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The Weekly, Star. PUBLISHED AT " ILISIN GTOJJ AT ' ' Y E A n, I N A JDTAMC&- 1 oooooodoc ooooooo 13 i: SS882SgSS8SS8S 88souoo38S8888888v -- SS8888S8g8S8SSS88 v;j- 8S88SSS8S8S8S838S " N C 00 i!" 3S8S2SS28SS8S8g'' a r - 838S8.S5S8SS8SS8SS ..: ; """ i T T r7 . ' . - .. ' -' :; ' o - .; - ro - . ' . ' -,-V " io to t-OD o o eo o 5 f Entered at the Post Office atWilmtagton, N. C, , . as Second Class Matter. . - SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The- uhscri6tion price of th Weekly -Stai: is a follows rT" -, " , Siii rie Copy 1 year, postage paid, 5 $1.50 i " 6 months, " " 1.00 '-. 3 months. iKrr?' -.ai;j,50- THE TARIFF INCONSISTENCIES EXPOSED. . . ' - ;' The American people paid the pot tery monopolists a tax of - $5,000,000. in iss2. This ought to have been enough, but it is a fact that the Rad 'uvils in the Congress propose; to in rn asc the present tax on that article. Tlif r(osItioh is to increase the tax on I'ommon crockery ware 10 per 'jee'nt. in, the Senate and 15 per cent. Jin the House, .Mark .you,. this is for (the ware used by all households. JTheiv is also a proposition to increase 'tie other grades. t . . j ly the way, Mr. J. S. Moofe,iu his article in Ihe, Times, from which we, jh:ive copied already important ill us itrative facts and figures, comforts the (fanners very much as Senator -Vance Iocs, who encouraged them by stat- ng that if they had to pay tax on heir salt they could have the privi- ege of importing a skeleton for their lilosets free of all tax. . This is so con-: iiiterate. Mr. Moore shows; ' the f horny handed son ot toir that .un- u r t ne oenign rtaaicai lannne can !tain the following very, necessary articles free of duty: 'i "Attar of roses, oil of ambergis, oil of I)erg;imot, oil of juniper, oil of o range, oil of peroli-in fact,-ali essential oils for tlie use ti i ue larraer 8 periumcry. -1 ueru wui aiso j pc free of 4uty nutmegs, cinnamon, pepper, 1 pimento, cardamons in fact, all spices nn - ground.. Last, and not least, - arrowroot. Champagne,--also, will only pay 48 i per cent, as against 102 per cent, on castor oil ? and SO per cent, on window glass." . If the farmer is not duly thankful for such great and unmerited favors, thfii rratitude .must , have "fled to brutish beasts." The various.bills iefire the Congress are all of a' sort. ' They favjor the few and oppress the f many. They tax the farmer in al mmt every article he wsesund in re-5 1 turn give him nothing. They im- jxiverislij him whilst enriching" , the man in the North or, in; some-Sbuthi ern town who will never" benefit him one' penny. The Atlanta . Constitii tioA thus illustrates!; the inequalities 'of the proposed tariff: : 1 "Take the North Georgia farmer for ex-, ample. His great cash crop is cotton, wljieh is not protected at all. The facto ries that he pays bounties to do . not - afford liim a market, for he is compelled 'to1 send twoUhirds of his crop abroad to . sell ' it - at all; J He pays taxes on probably over twen- ; ty articles that enter into the production of (ottpu, and yet his product does not re ceive a single advantage in return. The . laviff, in other words, increases the cost-of raising cotton without adding an iota to its selling value. The farmer's wheat and corn a:);! sweet potatoes and oats and mules and kittle are all m the same limbo." s ; he Democrats have stood forth as the champions of a revised and re- duciifl tariff, r Their ablest, men jin thd Congress Beck, Vance, ' Lamar, igan, Carlisle, - : have manfully f. ijght against ihe gross robberies per- ; U ated under the schemes , now; be-r fot'i the Congress, hot really to equal ize ami read just,1 but to increase the ' oppressions in numberless" directions whilst h no particular . giving relief to the greatest industry of the whole" country, that of the farmer, upon wliom depends the prosperity of; the entire people. The Democrats: have insisted that all of the interests of a'i of the industries should, be con slted in the attempt to readjust the tariff, and that;: they should all.be equally and harmoniously cared for,' but not by enriching one class and oppressing another, class. Their, aim has been to obey the Constitu tim of our country and to 'make the tanff one of revenue, and in so doing certain important benefits would . in evitably accrue to the leading indus tries of the land. Business princi Pes should prevail in this as in ' all great questions of public -concern. s that Protectionist advocate, Philadelphia Times, "the greatest jng done to the