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-it. . The Weekly Star. . PUBLISHED AT . ' i L M I N O T O N, N. C, en 11K1B,' IN ADVANCE. TTiiiiiiisssiiiiiii " -i8SSS8SSS8S88SSS - SSSSSS888SSS883S - SoSSSo888888 1 88888888828888888 8SSSi282S8S888S8 : - :. m o o oooocsooo Z'i v ": CO io o- eo O r flC o c a 'i M ! C4 CO ID t- 00 OS O 00 1 fv the Post Office aCWUmtngton, N..C, i as Secona uiass maiier.i SUBSCRIPTIONS PRICE, I'iir' subscriGtion price of the Weekly s?v. is as follows : jHe Cony 1 year, postage paid, , ; $1.50 " 6 months, " " ; 1.00 i - " 3 months. " " - .50 pEVTH 0 jriO!JJ. P.. BEN JAMIS. The Southern people will regret to g(H the ' death announced of Judah p. lJciijamin; the Secretary of State !. r President Davis in the Smuh.- ,.n. r,.ii!' racv; r, ii!Vl racvi He WM .a' great . ...... ..r .....I..-....-. J com ;:-i-'iiV)-nt9 and - versatility of "nf . . ile.'-wa a -great ; lawyer, a -ii.iaiin speaker .-a statesman of ,iSf, ,- vrs.a it nial and many sided m -..'- lie ii:is h f t few equals. Of tli .N'-i-rsh.race,- luwn the first place at -' N-'v Orleans 1af, a high place in i Uiiftod. Stale- Schat;', the I,;, !.; i iisitioh in the Cabinet of '. J.-fi". : j ii i.ivi, atid the? front rank an!.-.1; j Hie British lawyers of the Vi-: ri;iii reign. We pappose he was i;u;- ;l':in seventy years of age. I tiAi-SOBt yOBRCOLOKS. . ! .We sunt'inler mueh of our space I to ) iv t- rt jroducing the opinions of It-ivliiic y.uihtrn; and Northern pa pers -A the '-treachery- ofeRandall and bis ' forty followers'. ' We do not remf in'.'or to have ever heard or read of a faelion in a great party delibe rately g"ing over to the enemy in the vi ry 'crisis of hattle. . It is most sluuii'fid and ignominious. A lead ing l.i-vy r' sent ns wor yesterday tbrongh lawyer of this city that all m ml f riandall came true. We i deserve no sort of credit for discern- nr the fell.nv last fall. " We bel th rt a -man' who will betray bis party oDcf viii tjeiiay it twice. Ve' .knew lb it in- had tlbne so once, and we be lie vet upon occasion he would do so again., rii.it y:i all there was in it. Rv.vl.dl in a Protectionist, and hia I Do:a -rae' is ls:it'a cloak .to conceal jus -juir.jxise.-i and to give him aoigne of :i;!v:nt!;tge in a.tigllt. . ' Ri'i.n'1 .vfifif i iie leading papers say, aii'l the i .vaieh the North Carolina press. Y tin" will possibly find soma Of !h-: hieldins Randall and blaming the large Democratic ma rity. .:'.'. , --,: ::; It ha.- coinb'.: to pass that a faction in t s;ive color and direction to the party, .m l by combining with the eit.'iiiv in completely overthrow the line .f i;Tun chosen by the great party, f this is to go on" then the Dumwr.uic. party would do well 1,6 dWan.i! . ;v'-; :-;;'-:'';;'..';:':; v Vi,7,; in-.j, oi, time Democrat. Hes.ii.1 ii. time now for a new party tii !f-,vunld have principles and maintain them. Another Democrat from the cminiry said the defeat of t!if -Tariff bill would .have a very bvl effect upon -the State election; tin! it would cjiise so many to re niain fnun tlie polls, they having no . confiih-iice if, the party and its rep resentative men. ' ; - '.-; W't.aiv for sending the right sort of a 'Vlt gation to Chicago and adopt ing t;. TSMen platform of 1876, w ith any Miiions that the-intervening fight years may render' necessary. .'But, in the language of Mr. fTilden himself "Comejvcal or come woe, we ''ill not lower our flag. ," We mean to stand liy the great fundamental prin ciples of the Democratic party. hat true Tax Reformers only, be sent to Chicago. ; We say unto the Dtsni.crats -watch? ' Your house is wore endangered by traitors within - than by foes without. Stand by your VrilH''i'ls! Ki,;k expediency into the ditch. . ' : LBT THE iflSTRICTS ELECT DELE GATES. The action- of the Executive Com mi Uee at M agnolia ought to give saustaction. The old custom of the cngresMonal Districts electing their own delegates to the National Con ation ought to be" adhered to un- 'esa there are th& 'most pressing rea- on8 for a change. Whenever there on foot a movement looking to "uical changes in old time honored 'istomsif you look closely you will i ' sPt to find a trap in itor some nltei rwr end not visible at a glance - ao not say that there was such a PUrpose in proposins thechansre, but e do say that the change ought not u nave been made. Leave the mat ler tfilh the people in their District "ventions. This is the age of n8urpatioirand consolidation. The People ought to have more to do tn selectins deleeates. A few men run the whole in a VOL. XV. chinery of the partyl Before con ventions assemble the few cut out the work, fix up ' resolutions i and se lect officers and . then put i them through in a hurrah. ' f . The people are at home. .The few that attend look on, wonder what it all means,, shout aye now - and; 'then and tho work is done. ! -H It is particularly important that in this year of grace 1884 the people the intelligent, honest, -conscientious, reflecting people, should gd to the conventions that nominate Rele gates both to Congressional, State and National Conventions, and sle that none but reliable men are f put on guard. We say that thiSiiB ; par ticularly important noto. Look at the betrayal of tho Democratic party by a portion of the Representatives sent to Washington. - i . No delegate ought to bo vsent to Chicago in July who is not -trustworthy and who wilt not stand Jby principles. . Send no man who is not a thorough-going, honest Tax Re former. If you do not see to it that only men of open and known records are chosen as delegates you' will bte misrepresented and the principles of the enemy will triumph and noi your own. One of Wilmington's old Horrors. The atrocious murder of little Willie Carter, white by David Martin and other colored boys, some twelve or fifteen years ago. is still fresh in the minds of mDy of our readers. It will be remembered that Dave : Martin, his older brother, Elijah, Willie Anderson and another boy fcnticed little Willie to a secluded spot on the banks cf Smith's Creek, a short distance to the northwest of the Tpresent railroad, jridge, brutally murdered him, cruelly ( mu tilated his' remains j and threw! them into the creek, where they were ; sub sequently removed by the authorities. The terrible event was brought back 'fresh in our own mind at the City Hall yesterday morning, when a colored woman, a relative of the Martins, made application to Chief of Police Brock for the framed portraits of the young desperadoes tiken at the time, one of which was deposited at the City Hall and J one at the Court' Ilouse. David Martin, it will ! be recollected, was tried, convicted and sentenced to bel hung. The morning of the day of his execution dawned and found all -the preparations ready to launch him into eternity and! into -the presence of that Being whose jaws he had ss outrageously violated, when'adocu- ern wncnt was received from Gov. Caldwell, an leve I nounninfr that his sentnnre had hep com muted to imprisonment for life. J Ie was afterwards taken to the penitentisvy, and the youth of twelve at that time would now be about twenty-five yeari jof. age. The woman told the Chief that news had- ust been received that Dave died in the penitentiary some months ago, injd hence the desire to secure the picture. ; She says that Elijah Martin, who was also! sent to the penitentiary some time subsequent to the incarceration of Dave, for sojnjie crime committed in one of the ad joining cjounties. (he having been acquitted in the Willie Carter case) was drowned while crossing some creek- in the western part of the State with some other convicts several years ago. - ..