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ARREARS OF PENSIONS. v :
onator Ingalls, J of Kansas, has
matle a somewhat striking speech in
rcnlv
t6 Senator i lieek's : speech
against the Arrears j of Pensions bilL
Ingalls has Thetonc ' and vehe
nuaiee anil the courage of liis convic-
tions. He takes the . suspicious and
what ought to be, the ' unpopular
side. He stands up! ver'' hrsistcTitfy
and earnestly in favor jof the infa
mous hill that is one of . robber v bare
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faet'd, and pours hot shot: into the
opposers and denouncers of it, He
sai that the - aggregate of the ino--nes
needed was colossal, but these
mei, for iiO cents a dayj" had saved
oub homes f iicmi ' spoliation aid : out
ii'ag from dishonor, 1 and he-did not
propose to stop and task how much it
wofild ctst. Of those ' who did stop
aniii ;isk he spoke in severe terms,
4Aid now," said hej "when'it is'pro
po?liMl to pay these men the sums lue
thtiu, without regard to Ithv cost; the
chasiiM and constipatwi souls' tf these
patriots swell '.withr weak, and eco-
n on u cal s pa.s i ns of t arsimon ions i n-
diianatioii.' Ger...'. llawley, of Con-
nedtK'Ut, followel -i in 'support of the
rat
isure.
This' looks ..as the Re-
1 icans were
about" to make the
pliiulenng tneasurej theirrpet inea-
j"ow . what isl jroposetl by tliis
mi fixiirc? ' It is to give- pensions tliat
its friends and advocates admit will
tale from the United States Treasury
That is r fronr the : jiockets -of the
ptph$l,2G4,220,077.JI. Ijook at
tliese lignres, , Can-you comprehend '
wat they mean? i . They are stagger
ing absolutely. . They ' mean - more
thjin half of the i debt owed - by the
Lliitod States i it 1 1865, immediately
alter the wajv f The country iias been
I . s , .. ..- . ... i i ...... i. J, .. ..
tajxed, as no ot-her i" peoplef under- hea
ven were crer taxetj before for sev
eateeri years to reduce irapidly the
hlige war debt, and i now rcoimes -this
gigantic robbery rr-this" foul and xlem-
agogical raid upon the peopled pock-:
es, that thetlebt ofi the country" may !
hf kept up and the plea for a con tin
nation of f ffrinding taxes and higrh
duties on, foreign rgoods may, be sus
tained. ' When- Senator Beck harac-
. - - I. I. . L- ,, .
f fiviTn 4 Via -mnoanin na .-o: mAnumant.
iv w m m mm m m m m Bt .m v mm.r. .mmmMmmm.mmmmmwmi
ine ignorance, seinsuucjss auu cow-
dice of the .,; American r Congress,"
.hfi-spoke the plain iruth oiily. When
he said ; it was "conceived in sift and
btoucht. forth in1 iniquity," - he ', re-!
fleeted 'the thoughts of millions of
'.interested votersf jlt Vis Verily- the.
nitost gigantic swindle that ; was ever
attempted jn the eye of day. 7 ';,
j.Mr. Ingalls is represented ; to have
been eloquent and i bltterl i He calls
Senators, who oppose this: robbing1 of
the peo)le of mprei than j a'thoRsand
million dollars, names, and . accuses;
them of having fcheap ! and consti-i
. - J- . i M - j . - . f
economical spasms.? It would seem
really to outsiler-that.L gentlemen
aro'trvinij to'Ttvethe cjhintry
f tsom-A'tax. that places4tj . asfarjUs
bnres1 areVonl'OfndryVn
irt:thc t. cond it-ion t itsvauC in-i.when
. it Jmee'dpiil Xot-jifkSBliy.
-warysare-i amiciett- w4wanyuHg
' elwethan wcak economioalT istusX
Most people -would say ifcwas a S'ery
''. h'ealtlif til,' jiatiiraf, cbmmonrsense at-
tack- of. economical rgripesi. - a few
p:ni!:vi- ,)viuuh wouia -De 'saiuiaryv
Totibtle.'is,: :to. the7 politiej'afifp of-te
ingans.sLnpe; .i ne .trouoie wjttne
. sDtoalTcd':statestneTt;of 'thcrfmahifi
t(nt type, who arc tremendous on
v
-'Oting aWay otboif people money.
is
that theyiuSeiEahaBitttally trom the
Tioletrce bf ;moral Iflmtyand niped a
v spfcedy appHcatioib-oi that -tmasif e
plaster arid pblitfcaTTai-all'.fetf9;sra
' I i ! ' 55 ' 1 : ' "r 1 ' 1 " " '" ' I'. ' "! ' ' -" ' -J . V .. '. : r" 1 r-r - r. ') ''. i'.r ill -t , i , , . ,,, , ; ;,- " , - ; .. -- v.: - -- - '-
vol: xnir
as rettrement.t ' lne health ot ; tue
country would improve also if Kansas
and 'J Connecticut - could find other
employment ' for', the men , who . have
ideas so "magnificent that they are
well calculated to beggar the country'.
The $Tew York Times, Republican,
in a brief reference to Mr. .Ingalls's
eloqnent': and sarcastic : utterances,
says the sum proposed to be taken; is
72 per. cent: of the present national
debt.. Itthemsays : . -- ,j, '
"The clooueut 'arentleman from Kansas
apparpntly forgot to deal witli one very im
portant defeet of bis bill its entire failure
to furnish the Government with adequate
means of heckin f rand in the claims sub
mitted under the act.,1 In fact, the bill was
chiefly remarkable for breaking down exist
ing safeguards against bogus claims, and
those intrusted with its execution have
jointed out time and again how well caten
ated it is to drain the Treasurjr for ithe
benefit of beats, bummers, and claim agents.