vital policy of Frotection hasT been inflicted by the a; -. '-1 yoL. xiv. prostitution of Protection sustain, Ihe extortion of monopolwtsj 3 list i so ! .And under the new. tariff,, if: it ; passes, there will be the samepros-? titution of Protection to t sustain the extortion " :p :Trnonop6fist8." , Under; Radical, rule there will be no. change.: The farmers will still be plucked, ! But we: intended in this article-to- Jrather some of the inconsistencies of the JtCadical tinkers. Jiere as one in-. itance. . Lumber is om the free list, ; t high duties are applied' to those- products which'to manufacture costs, a large consumption of wood. Says the Home (Ga.) Sentinel': "Potash :- struggles along with a 20 per cent. duty. . In Europe it. is being obtained from, f he refuse of the beet sugar manufac-: ture.In this country it is generally derived from the" burning of wocxL' 'Aji.a with 20 per cenk to keep- the ;European product: away; our valuable trees- will 'continue,to be cut down to get potasbv?. '' :r I Here i 'another5 saniple. of the coti- summateimpartiality, of ? the tinkers. Says the Philadelphia Meoord: ; i - "Senators in Congress ;Voted yesterday to admit books free of 1 duty on, the express ground that a tax on intelligence-was inex pedient -A few moments afterward they voted not to reduce the duty on wood pulp, a tax which subjects , every newspaper and periodical and book publisher in the land to- an onerous and unnecessary burden. " . , Last week the glass makers showed that the v -had been Tjiined by too much protection. .This week thewine( growers are grunting because the tar iff injures them. An exchange says: ; v.. r , . i "The wine' ; growers- of . California" and Ohio are actually considering! whether it would not be .better' to put . wines , on the free list -than continue to pay over, to the middlemen the lion's share of the profits, as at present. "J The Califbrnians produce ex cellent wine, but so long as a high tariff makes genuine imported wine dear.so long; will the ine merchants,' if they, can help, it, refuse to allow American wine to be sold as such. They buy it cheap as" American wine and sell it dear as French wine." - , One more instructive fact. ; There have been two metings-in New. York city recently " One was com posed of : very rich 77ien,slike Peter Cooper, , .at which ' lawyer ,Evarts spoke a speech that Professor Sum ner, of j Yale ' College, - said showed the supremest ignorance of the tariff. The other meeting was- composed of Ne w. York . manufacturers., It : was large in numbers and respectable in' character and intelligence. The New; York Worlds gives this 4 account; of, what occurred in part: r . 4 . "The manufacturing tailors want cheap woollen cloth- This is their raw material. The woollen .manufacturers want xlear. woolleh clothe. This is their finished pro duct. -The woollen manufacturers ' want cheap wool. This .is their raw material.: The wool-growing farmer wants dear wooL This is his finished product.: . -The. tailor and the manufacturer and the wool grower . have , thus far tried to - prosper by passing on to the consumer the taxes thev had to pay for the benefit of each other. It appears they have how' tired of that, and the tailors have concluded to try what they, can do . against the. pauper tailors of .Lon don if they can get cheaper wool." ;.; The country greatlyneeds light on the subject of the tariff oppressions and it is getting: it. ' . Discussion is doing a vast deal Vfdr the enlighten ment of the, people. Before two years pass the amount of information that will be disseminated - on the subject of the tariff monopolies will be some thing staggering tothe bloated plu tocrats and the gilded manufacture' ers. As in the beginning fwheri God Almighty said,' "Let there ,'be' light and light was," so now, under the exigencies of the times and amid thei clamor of a Protectionist lobby," 'the cry has gone out from- the peoplef Give us light," and the Democrats have resolved that they, 'shall have' light, ; They bave heard the voice of the people fcrying in the night," and they .have said, "In: this v instance we regard the voice of the people as the voice of God." 1 ' KXIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Tli a i.aat Diti Proceedlne of tb t . ' . Grand JLodge. m , The Grand Lodges Knights of Pythias, met yesterday morning;: at 10 o'clock, when the various Grand Officers elected on the previous.