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WM. n. btKNAKU, tailor ana rropneiyr. . . .. . . aai 4 . j n...j.i.i. WILMINGTON, N. C.: Friday, March 2Ctli, 188X tSTSotlcoi of Marrlsg or Death, Tributes of RespcC, Herniations of Thanks, Ac , we charged for a ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly In advance. At this rte 60 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Mar riage or Death. j3eT Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order, or Registered Letter. Poet M asters will register letters when desired. 2T Only snch remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. 4 1ST Specimen copies forwarded when desired. 'HBFUBLICAMI IN CONG BBSS. ; The Republican Stalwarts in Con gress have not been able to accom plish all they desire. They would i:i, oil iiM-t nf mnannrpH that would aW,hPm to succeed, corruptly or , " ,v..;o ;mh nxt election, but Vbuui n iuvj mh fortunately for the country there is the Democratic House in the way. They would like to adopt such mea sures as would strengthen them throughout the North. But they not the power to do all they I have would.like to do as is manifest from recent debates and recent votes. There is nothing more alarming in the history of our times than the readiness with which the Republican party favor a strong, centralized gov ernment. They appear really to have wandered completely away from the old constitutional paths. The South is numerically, physical ly, pecuniarily much weaker than the North. It can never invade the rights of the Northern States, for it has not the power. And yet the Northern'people seem to be possessed of but one idea that the South must be hampered, even crushed if neces sary. To do this they are willing to make constant inroads upon the con stitution and to destroy the last ves tige of State rights and even State governments. The tendency is to wipe out all State lines. There are Republican papers in ;the North that boldly advocate this, Only a few days ago it looked as if the "Republicans would oppose all efforts of the Democratic majority to break the force of the Federal elec tioa laws, and deny them any modifi cation in the distribution of favors. The Democrats failed to appropriate any money for the payment of ex penses incurred -by the deputy, mar shals. This prompted Garfield to charge that this failure was a delibe rate attempt on the part of the Dem ocrats to break down and vitiate the essential features of the election laws, and this too in face of the decision of the Supreme Court. He charged that it was the deliberate purpose of the Democrats to carry the next Presi dential election. This is precisely what the Republican leaders purpose. But this by the way. Garfield laid down the rule that if Congress failed to make all due ap propriations to carry out existing laws it would actually violate its 8 worn constitutional obligations. He said this would be an issue made by his party; and that every Congres sional election would be contested in which there were not Federal super-1 visors and deputy marshals. This aenant, threatening attitude was adopted by many other Stalwarts, and the excitement ran high, and no little disorder prevailed in the House. This looked ominous. But the cloud that gathered was surcharged with more of thunder than of light ning. It has begun to scatter al ready. But before we refer to the latest aspect of the struggle, Jet us stop to say that Garfield forgets his own record and the record of his party. The very thing he was fight ing had been done time and again by Republicans. The Washington cor- respondent of the ' Baltimore Sun thus refreshes the memory of Gar- field and his associates: "Politicians very of ten are afflicted with short memories, and therefore it is not per- haps to be wonderedat that Gen. Garfield and his friends, who to-day thought the 3 a tSslich TdaSSSffiTiS a revolutionary act, forgot that thev when m power in congress aenoerately did exactly the same thing over and over again. One case in point is sufficient to illustrate, that of Mr. Harvey, the United States Minister to Portugal during the administration of Andrew Johnson. Mr. Harvey wrote a letter approving the . policy of President Johnson, and for the exercise of this, his undoubted right as a citizen, the Republi can congress retuseu ior several years to make any appropriation to oav his oalarv although the law under which he held his appointment was lust as much a law i th election laws. As often said, there ia abso - lation that tbe Democrats can possibly at tempt mat mey . cannot Una Kepablican preceaeat ior." It is not encouraging to the patriot when he views the present. When we see the readiness of many Repub- i; t - .u. w uwpu uy mu.co ur pans to win. however much no eh a course -.vt:i ' . -i.