The demoralizing effect of' this monstrous
piece ef legislative ineptitude' will be an in
teresting1, j though ; hardly veiy ; cheerful.
study1 .f or ; the investigators- of the social
problems-of the1 last quarter ot the century."
jTbecountry '.would say amen! to' a
bill giving -pensions to--certain classes
of soldiers "and so guarding the claims
as to shnt oftt ; alii frauds. - The ap-
propriatibri of a few millions annually
would b'e'gratef ul and becomings but
this rush and. raid upon "the people is
monstrous: : Under the cheap' plea of
patriotism-tbat refuge of scoundrels,
accordinsrto Dr. "Sam Johnson in the
first edition of his dictionary--men
of the Ingalls type succeed in getting
up a sort of fervor, and the hearts of
some people become so stirred .they
would follow the. windy advocates if
they were to bankrupt the country
literally " i
The- proposition to take twelve
hundred and r fifty million dollars
from the people ought to arouse
the reflecting members of both par
ties. It is thought to be certain that
not over half of this immense sum
will ever find its way into the pock
ets of those for ; whom the money is
intended, and who .deserve well of
their country. : In other words, under
the yawning invitation to scoundrels
and plunderers offered in , the bill,
quite sixJiundred ... million of dollars
intended for the Union soldiers goes
into the grasping hands of agents,
&c. Oh, shame, where is thy blush!
Oh, politicians, where is your sense.!
THE NEW PARTY.. '
According i ' to ; the Washington
JStar, Gen. Clingman, "the veteran
Democrat," is 'still harping on my
daughter." lie is . represented as
basing the hope of success in an in
dependent movement in North Caro
lina upon' the disbanding of the Re
publican party.! ! But this proposl-
tion '-will not : be agreeable ' to the
"veteran" Republicans to Mott,
Cooper,. Ike Young, Carrow," Billy
Henderson and the remainder of the '
leaders',' we :. should think; 4' Gen.
Clingman need build no hopes upon
any such contingency. '' There will
be no newmovement in North . Caro-;
lina if certain disgruntled' : and hun
gering' Democratic aspirants expect
the Repnblican party to dissolve and '
join them. Such an idea looks very
absurd. ' A hundred and ten thou-:
sand votere joining a party composed j
of half a hundred, or a thousand: if?
you please, .Democratic bolters. And;
yet this appeaisrtb;l)Q the GeneraTs
idea,-:.: ; Our Washington :contempora-1
rygives tlie following as cbiriing'from!
himt i . : . - ,
''He says there will be nodifflculty in or-1
gamzing!"" a" Very formidable movement if
the -' Republicans ' will- consent - to disband :
their party and loin it; !but, he added,- 'if;
me xvapuuucHUB ptsruisv iu &epiug up lueir
organization 1 don't think we can do much, !
for -' that party is - very distasteful to our!
people, and they-will notr do anything that
miguoy.any yoBiunuy .-restore ii w pow-.
er: Mr. Adams- once said to me,- many;
years' ago,lhat'-- the :Democratie "party in
MassaehUsett was fust large enough to fill
the Federal offices in that State, and that;
ft didn't -want -to grow any -larger.' "That is
the caBe with'the liepublican party in North
Carolina. '' If they are willing J to- sacrifice
the Federal fflecs; I believe we can over-i
throw - the: Democratic-' ; machine,' for the1
-neoole'ftretifed-of it;-"1 '-- -'- .--4-
I i We d6hotreJ rtcfaj:rrigfaphsj
as t f gMWg itjr,,' -fyiyi tpc ul iar
satisfaction. It does not show weli!
for a iortiaB- HtftiQiH'; Qttte. ine
.Waingtp"- j- gpeciaVffl : jjqltHn-ore'
jRift-says1;-??3'"1- .--i
a rnthe'shorTsbacer
sixtWSorKCajolina-rt .Iniefnalr revede-col-i
lectkfp district, l-,10t distilleries and ix to
bacco -factories' were seized for violatibnof
f'thc law, There- veiprbb'aWyv-more than
ffovemmeht-omeef fufcd4o bresIc.p'."Tbis
..wifiTOlan1fl-f-"iMgbttulp of. the
tJUSiness Oi iujcm. uisnuiug . w. - iav uwu n
tamousregiiMis'of JjTorth Carohna."
t "r Gen. "Jamea.; Watsdtii .Webh; forty
years ago editor t ofthe' "'New York
: Courier jwd: EnqpArer a leading pai
Tpfcrlb ltiiflTvnng' ancVlja&jnst
celebrated iiis ?-80th tl car. ) tllfi-is- a
-iuan-of corisrdijrable; &R$pbj.l
-', -r WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY FEBRUARy 17, 1882.
EHEERAXi'n&-9S: NOBIH CAROLINA.
: There.Jit';.ther.8hgh.test doubt
that ' emeralds :bfave been fonnd ? in
Nprth Carolinar . Jn' spit02:ofVair,thre
adverse !ritieism':and;, the' -psitivs
scepticism, of men of sciepcb the fact
is established, iid Mr.' Hiddejriha3Ja
right to itBatf-rrMtrekqJ eTHerlRVtc
York T?;-$ bfththrni5t.' says :
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" Unless the whole-body of experts con
nected withihNeaAcadCTHy-'.of
Sciences? are- ill -errorp fiotTody ibaTe" enfer
alds been found in Alexandertiomity, Iforth
Carolina, but they: exist in sack" jabundanee
that emeraldjnining is-Jikely to- become a
profitable industiy,.rjjMrt'Hide,-whbjyes
name to the mineral famffi, a&iidnatCi
has just laid a desqfiptjoi brbris'Xnsiiig
operations before thlo. ,A(eny0'aqmpa;
med by a large collection of emerald :pnJ8ms
varying in length .from pne to twaingors,
about the genuineness of which no question
can be raised.: .;?;, . Until October last,
when his most valuabjfefindfs. were made,
he had sunk a shaft -tp the depth of' some
thirty-six feet. 3Phe gems x5cur. -in large
pockets, which are very numerous,. in asso
ciation with quartzt hiddenite, mica and
other familiar minera3sL." They 'are numcrr
ous enough, but the question whether $hey
will prove, available for f cominercial purr
poses is ani that remains to be settted, Qwing
to the presence of -numerous -flaws; which
prevent large stones -from bemg;cut from
the prisms, and may prove a serious -bar to
financial success in working , the mines. .
