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' . . - : '- Tli'1 most important enterprise that concerns Wilmington as tbe exten- Valley Railroad to this city and to tlif Ohio Iliver. , There is no project '"'in. which the future of Wilmington js fio much involved as in this.- It is 3 . mcessity that ; the link between - Fayi'tit ville and this place should be con-tiii' il. and at an early day. Tlic iiHtural outlet of Western North Carolina is to the peaboard lo Vviliuington. West Tennessee niHirhiiiUs are .drumming- Western : Carolina for its trade. Every dollar of this trade will come to Wilming 1 .! if the necessary bichwav of trailie is opened and the inducements are offered. First get the road built to Mt. Airy, and then let our business men o out themselves. - We have seen a half dozen or more of the heads of Petersburg houses at the courts of one of the' upper coun ties with memorandum books 'and : pencils in hand, talking with .the; planters, telling them of the pros! pecis of the price of tobacco, wheat, Ac , the best time to ship to market, ami in tun; taking orders " for gro- t -i rill unltlt t-kH LCjl I - y iui ui k- Y i-tJy wva , & uiu - sonal canvass was necessary and it paid. Richmond Was twenty-one miUs distant on one side, and .Nor folk was on the other, with its great: shipping advantages, and if the grass diil not j-row in the streets of Peters biir its business men - must bestir tbi'insi lves, strike out for the trade in that rich section stretching from Bertie c-ii nty to Stokes , and Rock j inliaiH, and for the trade all through I thai -yi u "' productive and j very j, similar.-!--- ci'um that lies in Virginia U bttweeii Pt-terslmrgand Danville and Jnehliiii tj. Jn spite of ig Rjcb- m&inV and Ntrfolk with its very great advantages, Petersburg has grown and "flourished and more than belli u own.; Ilere is a lesson worth conning... . " .- : j " Wilmington has -great natural ad vant ig1! s. She tnnst learn to improve them. The first step is a large and eh-iia-fl hotel. There will, be no pro gns instil this is done. Fill? up our town all winter from October to May with well-to-do strangers who do not' 'rare how. much it costs bo they.jjet llie comforts, and it would revolntionizethe town. i ' Let. lis mention a fact prdbably not known to all of our people. ' There are two classes of visitors from the North who go to Florida. There, is the smaller class of invalids, j This clas seek repose and quiet. But Florida is too warm for them. - By 'April the weather oppresses them. "They start home and the change is so great that in two weeks many, of tlrem sink into the grave. The leave a tronieahciiniate and find winter in a day or two when they reach New York or New Englaud. The contrast Wet-n the North and Florida in .-. lemjierature is too great . for in; : alids. . , - - -. ." " --. 'Then there is tlat larger' class tourists in Hearch of pleasure, ad venture, quiet, change, and invest ments. They overflow Florida. The estimate is that 75,000 persons n- ;tere,l that State this last winter. . " T,ipy make it a beehive. They are ;ging and coming all tbe tim6. They ififst d0" Florida thoroughly. This occupies a month or two. Then they afe off for Georgia. South Carolina, Tennessee, Western Carolina, Old ,"oint, anywhere for a hange. - 1 he invalid class would be de-' ."anted with Wilmington or witbtbe - mous Onslow Springs and the San barium that must be built there. Eut a railroad is the first thing when e think of Onfilow.jThe Northern - llralids can only get there by rail. fie great oyster and. fish industries ln which Wilmington is so much in vested really and Will be more in tested .hereafter, demands a rail radal8o. "iien we think of Wilmington anl the great travel Southward the .m an last consideration is a hotel. AJmost every day new ; and convinc moo,,;j : s : ' ; - - . o lue"ce comes to, us. an some . Way of the great need and advantage f" 01 alarge hotel for Wilmington.: : come. If the money cannot be -4 M yq. xv.: raked Aere, then the business com- muaity ought to open correspond-; ence with cajitalists elsewhere tot try to induce them to invest at last $250,000 nere in a hotel They are doing this in a dozen or more towns' outh of us and why Trot here ? , c ; The sum then 1 of' the matter is this! . - - ,,;.-. First, a new hotel. " Seeond, the extension of the Cape Fearand Yadkin Valley Railroad to Wilmftigtonv ... j T&rd, tbe extension of. the same road to the Ohio River. ; It is only some . 