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. DBIFT. .
U is cui ionn to watch public sehti
m. ni as photographed in- the public
prints. Even so pronounced a Pro
U'ciin organ as the Philadelphia
'.'Time i admits that there is a great
cii t!'1-" i the Western Republicans
'oil Vh.' subject . of Protection and
tint j'-fn New England Republicans
wlt' jri? -jmportera are rapidly becora
in;; l'"'k with '-positivi '"'disfavor,
liixrii :t lligb Tariff. VTbt? evidence
trts-hxw al the Times is corrt-ct is
a')'i!" i Tle elections ' of 1882
sh.(vv; ii tlu' drift of publii'-sentiment.
A n'vf!uriion.in the jwditical uharac
ttF -'fj Representatives took place
an'.
i . 1 rninfral lft oraih.x wm
e Daveiroai tune to time
pTil.ll-liedj many extracts , from Wes
terji p'ipers that showed that Fair
Trsdfj s-eiitimehts were increasing,
an 1 th-it prtiteclion robbery- was be-.
Hioniiiiir less popular.
Th - i'hiladelphia Times is unfair
It ha the-. "cheek" to call such ,Re
puhRcan ipaptrs as the New, ork
Times, Siiirigfield Republican, Bos
ton .'Herald and Chicago- Tribune
Fru- Trade papers. It knows that
tlie-c able and widely circulated pa
pers -;j not favor Free Trade, but a
. lovvf i ii'if and reconstruction and rc
aljus;itiO' of the present unjustifiable
'"War Tariff I The Times can make
iio;liyig by misrepresenting the truth.
H a U t us inquire farther into the
kii-v ii flisnge"; of sentiment relative
to tH't Tariff iii the West. The New
( Yorkl Heft Id published a few days
; as i Icit. a member of the Derno
: erar.t- Natio:iAl Ctnvcntioi ,said.
Vim v. h: - A ' " " . ' ' -
if tb-.paity siauils up squarely fr ta
riff :ff wi- slinli not need "a barret nor
. :;tiy i-i .a.;.-' . W e have no money in our
low . i .' n:i and Nebraska comiiaios,
1 . wliuh i -i: .M.-itft-'Msi' tariff istnes. When
i' i"? v- qiii-otnm lit-fre our voitra
Ia n::) h t o- i.. (lrd. They xop. tec use
tbw :-:n- -.h,vh cuJ. icause they want a
, st(),-itj'- . f i 'usi;-; and if the party stands
up iu. p; e iut-re wilhjbs no difficulty in
getiiiii vu;t- iSr ia gVtUng the voters to the
P"!h" j : ; , .
Ariovjicr niern'ier was equally out
sp;ik ii. i ?if tVi ring to what was said
ah'in 'h'j importance of carrying
. Xt'iv J. isr-y lie said:
. " iVe w evt hoi ted not to say ftDy thing
abmrf. ;ari!TTff.rni for fear of losing New
- Jlt--- . Great JJeavens! 'These people
iaia.i I" iimt the whole party ought to hide
it''f iitiimi this little sandwich of a State.
On a !-iM rt-ft.rm platform : we can carry
lll.i.is.. lL);i'a, Wisconsin, Michigan and
jNelir:i.sl;:i. anil that 1 will give US votes
tnoMLii ii.i c.iii!tcrbadnce the electoral
vov-s of Yo:k', New Jersey and Con
necM'jiit iiin.i witi iarteen votes to spare.
Ohm a;c don't ixpect Iudiania on a re
furtp 'luforiii. we an; sure of; but we don't
menu ! he scared by the East.1 This fight
helots to !be VVebt!" '
Now it is instructive to read such
.utt.'ranceH as these. Whilst Soatri-
ern Democrat are coquetting with
x ro'LT
i-mists and folloinjr Randall
10 .inglorious defeat the 'Western
Dt'ii.ocrst's art- standin? ud bravelv.
t. : r
ftirtn and ' declare boldly and-
.'"t-illv that in that sign the
TX
im.ir-f-v can triunrtii. It , i
kiiov.ii
ocratic
f iv AVa.hinjton that the Dem
Reformers are verv much
worried and impeded by the Ran
dall crowd. Only the other day the
Protectionist Philadelphia ; ; Times
openly proclaimed that the hope of
the j industrial interests of : that
section centred in Randall and not
in Judge Kelley and his side. That
13 t(l saV, Randall was expected to
defeat t!l2; efforts of Mr. Speaker
Carlisle and' his supporters to reduce
tbe present iniquitous, krrnioralj bur
lensome War Tariff to a basis'iiot
even a. low as that Recommended
last yer by the Republican Tariff
Commission. The New Yorlf Times
of Tuesday says editorially:
' nri'-Mr- pafldall and his followers have by
no means accepted the election of Mr. Car
7" st tiling the party policy and making
hL ! '9Sue of the campaign. Neither
nas the National Committee. Mr. Randall,
u rei 9f the Appropriations Committee,
a uoidmg back thi appropriation bills with
ThoMamfest PurPe of making trouble.
Ze Iornson bill is going to meet, and is
f;l Z meeting-, troublesome opposition
rom Uemocrats in Congress."
There is one lesson that will be
rnedif Randall is successful in bis
"Machinations. It, is certain that the
, "-w ane party m 1884 will getno
P ,n that event from Republicans,
. !e Times e!lje:
chamJ .Po.nsible man is going in for a
tea ch U ;W moially certain that it will
ur me worse.
Tte effort of Randall and his fol
ers to keen the Tariff entirelv
"t of. the next canvass. Can the
democrats exneftt tn tt,a
y with no better slogan than that
........ HJwammm mmmmimMmm.
VOL. XV.
of the politic New York -JSuri "Tarn
the rascals out." Can ' the great
North be expected to' put in Demo
crats who have no other claim than a
desire to get into power and who re
fuse to advocate ' Reform . when a
majority of the people demand it?
Of Democratic embarrassment at
this . time there appears to be no
doubt. -
GOVERNMENT AID FOR SUFFER
' ERS.
The leading paplrs are discussing
"Congressional charity." A large
sum was voted to the Ohio sufferers.
Senator Ransom has introduced a
joint resolution to give $100,000 to
the recent sufferers in the Southern
States by the cyclones. Such ft be
stowment of charity appeals strongly
to the popular heart, but there is cer
tainly danger of its being- greatly
. abused. In fact able men have grave
doubts as to the right of Congress to
bestow such gifts. " People will al
ways sympathize with the suffering
and injured and they will Vespond to
such appeals" to ' the best of their
ability. But as, calamities of various
kinds are constantly . occurring on
land and on sea, by disease, by tor
nadoes, by floods, by fires and other
agencies of destruction the question
arises if you begin this work of Con
gressional charity where will it end?