- u urouuao io tuemseives; wnen we see them willing to catch at any 1.1.. . . xr t. aiwuoo mc Hunu, when we see them accusing the Dem ocrats of nullification and revolution for pursuing a course I Identical with that pursued by ihm4el 'e time and again; when, we nee thtm .ready to advocate a third term jin violation of Si long established usage and the un written law of the land, jand to place a manlike Grant, corrupt, ambitious, debauched in life and morals, in office again, how cad wo hope for a grand future for our people;: how can wo anticipate a long, nappy, glorious career for our widely extended and rapidly growing country? ' : Tbe action of the House on Satur day was more pacific andj satisfactory than on Wednesday. J Gai field made a much milder speech, j lie expressed himself as willing to amend the elec tion laws so as to prevent them from being used to advance partisan pur nnnpn. He would not Ivote for the appropriation bill .with i rider on it, a but he would vote for his amendment if no other Republican Idid. A de bate followed in whioli the inevitable Conger blew his ram'horn, and Cox, of New York, made a declaration that he would never voto to recognize Federal supervision in. aiy form. But 1 the sense of the Democrats was for another stroke of policy. They de termined to avail themselves of Gar field's conservatism. They conse quently withdrew their) own substi tute and put Garfield's before the House a second time. jTheWashing ton correspondent of -the Richmond State th us reports w h at followed : 3 ! "Coneer attempted lo lead the Republicans against it, but Garfield and about twenty Republicans voted with the (Democrats for it The debate continued with occasional excitement for an hour. jConger undertook a filibustering movement but was not sup ported by enough of bis party, and the bill with the Garfield amendment was finally nailed hv a vote of 111 to 104. Armfield, or North Caroyna, J5tacB,ouro, jvuoii, mc- m i TT . . r - kenzie and O. Turner, or;JieDiucKy, jiook er, of Mississippi, and Cbnvers and Hurd, of Ohio, all Democrats, -voted against tbe bill. Tucker, Hams, uaoeu ana uooue voted for it. Johnston, jHunton, Jorgen- sen, itienmona ana;i3eaie uiu uui vine. Field, of Massachusetts, was tbe only Re publican who voted in the affirmative on the passage of the bill, j j The Democrats maae anomer sagacious manoeuvre, which should deprive the Re publicans of the opportunity to charge mat they intend to coerce the President to ap Drove the change in the! election laws by Euttingthe political amendments on the teficiencvTAoDronriatian bill. To avoid this andjlo supply the urgent necessity ior money to continue work at the Government Printine Office. Mr Atkins! reported a bill appropriating f lw.uuu to pe avauaoie im mediately for public printing, and within five minutes the House passed it without - . AM. MA. A. 1 1 division." i So conservatism in this instance fonnd a following to some extent among the Republicans, and wisdom was the guide of the Democrats. We gladly note these j signs of en couragement and hopej We believe that Garfield's amendment divides the deputies between! the two parlies one of each to be chosen. NOBTHEN MEN IN THE SOCrH. The results thus far achieved in the SoQth by Northern settlers are suffi- cient, we should suppose, to encour age others to follow. I But for the i untiring animosity of editors of in fluential and widely circulated papers in the North there would be a hun dred immigrants to the South where there is one. It is grati that without exception ying to know almost every Northern man who has located in the South and begun work has written a very satisfactory account of success and of the treatment he has received 6 ! from the people among whom he has cast his lot. From time to time we have seen letters published ! by wel meaning and fairly intelligent North ern men, the uniform tenor of which J was satisfying. Some j have gone so far as to become enthusiastic both over the great advantages offered and the prevailing kindness of treatment. A Northern man who is self-respecting and who pursues his own business without attempting to change the customs of the people or to interfere I the rights of others is treated in tne South with the same courtesy and I justice as men of Southern birth. , II is gratifying to know that so many Northern men many of them with capital are looking over the c..v. f, ;,. ,' ! , uth for "vestments ) or -or places at which "to labor and to wait.". They are not aU in searchf railroads, but I some hot them are bavin? mines or 1 1 m,. , i , . r I building factories, ; are purchasing farms or engaging in trade. : We find in the Baltimore Gazette : i - of the 18th a reference to the enter- piise and thrift of Northern men in the South, a part of which we reprint Referring to the readiness and fear lessness with which Northern men 1 come into the South that is constantly r - -j r a land of cut-throats and bullies and marauder, it says: I j "Singular as it may appaar. ihese enter prising spirits are not in the least alarmed at the prospect of a call from the Kokhrx I orue or the White .League or the Red-Shirt Brigade. It is astonishing, by the way, I how prornDtlv the eorv Dhantom of 'Bonr. I bonism skedaddles the moment a co-ahead money making Northerner, who knows I how to miod his own business, appear in I neighborhood. We haye before us, for instance, two lettew from; kypebburg, Va., published in a leading Philadelphia journal, io which a glowing account is given of recent influx of Northern capital ists into that, section of tbe Slate. We are told io these; letters that ioTeat ments in ; the rich iron-beds recently dis covered in tbe valley of the James River have been ma4e by Pennsylvaniaos