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WJLH. BERNARD, Editor and Prop'r.
WILMINGTON; N. Or,
Mabch 28, 1884.
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A GLANCE AT PBINOPIKS AND
POLICY IN NOBTH CABOllSA.
Mr. York, Liberal Republican from
North Carolina, in the House, ex
pressed a desire that the internal tax
should . be abolished. We suppose
he is for a High Tariff. It is now be
lieved that the Republicans in their
State Convention, will adopt a plank
favoring the wiping out of " the tax
on the unnecessary luxuries. - They
will do this for a two-fold purpose:
First, to anticipate any action the
Democrats may take; and second,
because they are in favor of a High.
Protective Tariff. In this they will
show both Smartness cunning and
statesmanship, for it is smart to get
ahead of their opponents in a mea
sure, which, like free suffrage, is
purely demagogical: and then it sa
vors of statesmanship to get rid of
146 millions of tax on luxuries when
by so doing you will be certain to
keep the tax on necessaries. It is
not a commendable sort of states
manship, but it shows that they have
some idea of political economy and
know the right way to; "work to ac
complish their end. ... :
Every .Republican of intelligence
in the whole country understands
perfectly that by getting rid of the
internal tax you will be obliged to
raise the moneys for the Government
by Tariff imposts. The Republicans
know that this is he J sure way to
prevent a serious reduction of the
present 43 per cent. High Tariff. ; :
In North Carolina political science
" has reached that standard .of excel-
lence that it is believed that by
raising all of the tax through a Ta
riff is the , best and ' surest way of
getting it reduced. There is still an
other phase of the science that if not
i peculiar to this State at least controls
the plans and purposes of both par
ties. It, is this: that it ia the crown
ing excellence of legislative wisdom
.
not to tax whiskey and beer and
cigars, but to tax instead shoes, hats,
common crockery, trace-chains, cotton-ties,
jack-knives, alpaca, blankets
and window glass. This is the glo
rious outcome of the wisdom of the
two parties in this State, or it promi
ses to be the outcome.
When both parties adopt the plank
to wipe out all internal taxes they
out to adopt another plank, to-wit:
Resolved, That the people' have
biwLaTrui.eciong enough by the
blarney and promises of politicians
and political newspapers, and that
we urge that henceforth the subject
of Tariff Reduction be banished
from all campaign speeches and the
public press, inasmuch as we have
not the slightest idea that any Re
duction. or Reform in the present
Republican War Tariff is either pos
sible or desirable; and because we
think that it is better to have an
average of 43 per cent, levied nnder
the Tariff for the benefit of Manu
facturers and Monopolists than to
oppress the people with any taxation
. upon their tobacco, cigars, beer and
spirits. .-; . ' ' ' , '.
This would.be a fair, open, honest
Resolution if. adopted by both par
ties. It would precisely express the
real sentiments and set forth the ex
act condition, of both parties in this
State, with no internal revenue but
with a High Tariff remaining to
burden the country and to tax the
laboring classes for the benefit of the
rich. : ' v.
The Stab has been in earnest both
- ' m . i- i. " -.
m urging 4. ann jxerorm ana in
favoring a tax upon luxuries. We
have felt it to be our duty to stand
by these two principles as they ate
" so wedded that you cannot abolish
the latter. If the two parties in
- North Carolina shall decide that the
whiskey and beer 'and tobacco- tax
shall "go," then we hope they will
say that all further talk about Tariff
Reduction shall "go" also. We say
this because it would be time wasted
to, write and talk for Reduction
when the whore expenditures -of the
. country must be met by taxes raised
sounder the Tariff.
' Please remember that the total ex
penditures to be met for the fiscal
year ending June" 30th, 185, is
placed at nearly $400,000,000 over
:. 390 millions. If we are not mistaken
this is the size of the appropriations
. made by the last Congress in its last
; session nearly 400 millions. Now
when you know that the revenue un
der the Tariff has never exceeded
250 millions where is this 400 mil
lions to come from ? The answer is,
; either from the already accumulated
surplus or from the tax on whiskey
ana tobacco.
But suppose you apply the surplus
in tms way, you will exhaust it, wil
you not? Then if ; you abolish the
tax on whiskey and tobacco you will
have no surplus, will you, for the
next year ? .' ; : :
We do hot think we are mistaken
when we say that the estimated ex
penditures for the fiscal year ending
June 30th, 1885, is 390 millions.
If
we are wrpng, we will correct. Th
tariff ' in 1S?8, raised 180 millions';
in
1879, 137 millions.; in 1880, 186 mil?
lions; in 1881, 198, millions; in 1882,
218 millions. W have not the re
port fer 1883 at hand. - - - -!
The expenditures for the year
1881, ending 30th of Jane, were
$260,712,887.59." .They have ; been
growing, growing, growing ever since,
until for the year ending 30th; June,
1885, the. Congress appropriated over
390 millions. 1 I
Now with a Tariff that never yet
raised 250 millions, and we ' do not
believe ever raised 225 .' millions,
where is the money to come from
with which to meet the 390 millions?
THE STORM.
Tuesday Night' Stoma Heyy KTh
fall Destruction Caused y Ball, t
. The severe rain storm of Tuesday, night,
which was-accompanied in this Vicinity by
ou.of the heaviest showers lof hail known
in tiiis section for years was local in its nature-
the rainfall elsewhere being compara
tively light, as we learn at the Signal office.
Here the rainfall from 11 P. M. Tuesday
to 7 A. M. yesterday amounted to 8.08
inches while at Norfolk there was only
0.56 ' inches, "at Washington, D. C, 0.68
inches, at Augusta 0. 65 inches, at Charlotte
0.1& inches and at Charleston none at'alL
The wind here was comparatively light,
the velocity . not exceeding l9J,Tsniles per
hour. The fall of hail, was heavy and long
continued and many windows . suffered.
We heard of one house which lost twenty-
five panes' of.glass Some of the stones
were very large, one by actual measure
ment being one inch and a. half long and
one inch, thick. We. hear of no material
damage in Wilmington from the storm, j
DESTRUCTION 07 A, TBUCK PABM. - j
Mr. Thomas Eden3 a few miles' below
this city, on the Wrighteville turnpike, was
a ereat sufferer by the storm. He had seven
acres in vegetables, such as onions, beets, -
Irish potatoes, cabbage, ...etc. all of which
he says were beaten down and destroyed
beyond the hope of resuscitation. Me aes-
cribes the storm of wind, rain and hail as
terrible in the extreme. In one minute
fmm t.h time the hail commenced fallintr.
it was inkle deep in his yard. The rain fell
in great torrents and his field was covered
like the bed of a river where water had
never stood before. The wind assumed the
proportions of a tornado anl many trees in
his immediate, neighborhood were blown
down. The hail, however, did the most
damage, and a crop for which he says he
would have refused one thousand dollars if
it had been offered him Tuesday morning,
is now worthless. He went out after the
-storm had ceased and found seven of his
shoats 'dead and a number -of ethers lying
about in the woods squealing piteously, the
result of the merciless peltings of the hall
stones, many of which must have weighed
at least an ounce each. The glass and sash
were also broken out of his hot house, and
the backs of his cattle were cut and bleed
ing. . '. ; .,; - ; . ; ,::y "
The blow is a severe one upon Mr,
Edens, who had laid out the whole of his
available means upon his little farm, and
had only just begun to reap the, reward
which he had fondly hoped I wouia crown
his labors. In fact he is ' almost literally
ruined, and it i hoped that some assist
ance may be rendered towards putting mm
unon his feet again. ' Contributions of seed
from those who have them to spuoiil
be thankfully recsived
We learn that at Mr. J. M. Hard wick's
plantation, near this city, the hail damaged
the hot house considerably and injured
quite a number of plants. Mr. Barnes, we
hear, escaped serious damage. ,
A Petrified Biscuit and an Elastic
Stone. ' : ' I
t Mr. John 'Sidbury, the carpenter, has a
petrified biscuit, as hard as a solid rock.