The New York Times says:
: "But it is a trait of human . nature that
our sorrow for public calamities of this
kind usually takes the form of a willingness
that Somebody else should translate it into
relief. We all think that Mr. Vaderbilt
and Mr. Astor and Mr. Gould ought to do
something for the sufferers. Congress is in
the position of being, able to assuage the
sympathetic emotions of its members at the
expense of other people. When they feel
that somebody ought to be assisted with
money they have only to put their hands
into the pockets of their fellow-citizens and
take out what they think will .meet the
exigencies of the case." f ; ;
Of one thing there - can be no
doubt: the sufferers' by the awful
cyclone visitation are as much en
titled to Government aid as were the
Ohio sufferers, and if there is no
Constitutional barrier we shall be
glad to know that the $100,000 has
been voted. They richly deserve all
possible help and we hope it will be
given. .. V - : .:"' " - .r:.y
- CRIME AND CLEMENCY.
It will not be denied that crime is
more abounding in North Carolina
than it has ever been. The' schooling
of the darkey has not made him
Averse to breaking his ' way into the
penitentiary. There are more negro
criminals in the penitentiaries in 4he
South to-day who are under thirty
years of age and who have been
"raised" under the broad influences
of liberty and license, than there are
criminals beyond that age. Tie three
R's have not lessened crime thus far
among the negroes. It will not be
denied that, there is more shoot
ing, stabbing, murdering among the
whites than at any other previous
time in the history of our State.
A number of causes have been as
signed for the increase of crime. But
whatever the causes the fact' remains
that human life is held as very cheap
by hundreds, of men and thousands
are unable to forego the satisfaction
to be derived from appropriating
other pepple's goods. t
In Kentucky the crimes increased
to such an alarming extent that the
whole press cried out for help. Mur
ders were' of almost daily occurrence,
and the penitentiary was overflow-
mg.. imnng toe term ot omce oi
Gov. Blackbnrn the exercise' of ex
ecutive clemency was so common as
to furnish actual encouragement to
crime. The evil became so great
that the whole press denounced it.
Happily" for the character of the peo
ple and imperilled human life Black
burn's lease upon office was not eter
nal. He has gone into I'retiracy
whence he ought never to hare
emerged. His successor, Gov. Knott,
seeing the wrong done by pardoning
criminals and turning them loose up
on society to begin their plunderings
and murderings over, has almost al
together turned his back upon all
pleas for pardon and like a good offi
cial has allowed the findings of the
Courts to be executed. Doubtless
during his term of offi'je he may find
one or more oases that by reason of
serious defeats in the trials shall re
quireiiis executive interference, but
they must be rare.
Outsiders who are " not familiar
with the intricacies and labyrinths
of the law cannot : very well under
stand why the criminal shall not be
punished after being duly tried and
sentenced. If under the charge, of
the Judge and after a fair; trial a
man is found guilty of arson,! or rape,
or murder, or burglary why should
he not be punished as the law di
rects ? .; TjT r''i.:.
He would be thus punished but
for a false-sentiment that shields the
criminal and thus affords an; unmis
takable encouragement' for the per
petration of crime. : t r '
- The Stab has insisted through the
Tears that it was repugnant, to the
genius of our institutions to jejiveione
man the power to thwart the . courts
and by the Abuse of . the pardoning
power to make the law not ja terror
to criminals. There is no man good
and wise enough to be entrusted with
t --
this supreme, power over life and
death. The continuance of the one1
man power is a. r monstrosity in our
system, and aa long as it exists crimi
nals! will feel encouraged. -Even if
all Governors wore7wise, discreet and
able to so temper mercywith, justice
as that no detriment should befal
the State while the criminally aocueed
should not be wrongly 'punished,
still, the one man power would be of
doubtful utility and propriety: The
power should not be ' given; to one
man. t There is doubtless now- and
then a need of a tribunal to hear an
appeal for clemency, but unless our
eoufts be very imperfect and unfair
these occasions for a prudeat use of
clemency must be very rare. Such a
tribunal should be constituted and
the ;Governor should be ' relieved of
the :burden,-perplexity and responsi
bility of a frequent nse of the par
doning power y - !
- The Savannah -JjTetos. in discussing
the 'Use and Abuse of tho Pardon
ingiPower" says this: : : ,1 .'., . .
"It can easily be understood how hard it'
is for an Executive, when, after a criminal
has been tried, convicted and sentenced, a
petition "signed by numerous prominent
citizens' is presented him praying mercy
for the convicted man, to. turn a deaf ear
and refuse to interpose Executive clemency
in hs behalf, and it is doubtless due to this
that so many-criminals escape the reward
of their evil acta, and enjoy to the f ull the
.liberty which they have forfeited to justice.
To Oie credit of our common humanity, he
it spoken, the inclination to forget the evil
which men do, and think with pity only of
their misfortunes, is general, and it - is one
of the noblest traits of human nature. Yet
the welfare of society demands that the
pardoning power should not be abused, but
exercised only with the greatest care."
,We make two points only. First,
thai the pardoning power ' should be
exercised -but very rarely, because
the safety of isociety demands that
crime shall be punished-. Neither
life 'nor property nor the persons of
women are safe without a thorough,
determined and certain' exposure of
crime and the unerring surety of its
punishment. Second, that the power
to Change, abrogate, remit punish
ment shall not be given to one man,
but to a tribunal of Jadges qualified
by learning, experience and charac
terlo deal wisely, justly and safely
with the revision of cases . upon- an
appeal, for mercy. - The News says,
truly: '
"Crimes are constantly committed, it is
truej but it will be found, in nine cases.out
of ted, that the criminal hopes to go unde
tected, or, if disappointed in this respect,
to manage by legal technicalities, or other
hoVffe or crook, to escape conviction, or if
still again disappointed, either to receive
light! punishment, totally inadequate to his
offence, or to be saved altogether from
consequences through the Governor's par
don In this' community particularly we.
have of late been furnished with diaagieea
ble substantial proof of tho fact that as the
fear of punishment for crime decreases so
in eact ratio the commission of crime in
creases, and our community at large has
been brought to a realizing sense of the ab
solute necessity of making crime odious
and punishing criminals without fear or fa
vor. I la a word, remove from crime the
fear of punishment and the rights of men
will become less and less respected, society
will j exist under perpetual menace, and
neither life nor property will be safe."
hetber Governor: 'Jarvis has
wisely usea his nign prerogative in
1-kQrrlr.tiin
g criminals, or has abused
the
ed,
power with which be is entrust-.
we cannot say. We may sup-
pose
that he has done what be
thought was right, but he is mortal,
he il peccable, he may have a ten
der,! sympathetic, responsive heart,
and he may have heard too favora
bly tnany appeals that have come up
tb him. If in our power we would
relieve him and his successors in of
fice pf all such delicate and vast re
sponsibility. -- .
We have received Mr. - P. M.
