidson.1 j " ' : ." Agriculture Cutter 1 of New v Jersev.' Pridemore, Aiken. f , , ( , Indian Affairs Scales of North Carolina. i Hooker, Throckmorton Gunter. -; j m h.. i Military Affairs Banning. Dibrell, Eam3. ! Militia Miho, Ross. ! .; Foreign Affairs-Swann. Schleicher.For, , ney,' Witspn. Stores.' Franklin; r " ' ' ' m.. , . . . i h, a i i. v i Revolutionary Pensions Mockey. . InvalidlPensions Rice. , . . lvauwaysanu anais Dcnieicuer v;au- ell. Crittenden, Schelley: McKenzie ;,.., s Mines and Mining lieebe. - . . Education and Labor Goodei ;i ! . , 1 iRavisionof Laws ,Wabih. fi -.il. ..l,n! . . TV ' 1 Si f ';i.'r'j...iuv DUIJOUlllVj 11. 1U TT A3 UUV glAtllllvUD vuiuase, iveienis auu measures sie- Patents vaoce. f . . t - . i , , Public Building Ua.- i A.CCOUDIS i JiiXpenditures oritbe War Uep lilackburn.; , ) Exoenditures of the Postofilcc Depart-; iment Williams, of Ala. Mississippi Jjevees Koberlson jof La., narper, Hony. Knann, .Landers. Mart in j Snyler, Evereit, Robinson. Beebe. " Kulea The Speaker, btephenaj lianks, Garfield. - - Printing Singleton. Adjourned to Wednesday. ' i-. r l ue rmiowing nominauons were maae to-day:. Def rees, for Public Printer; E. Piatt Slratlon, Inspector of Steamboats for tbe Second District; Hugh 1. Campbell, of Louisiana, Attorney for i Dakota . j Post masters r Wickersham for Mobile, i Thomp son lor , Memphis, Jones for Nashville, m. m r :i i .... i ... . ' tx)nnrmations Upton, : second Comp troller; Gilfillan, U. S. Treasurer; Bates, of N. Y.i Examiner-in Chief of the Patent Office. Postmasters Wofford, tot, Cor inth, -Mies.; Greene, 'for Jackson, Misa; Waddell, for Okolona, Miss; Tbe committee on Jfrivileces and Elec tions of the Senate met,; but adjourned, the matter ot having been pnnted. -1 " - i" mi.. i :-i on.i r XT.. vemoer as a day oi jMaiionai'manKsgiving. I . me uaninet sessioa to-aay was; aovotea jto clearing up several matters of minor inv f at 10. o'clock to morrow; ' - Messrs. Evarla, Schurz, - Devens and Sherman swell the President's trains i ONE fflOBB. 'Arrest r Aaoiberot tbe Soatb Caro- i . - 11am Tbleve. - 4 j Elizabeth,. N. J., Oct. 30.. Tho Chief of Police of this city last night arrested, at Morristown, . L. Cass - Capert, aiias Carpenter, editor and ' proprietor of the Columbia (S. U.) Linton on an indict ment for forgery in raising two notes from f 600 to $1600; also for default of $3,000 in his settlement with the United States go vernment, which sum he drew On salary and advertising accounts, but did not pay the bills. He ran away fromr Columbia to Connecticut, then to New.York, and after wards resided two weeks in this city. Col. Johnson, of tbe South Carolina i Legisla ture, came with the requisition from Gov. Hampton for Capert's arrest. He is now in jail and will be taken away at once, i TBE DEAD SOliDIBB. A Noble Tribute f rom'bl Vompanion In Arm Tbe Dtih ( lOnrat and tbe Conrace of Ney HI Fame Be lone lo tbe American People, &c. Washinqton, Oct': 31. -The adjourned meeting of Confederates knd other companions, subordinates and friends of General-Forrest-was largely at tended, and the following was adopted: .Whereas, We have learned' with deep regret that Geu. N; B; Forrest, of Tenn., after a painful and protracted' illness,' has departed this life; therefore, be it ' ' !'f V j Beadved, That We,i his; companions in arms.' deem it meet and prober to give ex pression to our admiration and esteem for our aepaneu xripuu auu , iciiow .. soiuier. Born Of humble parents, poor 'and untu tored, be was. successful in ctvii life, and was the noblest specimen, of a'citizen sol dier. . With Unconscibns oower he besan his military career a private, in the ranks;,' passed through all the gradations of com- tnand, until he Btood at the' bead 'jat'a cavalry corps, tne terror oif one army and the admiration of the other. With the in trepid' dash of Marat land' tbe 'dauntless' courage , of . Ney, Jib .possessed , a; native . strategy second to no , man. 