- day - were : duly installed. Rafter, which the finances were considered,and then the Grand Lodge adjourned to meet in Ra- leigfcon the second Tuesday in February, '- - The session was a very harmonious- one and everything worked smoothly, - which is said to account for the small amount of business which came before , the , Grand Lodge. - , - Last night Castle Hall of Germania Lodge No. 4 was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies,- and the festivities incident to the meeting of the Grand "Lodge : closed with a oaji ai vtennama fxtux jastcvemug. n Cotton movement. - -. T : The receipts of cottqn at this port during the week ending yesterday foot up 3,773 bales, as against 2,506 bales, for the corres ponding period last year,7 showing .an in crease of 1,267 bales in favor of 1883. ; The receipts during the crop year to date foot up 111,707 bales, as , against ? 133, oi hales no to the sama 'date last vear.: show ing a decrease of 11,654 bales, t ' -. -A'7 TFTrn-TT.rir -Tr" FTT "A :.';"tt' v : -i c rrrrm rr: -t-i rrri rr"t 7T : - , WILillNGTON, N; Oi,! FRIDAYj FEBRTJARY 23, 1883;;. , 4TIXXL LEGISLATURE. . Wednesday, Feb. 14, 4883.7 n '..THIETTrSiXTn DAT.". .J , - - . SENATE . -M ; ; u u Bx for thesalef'of thV Statain; it, terest in the1 Cape1 T'eaV1 and Yatf kin- Valley .Haiiroad n came tu'tj j ahrainuasv special order, and after a long debate' Poole, whieh wa adopted- ayes,r24,! "nays, i 1 9. - The r bill : then passed its third reading.-1 - V - aJ j isill for election of school cbmmit teemetfseparately ,by ; the whites knd; blacks came '-up ai a- spiciaL' 'order," I Pending- its consideratioli :.the, Senate1 adjourned.: HQU5E OF REPBKSENTAtlVES 'i Among vthe bills introdticed, were the following; rtt.H I ! x .nn- r. it ,i zj . contracts for thje purchase acd isale of cotton futures v in; the State and prohibit th, same. : ' l Mr. Simmons, ,4 to, estabusn ' two criminal districts in i Eastern sNorth Carolina, , c.t ' :vf'v- Mr. Overman, tto - incorporate jthe? Salisbury Waterworks Company f r , Bill to ehable'Ctunberlandj pounty to build a. free bridge across the Gape Fear river passed third-reading.- ,f j ! Bill making killing j pf live stock by the cars indictable, ,was tabled, .'f Bill to .erect a; mansion -j tor? the Governor passed its second and third j readings, 86 to .17. , - . . f - -J IiEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE WOBIy. f The;;; committee ;;on internal; im provements, before whom arguments on the. bill for the relief of the .Wes-t tern i North Carolina - Bailrpad -had been closed on Monday," held a , .con ference yesterday, at which no out siders were present. After delibera- ting several nours, tne committee ge cided to report a; substitute offered by Mr.- Tate. ;ri.-; -'V-, - ;,: Ji r : Itf proyideshat;fif .the ,Wsr North .Carolina lUilroad Company, completes its road to .the.Tennessee; river,;; at :the mouth j of antahala, and pays to the State -; the; $520,000. of mortgage bonds,' and accrued, in?- terest, at par, on or before - the 29tb of March, 1884, thatHhen; the i pro-. visions of the Best contract declaring thatf the bonds shall not be foreclosa ble until the road is finished to Mur phy iand Paint Rock, shall be strick en oat, but. that no part of this act shall have any force or. effect unless th e road is completed and the pay-, ments- made on or before the 29th of March,; 1884 , That upon -: its i eomf pletion and the . payments as above stated," r theyr will ;;be ; authorized s to builds down: and Tip r. the ;1 ennessee river branches of the road, .and shall, place a force of convicts (and . keep them continuously at work . upon .the line westto the tqwn of. Murphy un til completed. fft-.r -i ? ;-r'.'Wsrii; The House committee on privileges and, elections yesterday . declined , to reopen the case of Mooro ;vsv . Wil liams. TheyVwill report . it td r the House to-day. That is the majority report wmoe suomiiieu, wie luiuor- . it i" 't -. x i . .1. - : ; iy report to-iorrqw. ; i:' j. v?j ; . The House committee on.privi leges and elections, .yesterday:; heard evidence in ithe.iParker-l'BebJes casev from v Northampton.-:,-TcHdayother evidence will be heardand, tfip case,. it is thought, concluded. ; :- ' j " v . , SENATE. mhu : i TUIETY-SEYiiNTlt DAY.'! ''ii r. ' Wednesday, Feb ' 14th ;1883. I i ' Mr. Hill, to , change , the time, of holding the? Superior Courts f in the, counties of, Wilson, , Nash;t J)uplin and Lenouv 'k'. . - - : ' -v ' Mr; Boy kin, to anlendchapter 184 laws of .1881, concerning charter of .Clinton ?and Faisonf;; Kailroad Com--pany. . 