Hale's new paper, , The Raleigh Re
gister. , It is very handsome and is
full pf excellent reading. Our read
ers inow that we have a high opin--ion
of Mr. Hale's capacity. He is an
ornament to the profession a bold,
strong, scholarly, well equipped edi
tor, and he cannot fail to be of real
service to the State and the party.
We kope the Register will be warm
ly received and most liberally sus
tained. It will deserve it. With' a
good support we may hope that be
fore 'the year ends the Weekly will
have! become a Daily. Price $2 a
year; six months $1.
.. Minister William HY Hunt, whose
death in Russia has been announced,
was a. native of Charleston, S. C,
and was born in 1824. . .
Murder la Brunswick,
Elijah Lewis, colored, was arrested and
lodged in Smithville jail, on Thursday, by
Constable Henry Durant, charged with the
murder of an old colored man named Major
Parker. The latter, as we learn from
Sheriff E. W. Taylor, died at the house of
Lewis on .Tuesday night last, under sus
picious circumstances. A jury of inquest
was snmmoned and an examination took
place.which developed the fact that deceased
had been badly beaten and maltreated.
The verdict of the jury was ; to the effect
that Parker came to his death from beat
ings and exposure inflicted and caused by
Elijah Lewis.' ; -;
; Deceased, who was an old man, about 65
years of age, had been living with Lewis
at a place known as Battle Royal, about
ten miles from this t city, where they bad
been engaged in making tar and getting
out cross-ties. Both of the men came to
Brunswick from Bladen county about a
year ago.- The evidence elicited before the
coroner showed that Parker . had been the
victim of terrible treatment on the part of
Lewis,his body being badly cut up anddis
figured.! Lewis is held for trial at the next
term of the Superior Court in Brunswick.
He is about 32 or 33 years of age. ,
WILMINGTON, N. C,,
Wilmington' Contribution xo tb Crt
v"... clono Sufferer. ';. .. .'" '....' " '
We give below a list of the contributors
to' the fund for the assistance of the aaf
ferers from the late Cyclone at Rockingham
and other points, collected by the commit
tee appointed by . the late meeting of cilK
Kens. The total amount foots up $1,211 29,
which attests the liberality of our citizens
and the faithfulness of the committee to
the duty entrusted to them We are glad
to learn that contributions are still coming
in: - " - "-I.-
Q. W. Williams' & Co.,. $25 ; Navassa
Guano Co., $50; H. A. Bagg, $5; R." W.
Hicks,. $10; Historical Pub Co., $10; B.
P. Mitchell & Son, $16; J. A. Springer,
$5; Worth & Worth, $50; W. W. Harris,
$2; Woody & Currie, $20; E. P. Coving
ton $5; E. PeschaU, $Q; j CbL Roger
Moore, $5; R. M. Mclntire. $7.50; Kenan
& Forshee, $15; Edward. Kidder, $20; &
Kidder & SOn. $15; W H. McRarv & CkH
$25; Kerchner & Calder Bros., $25; A. H.
Greene, $5 ; Col. J. L: Cant well, $5; T.P,
Bagley, $5; DeRosset & Ca$5; John
Rankin, $5; Chess-Carley Co., $5; E. Lilly,
$5; Jas. G. Swann, $1; Jno'. M. Clark, $1;
Jno. R. Turrentine, $12; Jaa. Spront, $10;
M. J. Heyer, $5; Owen Fcnneli,-:J?., $5it
It Beatly, $5; AT A.Wimama;: $5; R2M
Sweet," $3; J; H. Strauss, $2; Norwood
Giles & Co-, $10; W, P. Oldham, $5;GedV
Harris & Co. $5; M. Bear & Bro., $5; A.
W. Rivenbark, $i; Q, S, Love & Co., $5
R. J. Scarborough, $1; -Acme Manufactur
ing Go.' $10; Wm. Latimer, $10; M. Cron
ly. $3; Cronly Family, $5; F. W, Foster
$5; E. J. Pennypacker, $5; L. Brown, $5;
J. Fernberirer. $3; W. J. '& B. F. Penny,
$5; W. E. Springer & Co., $10; cash $5:
John C.Heyer, $5; J. Elsbach, $1; J. H.
Chadbourn & Co , $25; cash, $1; Sol Bear
& Bro., $3; Merterns & Hakerman, $1;
E- H. Eilers, $1; W. L Gore & Son, $5; R.
E. Heide, $5; P. Cumming"& Co., $5; Ro
binson & King, $5; Mrs. Durham,' $1; R.
S. Radcliff, $5; Fowler & Morrison, $5;
George Bonnet. $2- M. Schloss, $2 50; J.
C- Stevenson, $2 50; A. Leibmao; $3 25;
Johu Taylor, $1; M. M. Katz, ; $5;
I, L. ' Greenwaldi $1 ; A. Shrier, $1 :
S. & B. SolomoD, $3 50; Aaron 6
Rhein8tein, $25; A. David, $5;R, P. Mc
Doagall. 50 cen ts: Geo: R. French & Sons.
$10; E. A, Brown, $2: J. C. Mnnds, $1;
H- W. Malloy, $5; John Dyer, $1; L. J.
Otterbourg, $l;cash, $6.5; Evans & Von-
glahn, $2; T. J. Southerland, $2; J. W.
Woolvin, 50 cents; J. Samson, $5; Giles &
Murchison, $5; J. 'H. Hardin, $2; 'John
Thccs, $1;H. D Gilbert.Jl.SO; E. $3.50;
Parker & Taylor, $5; Hart, Bailey & Co.,
$10; G. D. Myers. $2; Wood, 25 cento; R.
W. Creech, $1; T. H. Smith, $2; Miss E.
Karrer, $2; A Howe, $2; ; McGowap, $1;
J. H. Mallard, $1; ' N. ' Jacobi, $3i John
Haar, Jr.; $1 ; cash, $2 ; H. Brunhild &
pro., $10; T. C. Craft & Bro., $2; George
M. Crapon, $2 ; Godfrey Hart, $1 ; G. W
Linder, $1; H. M. Bowden, $2; Ashley
Gilbert, $1; Rev. T. M. Ambler, $5; cash,
$5; cash, $2 50; B. L. Perry, $2 50;
H. II. K , $1: Holmes & Watters,
$5; Wm. Anderson, 50 cents; P. Heinsber-
ger, $2.50; S. Sternberg, 60 cents: a W-
Yates, 1 ; E. VanLear, 50 cents; E. J. Pow
ers, $5; R. H. Grant. & Co.. $1 r Dr. E. A.
Yates, $8; cash, 1.50; G. J. Boney. $5; Ed.
Lilly, $5; Ii. 11. J. Ahrens. $5; Mrs. Bur
russ, $5; cash 50 cents; J. A. Bryan, 50
cents; St. James' Church, $100; St. Luke's
Church, $10.63; St. Stephen's Church,
$37.58; First Baptist Church. $3.03; cash,
$1; St. John's Church, . $40.05; D. L.