About nine years ago a child died at his
house of diphtheria, i A few moments be
fore the end came the little sufferer said be
was hungry, and begged for1 something to
eat. He was handed a biscuit, from which
he took one bite and then almost immedi
ately expired. Mrs. Sidbury. put the bis
cuit away in a safe place, saying she in
tended to keep it as a memento of the dear
departed; and now, in the shape and of the
consistency of a solid rock, minus the
small fragment taken into the mouth of the
dying child, the self -same biscuit lies in the!
bottom of her trunk, a cherished relic-
Mr. Sidbury also has an elastic rock,
about one inch thick, nine inches long and
two inches wide When he got the rock
about ten years ago it was perfectly solid
and hard, but now it can be bent into
almost any shape. The only way he can
account for the transformation is from -the
fact that it has occcupied a position in his
trunk among a number of chemical prepa
rations which may have affected it.
A Water Spout Part of a , Wharf Car-i
rled Away and a Bouse Flooded.
The fishery of Messrs. W. E. Davis &
Son, in Brunswick river, about four miles
sjnt during the terrible rain and hail
storm of Tuesday night, which did some
damage. Their fish house is located on
thq west bank of the river, and from the
house, running out into the river about two
hundred yards, is a strong, substantial
wharf, built on piling driven seven feet in
to the ground, and boarded up , from r the.
low water mark to - prevent drift wood
trash, etc., from going into the fish tranJ
which is located only ' about fifteen yards
above the wharf. The fodr men who were
in the fish house at the time, awe-stricken
by the intense vividness of the lightning, the
fearful pelting of the hail and the awful
down pour of rain, were suddenly startled
by a roaring sound, like the passing of i
train over a bridge,' and the next moment i
tremendous water-spout was upon them
The house was deluged by the whirling
seething torrent, and subsequent inveltiga
tion showed that about fifty yards of the
centre of the wharf had been carried away.
thirty of the large piling upon which the
wnan was built, with the boarding at
tached, being lifted from their deep 'bed
ding and hurled into the river. ".Strange to
say, the outer end of the wharf and that
next to the shore were not injured in the
least, and the net also escaped without in
jury. The men of course got a good wet
ting. The Messrs. Davis will have the
damage repaired at once.
Accidentally Drowned.
Mr. H. Schultz, of Stratsund, mate of the
German barque Edward Pens, hailing from
the same port, was accidentally drowned
on Saturday night last It seems that he
was standing in the stern of one1 of the
small boats, when it struck rather ieavily
against the side of the vessel?- by which he
was precipitated intosthe rivet. The acci
uem nappenea atxmt midnight.
Death of an Aeed and
- Lady of smlthTlUe. - r' 'l
The venerable Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Btew-
art, of Smithville, so well ; known ; in this
section of the State,- and by all who have
evef had occasion to visit the romantic lit
tle town by the sea, died in that place Xm
Sunday nighf last," about 8 o'clock "at fhe
great age of 88 years.-:Mrs, Stewart had a
stroko of paralysitfone year ago last Feb
ruary, and during the interval has had two
additional attacks, from the last of which
she never Tallied, sinking gradually but
surely under the combined effects "of dis-,
ease and extreme old age. Deceased was a'
native of Tennessee, - but ' came to this
State at an early age and has spent
nearly her entire life at : Smithville,
where for a', great many years she, has
followed the vocation of a boarding house
keeper. - Her house for all these years has
been the favorite resort of many Wilming
ton visitors to the seaside, as well as those
from a distance, , who craved and greatly
enjoyed her genial hospitality. Her daugh
ters, of whom she leaves five, were with her
all the week preceding her final dissolution.
She had no- sons. Deceased had been a
member of the MetbodistChurch f or many I
years. . 1 4 ''Xt..-:;" I r 'f'-'-r:
Mrs. Elizabeth Warren, of this city, is
daughter jpi Mrs. Stewart, and ' Mrs.
Judge is & grand daughter. , ' -
Since the hbove was written, erne who
knew her well has handed us the following:
VMrs. Stewart was a lady of large heart,
full of sympathy and benevolent to; those
who were needy, whether white , or ) black.
Her generoui hand will, be missed . by the
people of Smithville. During the late war
it was her custom to visit the camps and
look after thjs sick soldiers, and when the
junior reserves were called out and some
were stationed at Smithville: she used to
bake a' quantity of biscuits expressly for
these boys j who were away - from their
mothers and not accustomed to hardships.
From" time o time she has received nume
rous testimonials from sailors (who had
been sick and nursed by her) as an appre
ciation of her kindness. ' Something near a
year ago she had an attack of paralysis but
in a measure rallied from this, so that she
was able td be up.TIisplaying that cheerful
disposition! which characterized her in all
her life. A short time ago she was visited
with a second attack, from which she never
rallied, and for the week past she had been
unable to swallow anything but retained
her full sehses to the last. -i She was ready
for the dread summons and had expressed
herself as jonly waiting. " A long and use
ful life here below has closed but to enter
upon tha(j life .which knows no end and
where the weary are forever at rest Her
funeral tikes place to-day at Smithville at
half -past !2 o'clock. Persons wishing to at
tend can go down on the steamer Passport,'
-which leaves at 9 o'clock, and return some
hour this evening."
An Argument In Favor of the Abolish
ment of Judicial Oaths.
Mr. W. H. Shaw, of this city, Clerk of
the United States ' District Court, and also
Deputy' Sheriff, has had sent him a little
pamphlet entitled "Judicial Oaths, and
Their jEffect," issued under authority of
the "Yearly Meeting of Friends held in
Philadelphia the 16th day of the . Fourth
Month, 1883." It is an argument, add a
very able and ingenious one, in favor of
the abolishment of oaths and the substitu
tion of affirmations in our courts of jus
tice, f It concludes : ''That society should
set up a distinction, which is not in the
Christian code, between lying with an ad
ded loath and a lie without it, we believe
weakens the public conscience, both by
undervaluing the naked truth and disre
garding an express command of Christ. We
hold then, that all judicial oaths should be
expunged from the statute books, and that
legislative authority should be given to the
principle, that every departure from the
honest, simple truth, is an offence against
Dotn uou and man.
An Old Horror Revived.