'hy ' - THE SPECIAL OBDEE, i Bill for sale of the State's interest An the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, which;came up jyir...i.ooi a. substituted bill being before the Sen-' ate instead of the original ;bill. , I ; ; Mr. Pool spoke to his substitute, asking; Nyhat use there was in discuss ing a measure that the syndicate ab solutely -refused i to i accept; they: might as well .bringlthings to a point, by considering -his substitttte I which; proposed to buy-;what. the" r.Stato ;de; sired to, sell. iu1 -"-i vcr .-.;-'";-. H ':. - Mr. JVIorehead- spoke -in. favor of the substitute.1 If .it i was adopted, when the road got;4 to v.Mouht , Airy the State would, havo in the Treasury $88,000 in cash ; .and' ; besides : whein this bill or the , other, bill'; passed neither became a law until it -was left with the private stockholders, and hfc spoke by authority in declaring: that they would not endorse any bill that 'would not complete ; this road He did not . believe the . stockholders would endorse the original bill, but the road would go to sale and be pur chased by some parties who twere in-! imicaito the building, of the road :' , Mr.; Clarke paid the road ought to be built -but when we extend the hand to ourwestern friends and? say "we will give you aid," and then turn and sell the road if or 455,000, with-i out hedging it around so;: that the road,must be built to Mt Airy: and Patterson, we give them no-relief at. all. ts-' - ? ' ' ' " V'ri' , Mr. Scott, of Rockingham, said he was really -grieved when the billjwas introduced that therer, was eo ,- mucb discord and dissatisfaction among its advocates.;;-Nothing could be safer or fairer to the fetate than the propo sition offered by the substitute.-r ;IJn less this proposition was accepted, f.M - " KA . . W: . V.- l'v l WIS"' the roady in bU 'opinion, would have tq go to 8ale,: andN6rth. Carolina' and the priyate stockholders would suff erj r for either the (.State 'would, buy the r'oador elsee Jlichmond & Dan?, yilleoi vWilnngton VYeldon, or soraeVbtner ; railroad, would buy , it and throttle it.f;- ' ' . - !Mr;.Womack said. ,no Senator womq go, ynrtner, jir . umiaing tnis road thauf . himself.'; He ? presented both sideS jOfjthe question, and'asked the -Senate to take .a .common-sense. practical view.'bf the whoje'- matter,. woulgbuythe; road,. and. we iad the assurance jofip ai syndicate that they' wiould:ndV accept ,the oi'ifflrialr: bilL . laaded-as it w?s. i.witbi amendments,' "i ' i ' i1! - ,r ' . :-;ur. its'- "til anoxne privivte stocituoiuers .rouia not" accept iiThis substitute' was ' acceptable. t Iq w both' : syndicate . ,and. , 'Mr, Linney:Satd"he was a little 'sur-t prisea inat senators, now; prociiiimeu. themselves Jfortbe, substitute because fOf the amendments'' to the , original j ouir, . wnen oerore ; tne comraiuee on , internal improvements they voted, against phe substitute because it con-, taine'df a bad'tradeV iHe put the ques-r tion l'6 the President of the Virginia, rdadi a few daysl'ago. fa?gentleman ,weii .Known,. mr.utDernnK as to tne vaiuo oi ine roaa ,witn iy miles ounp, and he said It, wonld ! average' $30, 000. , tte maintained'1 that .under the , substitute, -which"neye"r had the sanc tion t6l: any deliberative body, .which never had the sanction of , the clear headed. Senator from Guilford until, his morning, this . convict clause is 8tric1ceh6ut';'and the jConvict force was transferred to these assitrhees for how long ? , for one year ? 4The Sena-, what length of time.: Tie'substitute is a mere cobweb no argument can b4 founded on it.-.Where's Mount Airy and the Patterson branch ? Both are cut out of the original bill aid the Shoe Heel; branch put in it? iMr. , Alexander said this matter shonld.be governed by business prin ciples. .If it be true that the syndi cate have rejedted the first proposi tion, it. takes two to make a bargain;. If a trade is made ; it must , be - with the syndicate's consent and it stands exactly in the position qf; an individ ual driving : aT bargain. t This must take that business course, and as the first proposition had .been rejected he could see, no reason, whyg the substi tute should Dot be adopted,. u .