it tbe extent of $1,000,000, and that, enterprising Northerner are pouring into that region io 'drove.' mere ia not tbe slightest biot of any locaLboatiltty to Northern immigra tion, but, on tbe contrary, tbe correepon- atai writes in me most entnaaiaatic terms of tbe bright future In atore for tbia section of Virginia as the result of this valuable in flux of Northern energy and capital. The train or tne matter is that tbe people oi me South are only too glad to welcome tbe oeuer ciass oi northern emigrants.". This is true. Well disposed, in dustrious, sober people are welcomed gladly, and no questions are asked whether they are born in tbis.State or that, in this country or another. But for the lies constantly published in tbe Radical organs there would be no other impression made. NEWS FRO mi RALEIGH. Judge Ruffin and Mr. Davis, the gentlemen who drew the last Best bill, spoke at Raleigh in favor .of the sale of the WesternNortbCarolina Railroad,. according to tbe terms of the said bill, on Monday night.' Sen ator Vance also made ashort speeeh in favor of the bill.Col. D. K. Mc- Rae was called and spoke for a half hour in opposition. The speeches are spoken of favorably by tbe Raleigh papers. We publish a special giving the latest intelligence. - There . will be a sale, and how far the terms will be favorable to the State we are not prepared to say. We still hope that the bill as finally passed will be a very different instrument from that indorsed by ithe Governor in the be ginning. The following from an editorial in the Observer throws light on tbe brief special published elsewhere. Referring to the speeches of'Messre. Ruffin and Davis, it says : "They agreed with Judge Merrimon io the opinion that tbe State's present interest in the Western North Carolina Railroad Company is not subject to tbe lien origi nally created on her stock under tbe former organization ; and they explained that tbe use of the word 'only in tbe third section. was to exclude tbe lieu for thirty thousand dollars of floating debt, which, however. tbey told us Mr. Best had now agreed to pay off." The Observer, in another para graph, says: "Thev were able to announce, which gratified us very much, that Mr. Best bad agreed that the $520,000 of bonds to be paid tbe State should, in case of his failure to perform his contract, be an equal lien with bis own on the Paint Rock and Salis bury road." OLEOlBAttGABIHB. We most again refer to a rather greasy, if not favorite, topic. Oleo- margarine has got into Congress. senator Uavid Uavis introduced a bill concerning that delightful and popular compound. But there was a difficulty in tne way. 1 here was no committee to which the important article could be referred. It "sloshed around" the Senate for some time and was finally disposed of. Not being butter, it could not be referred to the Committee oh Naval Affairs. We do not know why, unless it be that the Navy is thought to be in a decayed condition and the enemies of "oleomargarine' are resolved to so brand it. The Philadelphia Press suggests that it was probably "because of the . wide and indeterminate jurisdiction of the Naval Committee beyond -seas, it was thought it could properly take charge of this extra-constitutional substitute for butter." It was moved next that the Judiciary Committee take charge of the bill. How could this Committee be a Judge of "oleo margarine" without giving it a fair tf ial ? But Lord Roscoe objected and wanted it referred to the Commit tee on Territories. Why this was done does not appear. 'Possibly Roscoe thought "oleomargarine" con tained more than the usual share of ''the peck of dirt," so a Territorial Committee should have charge of it. This committee was entrusted with it at tbe earnest request of Senator Davis, but we agree with the Press that it snonld have been referred to the Committee on Manufactures. It is clearly a manufactured article and not always of the most desirable com pounds. ' 7 . The bill was also introduced in the House and referred to a similar com mittee. The House has juSt sent to Baltimore both of its committees on Manufactures and Agriculture to ex amine into the workings of the facto ry in South Baltimore where "oleo margarine is manufactured. They were shown through the establish ment, and the whole process was explained to them. We copy from the Baltimore American: f - , "On the first floor were the large tanks for "washing' the caul fat, which ia received daily from the various butchers in the city. and which is known as . the leanest and least fibrous part of tbe cow; On the se cond floor this fat, having been - thoroughly purged in clean water. Is cut up in fine par ttcies, ana passes into the-melting tubs. While in the tabs the oil separates from the tallow, ,aad is by itself drawn oflUnto a series of vats. ; in these it cools and granu lates and forms into a cake. . Tbe cakes are then placed in heavy canvas sacks, and are put into a hydraulic press, where the oil is again dried out, and tbe residuum, wbicb is the finest quality of stearioe, is; put to one side to ba fold to candle manufacturers. 