Gore, $5; St. Mark's Church, by John G
Norwood, $8; Bank of New Hanover, $25;
First National Bank, $25; cash, 25 cento;
Adrian & Vollers. $40; S. P. McNair, $3;
J. S. McEachern, $5; B. F. Hall. $25;
Mrs. Baker, $25; Ed. Everett, $5; Everett
& Da vis. $5; J. W, Gordon, $5; A. D.
Brown, $2. Total, $1,211.29. ;
Tbe New York Naval Stores Market.
From the New York Naval Stores and
Tobacco Exchange Circular for Thursday,
Feb. 28tb, glean the following :
RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS FOB PAST WEEK :
Receipts.
...1.131
...5,761
' Exports.
679bbls
9,238 "
Spirits Turp.. ...
Rosin
Tar., ............
t STOCKS ON IIAND. -
1 ! " ' SpiriU. Rosin..
New York, Feb. 28 .3,840 29,159
Savannah, Feb. 26. . . . ; . . . .8.482 V: 89.971
Wilmington. Feb. 23. .... . .6,096 93,730
Charleston, Feb. 23. .-. . . . . 1.455 20.649
! We note the sales of 200 casks for July
delivery at 34 cents. Market quiet. .
The spot quotations were as follows :
Spirits turpentine 36 cents. Strained Rosin
(flrm)$l 47; good strained $1 50; E. $1
55: F. $1 63; G. $1 70; H. $1 85; I, $2;
K. $2 30; M. $2 75; N. $3 30; W. G. 4
j Receipts of Spirits since April 1st, 102,
387; receipts of Spirits same time last year,
100,027; receipts of Rosin since April 1st,'
898.074; receipts of Rosin same time last
year, 455.085. -.."
Entertainment at Burgaw. -,,
j The ladies of - Burgaw who gave an en
tertainment on the 25th of January, which
was greatly appreciated by their audience,'
have kindly consented to repeat the same
on the night of March 12tb, and will, by
request, repeat a part of the former pro
gramme, the -proceeds to be for the benefit
of the Presbyterian church. After the en
tertainment the elderly ladies will give an
oyster supper, with other refreshments.
The managers extend an invitation to the
benevolently inclined to be present at both
entertainments.
The Brunswick Mnrder Case.
t An examination was held in the case of
Elijah Lewis, the alleged murderer of Ma
jor Parker, on Wednesday last, by Magis
trates Geo. H. Bellamy, W. W- Drew and
A. V. , Goodman. They called in Dr. Hen
ry to have a post mortem examination, and
his opinion was that deceased came to his
death by maltreatment, exposure and star
vation. , His back was covered with terri
ble marks and bruises, and Parker is said
to have stated before he died that they were
inflicted by Lewis.
Foreign Exports.
j The German barque Lucy dk Paul, Capt.
Andreis, was -cleared from Stettin, Ger
many, yesterday, by Messrs. E. Peschaa &
Westermann, with 8,375 barrels of rosin,
valued at. $4,900; also, the schooner Flo
rence IT. Tower, Capt. Wilson, , for Maya-'
guez, Porto ,Rico, with 143,599 feet ot
lumber, valued at $2,293.44. - Total, $7,
193.44. :.; "-: -'
j " - One firm in this city shipped to
New York by steamer over one thousand
dozens of eggs during the week Just closed.,
FRIDAY, IACRH 7, 1884.
The storm of -VTednosaay Nlcnt. -
Another severe storm visited this city and
vicinity Wednesday night r I The gale com-:
menced about balf-Dasf 11 .? o'clock, the
wind blowing from the 'southwest, and tbe
way the 'Storm-king shrieked and howled.
gates and window blinds rattled,, and ner
vous and timid folks' hearts thumped, was
a caution. ( It continued with unabated se
verity until six o'clock yesterday morning
About this time a dark, . threatening cloud'
was seen rising from the southwest,-and its
appearance was the signal for an increase
of violence on tbe part of the wind, but as
tt reached the zenith, a shower of rain com
menced falling', -which seemed to have the
effect of soothing the -storm-king's wrath
like oil poured upon the troubled waters.
It was a severe gale, but we. noticed no
uprooted trees or prostrate fences yesterday,
morning. ' We hear, however, that there
was some little damage in this respect in
some portions of the city. , ..-" -'
At the Signal office we learn that ..from 3
p. m. to 11 p. ro. Wednesday, the barome
ter dropped over 2 lOths of an inch, which
was conclusive to the observer that some-.
thing was wrong. - At midnight the signals
were ordered up. The maximum velocity of
tbexwihd here was 33 miles per .hour.; This
was a pretty' heavy wind, butaftsd"fe-
vere as would ; nave Deen sopposcn.; ai
Smithville the maximum velocity was 40
miles per hour, and at Fort Macon 53;
while at the latter station, after 7 a. myes-
terday, it attained a velocity of 64 miles per
hour, being the severest gale experienced:
there in some time'. ' 'k- - '
There was very little rain with the wind,
the total fall here up to 3 p. m. yesterday
being only 0.19 inches; ar Smithville 0,06
inches, and at Fort Macon,- 23 inches. . The
gale seems to have been confined princi
pally to our immediate coast At Hatteras
the maximum velocity. of the wind was on
ly 28 miles per hour, at Charleston 25, and
at Norfolk 25.
" ' - MARIKB DISASTER. .
We learn from the Signal office here that
the Signal Service Observer at Fort Macon,
N. C, reports that the Schr. Myers, of
New River, Capt. Ralph Pigott, ' with
rosin and turpentine, for New Berne, N.
C., put into Ocracoke harbor at 7 A. M.,'
yesterday (Feb. 28th). with sails badly torn
and unserviceable and boat gone.
Tho Food e Eat.
Dr. S.S. Batch well, in an article on the
above subject in the Methodist Advance, of
Goldsboro, strikes heavily at gypsum flour,
glucose sugar and the large quantities of
food and drinks, as well as drugs and med
icines, imported from abroad and sold and
used in North Carolina. He truthfully
i
says: .;. s- ' - - - : )
VAs one of the preventive measures of
breaking up this increasing and prodigious
food adulteration, our people snouia use
the neglected remedy of raising their own
home supplies. If we would aid in the
keeoin&r of dyspepsia from the State and
many nervous diseases if we . would have
health and the comfort ot maepenaence,
and sustain properly our own home indus
tries let us become self-reliant in wnat we
eat and drink. This is an effective way to
break up this abominable traffic in food
adulteration, and to epable our own fellow-;
citizens to sit under their own vines i and
fig trees with none to molest or make them
afraid. Let us rely upon our own gardens,
orchards, dairies, hen bouses, corn and
wheat fields and hog raising, if we would
be a healthy, prosperous and happy ; peo
ple."