-J ; Mr,. Pinnix said he was satisfied with the honesty of purpose of .the syndicate, amd therefore would vote ,fpr the substitute,; . - . , jMrQlark again spoke against . the substitute. ; -? - r :- . -;. . f Mn- jPayne said he cpnld not sup port the substitute ,On . Friday the. pending amendments , were agreed ;tq by; bqth ftsides, ynJVlondaythe friendsr of the sy ndicate proposed an amendment in their interest in regard; to the working of the convicts upon the road ; r this demand was granted by the .Senate and the amendment adopted.; We are now asked to take back tracks and adopt this -substitute without desired, restrictions. . The 'demands of the j West . are . just and entitled to consideration by this' Sen I MtJ ICaho kjalled the previous iuestio B' y' -':7::W'l V'i The Chair stated thtthe 'first ques-, tion was the substitute of the gentle-- man from. Martin f, !::: :, : Mr. Dotson asked for the ayes atid noes on the adoption - of . the substi tute. Ordered.. The . vote was ta ken; ayes 24,, nays 19. So , the sub stitute was adopted. ' . ' r ' i The bill-was then puton its third readipg.. .,-,. ! The vote resulted as follows:. Ayes 36, .noes IS; so the bill passed third reading. ' . , r ' Bill for electing school.committee- men: the, whites to elect ..theirs and the blacks itheirs, -came, up as, a spe- uaruiuui1; ,'- '.'-,7 , ; Mr. Boykin'said that the bill was unconstitutional, r. Article 9.; section: lii of the Constitution prescribes; the qualifications of electors: . . This bill makes an',, additional qualification Suppose the bill passes; an election is! ordered in a white district;' a .col ored man offers to vote; .be.is .re fused; contests his right to vote, and the'eourt shall - hold the,, law ,uncon- stituuonai,,- tnen . we uavo, tiiy ivei same, trouble as we would - have if iusti6es of the peace and county com missioners were elected. When a cit izen' is an elector at all, he.' is an . elec tor for all purposes (VanBokkelen vsCanadv.. 73 N. C.K, . , . r ... , Mr.' Black agreed with .Mr. Boykin that the bill, was; unconstitutional? ; HOUSE OF; REPRESENTATIVES. were antroduced; ' passed their .first reading and were disposed ; of as fol lows : - ''.'.)! V Mr. Tate, to make null and void all contracts for the purchase and sale of cotton futures in the; State.: and to prohibit tho.same. Judiciary. ; ,; .,: ; Mr Simmons, to establish . two criminal districts in the eastern, part of the State.' Judiciary, . . , MrGrissett, relative to the sale of Tinnor- in the county or - lirunswiCK. Propositions and grievances..,. vr THE CALENDAB . ' was then taken up and disposed of as follows: " - "-r ' To enable - Cumberland ? county to build a free bridge across the Cape Fear river, passed its- third reading. - To amend and reenact chapter 158, laws of 1881. " Relates to the New River & Danville Railroad Compa,. ny. oecqnd reading, ,4 -- ; ! - i io build a Governors Mansion. ,; JVlr King opposed tth"e bill because he thought it foolishness to build a $20,000 or $30,000 mansion for, the Governor to live on" his Dresent" sala ry; that if we 'were able to pay him' l what we ougntto ne would be in fa vor of tHe bill "7 rN u:" ' ' The 'bill then! passed its third "read-s ing ayes'86, nays 17.' f"' ' . i To r; establish v,- a mortuary: table. Passed its third reading.; . 7, , r .'--ft'i - - A' MESSAGE J . h . ',"" u I was ? received , from Lthe - Governor transmitting 'a communication -from the, Trustees of the .University.. .-; Vcu . r Mr. i Peebles jnoyefc to appoint a committee to make recommendations jto th Legislature, of two on the part o f the Senate. ' and ! three ' on th e part of the;Pouse.:,Adopted.i , . 'r " ihe toiiowmg" Dills were tabled: To submit the question of the sale' of liquor "to the voters of Statesville; td esiauiiBu xweive juaiciai uistrrcts; to repeal'the law in relation to the sale oi liquor near VV ake-rhorest Uoilege. the ioilowing bill was introduced:. ,lo (-incorporate thft Carolina vW harf . Warehouse & Compress -Company, . , SENATE. : ; - f - -. , - , THIKTY-EIGHTH DAY. -THUBSDAY,-.Feb. ,15. , BILLS. . ? , , . Mr. Linney, bill to encourage; the ouiiamg ot a rauroaa ,jrom - some. point on the Western North Carolina Railroad via Taylorsville,Wilkesboro and Patterson to theVirginia and Ten nessee line. ' " - 1 4 u ' ' On motion the unfinished business of yesterday went "to the - calendar and the special orpier came up, being the bill for creating a railroad com mission. - i' The majority .A bill was s taken up, and ; Mr. Dortch spoke to -amend- ments, the first being to proyide an expert for the commissioners for in spection purposes, and . for the rail roads to carry, them free? when. on official business; he was for making the clerks, salary .