The fact, however, that-eiawalds have been
discovered.in.abunda-axe"iQ;?tSth Carolina,
appears to be established beyond a reasona
ble doubt.". . iI. ,u i
' ' Experts connected? witKthe "Aead-
cmy r have.;,:. tested u 1 the specimens.
There is now -no- good 3 reason for
denying 'the fact - any Vlongerthat
emeralds are found l in North Caro
lina. Diamonds have been found
also. . 1 '
i JohnT. Raymond came near losing
his life in Washington by an ava
lanche of snow and ice together with
some cornice work,that fell upon him.
He was buried completely. ? ; He 3 was
released in an unconscious condition
and removed to a neighboring drug
store, where, he wai attended by a
physician. He received a nnmber of
severe bruises and two severe scalp
wounds, from which ; he 5 lost a good
deal of blood. He is already-at work
again, libwever. -
Jim Anderson Dead A Queer Cae.
James Anderson, to whom.rcfereiice has
several times been made in the Stab in
connection with his avowed determination
to take no food, died at the County. Poor
House yesterday afternoon, about 2 o'clock.
He was arrested on the 33rd ult. at a bouse ;
on ninth, between Red " Cross and Camp
bell streets, oh the, charge " of choking his
son, tbe. neighbors hearing the. cries of the
boy and having to break open the door of ;
his (Anderson's) rboni trf rescue the lad.s '" It '
was then ascertained that heJhad!.bccn act-
ing strangely for some time, and ; for fear
that he : mi ght .do..' some. , t act , of . vio-1
lence 1 in one of1 his crazy fits a com-'
mission de lunatieo inquirerulo had an .
examination -into his - mental condition,
the result being that he was pronounced ia-:
sane and sent to the department for that un- j
fortunate class at the County Poor House.
He was taken there on the. 26th ult., and;
from that time up to the hour of his death!
he persistently refused to partake of -food or)
nourishment, having in the meantime swal-;
lowed only two or three tablespoohf uls of ;
soup. ".' He continued to . declare to the last j
that be had promised his God he. would not
eat anything in two years -and he should
stick to his word. . Deceased, as we have
already stated, was formerly a well known '
drayman and at one time- a member of the:
police force of this city.; : ' ' , ' '
Tobaeco to be Retailed for th Benelt!
s of the Oxford. Orphan Asylum.. T.,,;
Mr.'. LJ Ci ReediJ.Tepresenting a Baltimore i
firm, has kindty, donated a box of ;Grayely 1
tobacco . for ther Oxford :urphan . Asylum. ;
The Masonic committed having, the-' "matter j
in" hand,' wishing to' realize all they can!
from it; have made arrangements with If.
Kasprowicz to takeiti to his tobacco Store, !
which ' is so cobvenient ' to the ' hbtds, ;and!
retail, ft in small cuts or pieces for 'the ben-!
cfit of the Asylum. - AIL ibverti of the.
f weed," .together- with1 those who do noti
Use it can ', take thc hint - and 'accordiriglyj
invest : a few- cents in such : a ,wrtuy-ann
benevolent object. '." " ,.''-' -
Clinton and Point Cs well Railroad.' j
Judge 4iA.cE5Jf an-J Messrs, E..T.
Boykiu J5. W. Jerr and Duncan U ilan4
Ion Will address - th .citizens of iiSampsanj
county atf Lisbon1 on ' Saturday tlB;imhj
inst., in the interest of the CliMiind
Point Caswell Railroad. - -:i- - . i
.'lmeeti
jliie;23rd:ef ,Marc1:irhich;iS33Xffif!ted to, be
4 rousing owst. Ambig" the speakers -to e,
fivhed;" wJeiirni-a-Mdn
Capt.)Rv W JJBceryyisited;the Scene of
. 4. t-re y-u
the disaster to thschcKjneriliDifrife
ab(Hit four eathfrsbUthof KeVv Riyerj
and fouftd.the.ye8sel'in goqti orde.r though
bottom-upwards and-field by'-her: anchors
.He" cutthe fhahsand snbsebaentlyanchored
-her again, 'atepdipg to wreck lier when thej
severe storm-et-'Kteygnti -the M. mst.
came ariStAffcteWafdsthvesselgpin
i'iirjOU t&eRjnirjcwllea .in, A
air.wuy i&goo sy:jj&pji'W&TJiijsrfw
.was.-wrecked in theScptcmbcr : storm
-y'earIiftaft-niej.. positibn
Iwherc phe'wasFfo
. seas ;lbaded VMtfe MmberU bufrit is ifot
front1
-where
bbiind.".
Annual 0Ietius of ,tbe Stocklioldera
- - of tne Bsmlc of New. BanoVer. .
; The stockholders jf . the'Bank of NeW
Hanover m met , ju annual t meetiag at the
banking house?,' at 12 o'clock IE , ' yesterday:
On motion of ;D: MacRae, Esq..- CaptJ J:
T. Divine was elected. chairman and.y;!?
McKoy was requested to act as secretary.
Mr. Isaac Bates' and 1ft.- TV:' B. McKoy
were Vappointed ;. a committee ; j to .;Vjerify
proxies, . They' reported .the- number of
shares' ' ;pf stock -represented in - person! as
2,015,. and by. p'xyv$,S76mnf ji 'total
of 6,91;- which; being a iajority of Jlie
stock of the" bank, "-Hie. -'chainnair'dBeiared
the mctirigr" organized and r'eadV. for bust-
The minutes of th last nnaual meeting
were read andj approvQd.'; ' "' , 'tf-,
l lie president ot the . baB submitted his
annual report-, which fewas read, :! and . on
motiou wasjtdopted "'' ' ;
On motion the meeting proceeded, to an
election of t Directors- The old boatsa as'
follows, were reelected; .G-IW.!5 Williahis,
W. I. Gore, D.jMacRaef H.VoHcfi;l?L R.
Bridgers, Jno. W.VAtkinson,. Cbas.VM.