'The oil is run through a trough into another department I tbe factory, and. being mixed witn nuiK, is placed in a large steam churn. I Tbe pro portion of raitk is 12 gallons, or 125 pounds to 500 pounds of oiL After being worked for twenty minutes, the oil and milk are cburoed iaio butter and are drawn off into a large tank filled with crushed ice Being carefaliy mixed with tire ice, tbe oleomargarine, or butter (for it was unani mously agreed by all present tnat tne arti cle was really butter), is separated from the water produced by tbe melting of the ice, and, after being properly salted, is packed in firkins and tierces ready for tbe market. Tbe factory employs ixty hands and turns out from 4,000 to 6.000 pound of oleomar garine per diem." : - ' A banquet was' afterwards served to the party. The members of tbe Committees could not tell tbe differ ence between the "oleoma rgar ine" and Delaware- butter. The former fetches 20 cents and the latter from 40 to 50 cents. It does not appear that tbe Committees found anything to. warrant legislative actio,n much less proscription. Tbe American says; "It ia not fair to class it among the imita tions and adulterations by which people are deceived into buying articles of similar ap pearance, but of different quality or proper ties from what they want. If some safe chemical process should be diacorered by wbicb (tbe slight difference in molecular eonstuutioa which separates starcb from sugar could be overcome, and as good a sugar come from tbe laboratory as na ture s chemistry works oat in tne celts of the sugar-cane, there would - be so objection lo accepting the artificial sugar. Tbe case of oleomargarine is oi the same character. Oleomargarine is an artificially produced batter. The .same . animal fats that communicate tbe battery constituents to tbe milk of the cow are employed for the same purpose in the processes of the oleomarearioe factory. Art successfully imitates tbe processes of nature, and tbe result is the same. Tbe product is a butter and not a grease." There is nice butter aud very nasty butter. There is sweet butter and sour butter. We suppose there are different grades of "oleomargarine.' We notice that a professor of chem istry and a physician, in a long arti cle in the New York Times, declares that "oIeomarsjarinew is not only but ter itself, but that some respects, a than that made in it is even, in better butter the old round about way of unreliable cow's milk. We also notice that tbe Journal of Commerce is strongly against the new compound and is for the old fashioned butter. But the chemist denies squarely that there is any adulteration in "oleomargarine," and says it is "a refined, pure, fatty ma terial." As tbe Stab is searching for the truth, and proposes to shed light on tbe subject, we copy from the Journal of Commerce in reply: "We undertake to say that neither the professor nor any of the less erudite vic tims who have swallowed the compound he eulogizes have ever tasted .of tbe 'pure fattv material.' This fatty material never comes lo the table io its pure state. No one, whether be was a chemist or a pauper, would touch it in such a state. It is mixed and churned and made into a semblance of butter before it is offered for the table. As far as we have examined the weight of testimony is in favor of the new compouud. IHB BEST BILL The bill for the sale of the West ern North Carolina Railroad was re ported back on yesterday. There are some few amendments. We have not examined it. We quote from an editorial of the Raleigh Observer : "We think tbe btu as reported will pass by a large majority. We shall not pretend that we are satisfied with the verbiage of - t ; a a 1 n tne Qui. in our opinion ine worn - omy, in the third section, ought to be stricken out. Some alteration ought also to be made in the language of tbe bill about what the State ought to do, when Mr. Beat shall return the property into our hands, for all we know the Stale will not complete tbe work to Ducktown. : "It was stated that Mr. Best bad agreed to give the State a lien equal with . bis own on the Paint kock oraocn ior the pur chase money. Tbe bill does not so read; nor vili it U emended to read to. "We would be glad to see a reference to section 13 put in the mortgage, and in the face of tbe bonds, maKing tnat -section Dart of the same;- but it will not be done. "The bill, in our judgment, as it stands, is a biil to build the Paint Back branch, giv ing a security to Jttr. Uest for the money expended in its construction, and giving him a right to appoint three directors until Jhat lien shall be paid off . It gives to him and his associates the Pigeon River branch. as far' as thev mav complete it. i"The Ofmrter accepts tbe bill. . It would be glad to see it amended, if Mr. Best will acceDt the amendments necessary in the Otaeroeft judgment to make it conform to the terms stated bu Mrs Darts and Mr. -Rutin. '' ,. In reviewing the whole course of this measure, retarding that the bill will now certainly pass without tbe dot of an or the cro&aof a t. we will be bold to say thai had there been no sterling North Carolin- tanstn eppoetaon v vu out, antagonising k, there would have been no amendments. Had we all been for the bill as introduced, we would not have gained the very Important points now conceded by tbe other contract ing party." w 1 What "the very important points gained are we are not able to inti mate now. It looks to us at the glance we have given it ' that Mr. Best has pretty well attained his first ends. We aire afraid that the good old State has been sadly victimized; Bat more of this hereafter. We have read no thing or seen nothing to alter our in vincible repugnance to thef whole scheme. We cannot now hope that subsequent investigation can afford us any more- satisfaction. ' The Stab has been candid and honest in all it t - - has said.