425 miles from Mt. Airy to Cincinnati. ' - - v. Fourth, the building of a railroad to New River, Catherine Lake and the Alum Springs in'. Onslow, v .This means health, for the Northern inva-r lids,, a tremendous development of thja I fish and -. oyster ; industries for' Onslow, and a great .canning centre; for Wilmington. ' f" I " T'ifth" a free bridge over l3runs-" wick river and a steam ferry for the: Cape Fear at the foot of Market street. - This' means attracting th& trade of that large county and the development of a large trucking bu- siness. It means' more trade fori Wilmington, and a big development! of the vegetable canning industry, j Sixth, the opening up of all avail-j able water - ways of traffic, i Then whien the Cape Fear itself has been: still farther improved in its depth of water 'so that Norfolk sh all be its only rival in excellence, what shall prevent Wilmington from becoming rapidly a city of 50,000 people? "Will, determination, unanimity will accomplish a great deal. A strong pull, a long pull and a pull altogether is what is needed. i i t After awhile there will be a rail road from Wilmington to the sea, on the othe.r side of the river probably. The best, possible bathing is to be found both at Bald Head, and, we believe, to the- west of Smithville. The time is not distant, we must be lieve, when an elegant and commodi ous steamer will ply upon our j river. This will come with the new hotel and the crowd of visitors. Wilming- toniansthink on these thinks. Tbe Carolina Yaeht Club The Pros pect for tbe Season Election of Offi cer, dee.. -'"'''' T ' : ; We are glad to learn that at the first reg ular meeting of the Club, held on Friday night, there were so many of the members present, and that all the indications were favorable to an increased interest; iu the matter of regattas and a consequent in crease of the number of those pleasant at tractions for the present season over any that has preceded it. - f - t The new dub House at the Banks is nearly ready for use and will be formally opened as soon as the committee having the matter in charge can make the necessary preparations. . ' ; . ' I ! We are informed that the Purser's re port showed the finances of the Club to be in a most gratifying condition, that the membership bad been increased to oire hundred and sixty, and' that much interest is manifested by all concerned, i -'"J .Several new yachts will be added to tbe fleet, and a general overhauling of the old favorites has already begun. 'i . -The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: : i Commodore Pembroke Jones, i . Fleet Captain Clayton Giles, i Flag Captain D. G. Worth. Purser F. M. King. . ! Measurer G. D. Parsley. ; Marshal II. McL.- Green. - ' Governing Board Norwood Giles, Wal ter Parsley and H. M. Bowden. i Mr. O. A. Wiggins, the former Com modore, declined a re-election. ; , ; Episcopal Convention. - The delegates from the parishes in this city to the Convention of the Diocese of East Carolina returned yesterday. Jfrom them we learn, that the. Convention ad journed at 2 P. M. Friday, after a har monious and pleasant session. There was a full attendance of clergy and laity. The convention sermon was delivered by flev. N. Collin Hughes, and was so very" ac ceptable to the Convention that it was or dered to be published for circulation in the diocese. Bishop Watson's address was re ceived with great satisfaction, and - a reso lution was adopted requesting the clergy of the diocese to read it to their congrega tions as soon as . practicable. The : bishop was in ; excellent health, and it was understood would immediately commence his visitations. Rev. Nathaniel Hardin was unanimously re elected secretary, and Dr. A. J. DeRosset. Treasurer of the Diocese. Mr. Geo. .Davis and Mr. 8. L, Fremont were also re-elected Trustees.; The Darish of St. James, of Wilmington, tendered to the Diocese its interest rone- fourth in the Episcopal residence in this city, which was accepted. i t i -A Notable Paper. ;f 1 ' From the Baltimore Bay, of May 10th, we take the following extract. - Mr. Wood row Wilson is a son of Rev. Dr.i Wilson, of tbe First. Presbyterian church, of this city : , i "A notable paper was read last evening' before the Historical ana rolitical science Association, of Johns Hopkins University, hv Mr. Wood row Wilson., of Wilmington. N. C. who has been a graduate student in the Historical department during the pres ent academic year. The paper react is we introductory, essay , in a series which Mr. Wilson is preparing upon the actual; pres ent workinir iA the American Constitution. A most striking contrast was drawn be .tween the theory of the constitution as pre sented in the books, with all the' elaborate frame work of "checks and balances , ana the actual constitutional government of to day, in which these ideal checks have oe come utterly Inoperative. Mr. j Wilson's literarv stvle is one of consummate finish and cleverness, and his hearers listened with much . pleasure and interest as ne showed how the Federal government has outbalanced , the State governments, and how- Congress has come to predominate over both ; the executive and judiciary branches of the i) ederal government,m spite of , their alleged independence and . coordi nation'" , i . ;"N-w Berne, Beanlort and Onslow : Inland Coasting Company. i We were shown yesterday ' a "copy of a :hand-bill issued by the "New Berne, Beau--fort and Onslow Inland Coasting Com pany," in which are-offered all sorts of in ducements to secure the trade of Onslow county. The people of New Berne realize the yalue of that trade and are moving heaven and earth," as it were, to secure it ' Now the question simply is, can WilmiDg ton afford to lose that - trade and let other towns monopolize it? If she cannot, and oar people resolve to prevent such a sacrifice, and will go to work at once : to carry their resolution into effect, ; then there Is nothing to; feaf. J But if we fritter away the; precious time . in taHdngi while our neighbors are acting, we, shall all wake up some fine morning and find New Berne ; and other, cities monopolizing the trade of that important county, its fine fish and oysters diverted from our - market, and our successful rivals . laughing in : then sleeves as they contemplate 'their own smartness and our supineness and indifference. , -Judging from what we have seen and heard the "New Berne, Beaufort and Ons low Inland Coasting Company" is a wide-1 awake .cprjratio.andiflwevexjct keep the trade of Onslow, even to the. ex.. tent that we have heretofore do te, we must be up and doing. No time now for pro-' crakinalion. What we intend to do must be done quickly, or else the time for action will be past ' Tbe Flsb Hatchery. ' Mr. W. J. Hollingsworth, of Fayette vQle, who has been in charge of the fish hatchery started here by Fish Commis sioner Worth, has completed his work for the season, packed up bis jars , and other things and will leave for home to-day., The success of the experiment of fish hatching i here was quite as marked as could have been expected under the circumstances. It .was the first introduction of the plan here, land of course it was not understood by our fishermen and others. Mr. Hollingsworth has taken great pains to explain all the hid den mysteries of the art and to instruct the fishermen in the method - of securing the spawn. As the season advanced, and they became more thoroughly acquainted with- all the methods and plans for operating a hatchery, their interest in the matter pro portionately increased,' and another season they will doubtless enter into the under taking with far more spirit than they did this. Of course much depends upon our fishermen for the success nf the experiment, and we are, assured by II.-. Hollingsworth that they will receive liberal compensation. During the season just closed 215,000 young shad were hatched and turned loose in the Cape Fear, which is a good showing considering the difficulties and drawbacks which had to be encountered and.overcome during the first season of the experiment. Tbe State Tax for 1884. In response to an inquiry with reference to a certain matter connected with the cir cular from State Auditor Roberts, published in Wednesday's ; Star, Treasurer Worth writes as follows : - ; V North Carolina, Treasury Departm't. i Raleigh. May 14. 1884. TP. W. Shaw, Esq., Clerk, dx.. Wilming ton, Jf. C: Sir: Yours of the 12th insU. in behalf of the Board of Commissioners of New Hanover county, received. Kerernng to the I act that there will oe no tax collected the present year on the sub jects mentioned in Classes I and II of the Kevenue Act, lor state purposes,you asR "it the poll tax be computed to the full extent as formerly and the property tax oe reduced twenty-five cents as per section 52 of the Revenue Act.howcan the equation of taxa tion be maintained under the provisions of section 1, article V, of the State Consti tution ? r I reply that the equation is not affected. The twenty-five cents State levy still exists; the collection of which is merely suspended for the year 1884. After the year 1884 the present revenue laws will remain in juu force, as permanent statutes, unless amena- ed by the General Assembly. J. XL. WORTH, State Treasurer. Accidental Drowning. Yesterday afternoon, about fifteen mi nutes past 12 o'clock, which two or three colored sailors