- A Runaway Vessel. The Savannah News of the 7 til fost. has the following: "The little schooner Annie Cnw,whieh put into this port Friday night . with; lum ber, from Wilmington, N. Ci, for, the pur pose, of discharging her too heavy deck load,' has got herself into very! serious trouble. . Having " no articles, hc( ! crew claimed and received their discharge and full pay upon a hearmg before! United States Commissioner James i Mi Ward. Early yesterday morning the captain pro cured a tug and started to sea with! the ves sel in tow, with the evident intention of beating his creditors here, having knade no previous settlement of his bills. His flight being discovered lust in time by one of the anxious creditors, the tug Maud was secured and started down the river in pursnit pf the fleeing skipper, overhauling him) just be fore reaching Tybee. 1 he captain was compelled to return to the city on. board the Maud, and the vessel was subsequently brought up to the wharye3, where she was tied up, and where she will remain until some satisfactory settlement ia i&ade, be sides having some informalities in) her pa pers adjusted. It seems that while the ship was reported bound for f ort-au-.Ffince, she was actually bound for Philadelphia. - The affair created considerable excitement early yesterday morning, and was the'subject of interest among shipping man generally throughout the day. ' What the final result of the captain's case will becannqt be fore stalled, but he has evidently goi himself and the vessel into a very unsatisfactory position." ! Upon inquiry here we learned! that the schooner Annie Collins left this port about the 1st of May. r She was never j regularly cleared. Seeing a report in the j Herald of the arrival of the schooner Amy CuUen, from. the Cape Fear. River fc Port-au-Prince, at Savannah, to discharge - part' of deck load, a Shipping firm here tglegraphed to know if the Amy CuUen and he Annie Collins were not onejand the satne'vessel, and they received an answer, dated May 6th, to the effect that the Anifte Collins arnved there two days before and put off deck load. The captain stated tfuat he was bound to Port-au-Prince, and jfinding his vessel overloaded he went in thefe to avoid the alternative of throwing over the cargo; said he -wasted funds and the parties agreed to advance on the usual guarantees, &e. The vessel being then in' custody of the TJ. S- marshal on a sailor case the par ties released her, and the captaik, instead of eoming in next day, tried to tin off. ; He was caught 1 and brought back. Every thing connected with, bis case, seems to have a decidedly crooked appearance, Bin a letter dated on the 7th the Savannah parties write that the case of I the Annie CoJUnSia the worst they ever heard of.. The captain has no license, registered articles, time book or documents of any kind,' and how the vessel has kept going even so long they cannot conceive. He has no log, made no report, noted no protests The vessel is now seized bv the customs officer, and will be subject fo heavy penalties. The captain (Cullen) was evidently trying to run away with his cargo. ; i j : Judge O. P. Meares has issued his proclamation for a special term of the Criminal Court, to commence On Monday, the 26th inst. , 1. H A New Enterprise corn and Hornlnr mills. , Mr. G. J. Boney is putting the machinery in position for corn and hominy mills on Nutt, between Mulberry and Walnut steeets, in the building formerly known as the old ice house, which is being put in thorough order, t There will be four . run of stones ior grinding corn meal,' one for hominy and one for grits, the machinery of the hominy mill consisting of four reels, two. section fans and one purifier.? There will. be con veyors and elevators for taking corn" from the sidewalks where it is deposited, weigh ing it," cleaning it and taking it to the mills by means of, an automatic arrangement. In other words, the -corn goes from the street under j the sidewalk and under the floor, thence to the third floor of the mill, where .!it is thrown into the scale hoppers and! weighed; it ! then goes back and is taken by another set of elevator buckets and ; thrown into - the screen for cleaning; it is then "spouted a?ain into another set of buckets and thrown into the mill hoppers;! then, after being ground into meal, the latter " is again conveyed up stairs and bolted, and then "spouted." to: the first fTborj where "ItTl sacked.' ' -". ' - The same routine is gone through with the hominy, except that the latter is thrown into distinct J hoppers designed especially for this product, of the grain, where it is reduced to what is known as "big homi-; ny ;" and, after being thoroughly cleansed, it is conveyed to the grist mill, where it is ground into the proper consistency for grits; it is then taken with the reels, the va rious separations made, and the bran, meal, chops, etc., taken out; after which it goes through the fans and purifiers- - It is expected that the mills will be in op eration in about ten or twelve days. The machinery will be . driven by .a 75 horse power automatic cut off engine. The de: sign, we understand, is to run slbwspeed, having reference more to the quality than the quantity of meal, etc., manufactured. The machinery is all of North Carolina manufacture, being from the North Caro- ina Mill Stone Company, Carthage, Moore county. f mM m .. Death from an Overdose oi Laudanum. Mr. William . Frost, " mentioned in our last as suffering from an overdose of laud anum, died at bis residence,- eua south Fifth street, Wednesday night, about 12 o'clock. It seems that he had been in the habit of taking laudanum in small doses and the fact of his buying a two ounce phial of the poisonous drug on Wednesday morning occasioned no alurm to his family. Soon afterwards, however, he was found i to be in a stupor with the empty bottle clutched in one hand, and although two or three physicians did all that medical skill could accomplish towards effecting his; re storation, their efforts proved ail in vain.' Deceased was about 40 years old and leaves a wife and two children. i - - - . j m m m . The schooner & B. Wheeler, Capt. God frey, arrived here yesterday after a long and eventful passage, Capt Godfrey re ports': Left Boston March 25th, bound to hiiadelphia. On the 29th ult while off Fire Island, ' encountered a heavy squall from the northwest, which increased to a furious gale", lasting three days and nights, during which time lost fore-gall and centre board and sustained other slight damage, was obliged to scud the vessel for three days. On the night of April 2d took an other heavy