-It will be equally so in what it may say: hereafter. 4 - J f The JVisiMr says' of what "wasr done n the Legislature: t j "The - House of Representatives gave evidence of the. sentiment of a very: decided majority of its members, by referring the bill at once to the Committee of the Whole, reporting back tbe bill-as amended by tbe committee it a t-oDMimte od recommend ing its Adoption Tbe Houe accepted the report of tne committee ann tne dim .wa pnt a pon Its stcosHI reading." THK SvrW W. . KlILHOlO j QtJ HOS. Hcsllac!! 'lllseas HI Iks CtT Hall i Tif4av A sr mm Boalailas) Faesl Mm---' A meeting of ourbtisiaes men, and citi ieosgenerally was held in tbe , City Coart room, in the City Hall, yesterday gfiernooo, commencing at 4 o'clock, to bear the report of tbe Cviamitlee appointed at tbe meeting on Friday aftrrnmin Janl.: at the Produce .Exchange, to take into consideration tbe proposed sale of the Western North CrcH lin Railroad. . A. H. VsnBokkelen, E-q . who presided at 'the former meeting, caHe-J tbe ssmbly to-order, explained the action of tbe meet ing on Friday, and sufe! lbt tbe meeting was, ready to hear tbe report or tbe Com mittee, j The Secretary, by request, lb--. read.tbe report, which, after some discussion, in which Messrs. A. T. London, DnBrutz Cutlar, Janius Davis, and others, partici pated, was amended by striking out a por tion of the third resolution and adding cer tain other words. - Tbe report, as amended. is as follows: WninsToH, IX. C, March 20. 1880 A. H. VanBokkelen, En . Chairman of Meet ing of Citizens: , 8r& The Committee to whom was re ferred tbe question of the proposed sale of the-Western North . Carolina Railroad, beg leave to report the following preamble and resolution,wbicn were unanimously agreed upon by the Committee, and recommend their adoption. Very respectfully, j "Your obedient servant, Wjc L. DkRos3EX, Chairman. . Whereas. It is of the first importance, to tbe State at large, that the-Western Nortu Carolina Railroad should be completed at tbe earliest practicable moment; and. Whereas, It seems to be improbable, if not impossible, that this en be done under tbe plans heretofore adopted, or wbicb could be devised, under State control: It behooves us, under tbe eireaas?ance, as good citizens, not lo throw obstacles in tbe wsy of accomplishing the desired ob ject io completing said Road, wbicb would result io good to tbe State at large, though sucb sale might possibly not result in spe cial benefits to some particular section thereof; ! 1. Be it Resolved, That -oar- immediate Representatives and Senator, as well as tbe friends of our section in the Legislature, be requested to use every effort io secure the beat terms possible in the proposed sale. 2. That, in our opinion, a sale in tbe manner proposed will be on much better terms than can po&aibly be obtaioed by a sale at public outcry. 3. That we recommend an amendment to tbe bill now before tbe Legislature by wbicb, in case of non-fulfilment - of tbe contract, and especially the provision for completing the Ducktown Braocb,it will be made more binding on tbe purchaser than at present proposed, by adding tbe words ia sections 10 and 13 of tbe bill) "by W. J. Best, bis associates or assigns," in refer ence to completing said road. 4. Tbat io lieu of tbe proposition to re imburse tbe Slate for ber appropriations (paid in cash to said road) by tbe delivery of 1530,000 of first mortgage bonds, that a sum in cash, or its equivalent in bonds of a marketable value, anould be paid. 5. Tbat we consider it unwise to have allowed the construction of certain railroad lines, whose only reason forexislence was an injurious rivalry with -established lines of traffic, and tbe completion of which has proven damaging to capital already in vested without affording compensating facilities to tbe people at large; and we do hereby urge upon tbe Legislature the im portance of checking the construction of farther parallel roads, tapping our main lines, diverting that trade which legitimate ly belongs to tbem, seriously impairing tbe State's interest in tbe North Cirolioa Rail road, and destroying a system wbicb would build up the East as well as tbe West. And especially do we oppose the extension of the "Midland Railroad" from Danville to Statesville, and favor the defeat of that project by any legitimate means. At, the conclusion of the reading it was moved and seconded that the report be re ceived. ' The Chairman stated the motion and said that a discussion of the merits of the reso lutions was now io order. Mayor Flab elate said there was no doubt as to the position of tbe people of Wilming ton as regarded the proposed sale. They were against the sale as heretofore pro posed, bat apt opposed to the sale of the road, if the proper guarantees were secured to protect the State's interest. He thought