A correspondent of the Charleston News
and Courier, alluding to one of the old time
marine disasters, says : "The Pulaski was
bound from Charleston to Baltimore. In
the early part of June, 1833, she came fn
from Savannah with a large number of pas
sengers and took on board a great many
from this city. She was advertised for one
night only at sea. Alas! it was for one
night, but a long and terrible one. Sue
burst her boiler about 11 o'clock P. M.; off
Wilmington, N. C. The beach about Cape
Fear was strewn with fragments of the
wreck,, and many bodies of the drowned
floated ashore. Some were recognized by
friends and removed. Most - were beyond
recognition and were buried in the sands
of the sea shore. Her billet head was for a
long time,' and may be now, at Smithville,
N. C."
Foreign Exports. '
The following" embrace the foreign ex
ports from this port yesterday: The Nor
wegian barque A. M. Schweigaard, Capt.
Johnsen, for Antwerp, by Messrs. Pater
son, Downing & Co., with 8,812 barrels of
rosin, valued at $5,194; the British schoon
er Mabel Darling, Capt Ranger, for Nas
sau, N. P., by Messrs. Parsley & Wiggins.
with 75.000 feet of lumber, 400,000 shin
gles and 400 feet of mouldings, valued at
$1,470; and the schooner W. H. Jones,
Capt Falkenburg, for Aux fCayes, by
Messrs. Northrop & Cumming, j with 183,
826 feet of lumber, 132,000 shingles, 10
barrels of tarf3 barrels of pitch, and 3 do.
of rosin; "valued at $3,882.47. '" Total, $10,
555.47.
Death of a Well Known Colored Bar
ber. -
A private letter received here yesterday
conveyed the intelligence of the death at
Philadelphia, on the 20th inst, ' of Miles
Howard, formerly a well known colored
barber of this city. During the war
he was a body servant of the then President
Jefferson Davis, and on more than one oc
casion since the war he has been the recip
ient of letters from that distinguished gen
tleman, conveying lively expressions of in
terest in his welfare.
A monster Hawk. v
Mr. Daniel E. Savage, foreman for
Superintendent Savage, at' the County
Poor House, shot and killed a monster
hawk on Sunday, which has been prey in on
the; chickens there for. the last two or three
years. The hawk weighed seven pounds
and measured five feet six inches from tip
to tip of his wings when spread out Mr.
Satage says he has .destroyed twenty-five
chickens for him first and last' He showed
us the claws of the slaughtered bird, and
they were immense. . '
Propesed Organization
Church.
of
New
; A. new Presbyterian church was to have
been organized at Chadbourn,' on the W.,
C. j& A. R. R., era Sunday last, but owing
to the very inclement weather there was a
postponement until. next Sunday. There
were quite a number of WOmingtonians
present Rev. Mr, Uirkland will officiate
when the organization takes place.
f - - ' . I it I nPHl wHH K i An f UU11U! 11UUI. WO
FIRST SESSION.
Appropriations' Asked for tU Conrt of
Claims and to Prevent an Overflow
ortheCItyof New Orleans Bills and
Resolutions Introduced The Educa
tional BUI Debated In the Senate.
" :" it? Teleeraph to the Moraine 8tar.)
- - SENATE. '
Washington,: Marchs 24. The Senate
to-day was presided over by Senator Sher
man." who had been designated nnder: the.
rule by the Vice President for that purpose.
The (Jbatr laia betore tne senate a com
munication from the Attorney General,
asking for an' appropriation of $10,000, to
be aDDiiea tolne aerence or tne United
States in cases re f erred by- Congress and the
Executive" Department to tne Court ot
Claims. ;These cases, the Attorney General
states," cover claims amounting to $6,500.
000, although the act under, which the cases
have been " rel erred was. passed only last
year. ? T ' " v
Mr. Vance presented the views of the
minority of the committee on Foreign Re-
lations relative to the action and report of
the committee on the subject of the- exclu
sion of American meats from foreign coun
tries, .j"-- . . : , . ;' le:,: .-;;: : ,c
The bill to regulate the salaries of U. S.
District Judges was taken up... . : ... - .-
Mr. Cose orlerea an amenament making
it unlawful for any relative of a Circuit or
District vudge or the United states U hold
office in the courts with which Buch Judges
are Connected and making it a misdemeanor
for a Judge to:f knowingly -appoint any of
his relatives to ofHee in his court. , ; ? se
The bill was discussed until 2 o'clock,
without a vote being reached, when -Mr.
Blair's educational bill came up. . s
In the course ol the deoate which. fol
lowed, Mr. Vance spoke in support oC- the
bill. The colored people, he said, had been
freed and enfranchised by the national go
vernment The Southern States had loBt
so much, and had been so bled by Republi-.
can carpetbag governments, that they had
not been able to do as mncn as tney otner
wise could have, done for the education of,
these DeoDle. ; Yet those States had been
held by public opinion of the North to as
nigh a standard ol Advancement in -educa
tional and other respects as was expected
of States or people whose civilization and
society had not been disturbed for one hun
dred years Not only was this expected of
them, but the world was made aware of it.
Unvery occasion.tbe Southern States had
been investigated." Now, a bill was
brought in to aid those States in educating
their colored people, and the singular spec
tacle was presented of opposition by a gen
tleman who had been moving all the powers
of Congress in order that the sick calves of
Kansas might be doctored. Some objec
tion might naturally have been 'expected
from "strict constructionists," but it came
with bad grace from the gentlemen from
Kansas.' : Mr. Vance would not withhold
his sympathies from the sick cattle, but
would not the gentlemen from Kansas ex
tend their sympathy to the illiterate? As
to the basis of distribution, Mr. Vance
thought there was no proper basis but that
of illiteracy. .The population as a whole
was no proper basis. Did senators wish
to distribute money among college profes
sors or members of Congress?. It should
be distributed where it was needed. But
Mr. Vance did not expect the bill to pass,
lie had long believed, and he now saw the
confirmation of his belief, that Senators on-
the other side of the Chamber were louder
in professions than in acts in behalf of the
colored people, v While the party which -t
they represented would send emissaries
among the colored people to band them
together for political purposes, and take
them to the. polls, he bad always thought
that when it came to really something for
those people, there would be a failure.
Hence Mr. Vance was not disappointed.
He had no doubt that the Senator from
Ohio (Mr. Sherman) attached more value to
the negro as an ignorant person as a fruit
ful source of investigation than he would
attach to an intelligent man and an intelli
gent voter. No doubt be answered the
purposes of that Senator better in igno
rance than with intelligence.
Mr. Ingalls congratulated Mr. Vance on
the very adroit appeal he had addressed
to Northern sentiment on the subject He
had said that while the people of North
Carolina were not asking money, they were
willing to accept it as a gratuity-for the
benefit of the colored people. The census
tables showed that the white illiteracy of
JNortn uarouna was sss per cent, hence the
gratuity would be very largely to the whites
as well as the blacks. The blacks of that
State, in English opinion, made a much
more commendable showing in regard to
education man tne wmtes. i ne princiDil
necessity for the bill, to Mr. Ing&U's mind,
was to be found in the white illiteracy,
rather than the colored illiteracy of (be
South. He read from the census tables of
1880 to show the figures of white illitera
cy. In Alabama they were nearly
xo per cent, or tne wnite inhabitants
in Arkansas 25 per cent, in Florida 20 per
cent, in Georgia 23 per cent, in Kentucky
22 per cent, in Louisiana 181 ner cent, in
Mississippi 16 3-10 per cent, in North Caro
lina 31i per cent, in South Carolina 22 9 10
per cent, in Tennessee 27 8-10 per cent, in
Texas 15 3 10 pec cent, in Virginia 18 2 10
percent. How could it be said that this
mony was required because this nation
freed the slaves and gave them the right of
suffrage? The fact was, that the occasion
for the expenditure of money grew out of
the position of the Caucasian and not of
the colored race. i; - n .