Stedman, IsaacBatesrJ. - A." Ijeak, i F.
Rheinstcin and E. b. wrden.
.On motion the meetig.ftdurgod, .-
. ' At a meeting of1 the! Directors held 'sub
sequent to the above vMaj. phas. M.. Sted
man was reelected Pfeeideut L.Isaac Bates,
Vice President ; S. D. Wallace. -Cashier; W)
K Smith, Jr'TellerjB: Cf.;Empie, Clerk!
A Hcllstoua Cranlc. Who 'persists, In
Starving Blmself o tteath.', . " f
Jim Anderson, the folored lunatic, here
tofore alluded to as ibeiag seemingly de-.
termined to " starve ; himself to ' death, still
persists in declining, to partake of food or
refreshments of any kfnd.l i He was sent to"
the insane departmcnfbf the County Poor
House on tlie 26th of Jimuaryj about two
weeks ago, since which time. Superintend
ent Savage - informs hs,! he has not eaten
enough to fill tfifeetablefspoons, and what
little he has swallowed has been nothing
more , than soup tiEjreryi4fiffort ha&rbacn
made by the eounty .physician, as; . w.elL as
by Mr. Savage and hh wife, to . induce An
derson to take food; but without avail, i He
says he. "promised God hot to cat anything
in two years," and he is determined to keep
his pledare. He has already grown so weak
that lie can scarcely talk above a whisper,
and it is thought that he will hardly , last
throughanother twenty-four hours. i f
It will be remiembered that Anderson is
said to have become crazy on the subject of .
religion,' and nnder the influence of one of
his "inspirations" he Came near killing his
son.: -, lie was formerly well-Rnown tiray
man, and was atone timeia member of the
police force under a Republican wlminis
traticii. . j ' -
.Railroad TOeettngli Oaslow
At a meeting at - Jacksonville, Onslow
ctranty,1 held a few days since,1 at -which Dr.
E."W;Vard presided andIrW.TIlVTar
man acted as secretary, the, chairman, after
explaining the object of the meeting,: intro
duced Oapt. J: C.:McMillian, of Teachey'B,
Duplin -county, who proceeded to discourse
in behalf of a branch road running from
Teachey's ; Depot; to some point on New -
river; stating to the : people of - Onslow
tountyV'that Cbl. !R. ' R.. Bridgers would
pome forward and do all that he could for
the road; provided that the people of Onslow
and Duplin would grade and put the ties on
the road ready .forthj, iron and rolling
stock, which he would Jurnjsh.
Capt. . M. having. concluded, It was
moved ad -seconded Ihataf-eommitteel ef
fivebeapptiinteQ? toirtestigafeand: 'make
their report as to gpbgcrlptton and location ,
of - road', by. he first, Monday in March,
1882. The followingi iwere: appointed :as
said : committee t Col.S" B: Taylor, John-Mashborri.-K
E.; Armitr6ng, M. C. Hoyt,i
Dr. Chas. , Duffy, :; s -V .'
j The meeting adjourned to assemble again:
btt the . first Monday int Mkrch, '"'', :":!.
.Teschey's is pa th? W & W. Railroad, i
miles fropv-Wihnington: - ,
As a "straw-to 'break' the back of such
'camels" astfieigtneorrcspondent of :
the New York TVne whp is ambitious of
championing titles1 outside ef North aro-j
iiiia; to' the deirhfiMit of Hhc ; commercial,
metropolis Hof his own (. .State,, ''wc would,
mention afact which was called, to our at":
tention by aJ prominent Teal estate broker.of
this city a day of two 'agdl tsrho says - that
iehaajiota singhdemg. house " in -iVll-f
tomgton now osi haadbiMnt,ad knows
bf-noUe;Jwherefts' hVBaiifltally-had plenty
of.hem' to'dispbso' Df VdVthis ; particular,
season Of the year:' tf this is" an indication!
that Wilmington .is. "on .. the decline, , we:
,wpuldbe gl5d1 M. H.. would tell us in Jhe
ah unertirf'sigtt' oft, .ijrisperity ! from . his
particular standpoint' . - V ' ' i j
Xlielmniiarriin!10 . j I
3 ."gris" isayxv'aaaagjftg-r
being quartejgdljfoiall, compiis?
r&iid-5fhtiaiilaffom0thc: GermantEmpire
.TiftWjtwcnoyiqTnrTrMr...
paving tekm-jeiam eaarge Jy'itliuie
tsieserstf securing aaaaagood homes afeuriin
WrieighlSorlodfvAbbo Wccpt
jne jargest gpzv, noaJunua-iroinewHU!
'3&xu SAarffaieatefc-v Officer:- One.:Df
onranferihad al; fi&"t-decided 6' take
flirangemenjs,ii ,
:"-T&e-P4landfcra;fianumbef, expect to
leave jjj)rljj4ft- mnrninpr f t j
faipB. valeaT6m"tliis
.arWiAWrBptuKt &.feniti33S casks
gpiritsturjptlhe and ,050 "barrels of rosing
Warf 13,613.; 1 u.f;rJy
i WASiri>Oir. -..,1 :. .
Snooting; ' Afialr in" tne -Republican
Newspaper OiaeeBOtn1 Parties Serf-
n . telegraph to the loraing Star.l, ,
Washington. Feb. .9.- Several articles
have been published recently in the JZepiifc
oarefldtngTipon the personal character
of A. ','M. . Soteldo, formo-ly an' editor of
that papery a. pd now clerk . of the ; Senate
RaUroad Committee. One of the articles.
appeared this morning, and to-night;
about 0 pclock; - whiles Clarance - Barton;
managing editor, was : aj. Jbls desk alone,,
in the room. Soteldo. "accombanied bv his
youngcf brother, entered the room .and pre
sented a coramnmeation fwhich ' he- desired
to have , ptoblished in-; to-morrow's -issue.