gale, which was attended with squalls of hurricane force; the wind being west-north west, was obliged to scud the vessel before jit for four days, under bare poles, the vessel being light; after which time had fresh west and northwest winds; was obliged to stand to the southward for moderate weather, and was blown to the eastward, and then to the southward, and, celling short lof nrovisions shaced course towards St. Thomas, sighting the island of Virgin Gordoi but met the' schooner Cum berland, Captj Webber, of Portland, who kindly furnish Capt.. Godfrey witn the ne cessary provisions. Then shaped course for Wilmington, N. C, where they ar rived on the 8th. .. Thievery lni the Country. We learn that quite a number of cabbages were stolen from the truck garden of Mr. J. M. Hardwick, near this ,city, on Sunday night last. Parlies set for the thieves on Thursday night, and but for the failure of a cap to pop Coroner'Jacobs would proba bly have had a case yesterday. One en tered the field and two or more confede rates were discovered in the adjoining woods while the more venturesome one was being pursued from the premises. y;- Third Congressional District Execu tive Committee meeting at magno lia Dr. W. T. Ennett. Editor Review: As a visitor, a "looker- on in Vienna," I would like to; say a few words about the recent meeting, at Magno lia, of the Democratic Executive com mittee of the Third Congressional dis trict. , ' f '': I approve, heartily approve, of all that was done. The meeting was harmonious and its i action wise. Especially do I en dorse the refusal of the committee to accept the suggestions of the State Committee touching the' manner of appointing dele gates to the National Convention, i ae old plan tne uemocraue pian oi Keeping . : . , . i : power as near as possiDie to me peopie was best;, and that plan our friends of the Third District will follow. ' I trust and be lieve the other districts will - imitate the example of the Magnolia meeting. I also cordially endorse Uaptams J. a. omun ana K. J. Braddr lor Chairman ana Deere tary. No better selections could nave been made. I -' - - - . . . The remarks before the ' Committee of that staunch-Democrat and man of brains and influence, Mr. Matt. Moore, of Duplin, who seconded Mr. N. A. Btedman's re marks on the resolutions, were sensible, proper, to the point, and deserve the thanks of all Democrats. To the same extent may the conduct of Sheriff Alf. Paddison, of Pender, be commended. -'-In fact, all the Committee and speakers acted well and wiselv. i But I do not think that the report of the meetins as published in the stab did ius tice to Dr. W.--T. Ennett. No blame, only an oversight can be imputed to the Secre tary.- The report was true and correct; but did not go quite far enougn. Dr. W. T. Ennett. though he did not wish to be Chairman of the Committee.had a verv strong following for that position It was at the request of Capt. Smith's very active friend, Mr. N. A. Btedman, jr. that Dr. Ennett forced his friends not to Busiest bis name for permanent chairman. The Doctor ; called the meeting to order, at request; asked Capt. Kenan to preside, and himself (Ur. juroett) movea to elect capt. Smith permanent chairman of the commit tee, which was unanimously done, and the whole meeting was very harmonious. But the unanimity and harmony were largely due to Dr. Ennett, who cooperated unset flshlvand patriotically with Capt. Smith's nrnnounedd friend, Mr. Stedman. In fact, I heard Mri N. A. Stedman, Jr., -say that ha went to ' that meeting - Dr. - Ennett s f riond hut i left it both his friend and ad mirer. These sentiments were echoed by all. I ask the Stab to copy this. Looker Ohy T Hi Pj t I WILMINGTON, N; C, JZAIJLROAD MATTERS. ; v Annual meetins of Uk Stockholders of the Carolina Central Railroad Company. "..'...;.-.-,..,;.- The annual meeting of the stockholders of th Carolina Central Railroad .t Company was held at the office of the Compaay iQ this city yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. - The old Board of Directors were-re-elec- ted, as follows: R. S. Tucker, J. L. Minis, W. W. . Chamberlain, Jno. C. Winder, Severn ' Eyre, . R. C. Hoffman - D. W. Oates, M. P. Leak. -James S. Whedbee, Chas. M. Stedman, Jno. M. Robinson. Jno. M. Robinson, Esq., was re elected President. The result for the year was not altogether what might have Jjeen hoped for, there having been a falling off in gross earnings of a little over f 41,000, as compared with the previous year; but this is fully ex plained by the fact of the crops on the line of the road being exceptionally short as compared with more plentiful years. The President reported that the Compa ny s. gross revenue was foao,vo.i7r ana -4he-xpendHarBSf490,977.50,"leaving ,a balance of $64,297.87. , But notwithstand ing the falling off in gross earnings the management deemed it best, in view of the complete restored "credit of the company, to continue those necessary ' improvements and repairs and betterments which had been marked out. at the beginning of the yearj to insure safety to life and efficiency in operating the road. ". The betterments, win be continued cau tiously during , the coming year, as the revenue of the company will permit, as it is the aim of the management to place thel road in a high stale of efficiency. We 'understand that over 2,000 tons of steel rails have been contracted for and are expected early in June. Maj. R. S. Tucker was present and par ticipated in the deliberations of the stock holders. No change in officers. Wehave heretofore alluded, on two or three occasions, to the grave apprehensions entertained for the fate of the schooner Mary E. Feinerick, Capt Williams, bound from New York to Jacksonville, Florida Theihterest felt in her fate here was princ?. pally due to the fact that it was known that Capt Williams had his wife with him for merly Miss Louise Moore, step-daughter of Mr. Robert Scarborough, of this city, and a very estimable lady. Yesterday Mrs. Scar borough, whose last hope of ever seeing her beloved daughter again had about van ished, was electrified by the recep tion of a letter with a foreign post mark, which upon being opened, was 'found to be from the one she Tiad mourned as lost. Of course there was great rejoicing over the glad tidings, and the letter was de voured with an eagerness only equalled by the interest centered in every word and line of its contents. It was dated at Port-au- Spain, Trinidad, and Mrs. Williams com menced by alluding to the fact that she was twenty-four hundred miles from home. She say 8, ia substance: After coming out of Sandy Hook had fine weather up to 1Q o'clock that night, when the wind com menced to blow a hnrricane from the north west During the gale the vessel lost all her sails, and made Bermudajust intimeto keep off the rocks. As tho vessel was leak ing badly a signal of distress was hoisted, with the hope that assistance would be sent, but it was too rough, and so they continued on their course until Monday, when they sighted a vessel and the signal was again hoisted, but no notice was taken of it In the meantime those on tho ill-fated