Mr. Vance, replying to Mr. Ingalls. said
he (Vance) had -said nothing about the war
that was a matter of history. Vance de
nied that money was needed by the white
people for themselves. They would be
able to take care of their own education if
they did. not have so large a colored popu
lation. - ; . ; ..- -
M'.i-fSgaUs said that in the halcyon
days of the old regime, there were over
80,000 whites in North Carolina who could
not read or write, and that was a larger
proportion of illiteracy than even the pre
sent. '- - .-. -
Mr. Vance said that North Carolina, a
poor Stale, had paid! into the treasury
twelve times as much money as Kansas, a
rich one; North Carolina having paid in,
in 1880, $2,372,226, while Kansas paid on
ly $239,762. k r '
Mr. Plumb inquired how much of North
Carolina's amount had been on distilled
spirits. ' -- -
Mr. Vance replied, about one-half of it
on whisky that had been drank in propor
tion in Kansas. " sm; . i-.V;;:;
V Mr. Riddleberger wished the;: Senate
would get back to the question involved
in the bill. -It made no difference
to the children who were affect
ed ' by the bill how the necessity for
it arose. - If it were right for little children
to give their pennies to a missionary society
Without. hoinT oolroH rW fcmJ
politics were, then the Senators should elim
inate politics'from this question and vote
for or against the proposition on its merits.
' Mr. Butler said it was clear that the Sen
ate was not prepared to vote on the bill to
day, and therefore he moved that the Sen
ate go into executive session, which was
agreed to, and when the doors were re
opened the Senate adjourned. .
i HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Ellis, of La., asked unanimous con
sent to introduce a joint resolution reciting
that the waters .of the Mississippi river have
risen to the high mark of 1874 at New Or
leans, which is the highest known in the
flood annals of the great river, and are
rising between St. Louis and New Orleans
at the fate of two or three inches per day;
that the appalling calamity of the overflow
ing of a city of 300,000 souls is imminent,
involving great loss of.iife and property,
and appropriating $300,000, to be immedi
ately available, to be expended in the discre
tion of the Secretary of War, in preventing
an overflow of the city of New Orleans,
and the country adjacent thereto. .
Mr. Dunn, of Ark., p reserved his objec
tion until he should hear some explanation
of the resolution. He wished to know by
what sort of legerdemain the committee on
Appropriations had leaped from the Ohio
river to the city of New Orleans.- thus dis-
r regarding the appeals made by 200,000 peo.
pie ui.Ar&auaus huu jmasissippi. ,
Mr. Ellis excepted to the "word "leger
demain" used so glibly by the gentleman
from Arkansas. The object of the resolu
tion was not for the relief of sufferers, but
was to prevent what might be the' appall
ing calamity of the age. The water of the
river was up to the top of the levees and
whenever " the flood waters went over a
levee that levee was doomed. There was
nothing between the city of New Orleans
and the river, sixteen feet above the level
of the city, but a dirt wall. The calamity
thatjmnst ensue, if the waters rose higher,
could not be depicted ,by human tongue,.
It would be the calamity of the age.
- Mr. Dunn withdrew any objection, but
called attention to the fact that in his dis-
Missouri river, supplemented by' the great
rise Of theoverflow or the - umo river.
There were 10 aay - in njs uiau-u; tv.vw
-neopie wnose iiuiucs were uuu. t :
' if- nine -of Mass.. oblected to the reso
lution; laying5 it should be, considered, by
tne conmutujc uu aHU)iiaiiuo. v -
Mr. Ellis appealed 10 mx. ltice - to wim-
j..c nhifir.iion. nredicliDtr mat 11 mere
was any delay the House would be called
upon to considernot an ounce Of preven
tion but many pounds " of cure.? The city
ef NewOrleans was doing; all it could to
prevent a catastrophe nut tne oiaie legis
lature was not in session. .. , . -. i,.r.;w
Mr. Randall, of Pean.. said that the
resolution had been informally considered,
favorably, by tne committee on .ppropna
tions, - and in view, of this statement Mr.
Rice witndrew his objection.
Mr. Ueacb, or JN, X., and mr. , xors, 01
N. C-.r icxDressed their ; opposition to tne
resolution but made no lormai oujecuon.'
Mr. Hunt, of La., said that be J had re
ceived a letter from one of .the engineers of
. ... , !: -i A;nr.
tne mississipjji xviver vuuiuiiMiuu, p cling
ing the greatest disaster that could possibly
be conceived of,- if. precautions were not
taken to prevent the overflow of the city of
New Orleans. He ."hoped that no one
would object to tne resolution as a delay
of one day . might cost the government
many times more than the paltry amount
that was asked for. .
Mr. Gates, of Alabama, doubted the con
stitutional ; power of -Congress to appro
priate public money for the relief of suffer
ers by flood, fire or storm. ' -v-r :
The joint resolution was iosi yeas o,
navs 115 but by unanimous consent it was
reintroduced by Mr. Ellis and referred.-to
the committee on Appropriations. .
Mr." Randall, of Pennsylvania, submitted
the conference report on the Senate resolu ¬
tion for the addition of $10,000 to the Sen
ate contingent; fund.. Agreed to.. The'
Houbb receded from its amendment which.
confines the expenditure of this sum to in
vestigations previously ordered, and agrees
to an amendment which confines the .- ex
penditures to the payment of current ex
penses of special and select committees.
., Mr. Randall, from the committee on Ap
propriations,: reported back the little defi
ciency bill, with amendments, recommend
ing concurrence in some and non-concur
rence in'bthers of these amendments. ' ; '
Under the call of States a number of
bills and resolutions were, introduced and
referred. -'
The House spent the remainder of the
day's session in legislation local to the Dis
trict of Columbia. . -
Tne Bill to Increase the Salaries of
District Judge and Other Measures
Tassed by the Senate Continuation
' of tne House Debate on tne Bonded
Extension Bill and the Senate Debate
on the Educational BUI.
- SENATE.
Washington. March 25. Among the
memorials presented were several protest
ing against the passage of bills before the
Senate relating to patents, or any bills that
may be injurious to the interests of pat
entees. ;
Mr. Frye, from the committee on Bales,,
reported that the committee construed the
rule relating to the admission to the floor
of the Senate of the heads of Departments
to apply only to Cabinet officers. - ; '
Mr. Frye also reported . from the same
committee, adversely, a resolution hereto
fore introduced by Mr. Call, to give the
President of the Senate authority to invite
to the floor of the Senate distinguished citi
zens of other States or countries.