'In battle his name alone was :a tower "'of strength, r' Ms- presence ever' inspiring courage, in the I weak and Confidenceju.tn&.8troqg,.andbB I will live in history as the nation's military genius. -..ljl-witfjM t- Resolvid, That Gen Forrest won his name in the Confederate service, bat,' that his fame belongs toitheti Americans people, . Snd will be cherished by all who venerate true courage, and who feel (bat thfe i ' liber-' ies of ; a, renublic.can only ;. be preserved i while its citizens prefer death to dishonor. ifeaoftvoVThat we tender to his bereaved family our sympathyj .for r the i great Joss which they share in .common with lis and. the State. t:.'-"-i .-.?! 'i l vhi. 1 Signed, Jas. R Chalmers Mississippi G. C. DibbreH,-TBnessee5-Phil.i Cook. eo. W Forney, Alabama ; H. L Young, Tennesseet;and Yaa' HJ Manning, ! Missis- f aippj. - - .. ' - ' -nut f i-n i t. i and Grounds-rpook, of Ijvernor showep bow(tthe f liberties, of " ' ! ' -1 the people had been. trampled under Roberts.. Chalmers. ..i'.-.-. 1 i-AW nnXiiiiAtA &aa1.u: itlLlLllCLIfc I Got Vane-t ieTldon Fair. A corresponded 'i of too Tndex-Ap- pcqt writes of theklovernor's address: "lie said ho kne r but little about agr culture, all rhjsj observations hav- iQgibecii.niade.Jrom the outside of the" fence,- and that if lio failed , to acquit himself in a creditable wav the u.j Kir ui im. . n 'Zl i i-.r : ' , iTiivrnim h. ;g.Iiqw)i.ng,trjhutp,sar,in)j,h;s:corin tion told ot a JNew.Urleaiis.man who died'4and ieft' the sevenib article'in as follows: ,WlieiiteaB,'it seems my eon Johd r soems inolinecl ;to play poker, which is a dangerous gamo to tinker with unless .vou know -what yorl are.doing1, therefore I leave my son' J o-hn ten thouSaticf 'doirayfr thai, be may go to Haiifaxy ' N. G.ya'ridl learhf hpWj to;play tho 5 ganiewV THe,aid it was the same county in whiah a circus man wagered a -largo surrr that the Ijrhiriidian 'llbrif Mri his possession 'was5 thaking'of beasts but a Halifax rnan takinsc up the( bet, introduced! a Roar! noke turtle. intoh.9cager;ajL4vinift short time the turtle seized the' liou by the nose' ' knd '64otil' hthl tb'gi ve np.the ghbst; if-t i-i,tvldi-ir';!i:' I jGpv, f,Vance reviewed .in i.a ; infst. graphic style , th.e i desoIaXion, ,and, waste v iett in the wake or the late ! war, stating most truthfully that' the 80U was about' all-that- 'was'iefd-'iiBf , , we bad no courts, . no t government and only .bayonet, rule, whiph,like the lordship of the leviathan, wondered at.'fhfi rtntinrllpsanfiea hF Kia raalra' TTa then' described .the happy influences li" pcaup.K ub wiu u ue jau oeeu mrougn . ana xne suaering en a urea v anu sam mat ue was lemptea to ex : claim,' like thd old' darkey ;Wlib went to the circus soon" after he was free,5 , "JJless that JUorq, .1 am sa !glad 1. am aliye I, am t almost (deadi',' He'sVid the Bible told of . sailors who went !down to the sea in ships', and it was ;saTd by this fraternity that those who jwentt down in schooners and; sloops saw. h-r-lLi.and, saio.. he.. we felt i like we. had. been down in sloops 'and, ; schoon ers a f te r " th er war'-bu t. n o w jail industries are encouraged ahd' pro1 tected, and we have an honest gov ;ernment .and,; w,e, are ..left ;tp"da.as i??stl :1V,. !ru V - "7 espousm .1 1 1 1 p nave learueu in at uonon is not i a r - a.' i -'--.i- -jl -m it a. . . ji -. - . "a j kiiigj but' meat and f Brfead," and that !as a jselfrreiyingl and! aelf-sustaining ij i . c. j .. rH wc - , U4U4trauu I,UL iueFBUU UFVH r?A','fAni,er we I -have, purchased all we consumed.even