belonging to the schooner it. Q. Farr, Capt. Connell, lying at the wharf near the foot of Campbell street. were in bathing, they were joined by an other colored seaman, named Frank Brown, of Boston, .who jumped overboard from the vessel rail and failed to re-appear upon the surface. His fellow seamen, J alarmed at his long continuance under water, swam to the 8 pot and endeavored to find him, but without avail ' Capt Connell also made every effort to rescue the man, but it was only after he had been in the water about three-quarters of an hour that the bodv was brought uo by the aid of a boat hook, and then it was too late to resusci tate him. :" - : ; ' ' . .:'. . - Deceased was about 20 years of age, and leaves no family. Capt Connell says he had just finished a hearty dinner when he jumped overboard. Coroner Jacobs was notified, but no in quest was held. ; - must Have It. : ' One of our business men writes to say that Wilmington must have a first-class hotel. '.He further says: . "Let the stock be -fixed at twenty-five dollars per share, so that clerks and work ingmen, who do not have 'much of this world's goods, may contribute their mites, and assist in making -our city prosperous by taking stock. Then let books of sub- scriDtion be opened and tbe Produce Ex change appoint committees from our citi zens to canvass certain designated territory of our city: soliciting subscriptions. Raise the money for the building first and select the location afterwards. Sad Deatb by Drowning We regret very much to learn, as we do from letters received from Messrs. R. E. Blakey and R. P. Howell, that Charles W. Robey, son of Rev. Dr. W. M. Eobey, of Goldsboro, was accidentally drowned while bathing in .Little River, near that place, on Friday morning last, and at last accounts his body had not. been recovered. It ap pears that he went out with a Methodist Sunday school picnic party, whose annual celebration took place about a mile and half from Goldsboro on that day. , ; The deceased was a very promising young man,' about 16 or 18 years of age. and was held in the very highest esteem by all his friends and acquaintances. His untimely death was a great shock to all: Dr. Robey was absent from" town, but htm telegraphed for, and. returned from Raleigh on that evening's train. .-: : ; . ;' 1 There were five . marriage li censes issued during the past week; all for colored couples. - WILMINGTON, N. C, THE CITY ARRESTED- trarrants Served Uvon Bfavor Hall and.Otber City Officials for Attempt" Ins to Remove an Alleged Obstruct ing Portico from tbe Sidewalk Tbe Blatter Compromised' and a Case BXade TJp, c.'--! .:- '' ... :' - r No little excitement was stirred up in our usually quiet community, yesterday morning, by the announcement that the Mayor, Chief of Police.and other; city offi cials had been arrested and ' recognized for then appearance before Justice Millis at 4 o'clock in the afternoon " to answer to the charge of forcible trespas3.i.TJpon inquiry we found that the -trouble originated in an attempt on the part of the officials named to remove or cause to be removed the por tico and steps attached to the building now known as the First National- Bank build ing, on Front, between Market and" Prin cess streets. . Workmen bad .ascended to the roof of the portico and were' engaged ; in removing the tin : covering and sheath- ing- to the same. -:when-! an officer sud denly appeared at the topi of .the ladder and- told them j to stop, - as- be ha! a document . to . show .them in, which, tkey were interested. ; He' then read the warrant issued by Justice Millis, upon the affidavit of Mr. Wm. Larkins, agent of the owner. Mrs. Missouri Dawson, who had previous ly forbade the work being done, or the por tico being interfered with. Having accom. plished the arrest of the workmen, the offi cer next proceeded to serve the warrant upon Mayor Hall, Chief of Police Brock 'and Capt Murphy, Superintendent of ther street force: j , r - Mayor Hall, in reauiring the work to be done, says he acted entirely upon legal ad vice. He had the work: stopped for the present. -.: :' -, -. ' : ; i: Some years ago some steps were taken by the Board of Aldermen with reference to the removal of the alleged obstruction, but it was not ' until : February last that any definite action was decided upon. At.a meeting of the Board of Aldermen held February 4th, the following resolution was adopted: "Whkrkab, It is made to appear to' this Board from tbe report of the Chief of Police and a survey and plat made by the City Surveyor, that an obstruction. exists on Front street, consisting of a steps and piazza appurtenant to tbe building known as the Cape Fear liana tJuilding, which is an encroachment on said street and an im pediment to public travel: and it is also made to appear that the said obstruction is the property of Mrs. luasoun Dawson, now resident at the Windsor Hotel in the citv of New York, and thai Wm. Larkins, Esq., is the agent of tbe said Missouri Dawson. 