vessel had all their effects packed and ready for removal. Tuesday, about the dinner hour, they sighted a schooner and again put up the signal; this time with the desired re sult. When the schooner came up Mrs. Williams was asked to go np on deck, as the stranger would be likely to do more for them if they "saw a woman on board. The vessel passed by and put a boat out Mrs. Williaaas, who says she was not frightened much, being . re assured by her .husband, went out to the rail and is told to be ready when the boat ' . ' rii 1. i J i t came up on a sea. one ueiu uersen readiness, and at the proper moment jumped into the boat without much diffi culty, although the sea was exceedingly rough, and the men were running great risk. The Femeriek's boat had been smashed to pieces during the gale. The rescuing boat had about a mile to go be fore reaching the vessel, and Mrs. W. de scribes the sea as being fearfully high, the beat being at one time borne aloft on the crest of a wave and then at another hidden in the trough .of two mighty seas, which threatened every moment to engulf her. She made two trips, the rescued persons saving all their clothing. The vessel which so . opportunely made her appearance proved to be the schooner Martinique, Captain Lowell, which left ."this port for - Laguna, Mexico, on the 17th of December last,' being ' cleared by the Messrs. K G. Barker & Co., and it is a little singular that Capt Loweir passed nart of the time he was in this port at the residence of Mr. Scarborough, little know intr then that he was so soon to rescue his o . ; - 7 - daughter from such imminent peril."' Mrs. Williams recites a narrow escape that befell her husband. When the boat was smashed he was standing with his back to it, bis hands on the house, when the sea came over and threw him entirely over the house and upon the after hatch, but fortunately he received no damage.. ; The letter to Mrs, Scarborough was dated April 24th, and Mrs. Williams said it would be four weeks the next day since the Mmerick left New York. During three weeks and two days of the time they saw no land. The rescued party were treated very kindly by Capt Lowell and his men. At the time of writing Mrs. W. had not been ashore and did not know whether the American Consul would send-them home bv steamer or not. The Femeriek no doubt proved a total loss. Mr. and Mrs. Scarboro' received many hearty congratulations yesterday on the reception of such good news. ' Foreign Exports. The Norwegian barque Tefens, - Capt, Marcussen, was cleared from this port yes terday for Bristol, England, with 3,997 barrels of rosin, valued at $4,969; also the schooner IT. C. Moseley, Capt. Rumill, for for Gonaives, Hay ti, by Messrs. Northrop & Cumminswith 176,861 feet lumber and 110,000 shingles, valued at $8,727.87. ; FRIDAY, MAY; 16, 1884. FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION. Committees of Conference on the Pleuro-Pneumonla. and FItz John Porter Bills mexican War Pensions -The Shipping Bill Taken Cp-Bflls Reported from Home Committees Appropriation for the -World's In dustrial Exposition. . , By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' , i 1 SENATE. - Washingtoh.' Mav 8. The ihair laid before the Senate a House message an nouncing non-conenrrence -in the Senate amendments to the Pleuro Pneumonia ,bilU; On motion of Mr. Miller, of N. Y.. the Senate insisted on its amendments, and the chair appointed as the committee of Conf ference, on the part of the Senate, Messrs.' Miller, of N. Y., Plumb and Williams. - 1 lhe chair also laid before tho Senate a House message announcing non-concurj rence in: the Senate ; amendments to the Fitz John Porter bill.- : ? . I On motion of Mr; Se well,: the Senate 'inf Istcd on its amendments, and the chair apt pointed as the committee of Conference on the part of the Senate, Messrs. Sewell, Loj gan and .CockrelL. 4 Ki;"5:C4 '-c'f -v.v!H- Mr. Logan asked to be excused from acting on the committee. He said it was well known that : he was opposed to any rwciheeheJUaf-p named in the bill, and ho therefore did not think himself the proper person to be on the committee. . - : '. : ". ' The President of the Senate stated that it was the custom to place on such a committee some member who voted with the minority on the passage of the bill forming the sub! ect ot the conference. i Mr. Logan said he could not and would not serve. He was accordingly excused ; and Mr; nawley was appointed in his place, . ' . '-. j Mr. Alitchetl, from tne committee on Pensions, reported favorably, with an amendment, House bill granting pensions to soldiers of the Mexican war. it was placed on the calendar, and bills heretofore ntroduced in tne senate tor tne same oo- ject were indefinitely postponed. ; The amendment provides that no such officer enlisted man or widow shall be entitled to the benefits of the act unless dependent in whole or in part upon his or her own labor; or assistance from others for support. The ; Shipping bill was then taken up. After Speeches by Mr. Morgan and Mr. Coke a vote was taken upon Mr. McPherh son's amendment cutting off the compensa tion for return trips for ships that may take out U. S. mails. The amendment was rej ected ayes 17, noes 81. ! After further debate Mr. ; Vest's amendi- ment, reducing the fees of shipping com missioners and requiring the commissioners to account to the Secretary of the Tresuryi was agreed to. - - i j Mr. Mcrherson movel to strike out the section providing for foreign mail pay, and on that Called the yeas and nays. The motion was not agreed to yeas 7, noes 44; This completed the consideration of the bill in committee of thev Whole. . I On motion of Mr. Frye the House bill was then taken from the table- and with but slight debate amended to correspond with the Senate bill just agreed to in com mittee, l , Mr. Morgan then reoffered the amend ment be had withdrawn, admitting foreign built ships to - American registry under a duty of thirty per cent ad valorem. This was disagreed to, by a vote of veas 1U, nays 84. . - : v.- . . ' .;' The House bill as amended was then passed without division or debate, and Mr. Frye moved at once for the appointment of a committee of conference on the disagree ing votes of the House. , j Mr. Harris raised the point of order mat this was not in accordance with parliament ary usage. - " -'4 The Chair overruled the point ot order, saying that it was in accordance with the principles and usages of parliamentary law, aimougu instances were rare wnere tne House asked for such committee at this stage. ' llr.. iaJi appoftiett from tbe: .decision oi the Chair. Mr. Frye said herhad known it to be done twenty times in the House. ) Mr. jrrre insisted that a cispgreement within the meaning of parliamen tary rule arose when the Senate refused to agree to the House bill and amended it; but he would let the matter go over till morning, and consider what was best to be done. He might ask unanimous consent for a call of the yeas and nays on the bill in the morning. .. t The Senate tnen. at B.iu ociock. ad journed. .. ' -; "T - j senator irrye s purpose in request a conference upon the Shipping bill before it goes back to the House for concurrence in the Senate amendments, is? to secure for it when it reaches that body a privilege which conference committee report al ways has of immediate consideration. He believes that in the present condition of the business of the House; if the measure goes there in the usual way, its enemies may send it to tne committee or tne wnoie, where it would be buried under a mass of matter already pending there. Although the bill has been passed by the Senate, it is Bot released from that body until Mr, Frve's motion for a committee of confe rence is disposed of. - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. On motion of Mr.Dorsheimer, of N. Y. the Senate joint resolution passed in regard to the ceremonies to be authorized in the completion of the Washington monument;. Mr. Jiucfener, or mo., irom tne commit tee on Banking and Currency, reported a bill to enable National Banking associa tions to increase their capital stock and to change their location and name. Placed on House calendar.