Barton referred Soteldo 4q; the editor-ia-chief."'
A quan-el ensued' whefi' 'the elder
Soteldo grappled 3with y'Barton"and ' thd
younger eoteldo, i-commencod ! firing' at
Barton. Four or five shots were firedsra rapid
succesion. Barton was shot; twice,! fa the
neck and Tight breast," bmVwas abte to Walk .
down stairs, ' engage a carriage .aim. drive
home: . Tne elder. Soteldo was -shot in -the
back, below the ,.neck-and, cnear the tmine.
and, is thought . be; lally' wbtanded.
Yolirif Setdo was, arrested and locked upi
Tlie'Sbteldo-Rarton SHootlns Afray
Condition of tne TTo unded Parties
Xlie Ioulslana Contested. Election
Case ,. DlsnalssedoRepubllcan , Sena-,
torlal Caucus Appropriation Bills
Reported in the House. '
a: By Telegraph to the HornuiR Star. I X" 4
WAsmKGTOX; Peb.? 10, A: -M.-Sotcldol
one of the victims of the shooting affray, at
the office, of the Rational .Republican last
night, is now lying at Providence Hospital;
in about the same condition- as last- night;
His brother, Ai C. Soteldo, is in close eus
tody at the Fifth precinct station., Clarence
Barton is resting as quietly as could be 'ex
pected. ,, - ; :
WASHiNGTONTFebf It). The.Sub -com
mittee of the Houstf Committee bu Elections
having under consideration - the contested
case of Smith (Rep.) vs.' .Robertson ,(DemJ)
sitting member, from the Sixth Louisiana
District, adopted a resolution at their meet
ing this morning to dismiss the case -with
out prejudice. -"This action was unanimous
aqawiu.be" so reported to the full . commit
tee "at their next, meeting. , -I
A. M. Soteldo,! who was shot last night, is
still living and has regained entire conscious
ness, though he is paralyzed from his head .
aown, ana nis death is only a question of a
short time. , In conversation with his friends
he disclaims having had any' intention to
shoot Barton, and: savn that, f.he lattrr firrd
the first shot; but he forgives Barton.f or he j
nas uius tar aecimed to make any legal ante ;
moTxem statement:?!' rnis is construed to
mean that he is. of the opinion that one of
his brother's shots, intended for Barton,
struck the elder Soteldo. Barton had a pis
tol in his table drawer which he seized when
attacked.' Only one chamber of this pistol
was found empty, but Barton had clubbed
and used it on both of his assailants. Young
Soteldo's pistol was found mpty, It had
four chambers. The elder Soteldo's -pistol
was fully barged.: 'All of the . weapons
arc now . in the hands of the police.
The pistol used by Barton was an old one.
Upon the person of the wounded -Soteldo
was found a ten-inch: dirk knife. . All of ;
the weapons of. the brothers Soteldo -were
new and bright Barton,' in his statement,
says that both his assailants -were ercatlv
under die influence of liquor.; The younger I
boteiao was arraigned m "tBeirolice Court
to-day, charged with assault and battery
with intent to kill his brother. Antonio M.
Soteldo, . and committM without bail to
await . the result of the latter's injuries.
Barton is not seriously injured. ' V - 1
'1 he Republicans held a bnei caucus this
afternoon at which it was determined to re
sist any motion that may be offered to bring
up tne liarns resolution tor the. appoint
ment of Neil Brown Acting Chief Clerk of
the Senate, theeancrL behig-of the opinion
that it was unadvisablfljtoistuxbAhe pre
sent arrangement in regard; to. Senate offi
cers. But it, was. .also decided that in the
event of Harris resolution being 'brought
before the Senate- for action; the Republi
cans will support au amendment substitut
ing the name of Chas.. W. Johnson, of Min
nesota who received the Republican nomi-1
The immediate- deficiency appropriation
bill, -which .was. this .. morning reported
to the! House by .1S'Ir.''Hiscock,' from the
committee on Appropriations, appropriates
$1,437,233.29, of which the - following are
the most important items : Public printing, .
4iA),i)i)0i Indian service, principally lor the
Sioux, f 418, 000; transportation of coin and
bullion. $50.000: -construction of vaults in
the Treasury $75,000, clerical force in the '
latent Ufflce, $25, W0; clerical force, in the
Pension " Office, ' $75,000; under the Fish
Commission, $77,000; for the Postoffice De
partment, $100,000; repairs to the Executive
Mansion, firUU&-v
The Military AcadenappropriatiqubiU,
reported to the- House ; to-day, recommends
an annronriation of " 31 ft 8S7 ' Trinrr"100 -
717 less than the estimates and $3, 01 less j
r s r . ij r o . . r i
than the amount appropriated for the cur
rent year.. v. 1 i: j.--. '-. ..
Freight Train Collisions lu Pennsyl
vania ' and KenttteftTSe'reral. Per-
iiSson:Bailed.-;s74i hlliuia
, ByTeleKraphtotlie Morninir Star. t i:
Cincinnati, February A -freight QsStL
jou uie ijouis vine ; ouori ? xiuw. fwas iiwown
from the track -this ,mormng near Eagle
Tunnel, hy., and an engineer named bten
ford was cruanedc- beneauuthe engme. t
was still aUvfe after. befoc. -.six, iioura under
the engine, but -cannot recover.. - , "i
HARRrsBtTaci. . PA..!fFebruarv 9. Three
.freight trains were". wrecked oh. the Pacific!
a moment when' an; ;jeast-bouhd and a West-;
;bound. train were passing an adjoining track
an axle on . ope train. f brokc,t and, a car ca-;
reened and' fen npon'-the' other track in
front bf.tH-inCTSfiatl train? Tbe cngineer
andjConductor;-weR;: instantlykiJlediand a
.fireman iatally injured;,, Another f freight
.train''fojtowfngv 'clofee "iapori ' qntf of "'the
rvrreck.ibirt be;futtherioss:5f ife Uccnrred
Two-' ME urdert'ISentenced a
ville.