The hill to increase salaries of TJ. S. Dis
trict Judges was again taken up, discussed
and passed yeas 42, nays 13. v As passed
it makes-the salaries of all U. S. District
Judges $5,000 per annum and prohibits
them from appointing to positions in their
courts relatives within the degree of first
cousin. ...
The next order of business was the
calendar t.f ujobjected cases.
Mr. Call's joint resolution providing for
the payment to laborers in the government
empl iy of the same wages for holidays as
for other days, was taken up, read three
times and passed without debate. . ,
Mr. Blair's educational bill was taken
up as unfinished business, the -pending
question being on Mr, Harrison'B amend
ment to require States to contribute each
annually an amount equal to - the amount
severally received by them from the na
tional fund. The discussion was continued
by Messrs, Harrison, Blair, Jones of Fla.,
George, Allison, Maxey, Coke, Hoar, Sher
man and Brown. . The latter said that
when the late war commenced neither side
supposed the slaves would be freed. Provi
dence bad a deeper design than the Con
gress of the United States, and it began in
time to be seen that the freedom of the
slaves was necessary to the salvation of the
Union. At the close of the war the
Southern people were required to incor
porate in their constitutions provisions
which clothed the slaves with all the rights
of citizens. The slaves were freed as a ne
cessity of the Union. What, then, became
the duty of the Union? Certainly it was
the duty of the Union to take such action as
would qualify the newly-made citizens for
the duties of citizenship. ".It had been a
fearful experiment to enfranchise the f reed
men m their then condition; but having
freed lueiu, it was clearly the duty of the
whole Union to aid the 8tates in preparing
them for'citizenship. However willing the
Southern States might be to do this work,
the fact was they had been left so impov
erished by the war that-they could not do
I lw,UL atfuSu iuc muiTiuuu slaves, were
Lirpresent as freemen and bo the coun-
rtnr So S . -11 1
j w uu iwiu iu wai bcusq ycfc nil KUc vv
that the property owners of the South had
lost their property.. There had been
an . actual loss of , five million
dollars in the ' taxable nronertv
f Georgia alone, according to the returns
r tne year before and the year - after the
war. The Southern States had supported
from their property all the armies of the
Confederacy and the money which the
Southern people bad at the close of the war
was as ashes in their hands. How different
was it in the North! At the close of the
war every investment made in the North
for the support of the-army was good. ' In
the South they -were utterly worthless.
Besides that, the South had to contribute
to the payment of the Northern war debt,
and many millions of dollars of captured
and abandoned property had been taken
and sold by the United States; and although
the Supreme Court of the United States
said that as to several millions of it captured
after the war the United States Go
vernment, had no shadow of title to
it, the statute of limitations ran against
private owners. Mr. Brown only men
tioned these things to show that the people
of
tne souin were impoverished by the
war, so mat it was impossible, no matter
how anxious they might be to educate their
I cojo-pj .1
f WMO, .P60?1!
colored people. Except Texas, no South
ern state was in position to do all that was
required. .But Mr.-Brown did mot regard
it as a work ol charity. The slaves had
been freed by the'Union. . If it was right
to make those people citizens and Mr.
Brown did not question it- was then it
was not only the right, but an imperative
duty of the Union to fit them or help them
to fit themselves for the duties of citizen
ship; for upon the well-performed duties
of citizenship depended the prosperity
of : the Union. It was - not necessary
that this aid should be permanent;
Mr. Brown would not desire it to be. The
Senator from New Hampshire (Mr.. Blair)
had shown to the Senate that the Southern
people were taxed as heavily in proportion
to their property as any of the people of
the Northern States. : The people of the
South had done the best they could. No
One of the Southern States that had been
fully recognized as in the rebellion, had
passed any discriminating laws against the
application of the school fund to schools
for. colored children; the " same arrange
ment existed for both Colors. He thought
he might then, under the circum
stances, ask the Senators - who. were
on the other ; side of the questiou in
in the war to come forward and help out
those who, while doing their best could
not do all that they could wish or that the
country could wish. As to the constitu
tional question involvedwhile Mr. Brown
-declared himself to be a strict constitution
alist be could not but see in the general wel
fare clause of the Constitution a clause
clearly covering so fundamental a consid
eration as the education of the people. If
there was anything necessary for the gene
ral welfare in a republic, was it not the
education of this people who formed there
public and made its laws? If, again, Mr;
Brown said, Congress had the power to
protect men in their exercise of the ballot,
did it not follow that Congress had. power
td prepare them to cast that ballot ? Had
we not the right to prepare him to read and
write his ballot?: . - ( v
' Pending debate the Senate went into Ex
ecutive Session, and when the doors were
reopened, adjourned. v-
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr? Browne, of Ind., from the Commit-;
tee on the Judiciary, reported back a r bill ;
making it a felony for a person' falsely and;
fraudulently to assume to be an officer or
employe, acting under the authority of the
United States, pr any department thereof.;.
Passed.' Z -. ' 1 - s
The morning hour having been dispensed
with, the House at 12.45 o'clock went into
committee of the Whole (Mr. Dorsheimer,
of N. in the chair) on the Bonded Ex
tension bill, - and Mr. Potter of N. Y. ,
opened the debate with a speech in favor
of the bill.
Mr.Keilcy,"bf Penri.? followed hi opposition-
: - r . " e
' Mr. LoDg, of Mass., said that in rising
to speak io the bill, he did -bo jnorefor the
purpose of 'feeling, his way,"; than with an
idea of giving much information to the
House. J ; in : his judgment upon this bill he
was governed neither by sentimentality on
the one hand, nor on the other by any pure
pose to subordinate this practical issue to a
question of tariff reform or tariff protec
tion . He had changed his views on the
pending measure since first considering it
At first It had appeared to him that its
tendency was to correct the discrimination
which existed against Whiskey.,' But the bm
gument8 0f the supporters of the , bill bad
proven too much. The query arose in his
mind how, if there Was such a burden on one
commodity, it happened that such an enor
mity had .escaped the. attention of former
Congresses. And he had made further ex
amination ; that examination had led him to
the conclusion that whiskey was not suffer
ing under any discrimination; but that the
effect of this bill would, be to create one in '
its favor. The three years extension grant
ed in 1878 had increased the evil of over
production, and the refusal in 1882 had les
sened it. . Which example was this House
going to follow? He believed that the gen
tlemen from Kentucky were speaking with
the most thorough convictions, but if this
bill; were passed, and the time extended,
when the limit was reached, instead of 70,
000,000 gallons on hand; instead of $68,
000,000 of unpaid taxes, the amount would
be increased 25 or'50. "per cent Then the
question would be, not when the tax would
be paid, but whether it would be paid at
all.l The question, therefore, became one
not of relief alone, but of great public pol
icy land f t far-reaching effect If the
bill were defeated, ;, the - production . of
whiBkey ' would be - stayed and
the present , stock" would go its normal
way. If it went out of the country to avoid
the tax, the country would be relieved; if it
remained the government would get its tax
and goon paying its debts.-The amount at
stake was a mere bagatelle in comparison
with the amount of capital seeking invest
ment. If the government could afford to
loan this money at 4 per cent. and this,
it must be remembered, was not one ol the
functions of the ' government Krtainly
other institutions, whose function it was
to loan money, would be glad to secure so
good an opportunity, r They could nave ex
actly the same security as the government,
and, could demand the same bonds that the
government demanded. In conclusion, Mr.