I itka mnoWin ';i it'-niW. nA(tii;rn. i;i. r. :oki t-A..;,: L .!.. ipwiiMvwii-j,wi. Hi. u- Isaid that ho was glad'-ld' kndw that .these sort-of things hadi been looked after. ,.He advised the preservation of private integrity that it was thestep-pihg-'slone to public integrity. He alluded to -the corrupt ; times through which the people had -passed, and said, th.at .at dne time it seemed that every man in the Stale was a thief, "and that a shot-gun could not be jireu in me woous . wunout'-Killing a man that bad been (robbing . the go vernment, and he . was .really sorry the gun was not fired ; for, . said he, there were some' of .these 'rogues so jexpertlthat it had been said of them that they could , steal t thev, patrimony pf the child .whose, grandfather was tyet unborn. i . Whtt Nor(h Carolina I Worth. , , 'IRaleigh'Newsi ' . " (J f Mr. A. J. Partih,s,he'cxcellen and pourteousrclferk(irr the 'Auditor's rof fice. has iust finished nb hia ) renarvitiii Ration i of , tax returns for .the fiscal year enarag September 3Utn iu7o, from which we'ge't.lhe follb wing val ines ot real' and -personal ' property in the State for that year: -i . -:i (VaUie i of land..Urf.,'. .$ 7421,898.05 " town property. ...... 17,458,5200)0 " horses, mules,'cat-" - tie. &c..;:..... .....,..., 16.130.858 00 Value of farming utensils. monpv on ThfLiwli'Ai- rtn1 AM r j'iii.' i ;po8itfc creditst,c. J" J ! 4 O Jit- MM fWt 40,7,55,781,00 Total.'. :'. . . . J: ...f 148.564.557.00 f We give below the .totala of . taxa ble property, in f,the; State for- the years 1872, '73,! '74' and S'.'by which may be seen the ndctualidns1' in those years, whieh nofdocibt,' are rowing more to .vagaries of assessors than.to changes in.val In 1873-$124,821,456.0tl ' Ji !: 1873 143,728,ai3.00 'V1 V -1874 139,953,361.00 ;s - - i -' -, 1875 152,546,023.00 ',7i - f ' f t - TAXABLE POLLS;' f.U! -'' 1875, White 99,4l7.t r Colored 60,755. ; u I 1876, . ". 1 103,307... :JW.."..,. n 52,599. r. f ;The aggregate of the ; Value of real and personal, property rof , th'e' State for 1877, has not yet been completed. 1 . " i '. ( : .' : SPEAK EB BiNDAiliv 1 .,-t .r-. ?. . it , siceteb of, Him., I ; . ?-A Pen t v; From tbe. Independent iv. I J AIr.f Randall's presence' in the chair i exuuiuejy,! wjuuiug.t - vasi .in iiO- man mould, " talll and powerful, he sits hieb and looks, the-. man. he is. He is just fifty yearsold, but does wcai aim- vcai bu paipaum uu tue faces iof - many -'. publion men,' .telling sompuraes or too little ; BieepiV some $mbition, or of - nameless dissipation, are id tip wise visible 1 here. 1 The fac& tells somehow, another Sweeter and rarer isttprytnQ a happy home .and of household loves. I doubt if any man could carry that expTession-who hks a-h'obie and ik not happy in it.n?Mr.,Rahdali shaaa fine- bead, ; coyered wUbs, closelj-rpurling black: hair,, clearly cut,, etronu.fea tu res, with a square, solid, but not heavy,' jaw;-"a ' month7 - thai "Vsould hardlyf fail to bavo' its pwn way, if it set.ahout it. The very strong .wilt of ftpes man is.- pjertectly, apparent;-ia niscounienance; out, combined with tu ncau uuu uiuwj gives tad iiupiua- sion of large poWeir,; rather tbart that OEneiewt'fulnesfi ;UVA uC Tbe: gentleman reierrea' to -so kindly by.lhe,2'?ris notiSjraember of a r . a ; f .. nit-.. i , .. i .. . the Press Association. Thanks, y. for tbe'pebtraaU Soartesy,.nU n6ne the ; Spirits Turoentme. Lenojr Topic: The Catawba Itiv- er Association met, at, Jthe., North Catawba Church on the second' Sunday.' The session was a very impotit paaand.Much busi ness was transacJ.ejdL.i.,- ; .AsJieyjlleQT-jteeri At-the, bile term' of the cbW n 'Walkins, : fonnerlj Deihocratic Count v Commissioner convicted, of specula liug ln county. jclaim's-'white j