Itnox
IBy Tele
Knoxvilie
'SftmueF Hodges, nejjToesr'who 'murdered
uuu
Jim McFarlandV last September1, were this
I mornings seatence4ta1nc;haBged;,on the 24th
oiyAiarcn..... vvhen,d.uogeiiau saia,, "may
the Irdtoyc mercy; on yoursoul," 'Milton"
Hodges' replied; may thoXord haveteerev
pn youcsoidoTi YpTjwill be gone before: we
.will". ,..s, ' .ri
" This"is the' fitst ' death" sentence passed
in 'KnoxviHe by the courts Ha twgfatyfi
'-years."-' ;;; "J7'i !" ft !
of Tammaoy t-iU;p6mmJttcCf
at you, im
nounced that;.,
leae for Florae
of physician,!
ZOUISIAHTA.
1 '
Terrible destitution In tne . Northern
Section of tUe State fironk lroatl
Overflow-Tne Lahor Unions and tbe
Cotton Press Strikers.' --- t-.'-i-r?
f'.' '' 1 By Teleferaph to the Morninir Star.TF
f NEW . OllLKAXR. : FpH " 10 J-Tho Thnra'I
Democrat I publishes the ' proceedings 'of af
meeting" held at Columbia", Caldwell "pax-1:
ish apixjalidg f or assistaHce''f6r the people?
of Ouachita, Richland;; Franklin; Cald
well, Winn,. Grant.1 and a portion of f Jack-'
soriandCticprdia parishes, The pream-
pic, ana resolutions set" forth ; that the un
precedented '.drouth of last summer -and?
fall ;caused a
potatoes ai
of cpitonjhas
versardcstitUtion: and want noon vlhc chm-
njuPity. ofiCaldwcU and adjoining parisljes;
that nuieteen-twentieths .of the people, in
cluding' both colors an4 all claseshavol
not a graJLn of conij to feed their t-starving
teams; 10 bread, no credit, no wliere to' go
asd nothing to go with that the hogs 'feavd
been dying for two months because of thn
ntter failure, ol mast and, gram.' 'A There1
foro1fe8olvedi that o&BMon JnmtaiiitvtUcT
fates that. aid " should; be . afforded.
tQ prevent the probable starvat ion 'of a large
part of ;th& population of North Louisiana;
and wo dteem . that the destitutioh of this
important class of our fellow-citizens should
claim the attention and command tbc aid nf
tbe Government to avoid the imminent ca
lamity. The resolutions farther state that a
large section of , country is sufferins from
overflow and that stock and people are on
the point of starvation. The Times-Democrat
says editorially, that this condition of
things was predicted in its columns some
months ago,' when it was found that the
people in that section were'sellinir off their
stock' and cattle 'at a sacrifice but that the
situation, "it thinks,-is exaggerated, aijd sug
gests that the people of -Louisiana should
be cauedton before appealing to others-f or
assistance' : Gov. McEncry ; has ordered an
investigation. rr: ' . . .. ,r.
1 1 he .Labor Union held a meetimr last
night, and resolved to' support the strikers
in me coiion presses, until every non-union
man! is weeded out. i Several jprcsses com
plied with: the demand of the Union yestcr?
tlay, and resumed work; and the others will
proDaory ao so to-aay.
i."
1..-
ST. LOUIS
Excitement and Almost a Panic in the
.,. Produce market.- - t - ' f
- ! -. By Telegratth to the Morning Star.l : I
7&E. Lotus. Februarv 10. Thr evcltemfiht
ba' 'Change at the opening this " mornihg
was the rmost'intenseand'-detaonstratrve
ever known, herb.- The most desperate
efforts were made to control ihe market. ;
the "Longs insisting on hiffher prices and
the ; ."Shorts" ; persistently: attemptinsr . to
hammer them down. - Finally, thQ excite
nientwas so' high that a panic 'was im-
xninent and several of the principal opera-.
tors agreed fo do no more trading except in
settlement; This' almost mstahtlv Wuts'an
end to trading, greatly to tbe relief of evefy-
body. At 11.30. closiner call" a motion. was
put and carried that all deals should be re-'
garded as m settlement. ' Prices then ad-1
vanced 1 sto li cents, and trading proceeded
quietly and with decorum. No suspensions
have been announced this mornings and no
new rumor of trouble has so far been heard.
I ' -- VlUGlNIA. :,fvi - ;-f'..-1
f'.-- ;;--,
The Opinion' of Miners as to the Cause
j: of the'Coalfield'IEScplosIoii. 1
IBy Telegraph to th&Jtfeming SUnT - ' I
i New Youk" Februarv 9.-The Herald's
ooameia special says it is the sett led opinion '
of leading miners that ; the 'disaster was '
caused bv the accumulation of carburetted?
hydrogens in one of the drifts during the:
.1: tit , . . 1 ...... V . ;, I
uuuicr uuur, uuu -one or me men carriea ?a j
light into it whqn going to work at 1 o'ejock, j
t,uu causiuu nit; explosion.
j
i
j Virginia:
Action of the Readjnsters in Caucus
IVassey to have. I Another; , ChaneeA
Railroad Ordered to be Resold Lib-j
eral Responses in Aid of the ITildlb- i
thlan Coal ; Mine ' Suflcrers--Small-i
Pox Spreading In,, Rrnnswlck De-i
strnctlve Fire in IiVnchburg. ' i ' I !
f By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l
:RiCHMOia. Februarv. 11. In the Circuit!
Court of this city., yesterday. Judce Well-i
ford rendered' a verdict in the' case of Henry!
Lewis and others vs. the ' Washington &
Ohio Railroad Company, ordering; the road;
to . be resold, .' The purchaser at the. pre-j
vious sale has twenty days within which to
comply with his compact Of purchase; on.
the liquidiation of additional costs incur--red,
and paying the interest on the. default-!
ed $50,000, the first installment of the pur-i
cnase money ' , " . - .