the Legislature should be called upon to pass a resolution forbidding any discrimi nation against any joad having its termi nation in the State; or against any town or city in tbe State. ' J ' " Mr. Cutlar said a suggestion of that sort bad been made by the committee, but they thooght it inexpedient to hamper the pre sent called session with such matters, as they could be made the subject of future legislation . CoL W. I. Smith considered it a dis grace to the Stale that the matter of com pleting the road should be given into the bauds of persons residing outside the limits of the State and not interested in its wel fare. He denounced the scheme as a politi cal trick, and could see no justification fox snch a course as waS proposed to be taken by the people of Wilmington in this mat. ter. . If the Legislature is .determined upon selling, the road let them do it, but don't let' -the people of Wilmington be a party to the 'sale. ; " " : ; ": - Mr. Donald MacRie'said nobody in Wil mington advocated the sale of the road. Their action was simply looking to the pro lection of the. State if , it must be sold, which we had reason to believe was inevita blei ' He alluded to the proposed ' Midland Railroad, and spoke of the disadvantages to Wilmington which won id be likely to .'follow its construction. .: " CoL Roger Moore opposed the sale, but, thought it a foregone conclusion. He did not like some of the expressions in the report, and thought they looked like an endorsement of the Best proposition: He was for: recommending the Legislature to sell to the best advantage to the .State. . . Mr. MacRae and Mr London discussed the matter more at length. Mr. London did not think' that ' the resolutions combined the proposition to sell on the Best proeition. - If it was'so - he 'should oppose their passage. He Waa ia favor, of selling the road on tbe best terms that could - be made. He didn't think tbe State would be able to complete the road, Vnd couldn't see now the money for that purpose could be raised, !" ; ' -' -'; '": The CbairmanilTr; VsnBokkelen, didn't ucd erst ted tbe resolutions es leaning to tbe Best bill, and asked the liberty to move tbut wherever the word Beit occurs in the resolutions tbe words most advantageous be substituted. j - Mr. Cutlar said the word ws spelt with "a little b." Hehougbt it the best plan lo sell by private negotiation, i J . . '' Col DeRosret saidrfes wat reporteby tbe papers as being in favor of tbe sale,' and be abould not go beck on it. He said there was no doubt about tbe sale taking place, and upon that! position tbe commit tee have acted, acd it was tbe unanimous opinion of tbe commUteeithat a sale on the terms recommended would be preferable to a rale by public outcry. - The matter was still further discussed by Mr. O. 6. Parsley, Sr.; and others, Mr. P. urging tbat ell proper, guarantees be provided, especially as regards discrimina tion against North Carolina Railroads and North Carolina ports,! at the conclusion of Which there was a call for "the question." Mr. Parsley moved that ibe resolutions be put separate. ; It waa decided to pot the last resolution first, which was unanimously adopted . The remainder of the report was then put, and it was adopted with but one or two dissenting voices. On motion the meeting then adjourned. A Dead Bedr Fsand on tbe Ustd. Coroner Hewlett was notified Sunday morning that the dead body of a white man had been found on the Bide of ihe Wilmington & Wetdon Railroad, near the three-mile post. An investigation was had, and it was found that the body was that of German by the name of Valentine Kurz, who bad been working for Mr. William Richardson, on hi3 plantation near' this city, for tbe past five months. A colored man testified that be and three or four friends were on- their way to this city to attend prayer-meeting, oa Saturday even iag, when they saw Kurz stagger and fall into the ditch on the side of the road. Tbey got him out and placed him on the bank, where tbey left him. Returning later in the evening Ibey found him in tbe same position, apparently in pain and unable to get up. Tbey went to their homes, leaving the poor unfortunate as they found him. and in tbe morning be was found dead. It was in evidence tbat he was subject to cramp colic There were no indications of violence. On bis person were found fifty-cine cents in money, and a number of documents in German, among wbicb was a letter which bad covered a sight draft, on Baltzer &Litchtenstein, New York, for $4,650 in gold, dated Gailsdorf, Wurternbprg, July 22d, 1879, and a certifi cate of baptism, by which it appears tbat deceased was born in Gailsdorf on the 8th of March, 1832. The jury returned a verdict tbat deceased came to bis death from some cause lo them unknown. A Laaauie Sbot and Killed Id Self Deience. Vague reports have been circclaticg for some days ia regard to a terrible tragedy tbat occurred io Onslow county last week. We are now enabled to give full particu lars. It appears that on Wednesday eve ning last a man named J. Hewlett, who was known to be partially insane, went to the house of a man named R. Rhodes, both residing in tbe neighborhood of Wolfpit, hear Tar Landing, and demanded that Rhodes should go with him in search of his (Hewlett's) wife, who