'It is now ordered Dy mis .Hoara that an adjourned meeting of the Board be held on mday, the 2tn nay ot f eDruary, 1884, at 7.30 o clock P. M., to consider the Question of the removal of the said obstruc tions and encroachment. And it is further ordered that the Clerk and Treasurer issue a notice to the said Wm. Larkins, agent of the said Mrs. Missouri Dawson, which shall be served on him by the Chief of Police, and s like notice mailed to Mrs. Missouri Dawson at tbe Windsor Hotel in the Citv of New York, to appear before the Mayor and Aldermen at ine aav ana nour above named to snow cause, u any, wny the said Mayor and Aldermen shall not issue an order for the removal of the said obstrnctions." -I . At a meeting of the Board of Aldermen held on the 29th of February, as provided above, the foregoing' was read". Messrs, Junius Davis and E. S. Martin, attorneys of Mrs. Missouri S. Dawson, the owner of the property, were present and were, heard by the Board. John D. Bellamy, Jr., Citv Attorney, represented the city. After a full discussion of the matter; Alderman DeRosset introduced the following resolu tion, which was adopted: 'Whereas, At an adjourned meeting of the Board of Aldermen, now being held, the attorneys for the owner of the Cape Fear B nk building did appear and answer the notice given them of the proposed re- mbval of the steps and portico of said building, and no sufficient reason having been given whv the said obstruction shall not be removed : It is hereby ordered, that the Chief of Police notify the owner or owners or their agent or agents to remove within sixty days the steps and portico of the building located on the west side of Front street, between Market and Princess, and known as the Cape Fear Bank building, which steps and portico are an impediment to public travel, an encroachment upon tbe aid street and a puonc nuisance. Following the proceedings of the Board referred to above,5 Col. John D. Taylor, Clerk of the Board, makes the following entry: 'Note. On Saturday, March 1st, 1884, as Clerk of the Board of Aldermen, 1 fur nished H. C. . Brock. Chief or Folice, a coov of the resolution passed at the meet ing of the Board held on the 29th day of February. 1884. on the subject of tbe re moval of the steps and portico of the build ing known as the Cape Fear Bank building. and on the same day Capt. Brock exhibited to me a paper writing with the following endorsement on the back of the same: 'No tice to Mrs. Missouri ' Dawson to remove obstructions on Front street.' A true copy of this notice was served by me the 1st of March, 1884, upon Mrs. Missouri Dawson personally, and also upon Wm. Larkins. Esq.; agent. H. C. Brock, Chief of Police.' - "JNO. if. taylor, uierx. ' It having become known that the Case would come up before Justice Millis at the Court House, a large crowd gathered to hear the proceedings. The city officials were present, with Mr. J. D. Bellamy, Jr., City Attorney, . and Col. D. K. Mc- Rae as their counsel, and Mr. Larkins was there, represented by Messrs. : E. . 8. Martin; Junius Davis and Russell & Rl caud. After some consultation a com promise was finally agreed upon, to the effect that the warrants should all be with drawn at the cost of the prosecutor and a case be made up, to Jbe submitted to His Honor, Judge Shepard, at the approaching June term of the Superior Court for this county, the steps and portico in the mean time to remain in their, present position: Later. We learn since the above was written that an arrangement has been made between the parties , by which the nortico and steps are to come down and a new entrance made ofi the street Tbe Clarady Crowd. Dan. Clarady, husband of Mag. Clarady and father of Rebecca Clarady, both con fined in the county jail, the former for as sault and battery with a deadly weapon, and the latter for picking : pockets, was arrested and lodged in jail Thursday night on the charge of, receiving stolen goods. A few only of the articles taken under the search warrant have as yet' been identified. -f-r The Norwegian barque Sivah, Capt Henriksen. ; was ' cleared from this port for London, yesterday, by Messrs. ,D. R.Murchison & Co.,' with 1,816 casks spirits turpentine, valued at $29,939.76. FKIDAY, MAY 2S, 1884. I. A BAD