Long made a forcible presentation of the
evils of intemperance, declaring whiskey to
be the dynamite of human civilization and
responsible for much naitional ruin and
disgrace. His remarks throughout com
manded much attention, and at the conclu
sion he was warmly applauded. :
Pending discussion, the -committee rose.
Mr. Ellis, of La., asked leave to report
from the committee on Appropriations a
joint resolution providing that $125,000 of
the Unexpended appropriation for the re
lief s of the Ohio flood sufferers may be
used for the relief of sufferers from the
overflow of the Mississippi river and its
tributaries. Objection was made and the
House adjourned. .
A Democratic caucus was announced to
beheld at 7:30 p. m.
Indian Affairs in the Senate The De
bate on the Educational BUI The
Bonded Extension BUI Debated In
the House. ... -.
: SENATE.
Washington, March 26. Mr. Gorman
presented and read a memorial of the Balti
more Yearly Meeting of "Friends," urging
the Senate to pass the education bill now
before it Mr. Gorman, in presenting the
memorial, i remarked that the society of
"Friends" i had themselves contributed
$200,000 toward the education of all classes
of illiterates in the South, and were much
interested In the question of education
everywhere. -
The Senate took up the Mil reported from
the committee on Indian Affairs, provi
ding for the allottment of lands in several
ty on the various reservations and to ex
tend the protection of the laws of States
and territories over Indians. 'An amend
ment was adopted, providing that the prin
cipal of the purchase price paid to an In
dian tribe for any of their lands shall be
withheld for twenty-five years; interest to
be paid during the time withheld, and such
interest to be expended for the support and
education of the Indians to whom it be
longs. After further debate the bill passed
jar. uiair 8 educational bill then came
up. I
Mr. Vance said that much laughing and
boasting had been indulged in with regard
to the superior educational facilities of the
Northern States over the Southern States.
Many of the Northern States had received
large grants ' of land, and many of these
States had received a class of immigrants
who were already educated. He instituted
some comparisons between North Car
olina - and Kansas, to show what
North Carolina had accomplished for
education as compared with Kansas.
He also compared Massachusetts and North
Carolina as to common schools. He cited
figures to show that though the wealth of
Massachusetts was ten times that of North
Carolina, the- amount devoted to school
purposes was only nine times greater than
JNortn uaronna, and the per centage of tax
ation devoted to education was only 2 per
cent, greater than tile amount given bv
North Carolina; and Mr, Vance thought
mat doing pretty wen considering now
Massachusetts had got her wealth. The
whole country had for, many years been
taxed to support Massachusetts, and North
Carolina was compelled to contribute to
that : support' Referring . to . a remark
made by .- Mr. Hoar yesterday, Mr.
Vance said.it vf as a constant source of
mortification to . him (Vance) to have
Senators taunt his State . with illiteracy;
but it made the mortification more humil
iating to hear that taunt from a representa
tive or rewRSDury -a representative of a
State that had sacrificed every principle
for. gain that was more responsible for
slavery than any other State that was the
nursing-mot her of the horrors of the middle
passage. When slavery was found not to
pay in Massachusetts, Mr. Vance said, the
people of that State sold their slaves to the
South for a consideration, and then thank
ed God and sang the long meter doxology
through their noses that they were not re
sponsible any longer for the sin of slavery.
: Mr. Dolph, of Oregon, said that none of
the Northern or Western States wanted any
of the money this bill proposed , to appro
priate. It was understood that the bill be
fore the Senate was meant to secure the
education of colored children of the South.
Why should not the bill go directly to that
point ? , Before being called Upon to vote
for an appropriation of money to any State
for education, Mr.: Dolph wanted to be
shown some evidence that the State was in
sympathy with the object of the appro
Sriation. In connection with this point,
Ir. Dolph referred to what is known as a
denial of civil rights to colored people ot
the South. , : , - .: r
Mr.Jonas.while not deeming It necessary
to? make any speech in favor of the bill,
could not refrain from referring to the re
marks made yesterday, by the Senator from
Ohio (Mr. 8herman),who had said he would
not trust the South with this money, and
the Senator from Oregon (Mr.- Dolph), who
to-day had said the people of the South had
trampled under foot the constitutional
amendments,, and would not administer
this fund faithfully. Mr. Jonas denied
most emphatically, as baseless arid calum
nious, any charge that the people of the
South ' had any prejudice against the
colored people. "You sympathize," said
Mr. Jonas, "with their ignorance and pov
erty; but they are our fellow citizens. ; We
meet them in the : contests of every
day life ; 1 they are our " neighbors ;
they pervade the -streets ; of our cities,
they live in our villages, ; they culti
vate tur fields, they mix with our families,
they mix with our children, they vote at
the polls and to a large extent control our
elections." Mr. Jonas repelled in the
strongest terms insinuations that had been
made that the people of . the South or at
least that portion that he hi part represent
ed would be faithless to this trust if con
fided to them. "Why, Mr. President,"
said he,(Frye being in theichair) "youknow
that before . the committee that examined
into the affairs of the far-off county of Co
piah, if nothing else was proven there, it
was proved that the blessings of education
-to the utmost limit of the capacity of that
people were extended to both races alike. -Mr.
"Butler. opposed the bill. He said
the common school system - of South Care
Tina -was a9 -fcood as any in the United
States. " A - constitutional provision cre
ated i a tax - for an educational fund,
and ' that fund -received . Jn - addi
tion an income- ifrom ; the poll
tax. - Mr. Butler read from the proceedings
of . an educational" body - the acknowledg
ments of a colored teacher, : to : show
how much the . people of South 'Caro
lina had -done for education. The people--
o the ? South3- he continued, ' had
had to solve a problem that no other
branch of the Caucasian race had ever been
called upon to solve ; before.'. They had
made mistakes, no doubt, and -as long as
human nature was , as weak as it was,
he supposed ; they would continue . to
mak e i mistakes. 4 But if he.: knew his
own heart and - the I hearts of his peo
ple, they rmeant to deal fairly ' with -this
great question.- .Tbejslaveg-had been illit
erate; of course, and as freemen they.' had
been illiterate ; but the next census ' would
show a great improvement, for the older
people were passing away; ; - w ; ;
sThel; House.; joint -resolutions reappro- '
priating, for the aid of the sufferers by the;
Mississippi river floods,'- $125,000 not ex
pended for the relief of the sufferers by the
floods of the Ohio river, was, read three
times and passed. ; - . , : -'
An Executive session was held and the
Senate ad joured. .
J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES."
Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, from the com
mittee on Appropriations, reported a joint
resolution, providing that $125,000 of the
unexpended appropriation for the relief of
the sufferers from the Ohio floods may be
expended by the Secretary of War for the
.relief of the destitute persons in the dis
trict overflowed by the Mississippi river and .
its tributaries..'.' '';.'-.-.' ',-;, ;.av
Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts, opposed the
resolution, saying it was, he knew, an un
gracious task to oppose a call made on the
score of suffering humanity, but the present;
vas a good -opportunity to consider the
question of national relief to every sufferer i
of a local calamity: The resolution con
templated the distribution of supplies by
the National Government to feed the suf
ferers from a local disaster. The present
calamity did not much exceed previous
disasters on the same river, and it was not a
calamity the relief of which came within
the sphere of the rights guaranteed to or
the duties imposed on the Federal Govern
ment 1 t -:
Mr. Dunn, of Ark., spoke in favor of the
proposed amendment increasing the appro
priation to $300,000 and depicted the unfor
tunate condition of the people living along
the Mississippi river, in Arkansas. The wa
ter was up to the highest water-mark and
. would continue there for sixty days longer;
tnus sweeping away the last chance of those
people -to secure supplies and shelter. -
Mr. Jefferson, of Mississippi, predicted
that the calamity which had spread over
The Mississippi river, had not yet subsided,
and he did not consider even $300,000 suf
ficient to render adequate-relief, t
Mr. Keifer, of Ohio, called attention to
the fact that the resolution made no appro
priation, but simply extended the benefits
of a previous appropriation to another
class of people, and made a brief constitu
tional argument in support of the power of
Congress to make such appropriations.
Mr. Baiksdale, of Miss., appealed to the
House to grant to the sufferers along the
banks of the Mississippi the same measure
of relief which it had accorded -to persons
rendered destitute by the overflow of the
Ohio river. - r -
The resolution was passed, and the House
then, at 12 o'clock, went into committee of
the Wholer-Mr. Dorsheimer, of N. Y., in
the chair on the Bonde'd Extension bill.
Debate was continued by Messrs; Pusey,
McCormack, J. D.Taylor, Brown.of Penn.,
Warner, Worlhington, of 111., Dunn, and
Cox., tof N. C. ,; The latter opposed the
measure as being merely a proposition for
the loan of money to distillers and argued
in favor of the total abolition of internal
taxation.
Mr. Dunn made a severe attack on the
pending measure, which he said his ob
servations had proved to him, was favored
by only three members of the Ways and
Means i Committee Morrison, .. Hurd and
Blackburn. He wished to know by what
Caesarian operation was this thing taken
entirely from that, committee and biought
into the House ? ' r
The committee rose formally for the pur
pose of limiting -i general debate. Mr.
Blackburn moved that it be closed in one
hour and a half to morrow. Agreed to;
and the committee having resumed - its
session it was addressed by Mr. Hewitt, of
rN. Y., -in support of the bill in the con
sideration of which he -dismissed all ap
peals to sympathy or ..passion, on the
ground of charity on one side and
of morality on' the other. But taxa
tion looked not to : charity or mor
ality, lit looked to certain economic prin
ciples which had been settled by the expe
rience 1 of mankind and written on the
pages of the history of the human race.
Taxation could only fall on accumulated
capital; on production or consumption.
There was no other spot where the strong
arm of the law could impose taxation. In
the original history of governments taxa
tion - was generally . on production, and
hence had arisen that remarkable civiliza
tion of the Middle Ages, in which the
guilds tried to protect themselves from the
government At this day not a single en
lightened or commercial nation imposes a
tax on production except the United -States.
He had seen the blighting effects of that tax
atidh,industriai;death, moral stupor, decay,
energy buried in graves of grasping and
omnivorous government In this country,
strange to . say, enlightened by ' common
schools, by colleges in 'every State, with
schools of practical science and practical
economy flourishing everywhere, the car
dinal principle which survived to-day was
the tax on production. In other countries
raw materials were admitted as free as air,
but here they were met by obstruction the
moment they got within sight of this land
of free thought and free government i The;
Bystem of taxation of this government
should conform itself to the fundamental
principles that taxation should not infringe
on production. There would be stagnation
depression, suffering, want, lack of employ
ment, i disorder, riots and destruction of
property. This bill seemed to him to be
in the right direction. It was not the right
thing, j It did not go far enough., It did
not touch the heart of the question, but it
was the entering wedge, which was going
to bring Congress face to face with the
question whether it would continue to tax
raw materials. It was for this reason that
he would vote for the bill. . .
Several other members spoke briefly,
after wnich; the committee rose ' and the
House adjourned.
GEORGIA.
The Bank Bobbery at Augusta Bow
- the Thieves Operated Arrest of Two
j Suspected Parties ';'-'---'
Bj Telegraph to the Morning Star. : - x v
. Augusta, March 23; The robbery of D.
R. Crocker, the exchange clerk of the Com
mercial Bank, which occurred while he was
making a settlement with the First National
Bank,' is the sensation of the city. While
Crocker wes exchanging checks and mak
ing his balances with the clerk of the Na
tional Bank, two sharpers entered the bank.
One Of them passed around to Crocker's
right and attracted his attention by holding
up a check, and asking him, Vis this bank
to cash this check ?" He engaged Crocker
in conversation, while his confederate, who
had not been seen by XJrockerobbed a
satchel, which was at Crockei's elbow, of
$2,500. The robbery- was committed so
quietly that it was not discovered until
some' moments after its occurrence, when
Crocker opened his satchel and missed the
. money. i--y - -" - r-
Last night, at 10 o'clock, a special train
left here for Allendale, on the Port Royal
Railroad, with the officers of the Commer
cial Bank and polieejofneers. Information
had previously been telegraphed by . the
conductor of a Port Royal train, that two
suspicious characters had boarded his train
outside of Augusta. They were arrested at
Allendale and held in custody until the ar
. rival of the special train from this eity 1
A The prisoners arrived in Augusta this
morning at 2.80 o'clock. They gave their
names as Simmons and Watkinsj They
had keys and blank ' checks in their posses
sion; but the stolen money was not found.
It is believed that they had confederates in
their robbery. The prisoners are supposed
to be the men who operated in Macon last
week, when they obtained money from the
bank officers by sharp practice. ( j
j Ayer's Pills are purely ; vegetable per
fectly safe, do not gripe, and are a splendid
tonic. , 1 ,
. JSt-wton JEnta-prisc r ,
Sherrill, Sr.y died at his homp nl '8n
rill's Ford, on the 9tb instant tt. ' 8W
lastf the old.Sherrilis who liv,11
section; that connects us with tiJe eioi!? lhit
century (except oneB female Mr 10" k
Shem.Uwho ia now'82 years' of .Lk
son had his coffin made and hrou-ht V
some months ago. He had it S
out nail or screw. He had inscrihp lt
coffln, VOnce to live, once to d In?
me by." (We knew an excellent C J? laJ
Northampton eounty who had l. , o
prepared many years before be (lieaffia
a Statesville
Landmark';
OVA 1 .
oldest inhabitants
The
themselves concerning- this ...comtIiU
one .of them says this is the wettest
we have had since the winter and im; Son-
iwiw ,. Ar.. j.yre York is h-
a good deal discussed as Dr. MottCJ J1
date for Governor. Some of the Wal
ton correspondents of the North Car r R"
papers write as if it were as good as oPia
that Dr. Mptt has made up his mind m
mate him. jrMack Wallace, X'
Kennedy, colored, who cut - Dan Walla
colored, in the head with an axe one S
last fall, during the progress of a dance ;
a house on the southern limits of town T,
nearly killed him,' was picked up bv rt
police a few nighu ago, and is now safe
. - Oxford Torchlight: The proDer
and successful plan is to start in businl
in a small way. Here is an illustration
but there are thousands like it Tht
bright,: genial and gallant soldier Col
Charles Blacknall, (who was killed in thP
war), left three sons Oscar, Charles and
Williamwho, shortly after the close of i
the war, commenced, each upon his own I
hook, the manufacture "of plug tobacco '
Each year they have learned and grown '
and prospered in their separate enterprises
until their brands have become so popular
they cannot supply the demand for them
Recehtly,.weareglad.to learn they have"
clubbed together, consolidated their busi
nesses, and will run to its full capacity the
Capehart factory at Kittrell. We will 1
glad to- hear that their, cups of prosperity
have overflowed again. , .