it seems had left her home for fear her husband might do her some violence. Rhodes declined to accom pany bim, when Hewlett, becoming en raged at tbe refusal, suddenly jerked Mrs. Rhodes' infant child from her arms and dashed it into the yard. Rhodes and his wife ran out to look after the baby, and were followed by Hewlett, who immediately commenced an assault upon Rhodes and knocked him down, then turned and seized Mrs. Rhodes. Ia the meantime a colored boy bad arrived at the scene with a pitch fork with the view of assisting Mr. R. and his wife, but before Rhodes could recover himself from the fall Hewlett had snatched the pitchfork from the boy acd bad. stuck one of the . prongs through Rhodes' nose and into bis cheek on tbe opposite aide, when tbe desperate man again turned bis attention to Mrs. R., wbpm be seized as if with desperate intent. Upon getting upon his feet and seeing tbe condition of affairs, and being convinced that one or more of the party would sooner or later fall victims to the furious wrath of the lunatic if tbe struggle should continue much longer, Mr. Rhodes drew a revolver from his pocket and fired upon Hewlett twice, the Second shot taking fatal effect. . An inquest was soon after held over the remains of the unfortunate man and Mr. Rhodes was ex onerated from all blame in tbe premises. Messrs. Rhodes and Hewlett were both farmers, were men of middle age, and up to tbe time of this unfortunate occurrence had been good friends. ' ' " Saleaf Carolina Central Railway. We learn that Judge Avery, has signed a decree at Chambers for the sale of the Caro lina Central Railway at the instance of the first mortgage bondholders. The terms of the decree require the payment of one hun dred thousand dollars in cash, which - is to be deposited in tbe Bank of New Hanover in this city, and tbe balance of the purchase money to be paid ia one, two and three months. .Messrs. Junius Davis and N. AT Stedman, Jr.,' are tbe Commissioners to . make the sale, and are required to give a bond of twenty-five thousand dollars each. 'The first mortgage bondholders are repre sented, by Messrs. Stedman & Latimer, the Trustees of the first mortgage by .Hon. Geo. Davis,' the Trustees ' of the second mortgage by Maj. D. J. Devane, and the Carolina Central Railway by Hon. D. L. Russell. - , -.V. h - WESTERN ft. ft A II. HO A D. Cosmaalttee Railroad Report a at Asnended Bill for tbe Sale of tbe Road Tbe state to hire a K,len on tbe Paint Rock. Braneb for tbe Par ebaso atoaer Watt nr. -. Beat Say. ISpeaal Telegram to Horning Star. ; Raleigh, . Marcb 23, 7.30 P. M.Prhe Committee on Railroads reported to the Legislature to-day an amended bill, for the sale of the Western! North Carolina Rail road.: It gives the States lien on tbe Paint Rock branch 6f the road for the purchase moneyf . 1 '; :"' -l! Mr. Best says'lhaf the, floating debt pro vision will pass by, a large majority. i AS spirituous liquors will injure men, so opium or morphia will harmfully affect the baby. Dr. Bull's Baby Sy ru p is the remedy for the baby. ,It ia . free from oprum.. Price 25 cents.' f Raleigh Observer: Dr. John H. Jones, one of ihe most esteemed citi zens of this county, died on Sunday, at his borne twelve miles south of the chy. He was 68 years of age at the time of his death. A negro named Willis Joyner was ran over an J killed on the Seaboard & R janoke Railroad on Monday afternoon. B xb Irgs were cut ffL Joiner tried to jump on a freight train in motion, and slipped and Ml oo the track, ! and several cars passed over bim ; We find the following reference to William Stedman, formerly of Chatham county; ra tha Marshall (Texas) Eerald: "Forever twenty years Mr. Stedman has ranked among itie most eminent lawyers of Ihe Stale, and has eojjyed an enviable per sonal popularity whr ever he is known. He is admirably fitted for the bench and worthy of its highest honors. " One Mr. Hess, of Baltimore, has been awarded the contract for carrying the mails cn the rouies between Asheville and Warm Sprfcgs and Asheville and Hender s nviile. His bid was at least 50 per cent, lower thia the present pay. There is some thing wrong, says ihe Asheville Journal. about this kind of bidding. -There is ail error in the bid, or the man is a fool. ; Raleigh Recorder : Raleigh must have a Baptist Female College, and the Raleigh Female Institute will not be suspended. A President or Principal-fur the Raleigh school is DOw in order. The Raleigh Christian Advocate contains a column editorial warning its readers against political excitement. This advice is timely and wise. We honestly believes thai the morals aud prosperity ot VL-i1a were se riously damaged last year by the biUer and excited campaigi in that Stale. --The following post offices have been established Hart land, Cald well coun ty; L:me Rock,Stokes;Scarboro,Montgome ry; Weasel (reestablished), Ashe; 2v:hary, TransyivaBia. The following hsve been discontined Bethany Churcb.Iredell; Glen coe, Buncombe; Line Hill, Ashe; Marsden. Bladen; CKd Rtchmond, Forsyth; Peter Creek, Stokes; Scott's Cross Roads, Iredell; Whitted'a Bluff, Bladen. Tee following have had their names changed Keys, Ban combe, to Coopei's; Tuitle's Cross Roa.is, Caldwell, to HarlUnd. Charlotte Press: The -Raleigh Dispatch, gotten