- ; : ' i Mr. Clardy, of Mo., from the committee on Commerce, reported a bill authorizing the appointment of a Missouri River Com mission.: Referred to committee of the Whole. - Mr. Dargan.of S. C, from the committee on Patents, reported a bill providing for the revision, improvement and amendment of the laws relating to patents, lielerred to committee of the Whole. ' . j Then arose a contest between the varl- ous speakers ior supremacy, mr. diock loger of Ind.; pressing consideration of the bill for the erection of public mnidings; oar. Singleton, of Miss., urging -the Congres sional Labrarv bill: Mr. Ellis Of La., de- sirine a discussion of the New Orleans Industrial Exposition bed; Mr. Randall ex pressing the anxiety or tne Appropriation committee, for a disposal of the appropria tion bills: and' Mr. Pavson. of 111., de manding consideration of unfinished busi ness. ' Mr. Payson's demand, was not acceded to. and Mr. "Holman. of Ind., moved to go into committee of the Whole on the Ap propriation biils. This was lost 68 to 98. Mr. Holman. in the interest of the pub lie business called for the veas . and nays, but Mr. Randall declared-that a roll call would not be in the interest of the public business, and the yeas and nays were not ordered. - ;.: " The House declined to consider the Li brary or Public Building bills, and then at 1235 went into committee of tne wnoie Mr. Dorsheimer in the chair, on the state of the Union. - ? t On motion of Mr. Ellis all ! prior bills were set aside, and the committee proceed edtothe consideration of the bill appro nnatinc: $1,000,060 for the celebration of the World's Industrial and Cotton Centen nial Exposition at New Orleans. - Mr. Ellis briefly explained the provisions of the liill and pointed out the safeguards which had been established for the return of the money to the United States out of the receipts. -The exposition promised to be more broadly national and international in its character even than the great exposi tion of 1876, at Philadelphia. Already every one of the States was taking steps to take part- in the exhibition, and twenty foreien nations Lad signified their mten tion to be renresented. Mr. Kell v. of Pa. . said that he was heart ilvin favor of the Government aiding this exposition, without scrutinizing too closely the nossibilitv of encountering direct finan cial loss. An exposition such as was to .be held at New Orleans, at wnicn me worm would assemble, . an A in which convention the American people would be an active and Star. predominant element, would pay the peo ple an hundred for every dollar which would ue lost, u uie govern mem snou id not be renaid a sin trio rent TTa vicVmri finA onmui to the New Orlensa Exposition. Mr." Ellis went on to say that in the assemblage of (States not a star would be missed from tha flag. All sections minelinz together, the people would be brought face to face with each other, and the seal of reconciliation would be set upon a-renewed Union. Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, was hear til v in sympathy : with . the action, as it would bring every part of the country into juxta position ; baud to hand and heart to heart. Mr. Young, of Tenn..- favored the nroo- osHion as being of benefit to the agricultu ral and business interests of the country; and Mr. Sumner, of Cal., in the name of the people of his State, gave it bis support. Mr. Potter, of N. Y.. could find in the constitution no warrant for this measures f it were a necessity to erant $1,000,000 in violation of the constitution as a recnncili. atory fund, let the purpose be avowed, and, not disguised under such a subterfuge as this. - ' '' . . - : ' : . - Debate having? been limited to half an hour.- Mr.iHolman, of Ind., j briefly op posed the bill and expressed surprise at the haste which was manifested to loan $1,000, 000 to a corporation. - - This exposition was not similar to the one held in Philadel phia; for the latter was national in its fltlflnttA, Anil toBlimOft fsi nAran. nnmutr. A event Hev argued agaiosf the constitutional power of Congress to ap propriate money from th.e public treasury" n the way of a loan to a private corpora tion, and expressed the hope that the Dem ocratic House would not enter upon that bad system of class legislation. Mr. iiunt of La., said that ; the countrv was in favor of this exposition; he called the attention of the gentleman from In diana (Holman) to the fact' While economy-was comprehensive,-frugality a virtue," pttiaimuujr waa au CAuessLVO unu penurious frugality and a vice. He answered the constitutional objections raised against the measure and quoted precedents in support of his views.. ; ''';' ' i bit. Shaw, of 111., Opposed the bill and sarcastically suggested that: the United States Treasury should be placed upon a chartered car attached to '-Barnum's circus train, and exhibited throughout the coun try. .:- I:- ...v--:, -I : Mr. McCord, of la., supported the bill. and thought - that New Orleans was the propei ; place at . which the exposition should be held ; regarding that city as. the great commercial port of the future. Mr. York, of JN.C, offered an amend ment appropriating $500,000 for the benefit of the North Carolina State -Fair. Ruled. out on a point of order. j On motion of Mr. Hiscocki of N. Y.. an amendment was adopted providing that the sum appropriated shall only be paid on the treasurer of the united states being satisfied that $500,000 has been contributed by the World s Industrial and Cotton Exposition. l ne committee then rose and the , bill was passed yeas 132, nays 87. :y- - The Indian Appropriation BUI De bated in the . Senate Pension mat ters and the Private Calendar Under Consideration In the House. SENATE. Washingtoh, May 9. On the reading of the journal Mr. Beck thought the entry re lating to Mr. i Frye's motion of yesterday, calling -for a committee of conference, ought to have shown that it was a call for committee of conference on the disa greeing votes of the two Houses." ine Chair said the entry, as it stood, was in accord with the practice of the