TRicmroN.::- Februar J1lV-Thfi Read-i
juster's-eaucus last night endorsed the bill!
for redistricting the State into; twelve judiJ
cial circuity; -the bill gmng - the Governor'
authority to appoint alcoaiBiiissioaes-ofi
sale, and the Senate bill repealing the whip
ping-post aaw. r The , Auoitorship question
was discussed at, length. Hale, one of the
four Rpadiusters who bolted the caucus on!
account of the effort to .dictate who should
be Massey's clerks, made along speech, and
promised finally to abide by the decision ofi
tne caucus -ii jnassey -was -given another,
chance It was. thereupon decided to'rc-i
scind the previous action in nominating S.'
Brown Allen, and take another vote for
-Auditor next Tuesday night. ' The caucus
mourueu at uuuuigiiL v ., . - i s
? The Relief Committee SBpbihtied'bV.the
'citizen s meeting ;have' gone' actively to
work in behalf of the.widows and orphans
of the ' Midlothian coal-pit disaster. - The
City has been laid off: in '.districts and can-
rvassers - appointed to solicit Contributions.
lhe Udu bellows: also -have taken steps
looking to the relief of the families of
several 01 tn-iouBij-aiembers of the
Lodge, at Midlothian. 1, Contributions are
oming, in , f romyarious quarters i-abroad
anu ine prospects are inai xne answers to;
the aooeai to aidwill be ireneral and atnhTn.'
The fund beingqlleced, by thete.thel
evening paper, of this city,. famounts tof
u.ttunj vi.uw. xuia i louepeuueni 01 me
jwork Of the comtmittee; -f'-r' -wf
cases, of small-pox have broken 0ut .iiL .ti1d
.Red. Oak district. ..in - Brunswick county j
' m - r. T ... j .-. . ... " i
; 1 yyo ueauus uave occurreqv apu uier1. arq
sfbw fifteen 'patients in the- hospital' The
ttuthorftfes ff th&Ndrfelk & Western l?ail
road, in consequence Qfjthe prevalence of
smalVpox "have hisuedairbrdcr prohibiting
o'clock this morning ompletelyrdestroyed
three storehouses on llain streets occupied
uy j. iii. liauuin, ymx: mejcnani; 4. vmu
'leweler: Si D. Hellsmoif &' CQ?. Hothiersi
and O.'Accousil!?, cUfSOlluuer. Loss about
l,; Vcovd"bylnsurftci; ' The firo
'was the rein of Inoendiartsm;"'- 'jW-
ifqratiiy lrfectf'andiwilt tMbabhrask
tobhsidn; ;.Ji.irWeihptei?absent in
' failure in the, , crops. tf com.
pea,' and the :eryshta t erop
brnuirut a stath of nlrrioKt, lini-
srhted with that
delightful play- so achnirably performed ;
"The.IJnnkeT's Daughter.;.' -xr ir" v' r
. High Point Pioneer: Mr. CVAI;
Farnumv cv Friday Jast,' started out? to se
cure the right'of way for 'the Winston &
Fayettcville Railroad, from this place to
the " factories' -'ne & paying for the ' land
and takuig deeds for the same; .The work
f grading will commence at this place on .
.3rouday,! ;.We are'n.tfw;jErc pf , a road. V-
Oxford Free Lqnce:-V-e publish1
this 'week. two communications touching
upon the. scarcity ,of provisions in: certaia
sections of the county, and the -consequent
suffering . among the7-poorer classes of our
citizens; The present Democratic Board
of. County Conunissioners .has paid- more
than sixteen thonsjind dollars of. the public. v
dqbt .within thopast ..three year.-, . How is
that for s Democratic , administration -4 oT '
county Affairs ? ! t.n,, r,-.
Among those" licensed by: the
Supreme" Conrf d'cticp - & Were the "
following wobpy frora' the Raleigh 3kw
Observt'v : Spencer B., Adams, Richmond
county ; Joseph" 'Alexander ' CreVch; Wake -county;
John. Oatvln JJarlv New-, Jlanover
county ;Donnell . pilliam,, Ayake, county;
Thomas Etheridge Oilman1; Onslow county
Lsaiiib Greon,Hajes; Wke-county- Williain.
Lanier Hill, DuplincountyJesse Newton
nolding;'r Wake. "county; David' Jamc's
Iwis Rpbesoncbnnty yJohallenrJr Long
Randolph county; CharJcs A-lexandw Mc- v
Nelll,i;'Moore county; ! Wheeler Martiri,J
Martin county; -Ef nest. Patrickas-nard s
shjw conntyiCharkr-'tralier TillwuRich-" -me4l
eumy;--There- wereJ 29 in aM; of
whpm.twW wie colored,- ,1 " ' ;
Lj9ttyiU4: (ner V Th?in-;
Oijease f population is: lilniost an JnfaihMe,
test of commercial prosperityj' aod- we aro v
hid to kno'.tliat our commercial meirppa-
3 is holding hei o.wn,;an:d;niorethanthat;t
amidst all the conpctite5L..of rival cities,
and. the conflicta:of railroad corporations.t
r-i Wearer pleaded , to learn that notwtUiH
standing, the, very-inflenjcnt - weather; the
lauies as men: testivai.'Onithe lstiUu;for
the. benefit' ofuiV'The Cumberland. County
Memorial Association,' made $66,25 ovei;
expenses.! . 'The first work ought to be
to complete tho connection between Fay
tttevUtosndthe Carolina- Central. g This is
important ,Wb would tlien have communi
cation' ' soon i with Greensboro bv way Of
FajiJtteville.''TAni i ; Our contemporary
is right. Thatllnk between this town,and
Shoei Heel should receive the earliest atten
tion of the?. Company, and we have assu
rances here that it will receive that atten-
tion, and be built' first.- i :': - -! j -. v. . . 1 ;
" - - I 1 ' J . - . .-' ,! - , ,
J f Jialeigh Farmer and ' MecJuinic: 1
Almost simultaneously with, the arrival of
.Mr,. W J. Best's, cargo, of r steel rails 740
tons) at Beaufort, for the Smithfield exten
sion of the Midland Railroad; comes a dis
patch announcing the ; completion of , Mr,
Best's i"Contract" on" the North.. Carolina
Railrpad--but not by Mr. jBestJi,;. A contin- -
uous line-of iron now,stretches f rom Beau
fort to. Pigeon River. - twentv-two miles
southwest of Asheville,- and also to Paint
jkock, torty-nve miles, northwest of, Ashe- -ville;
save and except the temporary break
age of the line at Deep Water. Bridge; and
possioiy at lvey 4vcr Undge. it will be
remembered that we. in describing our trip
down the. French Broad,-pot the date of
tbe completion af about the 20th of "Janu
ary! and apprehended that the Tcoriesseeans
would not be ready to meet us at the State
line (owing to having two long bridses
within one thousand yards of each other);
though there was only one mile of track to
lay. 1 The connection Jwill no doubtl be
made -Within the next fortnight- . : ; ; . ?