-I eighteen hundred instead of twelve hundred dollars, so as to secure an expert in the freight business; he was for striking out;sec- xion io, wnicn pro viqes tnaixne com missioners, may- prescribe a. stime. schedule for passenger, trains ' on all railroads ifT'fthis'ltate. salary paid the commission he said, that a railroad president had told bim' they wonld rathen give ten thousand dollars a year- and secure a compe tent man, than fifteen hundred - a year and get a bad one... !f" '- i Mr. , Purnell , took the ..floor and spoke, of ii the : legal i inability: of the Legislature tP; appoint tw3onamtssion lhat would prove pf, any , real use. The tariff of rates and,, ,of faresr was the only, thing material to be altered. or retrained ana tne legislature, was precluded frqm jthis. e dissected the sections' as to ' the clerks and the salaries Thisfrailroadcqmmission looked like they, jwere putting up a can of condensed milk for somebody, a sugar plum for. some ,pet. bhades of Gaston defend 'us ! v. Ruffin "hatd at work, and tne other oupreme Judges at' only $2,500 a year, arid these gentlemen at a salary oi three thousand a year to do nothing. j Mr. Pemberton said this ' railroad commission1 ? was all f or ' itself and nothing for the people. ' He'did riot believelthere Was any necessity for commission; be did not Deiieve; mat railroads ought. to discriminate, but be had heard of no discriminations by' any roads that . we had .control over, it we . can't, ; regulate .;tne freights,' let it alone. If we fcan regulate it by legislation, then do so, but don't pass this commission.' " ; : Mr. - Clarke ; said if theSenate passed a law, pass one that had some, power, in it.. They'- might 4 as well erect a golden statue and place it nin; front, of the capitol ; with, the,, words written on it, 'Jl am the railroad com-' mission or rJNortu . varoiina,.., as. a commission as niuch sliprn; of power as this majority r bill : proposed to. create." ' . ' - . ' Mr. Ranisay moved' to postpone jthe question arid: further discussion to next Tuesday -and make it special orderfoif 11 o'clock .that dayV.Tho motion prevailed. J- '' ''- i Message ..receltyed from," jthe Gov ernor,, informingvthe Senate : of va cancies on the Board of Trustees Vjof the, ; trniversity, l,ana "suggesting ,a edtrimittee for suggesting suitable names for the same." Messrs. Hill iirid Strayhorn were appointed as the cpmmiw.ee. i - - - . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES s '-"'v inLLss: V ' .were introduced, read, 'passed their first reading and referred, as follows : ' ; Mr. Smith,to provide for.the work ing of., the - public roads of Wayne county by .taxation. , Railroads, post roads and, turnpikes. . . ,t .,r. : -; Mr.- Lee, to. establish a new. county? by the name of i Lee, - Propositions and grievances.' " . '. Mr. Harris, . of Davidson ,to incor-' porate the Baltimore Gold and'Silver Mining and Smelting .Company Cor porations. . - Mr. , Staridf 6rd; to 'regulate parti tion of .real estate, of tenants iri corn- mon. Judiciary. , . r ..-.' . . r - ': t , CALENDAE. " ! ' - . was taken np and the following - bills were disposed of as- follows: v 4 Resolution instructing members in Congress to secure aii appropriation for Bay Riven and to build a light house.-' - - '';-" '"? "- - ' "l - The ' resolution ; passed its : third reading. - NOlT being a substitute' forf an act to 're-5 peal a ' portion f chapter ll1?, laws 1879. laDied, . : . j '. "f.t,- calendar (resumed.) - l i To incorporate the town of Sharj3s-' jburg, : Passed its third 1 reading! V ; ?' ' , J " ' ,-, MESSAGES 1 , . r..t i were x received from the r; Senate 5n formingthe House that the'' Senate had passed; the following bills i y! 5 To change the time of holding, the courts xf the ninth judicial district'1 c jTo establish'" crr'ftdpd shoolfl irvRm field, N. C.- 'f V . ' r 4.u - proviue.ioi usatiui me. ti4-na ;n4.nn4. t4-.s. T t To incorporate the town1 of South ... - . . v . r MillsV in Camdeq! county t passed its: third reading.'; v v 'iTo re-enactand amend the charter of the Danville and. New River. raiU road, passed ita third ; reading. ' To incorporate the, town ? of -?Pal-ravra, in Halifax county, passed' its' third .'readinsr.' ' i-v- - r-j :.' a Tq incorporate rthe c. Hoffman and. iroy, xwiuroaa company. -j I To incorporate the' town of; Stan, ton.; Third reading.- 'T'1 . u ; To incorporate the" town : of Sassa-, fras Fork. ' Second Yeadingl " ' ' ' NIGHT SESSION. -' - " ,. ; House inet'at "7:30 p.Vm., .Speaker Rose in the chair. , , , S - CALEXDAB " . 'was taken 'up and a bill to 'regulate the hunting of wild fowl passed.third reading. ' . ' . i .