Senate. and after a short discussion the journal was approved. - - ..... On motion of Mr. Dawes the Indian Ap propriation bill was taken up. Mr. Dawes, however, gave way for the time, in order to make some remarks in favor of his bill for the establishment of a j University of Original Research, including medicine,as a partpf the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. lilair interposed to give notice that on Monday next be would move , to take up the bill to establish a Bureau of Labor Statistics. ' . , - Mr. Call then addressed the Senate. At 2 o'clock The chair. laid before the- Senate the pending appeal of Mr. Beck from the decision of the chair regarding the motion of Mr. Frye for a conference committee on the Shipping bill. - Mr. Harris said that Mr. Frye was neces sarily absent from the city and had ex pressed the wish that the matter might go over till Monday. The matter went over, accordingly. - The Senate then took up the Indian Ap propriation bill, and Mr. Dawes briefly re capitulated its provisions. ! The estimates for the year, he said, had been $8,466, 809.81. The amount of the bill ss it came from the House had been $5,456,389:31. The amendment proposed by the Senate in creased the amount by $757,413.66, making the total amount reported to' the Senate for Indian service for the coming year $6,213, 802.91. Thsa amount exceeds the Indian bill of last year by $840,147; the chief -ele ment of which increase, Mr. Dawes said, was the amount for Indian schools. ',-.- The bill was considered by sections and considerable 'progress made without de bate, except upon the appropriation for education in Alaska. . The Senate commit tee had reduced the amount from $15,000, allowed by the House, to $1,000. Mr. Uawes said he diiiered witn tne committee as to, the propriety of the reduc tion. ,. -. . ; Mr. Hawlev moved to make the amount f25.000. Pending debate on the amend ment the Senate at 5. 45 p. m. went into executive session and when the doors were reonened adiourned' until 2 o'clock to morrow. ; About 1 o'clock Senators will proceed in a body to attend the unveiling of the Mar shall Memorial tatue. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The bill coming over from last Friday. granting an additional pension to the widow of Gen. Francis P. Blair, was It grants her $5,000 for her hus band's services in organizing troops, and increases her pension SOU a month The House at 18 o ciock, on motion oi Mr. McMillan, of Tenn.. went into com mittee of the Whole, Mr. Cox, - of N. Y in the chair, on the private calendar. ; The first two bills on the calendar were considered and discussed together. The first, appropriating $6,000 for the relief of Willis N. Arnold, of Henderson, Tenn, was reported favorably by-the committee on War claims; the second, for the relief of Hiram Johnson and 46 other persons, of the same place, was reported adversely. Both these-claims have been pending in Congress for many years, and grew, out of the rebel raicron Henderson in JNOvemoer, 1862. Property to the value df $26,757 was destroyed, of which $18,171 belonged to loval citizens;- S3. 500 to: the Mobile Ohio R. R., and $5,080 to the - United States. On account of these depredations an assessment was made on the disloyal.citi zens of the place and the money was turned over to the provost marshal. Of the amount so assessed $9,606 was paid Over, to Al- dndge and Patterson, two of tne sunerers from the raid, and the remainder carried into the Treasury. Willis N. Arnold claims to-ihave been a loval citizen and suffered the loss of $8,000. while Hiram Johnson, et al. were disloval citizens, on whom the assessment was made, and who now claim that the sum remaining in the Treasury should be divided among them pro rata. The debate to6k 'up. nearly the whole of the day, the supporters of the Johnson bill asserting mat jju. .ajnoiu uiu not suner the loss which he complains of; that dis loyal citizens of Henderson were in no way responsible forthe raid, ana mat tne govern ment had no right to take money from the Dockets of one man to reinrourse anotner. The committee finally substituted the Johnson bill for the Arnold bill, and re ported its recommendation to the House, but there was no further action. - : On motion of Mr. Hammond, of Ga., it was ordered that whan the House ad iourned to day it be until Monday morn ing next, and the Speaker requested the members to assemble in the House in order to attend in a body the unveiling of the statue of Chief Justice Marshall The Sneaker laid before the House a com munication from the Secretary of War, re commending an additional ' amount . of $100,000 foe the relief of the sufferers by NO. 29 the floods in the lower Mississippi valley. Referred. , r The House then took a recess until 8 o'clock, the evening session to bo for the consideration of the Pension bill. - SENATE. f a Washington, May 10. The chair ap pointed as visitors to the next annual ex amination at the Naval Academy, Senators Millerr of California, and Pendleton. - v j Mr. Logan, from the committee on the Judiciary, submitted a report on the reso lution heretofore referred to that commit tee relating to Paul Strobach. lhe senate then proceeded to the consid eration of bills on the calendar, and on mo-i tion of Mr. ; Ulaif took up the pension -cases,.-- - -: : '. - - ,;-v--; At a few minutes before 1 o'clock Dro- ceedings were suspended in order to permit me attendance of senators to the nn veiling of the statue of Chief Justice Marshall.- Within a few minutes of 3 o'clock, "on the return of the Senators to the chamber. the Senate, without transacting any further business, adjourned. : ; ; CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL, Ceremonies of Unveiling the Statue members of she marshall Family and many DHtlnguIahed . People Present. ". - " - . fBy Telegraph to the Monriw Star.l . ;? t WAsurnpTON, May 10. At a quarter be fore 1 o'clock the occupants of the platform Degan w arrive, ana were conducted to seats assigned them. . There were uDon the central platform Chief Justice Waite, Geo w. JJiaaie, Charles C. Binnv. Wavne Mc Veigh, Wm. W. Willbank, and Wm. Hen ry Kawle, of Philadelphia. Trustees of the Marshall Memorial Association; Rev. Dr. Armstrong, of Kichmond, rector of, the church of which Judge Marshall was an attendant: Senators Sherman. Voorhees and Hoar, and Representative Singleton, of the Joint committee on Library, and Libra rian Spofford. ; Immediately in front were, seated tho President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. To their left sat the members of the Cabi net, and the first row of chairs behind were occupied by Associate Justices of the supreme court, in their -judicial robes. Members of the two Houses of Congress, ladies and distinguished people from a dis tance nneo tne remaining space. The latest arrivals were members of the Mar Shall '- family : i Col. and Mrs. Frank G. Ruffin, Richmond; Mrs. Susan C. Wade and Miss Wade Richmond; Mrs. El len H. Barton, Richmond; Mr. F. Lewis Marshall. Orange Court House; Mrs. A. G. Taliaferro, Raoidan. -Va.-. Col. and Mrs. H. P.