New Berne Journal; Died, in
this city, yesterday morning, at twenty-five
minutes past 3 o'clock, s Miss Lucinda c
Clark, in the 67th year of her age.- -0n
Tuesday night last the barn and stables of
Mr. Amos Cox, of Pitt county, living within
seven miles of Greenville, were burned
with his entire stock of corn, forage and
farming utensils. -The Pamlico Enter-
priseyu&ds the following to our item con
cerning light-houses last week: "And the
said navigators complain justly. The
points mentioned should not longer be neg
lected ,,Let our members in Conaress rpt
Capt. Lupton's letter from Hog Island and !
'govern themselves accordingly.' But we i
think there is need for a light-house nearer i
New Berne, i where the Neuse makes 4 :
sharp elbow.j The reef from this point
projects out a quarter of a mile and"Uien s
drops off suddenly to deep water.
- Goldsboro Messenger: The Mes-
senger job office is to be supplied with a
first-class stereotyping outfit, which is to be j
shipped by the manufacturer on the 8th of i
ApriL The ; new code changes the i
time for the annual meeting of the magis-
trates for the laying of taxes and other
business from the first Monday in Aususi
to ' the first ! Monday in June. We s
learn from reliable so times that with tho
exception of one little boy, the entire fami
ly, together with the cook, of our good
friend Mr. John Murphey, of Snow Hill,
were poisoned nigh unto death by eating
poisoned biscuit at supper on Wednesday
night last. It seems that the poison known
as "rough on rats" by some means as yet
unknown, got into the flour and was cook
ed with it. Timely medical, aid when the
first symptoms of poisoning appeared,
saved all who had . partaken of the food,
and we are glad to be able to announce
that they are now doing well.
.: Raleigh News- Observer: The
warehouses along the line of the R. & G.
R. R. are being repainted. Shad.are
now-selling at $1.25 a pair. The to
tal receipts from September 1st to Thurs
day were 31,682 bales, against 44,479 to the
same date last year. - At the medical
department of the Shaw University, color
ed, - a tumor; weighing fifty-eight pounds
was taken from a colored woman on Fri
day, We see it stated that at Dan
ville, Va., a man has been arrested who
confesses that he killed two negroes, Sam
and Henry Clark, and wounded Lee Jones,
a United States officer. The account :
further says that the arrested man has pass
ed under the names of H. B. Ewing, John
Smith and Gideon Lamb; that he was once '
a fugitive from justice and came originally
from Wake county, N. C. On his person
was found a check for $1,100, payable to
H. B. Ewing. Standing on the steps
of the mansion of the Strawberry planta
tion in Pender county, one could formerly
see seven other residences, all of which
have passed away. The larger plantation
Bwallowed up the smaller ones. The same
has happened to some extent in every
county and in all the older neighborhoods. :
But since the4 war the reverse has taken
place. Many large plantations have been
cut up into small farms. The increase in
population demands this, and it is well.
1 Kaleigh JVetes- Observer: Mr. b. ; .
W. Sherwood, who is employed at the R.
& G. shops', Thursday evening cut off the
forefinger of his right hand, having caught
itin a machine. It was sewed together
and will be a good looking, though par- i
tially useless finger. Mr. Pat. Win
ston writes a characteristic letter to a gen
tleman of this city, in which he says: "The
Liberal nominee for Governor will be
either Price or York; if. a Republican, he
will be Russell or your humble servant,
who does not want it." Mr. Primrose
and Mr. Fries - returned yesterday from
W 11 min trtrm K'Vlia nitivftiid than oiiKcnrihpd '
$1,000 to the stock of the exposition: In
regard to the county subscription the com
missioners were requested to appropriate
the $500 which-they are allowed to do
wunous me concurrence 01 tne magistrates,
so that work might be begun at once, hut
it was agreed that when the Board of
magistrates meets this amount will be sup
plemented as tar as necessary, so mai
first-rate exhibit may be made." Private
exhibits will also be made from various
manufacturing concerns in and around"
Wilmington, including the Navassa Guano
Company, of the Messrs. Latimer, who
work up the long leaf pine straw into up
holstering matter, and make phosphate and :
cotton seed oil. v;
Charlotte Observer: Mrs. Mary j
Tinnn a trar fiQ vnora - faA of hnr hAmfi 1 11 --L
Paw Creesr township, on Thursday the 1
20th inst. - - Esquire Hilton takes the
belt as the champion rat killer. While L
AlaanttlM An AM 1 A . n.TK am ia -nmml-
ses last Thursday, he killed 127 rats. Two
colored men helped him Capt Doo-
ley's construction ! train on the Carolina
Central road mourns the loss of one of its
hands, a colored man' named John Gricr,
who was yesterday run over and killed.
Charles Christmas, colored, was yes
terday sent to jail by Eiquire Hilton on a
charge of trying to burn up a section of
the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusja Rail
road, at a point four miles from Charlotte.
The cross-ties at that point are of rich heart
pine and Christmas had gone along with
an axe . ana almost wrecKca me uai.-;-j
Engineer Cox, who was killed on the
Western North Carolina road last Saturday, :
had his life insured for $6,000 which will
go to his" heir. He was married about a
year ago, but finding his domestic relations
unhappy, he separated from his wife
and instituted proceedings for a di vorce, ;
Mr. Wm. Marshall, a prominent citi
zen of Berryhill township, this county,
died last Thursday, aged 69 years. -----Wm.':
Mack carried a doubled-barrelleu
shot gun that he had evidently loaded witfi
the view of committing a slaughter, tor
when be pulled the trigger on the first
bird, both barrels exploded, bursting the
gun "all tctflinders." as Mack, looking out
of one eye, dolefully expressed it. ie
powder burned his face, while . a piece oi
the flying iron struck him over the eye ana
lacerated it quite severely. At veV
late hour iast night, we learned of a homi
cide that occurred on the plantation of .air
Thomas Wilson, in Gaston county, yeswr
day afternoon. MrJWiJson had a difhcuity
with a negro man, whose name was
known to our informant,.' which ended i
the negro shooting Mr. Wilson througu
the heart, killing him instantly. ?
negro came to Mr. Wilson's plantation aou
being under the influence of liquor, acwu
in an in.nlti. " Aoorlin (rW OliellSlVC,
manner. Finally, Mr. Wilson ordered bim
Ts IPDvo whan ho liwnf n ruRlUl n"u
Mr. Wilson dead'
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