Supreme Court,
The Supreme Court has .considered the
following appeals from the -Third District,
as we learn from the Raleigh Kew$ and Ob-
i
server:
J. A. Walker vs. CP. Mebaue et als..
from New Hanover; argued by George Da
vis for the plaintiff and C M. Stedman for
the defendants. j
State vs. Edward Bryson, from 'New
Hanover; argued by Attorney General Ke-
nan for the State; no counsel for the de
fendant. ! '
Elisba Porter vs. D. T. Durham, from
Pender; argued by Bruce "ft ilhams for the
plaintiff and DuBrutz Cutlar (by brief) for
the defendant ; -
Florence V. Lawton et als. vs. Norwood
Giles et als., from New Hanover; argued
by Russell & Ricaud for tbe plaintiff and
George Davis lor the defendants. I
E. G. McDaniel, administrator, vs. W.
J. H. Bellamy et als., from New Hanover;
continued under tbe rules. j
F. J. Swann et als. vs. L. A.Hart et als.,
from New Hanover: continued under the
rules. '
mm i
Laorinbarc Age In Devastated by Fire
We learn that Laurinburg has again been
the victim of a destructive conflagration.
Fire broke out there yesterday morning, be
tween 3 and 4 o'clock, and consumed'seven
business houses and a number of smaller
buildings. We have had no information
yet as to the origin of the fire or the amount
of loss or insurance! . . "
The following is a list of the Sufferers, so
far as we have heard; all on the east side of
Main street : Henry F. Northrop, dealer in
liquors, &c. ; L. A. Monroe, groceries and
general merchandise; Dr. Frye, groceries
and general merchandise; Dr. A. McAllis
ter, general merchandise;. F Crouch; deal
er in liquors; T. J. Black, dealer in liquors,
&c. : L. A. Parker, groceries and general
merchandise. j.
The fire broke out after the train passed
and the flames could be seen by the con
ductors and engineers in the distance,
Death of a Railroad Matt. . .
. Many in the community read with re
gret the announcement of the death of Mr.
R. B., Clowe, master car builder at the
Wilmington & Weldon Railroad sheps in
this city- Mr. Clowe has been in the em
ploy of the company for a number of years,
and filled the position he . occupiedj with
skill and ability. . - - j;.
In this connection we weuld state that
the time for the funeral has been changed
to this afternoon, at 3 e'clock, instead of
10 this morning, as announced in our last.
lanslcby a Wilmington Author.
We have upon our table .thegsong sung at
the late celebration of the Howard Relief
Fire Engine Company No. 1, entitled
"God Bless Our Noble Firemen;" Words
and music by Rev. F. W. E. Peschau,
pastor of St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
Church, of this citv. and dedicated to the
Howard Relief Fire Engine Company No.
1,' and through it especially to its faithful
Foreman. Alrich Adrian! Esq. The music
is for sale at Heinsberger's and 'Yaiea'.
No Time Appointed. j
We have been requested to correct a mis
take made in one or more papers, to the
effect that March 9th had been appointed
as the time for the consecration of Bishop-
elect Watson No time for the consecra
tion has reallv been appointed, and :wnen
it has been the announcement of the! same
will be duly made J)y the Secretary of the
Btandlng Commutce oi tne uiocese,
for ty-eightb; .congress.
;--yv'.-i;:'i FIRST SESSION. lljpt
Steel Cruisers for the Naw-Govern-
ment Wbarr In Wilmington, N. C.
The Xasker Incident tn the Bonse
Passage of Pjenro-Pneamonla Bill
Bnlogles on the Late Repreaenta
tlvs Haskell. ; ' . ' ,
... ' IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. 1 '
j SENATE. .
Washington. February 28. Mr. Ran
som, from the committee on Commerce,' re
ported favorably a bill to authorize the pur
chase of a wharf for the Use of the Govern
ment at Wilmington, N. C. - ,
ine senate resumed consideration of the
bill to authorize the construction of steel
cruisers for the Navy... -
Alter further extended debate a vote was
taken on Mr; McPherson's amendment' re
ducingthe aumber of the proposed ships
from seven tp four, and tbe amendment was
defeated yeas 17, nays 84. The question
recurring on Mr. McPherson's second,
amendment, which provided conditions un-
aer wmcn contracts should be made. Mr.
Hale offered as a substitute the following:
And said vessels shall be designed and
constructed ;in all respects in accordance
with and subject to the conditions and pro
visions of the naval appropriation acts of
August 5th. 3882, and March 3rd. 18S3. au
thorizing the construction of four steel crui
sers." l his i was agreed to. and Mr. Mc
Pherson's second amendment.' thus amend
edwas then agreed to. ii -
"Pending the amendment of .-Mr4 Sewell
ure ocuaie wm iaiu c&evuiivc session anu
adjourned, j v'- h:'-ti .--7:: u'l'i -
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. !
Mr: Deuster, of Wis.1 nsingto a ques
tion of privilege, sent to the Clerk's desk
and had read a resolution adopted by tbe
Executive Committee of the Liberal Union
of the German Parliament, expressing its
appreciation 'of the action of the House of
representatives in honor of Edward Lasker.
The Speaker stated that the question was .'
not one of privilege, but by unanimous
Consent Mr. Deuster was permitted to con
tinue. He said that the Executive Com
mittee of the; Liberal Union expressed the
sentiments of the people of Germany The
spectacle here presented was peculiar, as
seen th rough) American eyes. Prince Bis-i
marck, the autocrat of the German Empire,
was tbe embodiment of the idea antagonis
tic to American institutions. The fact that
he had returned the Lasker resolution'
might stand jto the prejudice of the Ger-j
man people, but the resolution of the Libe-'
ral Union contradicted that assumption.;
From - a Cis-Atlantic stand-point death
broke do wq all - political feeling, and
in the presence of the open grave
the universal brotherhood of man was
the inspiration of tbe hour. The same
was true of j the Germans as a people,
and if they were misrepresented by a man
in a place of power, they had no other
mode of setting themselves right before the
world than by tne resolution or tne liberal
Union. In presenting this resolution in his
official place, as a member of this body, as
a native of Germany, and an adopted citi
zen of the United States, he desired to ex
press his earnest conviction that the action
of the Liberal Union was a true index of
the feeling of i the United States and Ger
many; and that the action of Bismarck
would not rise above the dignity of a mau
ter of personal vexation, in no way affect
ing the kindly relations now existing be
tween the two nations. It might be pre
mature now to criticise the action of Bis
marck, but when official information there
of was in possession of the House, he
would endeavor to show that the resolu
tions were entirely kind and proper.