jiCharlotte Observer:. Dr. ; Paul
Barringer;has returned from Europe, where
he has been since last spring attending lee- .
turcs'-m yienna -and;Paris.r-It is under- "
Btopd lhat he will settle in the West for the
practice of his "profession.-'' '- Yesterday
the followrag special telegram was received
at this office from Washington city v. ','Tbc ;v
manajrers of tlvc liiclimnnn ? i- lianTtlln
Railroad have notified j the .Postoffice; De
partment that .after Sunday ther fast mail
which leaws.Wash tngton ' at-llf : a.5 m.1 for
Charleston and -4 points' south, will be dis
continued." r Washington letter : Post
masters' commissions sent:- '- Mrs. 'Julia
Corubs,. Zimmerman, N. C; 'Squire Mt D.
Parrish, Flat River, N. C .-Mr. J. B.
Wheeler: f the -historian of North Carolina.
lives here.-. His health is far from good.
Tlietoucbof '70 winters have frosted his
hair &nd bent -his.' frame; - His' eyesight is
also . rapidly failing, rv Ten thousand
eight hundred and.1 "ninety-seven "of the
resident population of Alabama . and .two
hundred and .T ninety-four .of .the resident -
pupuiauuu 111 IIIC lllSWICt- Ul VlJlUlllUJIt
were born in;Noxth Carolina. . : - -. -'S '
T-r Kaleigh Neicsr Observer:,. CoL
T. C. Fuller, who has for ;mahy veeks
been confined loft his ' house; i was able to
come down i-.to'wn yesterday; - rrt Mr.
John J, .Jenkins,, son of Mrs. M.' Louisa
Jenkins; "died - yesterday morning at an
eariyhour,! at the residence of hismothcr.
in this city, of consumption, from which he
had : suffered for '.months.5 Paul C.
Cameron tyesterday qualified as administra
tor of the estate of the late Miss .Mildred
Cameron, giving bond in the sum of $555,
000. This is the largest bond ever given in
Wake, county, it is" said. Mrs. M. B.
Mordecai and" Maj. John -W. Graham are
sureties v n The many, f rien ds . of , Geo.
W. Phillips of St.' Mary's' township,' will
be pained-to hear of his sudden 1 death, on
Sunday.. February 5. at 10 o'clock. . On
Monday the wife of Mr. Rufus Upchurch
was so terribly burned as to cause her death.
J5he lived in- , White Oak township, two
miles from Apex, Her husband; who was
outsidq thq hojise3vq areinfqrmed heard
her screams antt.wds horrified to see her
rush out of the house with her ' clothing in
flames.: He . ran to her assistance but was
unable to put out the lire, and was' pain
fully injured about the bands and arms in
his fruitless efforts to save her. So terrible
were hcr.injuries,' that after lingering in
terrible suffering, she died yesterday morn
ing. She was young in . years' and had a :
large circle of friends ana relatives; s ' :
.'- -Charlotte Observer: A farmerof
Maiiaraurees townsnip says. mere seems to
be no disposition amomr the farmers in his
neighborhood to abandon cotton farming, or
reduce , tne acreage,: : out on tuc contrary
many will plant more largely than hereto
fore.' j Col; Charles R. Jones has been
appointed Grand Commander of the Order
of the Golden Rule for North Carolina. '
on 'Saturday an was election held for com
mencement officers of Davidson, College.
The following .were, elected as representa
tives' frotn the two 'sOdetieSTSamed: f"Phi."
Socn?tyr-Messrs. R, L. Ryburn pt T.-Bur-gess
and K "W. Culbertson; "Eu.' Society
-Messrs..I:'-Wi:Dibfc, A' a Dick-and W.
Mack. vMr J. B. Fowle was elected Chief
Marshal,' ' with the followihg assistants:
PhL Society Messt. a-; F.t Telfair; W.
K Hplt. B. Tr McBrydc and T,.B, Brown;
'air of iNorth Carolina.1 From -the "Eu."
Scwiefv Messrs. 'Svj Nash, 4 8.-"' Braf
toni W. -I. Witherspoon. and J: . .S.
Moore; all bf the Slater of South' Carolina.
Monday night, while the south bound
rrt train n tTin iwn A nnn wnt
tng on'' a side-' track ' ati! Holtsbure. a
f. station beyond Saliabnryvifor the- Jnail and
passenger train ;to pass, theconductor tus.
cotered''ia negro 'leaving the train -with a
box, and movies off at a rate-ef speed not
warranted by ordinary circumstances, and
11 was lounur oir jnvesugaiiOH 1 uuuv lour
Iqaded cars had been.broken open after the
train took' the side .track' and a" large quan
tity of freight remdvoiJrUust what amount
.waost cmi14 not tumbe ascertained, but
'twp of . the thieves';were captured and
brought ouj as far ShlisbUfir:tphTrrh0v
Italeigh-was cielic