-, F THE SPECIAL OEDEE, , , . , the election'case of Moore vs. ' Wil liams,' from Granville, was taken up. .Mr. Forbis submitted the majority -report .for the . committee, -which stated that Moore , was duly .elected arid should be seated in place of Wil-' uams, -,A vote, was taken at a 'late hour, resulting-in the adoption of the mi nority report; ayes 49, nays 48." HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a- 4" t Thursday Evening' Feb. 15 ; , ., ELECTI0N ASE.. . -re Moore . vs.': Williams, f rom Gran-t ville. Mr. ? Forbis, for - the majority of the committee, reported. in favor of Moore. ? -'r - . :-. ; . ft Mr, .McLeod, in behalf of the mi- noriiy oi me commmee, suommea a report and the following resolution: , i Hesolvedj rrh&t A;;H A Williams, sitting member, from, the: county of Granville, is entitled to his seat upon mis. noor . : -' The Vyote upon the, resolution of me majority oi me commniee.rtiiaini- rn g tMr , YY llliams . was as Xm lows : r e;t YeasMessraAblalTWbf Mec Kien burg, isarrett, iaum; uean, Bennett. Brown. Bunn, Byrd,Crouse. Fulton, ' Green of rahklirijV Hardy I Harris of Davidson, Holt, Johnson of Johnston," King," Lawrence, Liles, McAllister,5 McCotCer, McCurry, Mc- Loud, Marah, Matheson,Mathis,0 verr man, Patrick, Peebles, Posey,, Pow ers of Cleaveland, Ray, Reid of Gas- tqni-Reynolds, RiggsKo bins," bher rill,! 'Simmons Stewart( Stringheld, Strud wick, Tate, Tomlin, Walker, Williams i of Sampson, Williamson, ;VViIson, Wood, - V orthington yeas 49: rm-rw. NAYSMeS8rsBakertBall,I Bel- qher,BqweryrBridgersBruce,Bryani Bullock, Cam, Candler, Co vuigtpn, Cheek, Eaton, Forbis, Frayser, Green of N ew Hanover, urissett, Hamilton, Harrison, Hay es of Robesori; Hayes of Swam, Henderson;" He wliff, Hol- tonv- Jenkins,"1 Johnson - of Craven; Landrethj Leary,' Lenoir, -: Lmeback, Mitchell, Montgomery, Myers;, New by, Newell, Phillips Pittman, Poe, Proctor, Pruitt, Jsanditer, bpeller, Steed, Stokes, Sutton, Temple, Wad- dell, Wilcox nays 48. - 'v j 1 i Note. We are requested to state that Mr. Uledsoe, ot Yy ake; was pair ed w'th Mr. Turner, of Moore. If Mr2 Turner had been . present; Mr. Bledsoe - wtfuld -t have voted for the contestant, Moore. ! - r r - r 1 ,,..- sena.te:;;7. ' r; -, 4 ii -: thibty-eighth day. j J i . " 1 , BILLS. " ,i' 1 I Mr. - Hill, - petition of citizens of Duplin, praying;.: morecourt; facili- i Bill to v amend , the laws as to the town of Beaufort, giving it a Mayor and .eight Commissioners. -iMr. Clarke" opposed the biir.as wrong, oecause alter, aiiowmg me people of thewards to elect live com missioners, it a!16wed these commis s ion ers to. elect three others." He moved to strike'out that clause., r? Mr. Caho called' the previous ques tion. ; The bill passed its third read ing.. : ' House bill 169, Senate bill 480, al lowing the sheriffs of Rockingham and other tobacco counties until the 1st day of May to settle 'with the Treasury ot tne state. - i ne dui was explained bv'Mrv. Scott, of Rocking ham, and favorably-commented on by Messrs Strayhorn and Morehead. Passed its second and third readings. Bill to amend the act establishing the Board of Agriculture, changing its organization to, nine, .members on the Board,' one - from " each uongres sional District. - . - ' . : Mr. Strayhorn moved to make it special order. -1 , ; :Mr. -Pemberton hoped it would be considered, now. t If., we ' wished the plaudit of -tHelpeople. "Well done, good and faithful servants,' pass the bill ne was opposed to.aeiay. ; f y Mn Linney asked the pay, of these .... . J- .-Li. xTzn - - .' commissioners unaer.iuw uiu. r ?: L';" Mr. .Pemberton explained that no t man, 0oulds. be ai icomruissioner.who had not been a resident of this State . three years; that they Jmet only once, a year, -and received iouir dollars' a' -day for twelve days during the year. The bill was directly-in the interests ; oi lue people; no am mis session was more in accordance with their : dc mands. The . following amendments 'werd . offered to the bilb- - a -" nn.- j By MrQahb: that' ajlof sectioh't 50 after the.sword .VState be strickf , ; By Mr. Strayhbru, that tberehal 1 i-1 be no change in the chief oflicersU)fr ' the Department: of. Agriculture - for ? . two'yeafs'after the ratification of this '; .acu dth- fi? .j n;-,,' v ? ! f T?vWkAr 4tia l , n A nAl ami h ' billrit'was'atfarmers'day'.' - Every3 thing hadU$4ayi andliejyforXhe bone and sinew, and .the,, copperas breee-hf"?.' and pvpti' t.hft Trpjri anT meat, or mis couniry navmg -its aay; . Let all. the light be, turned ortlin lh'ia A matter .that could ,ber- ;,;.r-' -' j Mr. Strayhorn said he 'would go it : r. , t '. - ' - -l n'V for" any measure looking to ah' Inves .igation of the departtncfnW', '-, V ' Mr.vVYomack; said .