Mr. Guenlher, of Wis., denied that the
people of Germany were hostile to this
country or its institutions, or that the letter
of Bismarck returning the Lasker resolu
tions reflected: the sentiment of that peo
ple. They did not approve of his discour
tesy, neither did they endorse ms action in
prohibiting the importation of American
products. ". - . j- , J"' . '
Mr. Kasson; of Iowa, regretfed that the'
incident referred to had been made in any
degree the eubject of debate. In his opin
ion the House would better consult its
dignity by waiting until some official com-
iUUUIiattuu mLUCU lit. xlo ,c A aucn
nothing, except from reports in newspa
pers, in regard to the action taken abroad
upon the resolutions adopted by the House.
When it was informed that its interest or
its honor had been affected, there would be
no doubt perfect accord between the two
sides of the House in regard to the action to
be taken. He moved to refer the resolu
tion to the committee on Foreign Affairs.
It was so ordered, and tbe House then
resumed consideration of the Pleuro-Pdeu
monia bill, the pending amendment being
that reported i from the committee of the
Whole, striking out the fourth section
the quarantine section. The amendment
was agreed to-r-yeas too, nays liev ;
Tbe motion of Mr. Randall, to recom
mit the bill with instructions to the com
mittee on Agriculture, was defeated 139
to 145. 1
The bill was then passed yeas 155, nays
127. - ! :
The hour of 2 o'clock having arrived,
public business was suspended and the
House proceeded to pay appropriate tri
butes to the memory of Hon. D. C. Has
kell, late Representative from Kansas.
- Addresses were made by Messrs Ryan,
Kelly, Tucker. Keifer, . McKinley, Rice,
Russell, and others, and then, as a mark of
respect to the memory of the deceased, the
House adjourned. - ;
Report on Senator Ransom's Relief
Measure for the Cyclone Sufferers
Tbe Rill to Construct Steel Cruisers
Passed Private Bills In the House
The Post , Office Appropriation Bill
Reported, j
j SENATE. ' '
Washington, February 29. Mr. Ran
som, from the committee on Appropria
tions, reported back adversely the joiut
resolution introduced by him last Monday,
and referred to that committee, providing
-for an appropriation to aid the sufferers by
the great storm in the Southern States. In
reporting it back Mr. Ransom stated that
the committee ! had given the matter very
careful Consideration. Telegrams were
sent to the Governors of the different States
affected, and I to other persons in those
States supposed to be best acquainted with
all of the incidents of the storm, and the
subsequent suffering, and while the first
accounts of the great sufferings of certain
communities had been fully confirmed, yet
those sufferings were not, in the judgment
of the committee, of that widespread,;
transcendent and paramount character
which baffled all local, individual, munici
pal and State relief, so as to demand the
intervention of Government He could
not- let the occasion pass, j Mr. s Ransom
added, without : saying that, while in pre
sen ting the resolution, he had been actu
ated by a becoming impulse, -it was
proper ; now ; that the country should
know at the earliest moment that Congress
would not take steps for relief in this in
stance. ' He sand this in order tnat private
and local charity may not be suspended.
The example of the people of those. States,
in their great ordeal of suffering, could not
but command' the admiration of their coun
trymen everywhere. He (Ransoml might
sometimes be carried away by enthusiasm
for his own people, but when he looked at
what had taken place among the people of
North Carolina, South Carolina. Alabama
and Georgia and their resolution to bide their
faith, and not come to Congress for relief,:
even when an effort had been made to give
it to them, it reminded him oi tne heroism
of Fabricius and Regulus, and of the great
Athenian who sacrificed everything that he
might stand by his country. - He hoped the
noble example given by the afflicted people
in this case would be useful to richer and
more powerful communities, which might
not be worse afflicted. In conclusion, Mr.
Ransom thanked the committee on appro
priations ' for ithe careful consideration
which thev had given to the subject
- Mr. Garland said be supposed the action
of the committee was based on - the ground
that they did not consider from tbe 'infor
mation received mat mere was any neces
sity for the interposition of Congress, v J
" Mr. Ransom said that was the ground.
.Mr. Garland said he did not understand
such interposition to have been decided on
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the ground of the unconstitutionality of
such aid fa Cases where it was shown to be
required .,..::,;kx:.?. .-i-v .;.,!--j
Mr. Ransom said not at all. . -." ' : -
Mr. Garland said that he did not wish it
to be understood that he for one. moment
doubted the authority of Congress to ex
tend aid in a case callinc: for it. if the aues
tion had arisen, or that he would have had
something to say. : ' ; - v
Mr. Kafisomsaid that if this were a time'
to discuss that matter he (Ransom) would
oe arjie to snow a une ot precedents, favor
ing the constitutionality of su5h . action
from the beginning of our government to
the present day.; When the matter came
to be investigated there could be, said ho,
but one opinion as to the constitutional
authority of Congress in a case of such im
minent and impending ruin as to exceed
the capacity of local and State aid.
The benate resumed consideration of the
bill to authorize the construction of steel
cruisers for the navy The question imme
diately before the Senate ' was the amend
ment of Mr. Jones, of Fla., to the amend -
mentor Mr. Be well. . Mr. Hewell's amend
ment provides for the building of ships at
one or more of the government navy yards,
while Mr. Jones' amendment provides that
the building shall be apporlional among the
different navy yards. "
Alter lurtner debate, the amendments of
Mr. Jones And Mr. Sewell were voted
down. . r. .-. - ... .- ,.--'-.
Mr. Morgan withdrew his obiection to
the-vessels being built bv private con
tractors and an amendment offered by him
was after -modification accepted embody
ing iri the bill bv direct words and not bv
description merely, thesubstance-Tof the
acts ot 1883 and 1883. together with nro-;
visos that bids may be accepted hot only
irom uuiraere wno may now be ready to
build vessels, but who may be able to sat
isfy, the Secretary of the Naw that thev
can in three months after the making of the
contracts oe reaoy to do so. ' The bill was
then passed 38 yeas, 13 nays. ,
The Senate, then adjourned until Mon
day, . ' - '- -
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House, after some unimportant busi
hess, went into committee of the Whole on
the private calendar. The first blH token
up was one authorizing the retirement of
Alfred rleasanton, with the rank of Major
General. . After a good deal of discussion
an amendment offered by Mr. Cutcbeon.
providing that General PJeasanton shall be
a! J i v m
reureu wiiu me rans or uoionei, was
adopted and the bill as amended was laid
aside for favorable report.
Une more bill for .the relief of Louisa
Boddy was favorably considered and then
tne committee rose and a disputation on tbe
Pleasanton bill began afresh. Several
members tried to kill it with amendments,
by talking it to death, and by points of
order Pending a decision upon one of
these points of order, several dilatory mo
tions were made and the roll call consumed
the time until 5'o'clock.
The Postofflce Appropriation bill was re
ported and referred to the committee of the
Whole.
the House then took a recess until 7.30.
the evening session to be for the considera
tion of pension bills. .