up by a company of prin ters at tbe job office of tbe Raleigh Jfews, for which they bad paid regularly so much per week for the use of type acd press, we learn by an extra, was squelched on tbe 15th inst. They published a letter from Josiah Turner, about the ring, which of course grated heavily upon the toes of the News concern, and they have all along op posed the sale of tbe Western Railroad,, which was the grievance. The notification to the boys to stop came from a sinker of. the New Company. Statesville Bulletin : It waa stated by Prof. . Kerr, a few weeks since, that there was not a tree west of Raleigh, over one hundred years old. Instances were cited by some of our State papers which showed that the Professor w greatly in error. A citizen of Statesville yesterday counted the rings in a tree which bad been cut down only a few days previ ous, about three miles south of this place, and tbe number counted was one hundred and thirty, which, according to an old rule, shows the tree to have been one hundred and thirty years old. Winston Leader: We learn from good authority that a. young gen tleman of Winston has become the beir of $25,000 by ihe death of a relatiFe. We withhold his name for the present. In formation has reached Winston that a white woman by the name of Rachel Hampton was drowned Monday, in Dutchman Creek, near Mud Hill, in Davio county, under the following circumstances. Mr. Bob- Ofrell and quite a number of others were on their way to Mockvilie to attend Court . In cross ing the creek, wbicb was very high, be: team rah off the bridge, plunging the en - tire party into the water. The oihers suc ceeded in escaping. Greensboro State, Republican i In our last issue we offered to furnish evi dence of the "true inwardness" of the Best proposition' to buy ihe Western North Car olina Railroad if the Legislature woo Id ap point a committee to investigate it. We now renew this offer, and we demaod ia the name of tbe people of North Carolina, that this matter be thoroughly invesligated. -The passage of the Best bill will eorf tho irrinil GMna fnm man rwtrl . fiftMn v..rb ago of stripping the Old North Stale of ber good clothes. However, if "our people" good Democrats do it, why should Repub licans complain ? Raleigh Visitor: The gallery of the House of Representatives was crowded last night with ladies to hear the speeches of Hon. George Davis and CoL Thomas RufSn. Colonel McRae is as ripe and -as learned a lawyer as he is brilliant in ge nius. His numerous friends' are rejoiced tbat he has returned to reside permanently in his native Sta e. The convicts at work at University Station, on the Chapel . Hill & University Railroad, made a break yesterday morning, and a white man con vict from Mecklenburg county was fatally shot through the lungs. A colored boy convict was sent after a bucket of water Saturday morning and hav not been seen, since. Charlotte Observer: It is esti mated that nearly $100 worth of fresh fish, are sold in Charlotte every day. Mr. Butt exhibited his panorama last night to one of the finest bouses of the season The very aisles were filled with eager chil- Grove German Reformed Church, in Rowan county, four old people two couples, mar and .wife representatives' of two genera tions, lie Juried together. The youngest died only about a year ago, aged eighty eight. The oldest was . ninety-five at tbe time of death. The names of these two couples--are Savage and Partee. Tbe wife of the last named was the daughter of the Savages. ' GoFdsboro Messenger: A young lad, named James Williams, . a - student ia Mr. Butler's school, in this town, had tbe misfortune to fracture bis arm by falling on it while frolicking.'. Ex Gov. Brogden was in town last week. By the way, we learn that the Governor will, at no distant day, declare himself 'the people's candi date" fdr Congress from this district. North Carolina Railroad ' stock sold last weekai.76f. . Railroad property is looking rjp.c- The rates of State tax on all real and personal property from the year 1872 to the year 1879, both inclusive, are aa fol lows: For the year 1872, on every $100 value, 31 fc;1873,42c;1874,31fc;1875,29fc; 1876, 29fc; 1877, 29;C: 1878, 2JJc; 1879. 24c. This is evidence of Democratic economy. -Gov. Vance, io his message to the last General Assembly, estimates the earnings to tbe Stale of 427 convicts on tbe Western North Carolina Road to be $200,000 for the .year ,J877-"78. being about $236 per annum1 per hand. The Governor puta the net earnings per head at $121 50 per SBDom, this much after paying all expenses. Mr. Best proposes to pay only $125 a year for each able-bodied convict, and accord ing to Gov. Vance's figures he will make a profit of $111 per bead. Is there a farmer in tbe State who clears tbat much on every hand he employs ? Yet it is proposed tbat tbe State shall give Mr! Best that ' much. t: Nashville correspondent: Politics be low par Jhere. Everybody for Fowle ' for Governor, except a tew men, who are for the present incumbent,- : All eyes are turned to Mr. Dortch to save the State's, interest in the Western Railroad. No one here favors the sacrifice of that great Stat& interest.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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