-lie i was very, vmucb in3favor,of any' measure that,,; twouiq. pui inisf aepartmeni into tne hands of the farmers but if this wasJ a move- simplytd phi -one 'man -out' 'i and put another in, as the amendment cv seem to : maicaie, men ne was op posed to it; but if it', was 'a '"bona"' Me" J eff orj? i in behalf of the State, j' - ' then let us! adopt it. i . Mr.-Black tsaid that hebelieved the.. , Agricultural Department had been ' home did not think so.H1: ' Oi.. Mr. Hill said: , This is; the -.first time the farmers of North Carolina have demanded any recognition,' 'and... it seemed high . time that; tiat,mostCjj important of. all .interests lmNorthw' Carolina 'ought to be rdedgnized.1 'ziyi j jMr. Caho's amendment as adpj)-,' ! Mr.- Stray horn's amendment was , i losti-'-'v-'-'"' ''--' -f' I.';-.-! jj, j, Mr. Scott's, - 'of i- Rockingham,' ,' amendment, addingthe. .G6vernorv rresiaent or tue Agricultural uoiige, , and President of , the I State Agricul-rv ? tural Societyi.to the board,' was lost. i The 'question ckme,'up, on" tHe pas- sage of the bill on its second reading,, , on iWhich Mr;: Pemberton ivdemanded: the ayes and, nays.'- Ordered. "-Bill"--:. passed its second1 reading, ayes 30, nays 6 'Bill passed it third reading." a t Bill to incorporate the , 'town of Chadbourn, in the county of. Colum bus,"passed its third reading. .' ' s r ! Bill to ascertain and -liquidate the ; ,debt of Bladen county passed second , -reading, ayes 28, nays none. f . , , , . " J Bill to consolidate the insurance laws of North Carolina; amendments s adopted, and bill' passed 4 third -read- ngs;.- ?. i -v. r- i:. ., House resolution that the X reasurer rpay -to- James ,1 Moore, the late : con-" . testant trom wranvine county, ior a seat in' this. House his' - mileage - and -'per diem as a member of , this House H fqr. fqrty-four daysl?r -( -. ,w L , JMojKsXi)a- been Jin- , formed that a' majority of the com- Jnittee on: privileges and - elections ; had reported in favor Of the contest- afat, and he had been informed that had there been a full House, last night, the sitting- member' would : haver lost his seat; it made no dif-- x. 4.V.-4. l, lereuuu witu uiiu- tuaii kiiu uuuicm,auii Was a Republican; he thought he should be paid, . r , , ,.',.' -' Mr. Morehead asked the ayes and nays on the v passage of the resolu- '; tioiL 'Ordered; -Resolution passed its second reading-yeas 33, nays 11; . ? passed its third reading.. . . , I Bill to ' repeal the . law incorpo rating the Cotton and Merchants Exchange-in Goldsboro, passed third ',: reading; t . - - ,i - - f-"' x Bill td encourage the building of a , railroad from some, point on the Western' Road, i between Salisbury ; and Newton, by the way of Taylors-- ville and Wilkesboro to : - the . Vir-. , ginia line passed its second reading ; yeas 27, nays 5. , - , - - ' - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ' ', . BILLS . . -'- , . were introduced, passed -their, first ; reading and - were - referred as fol lows: ; "''-'' ' . ' t Mr." Nixon, to! protect sheep, hus-. bandry in North Carolina. Pfoposi ner of locating school, houses. Edu-;; cation. '.'..'..;". - - - Mr. Williams, of Sampson, to es- , i.uri iNii h. Ki:iiinifc ii n .i ii.l iii Mir r,iiiiiiLV of Sampson. , ' " ., . ' , ' . .Was taken up. - -r ' Resolution to -pay James I. Mooro 4 his mileage and per diem. - Upon the . third reading." Passed. . ' To incorporate the North Carolina 1 Fish'Oil and Guano Company Ta- uicu. ' . . - i-,-;-'--:--. . : i . r " Albemarle and Raleigh Railroad . bill, passed second, reading. " :' ; ' j To incorporate the Asheville and ; Burnsville Railroad Compariy; Passed v its third reading. , ' f To incorporate the Baltimore Gold -and Silver Mining Company. Passed its third reading. - -y- .' '' - .' messages . ' - ' 'I were received . from the 'Senate in-.-forraing the Housethat the . Senate k had passed the following bills': ' I. ". -To nrovide for an additional term of the Superior- Court ' for Wayne X county.: Passed its third reading . ? ' ' . FINANCIAL. ' Nework iStoek Market Irregular bnt Finn. 1 ' - -' t CBy Telegraph to the Horning Star.' -''v tivrvrr Tn-RKVphrn arv 17 11 A. M. - The stock market opened somewhat irregu lar, but in the main firm, at a fractional ad- -vance from yesterday's closing prices. In -the early trade -the market was dull, but fenerally strong, and, led by Rochester &; Ittsburg, Union Pacific and Rock-Island, the list sold np X per cent.; but this: was subsequently lost in the reaction, which car- - Tiorl "Ifo"--' 1 -t! . X-. Rt . -TvaoriTi Irrarn 1 twr ft cent.-and the general list a fraction ,h- '