Senate Not in session- Bills Reported
by House Committees The Naval'
Appropriation Bill Considered Mr.
Flnerti's Remarks.
Washington, March 1. The Senate was
not in session to day. ;
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Under the call of committees the follow
ing bills were reported:
By Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio, from the com-.
mittee on Banking and Currency, to provide
f or the issue of circulating notes to national
banking associations! Referred to com
mittee of the wnoie. ; Mr. jjuckner sub
mitted a minority report. . , - .
By Mr. Reagan, from the committee on
Commerce, to establish a board of inter-
State commerce and -to regulate such commerce.-
Referred to committee of the
Whole. -.'. ; .' : . " ".
-The House at 1 :10 went into committee
of the Whole Mr. Converse, of Ohio, in
the chair on tbe Naval Appropriations
bill. . - "
Mr. Finerty. of Ills., said that the Ap.
propriation Committee seemed determined
to be economical in the weakest point of
the national structure. The world was
aware that the condition of our defensive
marine at the present time was a menace to
the well-being of this country, if in the
event of war it should be unprepared to
meet an enemy of any formidable strength.
He was sensible to tbe fact that a war navy
could not be built in a short time, but there
was nothing to hinder . the construction of
ships whiph would enable tbe United States
in the event of sudden hostility to prey
upor. the commerce of her antagonist. It
made little difference who was responsible
for the present depleted condition of the
navy; the fact remained, that virtually the
United States had no navy. He was not a
professional alarmist, who wished to say
that we were on the eve of war. He did
not desire war; he wanted to see the coun
try peaceful and prosperous; but peaceful
and prosperous she could only remain when
she bad the means to avenge insult; to de
fend her honor and to assert tne supremacy
of her national flag. He wanted to
see the work begun by the 47th
Congress followed up by the 48th
Congress. It might talk about the
Monroe doctrine; but it could hear the
click of the European spade at Panama as
it dug a canal to bind the Atlantic and Pa
cific together. What Europe dug wiih tbe
spade she would. maintain with the sword.
The sooner the country saw to it tnat it
was not left to the mercy of events, the bet
ter for the nation ' This was the time to
prepare for danger.
Mr. Finerty's brief remarks were listened
to intently, and at the conclusion he was
applauded.
After speeches by Messrs. BelforJ, An
derson and Hiscock, the committee rose. ;
On motion of Mr. Reagan, of Texas, the
Interstate Commerce bill was made tbe con-
tinning order for March 18th.
On motion of Mr. Slocum, of New York,
the Shipping bill was made the continuing
order, for March 13th. The House, then,
at 4.35 P.. M., adjourned. ' -t.
SKYE CROFTERS.'
Arrival of a Party of Seventy at Ln-
rluburg A Hearty Greeting Kr.
-tended...' : . . i '
Special Star Telegram. "
V LAmuNBCKG, N, C, March 1. Seventy.
Skye Crofters arrived here to-day in charge
of J. T. Patrick, General Agent' of Immi
gration, and J. L. Cooley, of this place.
The people of Laurinburg and tho sur
rounding country turned- out en masse to
meet them, and by the heartiness of their
greeting evidenced the welcome with which
these people are received. The crofters
were all provided with homes id anticipa
tion cf their Coming.: and were dispatched
thereto after an informal reception here.
DEBT STATEMENT
Treasurer's Report for the month of
February.
Washington, March 1. The debt state
ment issued to-day, shows the ffecrease
of the. public debt ..during . the. month
of February to be $2,582,589; de
crease of debt since June. 30th. .1883,
$67,590,074; cash in the . treasury,
$396,293,452; gold certificates, out
standing. $108,443,500; silver certificates,
outstanding, $110,137,821; certificates. of
deposit 'outstanding, $18,215,000; refund
ing certificates outstanding, $305,800; legal
tenders outstanding, S340,O8i,uio; pac
tional currency $6,986,807; cash balance
available March 1st, 1884, $145,534,281.
MASSACHUSETTS
. . . , -.
A Schooner Wrecked In Vineyard
Sound.
Vineyard Haven.'; March 1. The
schooner H. A. DeWiU, of and for Bath.
from Uanen, lia., is asnore - on Hedge
Fence. .Vineyard Sound shoals. She is
pounding heavily with the sea breaking
over her.- - . . - , k
. ' ine w xi&on Mirror appeared .
week before last in a new dress and much
improved. Our friend - Blount gets off
weeklv soma vervi hriwtt im
ornate and even beautiful things..': ilaj hii
shadow never trrnw- liaa : .: .:'".. ' -. " :'-
" . . Lenoir Topic: :. While the" rain X
was . pouring: in torrents here.' Tuesday'
uigui, uuu wuiie me inunaer ronea and me,;
lightning; flashed as in summer, it was -snowing
on the Blue Ridge,-: twenty miles 'L
owttjr, - auu ou. eucesuay morning 4he r
thermometer was below the freezing . point "
in uenoir. ;.;"'- '., j ''-... - v .. . - '
I In the House Mr. Bennett in
troduced a bill to prescribe and' ' regulate,
tbe hours of labor imposed upon aud re- -"
uviu w jtcisuub ucieiuioro convicted or .-
wno may hereafter; be convicted in the r?
Courts of the United States and
uuder sentence oPsaid Courts at labor or S.
with hard labor. -Referred. t I
- 'T Charlotte . Home-Democrat .
nev. A.svv. yutnne, rresidmg. Jfilder ofr:
the Charlotte DistrictMethodist E. Church,
Southhas called a myelin it nf tho "Mcthn. -
diBt preachers in his District to be held in -
rharlntta nn tfia tliih-rl law rf 1
range plans in regard to this year's Centen
nial operations. - x
; Rocky Mount Reporter: Mr.W;'
H. TeeVan enterprising merchant of Tar--
boro, died on last Saturday, the 23d inst.
i - We regret to Inhrnnip.ln tho aeath nf '
ah... waiuca u juaiiic, wuiuu occurreu at -
. 1 - ' - v i , - . w .
White, at the Falls, near this place, on
the 25th. Mr. Battle was one of the oldest -
residents of Jbdgecembe county, an hnnnr. -
able and upright citizen: Ai v " -1
Pittsboro Record: ' Messrs. N. ;;
n. Harris, rnos. A. Brooks -and W. L.
Hutson have established near St Lawrence
a factory, run by a steam engine, for the
manufacture of a new pattern of plows and
corn planters, invented by Mr. Hutson.
r-r The saw mil" and cotton gin of
Messrs. Bland, j Lasater & Moore, between
Haywood and"' New Elam church, was '- -burned
yesterday.' The roof caught from
a spark from the engine. From all
portions of the county ; we hear the most
encsuraging reports of the growing crops
of-wheat and pats.- Some farmers state
they have not seen a. better "stand" in many
years. - ' . ".-
- ' New Berne yburnal: Henry H.