LOT. Arrest of tbe niotber of tbe tonne Female Plckpocket-Sbe uses an Axe Result of a Searcb Warrant, &c Mag Clarady is the name of the mother, of .Rebecca Clarady, the 12-year old pick pocket, whose arrest and incarceration was mentioned -in our. last,' and she lives on Gwynn, ' near, Dickinson street - She ac cused Mary Bradley,- colored, of causing the arrest of .her daughter for picking pockets, and is alleged' to - have attempted' to split her head open with an axe. Mary Bradley went down the street and procured. a warrant from - Justice Hill for her arrest which was placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff J. W'. Bryan., : It seems that Justice Millis had issued a search warrant and sent Officers Strode, Whitney and Eagles to search the premises '"of Mag Clarady for articles alleged to haye been-stolen by her daughter, and all" the officers reached there very nearly at the same time. , Bryan proceeded to arrest the woman for' assault and battery, when she' seized an axe and went for him, as she had previously done for Mary Bradley, but was overpowered and the weapon ' taken; from her, when a pair of lron'bracelets. were placed upon her wrists and she vas started for the county jail. jShe had not proceeded far, however, before the officers were convinced of the truth of the old adage, "When a woman will she will, you may depend on it, and when she won't - she won't, and - that's an end on it," for she pulled backwards, struggled,laid down flat on the ground, and resorted! tp all sorts of devices and expedi ents to retard her progress, until finally they had to call a dray and put her on.it, when she was driven- down to the magis- trates's office. :' "'' - .' - '-' In the meantime Officers Strode, Eagles and Whitney had searched the premises and secured a number of articles, consist ing of four pocket books and one hand satchel, a fine sugar .bowl and seventeen nickel plated tablespoons. One of. the pocket books contained a breastpin, . a pair of earrings, one old fashioned 3-cent piece and one foreign coin: and another (a newvl pocket-book) contained one foreign coin, and one contribution envelope i'f St. Stephen's A. M. E. Church; while the other two were empty.- The hand satchel contained a pan of black gloves, with blue trimmings. These were all carried to Jus tice Millis' office. I ... , A large crowd gathered in the neighbor hood of the Clarady residence during the progress of the arrest and search, and j no little excitement prevailed. Quite a crowd also followed .the officers and the woman down the street. Since the above was written the officers - - have made - another search and brought away two fine baskets, a number of towels, new pocket4iandkerchiefs. under-clothing, dresses, a silk cap, etc Mag Clarady had a hearing before Jus tice Hill on the charge of assault and bat tery with a deadly weapon. The 'evidence developed the fact that she made twq at tempts to use her axe (to say nothing of the assault upon the officer), one upon Mary Bradley apd one upon Mary Howe. She. was required to give bond in the sum of $200in each case for her appearance at the next term of the Criminal Court, fail ing in which sheaS"lodged in jiit"- The case against her for receiving stolen goods will be heard at some future day. . After the woman reached tbe prison package containing one gold piece of j the denomination of ten dollars and one of five dollars, together with three dollars in three- cent pieces, stocking. was found concealed in her Hon. W. JT. Green. The following letter from Hon. Wharton J. Green, written in reply to a letter ftom a gentleman in this city relative to certain matters now, pending in Congress, and suggesting that he should meet withl his friends to consult' relative to a nomination, has been shown us with a request to pub lish it: "- . 1 Dear Sir : Replying to your letter, I have the pleasure to state that it is pretty generally conceded that my "Fruit mil will constitute the nucleus upon which re peal or modification of the Internal Reve- , -ii i rri . .1. n nue law Will uiuge. iui; incutu ui me measure will only propose- to - repeal: the tax on fruit brandy and tobacco. This done, and we materially diminish the num ber of yellow-legged grasshoppers in' our State. The bill will oe prougnt iorwara at an earlv date. I agree with you mat tne late ot me la- riff bill gave us a black eye for the time; but L trust that this bill will prove a heal ing poultice. I am grateful to hear from you that my efforts have an appreciation by my friends at home. .While making no pretension to genius, parliamentary experience or