commissioner aud'iiocd tj.p-, j -. ... -, Af$wv'rlte:iianert The locomo tive w)uch,-President Wilson; is endeavor ing Uv-bi ipg across ilie" mountains is now at the narrow partof the'road; just above the double abii and:: about half mile or three quarters fronrlhe. atqnpxitw j f V' ' - -r Charlotte! gbserver: Yesterday afterntipijxttrlitUiBOttor-Mr.' John McK. Alexander, aged about two years, fell froni ' a .bHicony.in tfie'rewpf the Mansion House a .dislarice '-of : fi.tten- fect,'and came near losiBgd4srlife.;'irie JEktko the hotel hap pened to be iit he back, window, and sa w him ailing.? When taken up he was en tirely wnseless, 'and remained in thiscoridi-' lion-for- spnie "time. , . j - d Ilillsboro lieeorder :'Bob. Basler colored, charged with the fearful crime ot Ihe murder ot his wife and two children, and the buring of their dwelling near Dur ham .in the early partof September, was ar rested in Wilson on Tuesday last and com mitted to the jaiLbf., Qrange.'.counly ou Wednesday." The grand jury found a true bill "of murder against- the accused, but owingjtq Ihetfopossibjlky? &procijring all the necebiaryHvitbessesonilfie,art of the defence, tbe .trial was postponed until the spring term. of the court., i - ' - Southern' Some: Mr. A. D. Stowc, a prominent " Granger -of Berryhill Townshippreseuteclus with ..two, of the largest white yams that we have ever seen. One weighed, ''when5 'taken' out of the' ' ground, 7i pounds, and the Mother and -one ounce;" We-re?ret- to-tearn that Mrs. DiUy,Vjlson who Uyea uesr Beatiie's i Ford, Lincoln county, wasrecently stricken witu paraiysia Jlr, liichard Ai. Uurcb, of the'same neighborhood, who was stricken with the Same1 ' disease ' sdm months ago, was still in a verr feeble condition when last .heard "from. 4 . Washington'- 'Viatel "Cottoif is i turning but better than expected. So we are tqld by several of. our, . armersj . Tho section of Pineville, about four miles- from ; tqWD, has been considerably excited of late by the appearar-JMi jof an, unknown . animal, ' a description or which we can find no one able to' givev only 'that it had been seen sev eral times of Jatq, .apd on one .occasion so 1 badly frightened a preacher in that section that be left a daughter of bis, who baa fall en through the porch at, a ( meeting house, to care for heiseif -during the entire night, and to the mercy ofUhai and all other wild animals of that section, and did, nol put in an appearance at hoihe until' next day. ; : - Ti Morgan tbn j5fWer Out up-coun try folks nave hot s .been nsi ng . com merci ;i I fertilizers to any extent heretofore, hot we learn that our neighbors in ' Catawba have this fall. received from the -Newton depot 250,000 pounds, which is all being used an wheat. s At thesame'tii5e"lhey fellas that I chills are commou 1 tUU-; season thereabouts' and many people there attribute it to the I presence ot the -guanoL1 - James E. Mc ' Dowell has been appointed, a deputy col lector of internal revenue and assigned to duty at fetatesville. sf -Dick Avery, col ored, :who died here last week, had been thrice married,-' and leaves thirty -six living' children.; : m-W. U.'HoWerton, we hear, has been sentenced to twelve months' im prisonment in the Albany penitentiary for robbing the mails on the W. N. C, Railroad. . , Charlotte1" Oftsertwr.v There is confirmation of the report which we pub lished the other day. to the effect that a. double daily passenger' train would he put on tne uuarlotte, , "JolumDia . & ; Augusta Railroad. This will be done on the 11th of November. On1 Friday, the 12th of October, It. B.. Hunter.. Esq.:,,of . Sharon townshiD. had a horse stolen lrora the back lot near the old Rock Island factory. After a two weeks search he haa founjd the thief. He is a