Moore, Esq ,- killed last 'Thursday a hog
which was eight feet ten inches long and
two feet nine inches through. It weighed
783 pounds. We published in Sun
day morning's Issue' the petition of Maj.
W. A. Hearne to our Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress in which he points
out very clearly jthe importance, both local
and national, of an inside route along tbe
coast of North Carolina. He estimates -that
our people of Hyde and Onslow coun
ties alone have paid within fifty years -thirteen
millions of dollars as their contri- -bution
to the excessive cost of transporta
tion, which alone is more than enough to
construct the inland route.
Raleigh yisitor; On Monday
night last Duncan. C. Haywood was ar
rested on a charge Of forgery,; and was
bound over to appeijr-before Mayor Dodd
at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Yester
day morning a warrant was sued Out before
Judge A. C. Avery if or the arrest of the
same person and made returnable before
Justice Barbee. - In the afternoon both
cases were disposed of, Mr. Haywood
waiving, examination in both, and he was
bound over to the June term of Wake Su
perior Court in the case before Justice
Barbee in the sum of $500, and in the case
before the Mayor in the sum of $1,000,
both of which bonds: were furnished.
Graham Gleaner': We learn . .
that a mad dog was killed in tbe north-
western part of the county last Saturday,
and that Mr. Peter Clapp, near , McLeans
viile, in Guilfi rd, Was bitten some three
weeks ago, but has nearly recovered from'
the effects under the attentions of a skilful
physician. Dogs have been, playing a
complete havoc with sheep in the vicinity
of Gib8onville. In pne flock eight were
killed and two crippled, in another -one
killed and twelve or fifteen crippled. Scat- -tered
around in the same neighborhood
there have been about fifteen head killed
for different parties. I For this destruction
of property four worthless curs have been
killed. Poor -compensation, indeed, for
nearly fifty head of sheep. Kill the growling
worthless dogs and save the sheep. s ;
? Raleigh Neihs- Observer : Died.
Tuesday night. Miss Lavinia Long, aged
23 years. ' r According to a telegram re
ceived yesterday and elsewhere printed, the
first instalment of the Scotch crofters, of :
whom we have spoken more than once,
will pass through Raleigh this evening, on
their way to Laurinburg. ' In the vicinity
of that town they are to settle. 8ixty more
will follow in two days, and these; it is ex
pected, will be followed by two hundred
others. We learln from the Bobesonian
that the live people of Shoe Heel have held
a public meeting and requested the com
missioners of liobeson to appropriate $1, wu
for the purpose of making a county dis
play at the exposition. This action is warm
ly endorsed by the Robesonian, which en
forces the correct doctrine in a strong edi
torial. Rocky Mount, Feb. 25. .
Another assignment was made in our town
last "Friday. . Thomas & Hart, dry goods
dealers, have assigned to W. L. Hart As
sets $30,000; liabilities $16,000. .
Fayetteville
Observer: Died,
in this town; on Monday morning lastMrs. -Heltn
E. irdsall,-aged about 84 years.
Elsewhere we refer to the hoped-for -
Eastern connection of the Cape Fear &
Yadkin Valley Railway. On the first page "
of this issue the reader will find an inter- -esting
letter from Mr. Bradfield, of Dan- -
burv. which concerns, a probable jxortn-
western connection of our road of the high
est importance, to which we called atten
tion some months ago. We saw ' on "
our streets last week several gentlemen from
Shoe Heel and other points in Kobeson -
county who come to make their monthly
settlement with tbe paymaster of the Cape 1
Fear and Tadkin Valley Road. , It is easy
to see how we are already benefited by this
road, for these gentlemen are in the habit -of
visiting us only once in several years. .
.Now they pay us montniy visits, ano oi
course spend money Iwhen they come .
The construction train of the Cape Fear & -
Yadkin Valley Kailwavnow runs to witnin
eight miles of Greensboro. ' The track will ;
be laid to Buffalo ureeK. lust tnis side oi
Greensboro by Saturday, March 1st. Here
two or three weeks will be consumed in
building the bridge over this stream. The
frame of the bridge bas been prepared at a
point on the Kaleigh & Augusta Air une, .
between Sanford and! Hamlet and the pre
pared timbers will be transported to Buffalo '
Creek, and put in place as rapidly as pos
sible. Then, but a jump, and Fayetteville
is once more in the world. "Contracts for
building all the depots between Shoe Heel
and Greensboro have been let the work to
be done at once. . One hundred and fifty
hands will be at work on tbe Shoe Heel ex
tension within the next thirty days.
Rockingham Rocket : -Polly
Bass, an old negro woman who lived alone -.
' ' . i ' ttt i . xi: . i :
in a smau nouse m nuu ruwwiuui),
perished in the flames of her house, which -was
burned to the ground on Thursday
night of last week, j Prof. Holmes, of
the University of North Carolina, is in
Rockingham for the purpose t of making
some scientific investigations in regard to
the recent cyclone, f.- The following are
Killed, (colored). 4-Myra , Leak, Learma
Leak, Caroline Leak and infant son, John
Hamar, Sandy Flowers, (6 years old,) Mary
Jane Diggs, Rose Leak. Warren Steele,
Nellie Terry, (infant) Mollie Cole, (died
since.) Whites Charles N. Sandford, Mrs. .
Julia Griffin, Mis. . Terry's daughter, Ri
chard Dawkins, 'Asa Dawkins, Mrs. Daniel
W. Watson, J. IA. Stewart. Wounded,
(badly). Noah i Leak, s Sallie Hamar,
Charlotte Leak, Spencer Leak, A lie
Leak, ' Jessie Cole, Charles Leak, Caro-
line Morgan, Clinton' Smith, Sandy
Hooper, Anderson Steele, Susan Leak,
Jacob Love, LeannaLove, Rachel Fletcher,
Mose McDonald, Elijah Steele, Tom Brew
ington, Eliza Covington, Geo. Dockery,
Tiller Hooper, Jennie Leak, Anna Leak,
Tom - Morgan, - John L. Dawkins, Mrs.
Grant, John Sandford, Asbury Sandford,
Rebecca Sandford, Daniel W. Watson.
Not seriously injured Morgan Hooper,
Frank Fletcher; Norman LeakDoss Leak,
Green Steele, Mary Jane Thomas, Bettie.
Thomas, .two Smith children, Fletcher
Covington, Nancy Smith, Eliza Covington,
H. P. Ledbetter, Griffin, Thomas
Sandford, Joe Sandford, W. T.-HalL Mrs.
CeliarHaJLi Sandy Smith and wife and
child, two children of Richard Dawkins,
Anna Leak, Tom Morgan, Martha R. Led
better, Romeo Steele Sr., Romeo 8teelep
Jr, Miss Annie Watson, Robert F. Watson,
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