- Jones, Taylorsville; Col. and Mrs. Elliot M. Braxten.Fredcricks burg; J. Marshall Jones, M. D.. Alexandria; M. filarshall, M. D.. Markham: J. S. Marshall, Jr., Edward C. Marshall, Wm.' C. Marshall, Jno. Marshall, Mrs. Edward V. Marshall and Mrs. Mary L. Marshall. all of Markham. All these are grand children of the Chief Justice. Of ithe. great-grand-children there were between fifteen and twenty, and many other col lateral descendants. . A similarity in fea tures, especially of the elder grand children 6f Chief Justice Marshall who were present to the face, of the Chief Justice when unveiled, was widely remarked. lhe Marine liana was in attendance and began the ceremonies by Sousa's "Jurist's March." Prayer was offered by Dr. Arm strong. He invoked a blessing upon the nation ; the government in all its depart ments, executive, legislative and'judicial, and divine guidance upon the framers and executors of its laws. He gave thanks for the blessings enjoyed by the people; for the great of the land, poets, orators, states men, warriors and legislators, whether from north or south, east or west, who had contributed in securing to us our present national union, and especially for the life ef him whose statue was now to be un veiled, and whose memory the nation would preserve in perpetuity. He asked that his example might influence personal and ju dicial purity in the coming ages. p After the rendering ot the Mosaic from Lohengrin, by the band, the Chief Justice delivered his address. '. ' -. At the moment of imra4wg -Tfs-rari..ri;.fl sentence. "I ask you to look upon what is hereafter to represent at the seat of govern ment the reverence of Congress 'and the bar of the United States for John Marshall, the expounder of the constitution," the Chief Justice turned, and at a wave of his hand the ropes which kept the canvas veils in their places were cut, the veils fluttered to the ground, and the features and form pf the statue were greeted by the clapping of hands by the spectators and an outburst oi music bvthe band. j Judge Rawles, of Philadelphia, the ora tor of the day, then delivered a biographical eulogy of Justice Marshall. The ceremonies closed with the benedic tion and the rendering of "Angels at Peace" by the band. ' CROP REPORTS. ' The Wheat Area, Condition and Pros pectsCotton Planting Delayed by Cold Weather in April. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, May 10. Returns of the Department of Agriculture for May make the wheat prospect nearly as favorable as in April. Then, the general average was within 5 per cent of the standard of full Condition. The May average is 94; it was 83i in 1883. Barring the changes : of the future, the winter wheat product is about 50 million bushels. The temperature of April has been lower than usual, and low lying lands have been saturated with mois ture, retarding the growth; but well drain ed : wheat soils are nearly everywhere jn vigorous and healthy growth. Reports Of injury by ny have been received, but the aggregate loss from insect ravages will be trivial. The winter wheat of New Eng land is scarcely an appreciable' quantity; its condition is quite uniformly high. The Middle and Southern States make averages ranging from 95 to 100. Ohio makes a less favorable showing, with little difference in the States on the north side of the river. The States of large production make the fol lowing averages 100 representing not an average condition, but a full stand of heal thy plants of medium growth: New York 97, Pennsylvania 98, Kentucky 99, Ohio 85, Michigan bo, Indiana bo, Illinois 87, Mis souri 94, Kansas 103, California 95. The seeding of spring wheat is nearly finished in Minnesota, it nas oeen delayed ny neavy rains and low temperature in Dakota and is not yet completed. . Returns of the area will be made on the first of June. Spring plow ing is a little delayed by low temperature and excessive moisture in undrained soils and tenacious soils. For the entire country it is two-thirds completed. In an average year 73 to 75 per cent should . be done on the 1st of Mav. " I The progress of cotton planting has been 'delayed every where by the low tempera ture in April. In some of the Virginia counties none was planted on the 1st of May, and very" little in several of the coun- . --. .1 i . - mi - ues oi -JMOnn Carolina, xiie proportion planted May 1st of the proposed area, is reported as follows: North Carolina 45 per cent, South Carolina 60. Georgia 68,' Florida 95, Alabama 75, Mississippi 76, Louisiana 77. Texas 80. Arkansas 70. Ten nesaee 52. The acreage will be reported pn June 1st j SO UTHERN BAPTISTS. The Baltimore Convention Election of Omeers, Address, See. By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar.l Baltimore. May lO.f-In the Southern Baptist Convention this morning.f J.,C. C. Black,, of Ga., reported nominations for officers, and the board of managers of a or ieign and Home Missions. ' Officers of both boards were reelected.- except a very few, A resolution commending the school enter prise at Saltillo was adopted, after an. ad dress from Rev. W. D. Powell, missionary at that place. Rev. E. F. Baldwin,' of N. C, spoke with reference to establishing missions in ltobilvea. province of Algeria, "where he had recently baptized a Scotch Presbyterian missionary. " ' The time and place for the next conven tion was fixed at Augusta, Ga., Wednes day before the second Sunday . in May, 1885. . ' ' - ' Spmts:; Rockingham Spirit : Jack Wall, colored, better known as "Fool. Jack," was -shot on Friday of last week, and slightly wounded by a white man named Jarman. ? . Beih JFarrhirxinMeeMnie. William Peace, a graduate of 1800. ami founder of Peace Institute, is to have a me morial tablet in Memorial Hall at the Uni versity, , Harper's Weekly contains a portrait of Bishop Watson. It: resembles Judge Ruffin in shape of head, neck, and general contour. . Gen. R. B. Vance has been called to preside over the House of Representatives, when to -committee, of. the Whole, for several days recently. - f Clayton Bud; The commence- ' ment exercises of the Morrisville Collegiate : Institute will begin May 14th and close on the evening of the 15th. Address before ,the Eureka Literary : Society will be deliv- ered by Prof, W. L. Poteat, of Wake For-" est College. Annual- commencement Ad-f dress by Major Robert Bingham, of Bing ham's School, Thursday, May 15th. At night the annual concert and presentation . of medals. : - - a,--' - ,. , ,-, i, -.; ' Salem Press .-We had the pleasure of shaking the hand of Lieut! H. . R Lemly, U. S. A., late of the Military Academy, atBogata, South America, where :, he was Superintendent. - Latterly he was stationed in Florida. - He left here with hia family on Monday, for Washington City, where he will meet "his brother, Lieut, Samuel C. Lemly, U. 8. N., who will start -with the Greely relief expedition about .' May 1st! : Lieut H. R. Lemly will be sta tioned at Fortress Monroe- for year or more. -' K-V.-;-:. -. - -; ':'l-.":;,-.' ' Statesville : Xandmark comes' out strongly in favor of ex-Lieut. Gov. R. -F. Armfield for Congress in the Seventh " District, It, however, names the following as likely to be voted for in the Democratic I ' Convention : In Catawba,- Col. M, L. Mcv? Corkle, Mai. S. M. Finger and Capt R.