white boy, not over.twelye j-eara old; named Anderson' nun,' wbo lived with Joe McDade, t Esq., in this city, t The taking of depositions in tbe case ot Mcfcilwee jvs. Blackwell, involving Ihe "tobacco trade mark of the , Durham Jiull was concluded in this city yesterday, and no further testi' inoay can' now'bfe- taken' except by special permission . from, pie, .Commissioner ef . Pa- j oroiasooro juessengeri 5 vv e rc- greVTo learn that-the disease " common ly . Called the blind staggers is very destructive to horsea and mules in this ' section. The Bank of New. Hanover in this place is how paying.from.f 10000 to $20,000 a day over its coiintef on 'cotton checks. This looks like .money ought, to gel i easier. Mr. J. T. Pearson died: in Fork township attCb1elocki'this'm6rnifig.'3Mr. Pearson bad served in theiLegislature, and:was for many years an active leader of the Repub licans lu this cohnty." ii . The train from jWeldoa - yesterday, i evening ; brought ; one passenger under rather peculiar circum stances, and1 for which the road is not like ly to receive any; fare- - A cow was snugly lodged on the. cow catcher, having been nicked uri Jb'efore reacbinf? Goldsboro. At first; the. cqw.was.ppposed not to.be hurt, but a closer examination proved that one of her legs was' broken. J- ''" - I '-LlhcbrritonAies: Mri John tLuWood, who lives about tear miles west of town, caught a white squirrel in a dead fall near his residence' Tast'' week r A large wild cat was killed Week before- last about ten miles from town, on Indian creek,, by'Philo Jonas and William Le'dfbrd while out hunting 'possums, i- The cat was about, the size of a mediumrsized dog, but con-' Siderahly longer V'-i-i James Wilson 'and wife, who were, before the court on . Thurs- day for infanticide, pleaded guilty of man-; slaughter and were sentenced to ten years at hard labor fin the penitentiary. This case was removed here from Gaston county . at the last term Of Uhat coUrL The 'incar nate, fiends took thet.life of , iheir infant Child by beating its bead into a pom ice with a loaded stick;' and they Would have been found, pulling, hemp without alfoot- hold,! had U not been for the lack of evi dence to establish the real fac's in the case. r'Raleigh 'jWW. ;! Everitt V. Whitley, who. resided in Wjlder'atownship, Johnston., .county dfed very suddenly on Saturday evening JaC, T- The institution of the Deaf, Dumb an.q, Blind . Jis-now under regular organizatiod , for , tke term. f. .There are in, the white department 115 pnpils GO deaf and dumb,, and 5h , blind, jlu the col ored department,- which is in a separate building, but under the same management, there are 59 lopils-ML7 dfeaf anflf dumb and 12 blind., v .A meraber.jpf; thebuilding Committee of the parsonage of the Swaine Street1 Baptist Cburcii 'informs us tVat Messrs. Hunter & Bpok with and .Mr.. J. W. Rogers, of Apex, have contributed a car load of 1 umber,' worth about' $50; toward the new; parsonage. . The amount realized from the eating saloon at 'the recent fair, run by the lady members of ?tbat ehnrch, was $133,25, and abQutforly dollars' worth of furniture:' '--Ooil'Poifc, Commissioner of Agricullurey showed: -huoni Friday, an open boll of cotton, sent to his department by Mr: J. L. Dunn,! residing near Dawson's X Roads,4Halifas . county, .Ni 0;, Which Is a long way ahead of anything in tbe cotton line we ever saw before? " The bolt has bet tween thirty and forty locks of cotton fully open, aQd ia ia expanded , state is about five inches id diameter! ?!The coltonr, fter making a fair dductiqn,fpt the.hullris esr- Umated to weigh I a 5 pur to make.a pound? i,,k;! unces or tea doiis
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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