-R.: Davisj ia-Iredelki EUMJi F. Armfteld,:' ; Hon. W,-4T. - Jiobbins, and "Mr. J. " Connelly; in Davie, Mr. J. A. Wllliamaoa ; in Rowan,-Mr.- Kerr Craige; in Davidson, " ; Capt Fi O. Robbins and Mr. M. H. Fin-: nix;.in Randolph, Mr. M. 8. Robins, j ' " - Elizabeth pity Ikonomist: The ;i sale of the lands called the Park Estate, a . body of 28,000 acres of swamp and forests lands in Pasquotank county, was sold by Marshal J. B. Hill -at the court house in ' Elizabeth City on Monday, for $13,375, to Timothy Ely; of Philadelphia. We under stand that the eastern balf of the estate and 1,300 acres of the western half was taken of them! by their paying $3,000. to Mr. Davis, of . Pennsylvania. We hear that Mr. Ely intends' enclosing with a wire, fence and making a cattle ranche of his half. .;U .. . j- v ' Raleigh News- Observer: Rain -is greatly needed in this section. The crops are again beginning to suffer. In - Salem O, H. Fogle was elected Mayor and the following gentlemen elected Commis-1 sioners:j J. W. Fries, J. G. Sides, Thomas Spaughj L. A. Brietz, C S. Hauser, H. 8. Crist, N. T. Shore.- Morganton elec ted a ticket composed entirely of straight out Democrats. J. F. Battle is the new Mayor and Messrs. John A Dickson, J. J. Davis, S. T. Pearson, S. D. Dunevant and J. S. Hicks the new Commissioner. . Lenoir elected Edmund Jones, (Dem.) Mayor and M. M. Courtney, J. il Nelson and F. vWiesenf eld (all Democrats) Commis sioners. I -'. Greensboro Workmau: Yester day morning, about 8 o'clock, while Mr. Harrison Reed was at work on his farm near Salem, with his two sons, he heard cries of distress coming from the direction of his house. Leaving his work and going in the direction of the cries, and as he beared bis home he met his wife coming towards where he was at work with her head beaten and bruised and her throat' -cut She had come about one hundred yards and could go no further, hut leaned against a tree and lived long enough to tell him who was the perpetrator, of the foul deed. The person she identified was Hen ry Swaim, white, who had been living on Mr. Reed's land. He was arrested, and is now in jail at Winston. There was some talk of lynching last night . Charlotte ; Observer: Mr. R. . M. Miller, Jr., is a success at strawberry raising. 1 . He brought us a sample yesterday in the way of a strawberry that measured . just five inches around. About twelve of . such will make a quart Maj. John N. McCall, an old citizen of Rockingham : who is well known in Charlotte, died at his home in the former place 'last - Monday.' - From passengers arriving on ,the 1 Shelby train yesterday, we learn, that Mr. T. H. Proctor, who was shot last Monday bv UocxJinompson : waouii alive up to noon yictuaj, uuwu iu . omrar dition. v Thompson ia safely confined in, v jaiL .i A: negro named John, Todd, " alias Moor.j,vwas yesterday sent to jail in this city by Esquire V. McCord, of . -. Paw Creek, on charge of an attempt at rape.- The victim was a little nine-year-old colored child, daughter of Mary David-, son.- i- .. -' . Tarboro . Southerner: Tony Bryan, colored, who lives at Mr. N. J. ' Mayo's, Saturday evening, was almost killed bv Ruff us Lawrence, on Liberty Hill, a suburb of this place. It is said that they got into a quarrel over some candidate tor Legislative honors. Bryan was stricken -over the head with some weapon that in- Aided a severe wound, which rendered him senseless for two days. On Mon day, of last week, James W. Draughan, ; died at his home, in this county, of typhoid , pneumonia, aged about 45 years." On last Sunday night James Jones died at nis . residence in this county, suddenly of ap poplexy. aged 40 years. In this issue on our first page, one can read that before 1811, the people of this county had estab lished an agricultural society. It should not be forgotten that Dr. Milburn will lecture here next Monday : evening. He will lecture either on Geo. D. Prentiss or Aaron Burr. - -; , Monroe Enquirer-Express: Mr. Hiram Hargett of this place, was found ' dead in bed by his wife on Tuesday morn- iug. , Small grain crops are loo King very promising. Our band will enter lhe list for the prizes at the 20th of May celebration at-Charlotte. : The mort gage system has assumed enormous pro portions tnrougnoui mis enure secuon, and" cannot fail to be productive of lm mense barm. Mr. Jerre Griffin, of Buford township, is 77 years of age and Is the father of 19 children and 90 grand-children and great . grand-children. - We . regret to hear of the death, in Albemarle, on last Saturday night the 3d inst, of Mr. J. Travis Redwine, a promising young lawyer Of that place.- He was a son of Mr. Jas, M. Redwine,' a prominent citizen of the county, and was about 28 years of age. - Mr. Samson Helms, who lives five miles north of town, while hauling manure to his field on last Friday, fell off of a heavily loaded two-horse wagon and' ' one of ; the wheels passed : over hia breast and thigh and scraped the skin off of his. cheek bone. One rib was dislocated from the breast bone. Mr. Helms- is about 65 years of age, but being a very Btout man is rapidly recovering from his injuries. " . Charlotte Observer : Dr. Scan, Keeper of : ElmWood Cemetery, has made out his mortuary report for the month of April, and from it we see that there were 21 interments 7 whites,, and 14 .eolored. Through a citizen ef Davidson county, we learn that "the celebrated rConrad Hill gold and copper mine, and also the Dodge Hill mine, located in that county, have been sold to an English mining company, on pri vate teims. The sale was effected last ' week. 1 i-The new ice factory at the Air Line depot -is getting ready for work. Three car-loads of machinery were yester-, day reeeived over the ;t Carolina Central road, from Philadelphia, and is being put in position. The ice factory is a two-story, frame building neatly painted and attracts much attention from the daily crowds at the depot - A most brutal murder is re- . ported as having occurred in Robeson coun ty, lase Tuesday, the victim being Mr. Alex. Sykes, a white man', aged 22, and the mur derer a negro named Ingram. Ingram step ped down from a box car to a flat and picked up a bludgeon. As the train swept by where Mr. Sykes and his friend weie standing, the negro whirled his weapon and struck Mr. Sykes a blow on tho head. .. Mr. Sykes fell by the track with his head crushed, and expired within a couple of . hours afterwards. . Ingram was found on -the train the next day and arrested, when he confessed to the deed. He Baid that he .. had never before seen Mn Sykes and did. not know him, but he was incited to com mit the deed purely out of his hatred for the white race, simply wanting to kill a white man.- He lodged in jail to await -trial before the next Superior Court , of -Robeson county. , , - "- . . . - ::i.:.:--:-r":: ; 1 r----f'.i tii -. . ., . - 4 mm - V -1H i -J- .H j 1 :-i f4. il :-:-v.;4 . : . - - - . . ' - - - - s ' ' - l Ah-; ''J . ! 1
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