legal lore. I nevertheless think that I can claim, without arrogance, the merit of zeal : and close application to the duties of my posi tion since mv induction into Congress.! ' Uo to the tune, some four weeks ago, or my necessitated absence on account of my mother's fatal illness and subsequent obse quies, not a letter was received that was not answered, nor a request preferred by any of my constituents that Was not attended to .. . . ii:. . . i to tne nest 01 mv auuuy. i -i I leave it" to those who sent me here to say whether mv labors in their behalf have had results. ".If they wish me to continue, I am willing to serve; if they wish me to leave, I am ready to go. AH I demand is that fair play may oresiae wnen tne aecis ion is made. And of this. I canriot doubt, both pn account of the high character of those who would not be averse to taking my place, and of the good sense and sense or justice or inose upon wnom ine aecisiou will involve. '.' ' The nroner discharge of mv duty to my people will preclude my taking an active part in the preliminary canvass prior to the convention. My record and their indulgence must plead for me. I From the cause above assigned I bave fallen behind lnmy correspondence, but I hope to catch up during the coming week. Yours. Bc. w. J..WKK1SH. Heard from A sain, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scarborough re ceived a letter from Capt Williams and his wife, dated Port-au-Spain. Trinidad. April 27th, three days " after the first letter was written,: stating that they were still bb the schooner Martinique, .with Capt; Lojwell, who insists upon bringing .them home. They were to go from Port-au-Spajn to Barracoa for a cargo, of fruit and then sail for New York, where they will doubtless shortly arrive. ' - i The usual joint ' meeting ofj the Magistrates and Board of County Commis sioners will be held" this year on the 1st Monday in June, instead of on 1st Monday in August, as neretoiore; ine-iasi legisla ture having made this change. . , ' Mr. Arthur is so good that-all the Republican conventions want to write his epitaph. Bangor Commercial. FORTY-EIGHTS CONGRESS.' - f .. . i FIRST SESSION. . Appropriations Before tbe Senate- Passage of tbe Bill to Aid tbe Cotton Exposition at New Orleans Propos ed Inquiry into tbe Causes of Bank Failures Bills Passed by tbe House,- -; IBy Telegraph to the Mornuut Star.) , : ;, ...SENATE. "., ; .'.,'';.:-: Washington. Mav 15. After the read ing of the Journal it was agreed that when the Senate adjourns to-dayit be to Monday next. - .- .--? ,-.;. -r-i -.- ... The Chair laid before the Senate a mes sage from the. President, recommending an apprupnauou to enaoie ine government to execute the provisions of the convention: between the United States and Mexico, re-1 lating to the boundary line between the two countries. The Appropriation committee reported the invalid pension bill with amendments. Placed on the calendar.' , The same . committee reported with amendments a bill to aid the World's In dustrial and Cotton Exposition at New Or leans.: On motion of - Mr. Cockrell the bill was put immediately upon its passage. it had been carefully considered oy the committee, be said, and the only amend ments were in the nature of restrictions to guard the expenditure of money and the liability of. the united states. Mr. Cockrell added that it was important that the bill should . ba-actedu-assoon as possible. . Some opposition was shown in the debate ' and an effort was made to reduce the amount to half a million dollars, a motion of Mr. Sewell, of New Jersey. ' - Mr. Blah stated that be had recent op portunity to observe the patriotic interest taken by our fellow-citizens of the South in this enterprise. He regarded the Exposi tion as one calculated in the .highest de gree to develop the material interests and prosperity of the South. He would regard it as a national loss 11 it should Ian. it would be better to give a million dollars outright than that the Exposition should' result in failure . He hoped the bill as re ported would be unanimous; i Mr. Sewell s amendment was not agreed to, and the bill was passed substantially as it came from the House, the amendment re maining at one million dollars. ; A resolution was offered by Mr. Morgan, which under the rules went over one day, directing the committee on Finance to ex amine into tbe causes of the failures of such national banks in New York as have suspended business in May, 1884, and re port whether said failures have to any and to what extent resulted from any violation of the laws regulating their conduct, and from giving certificates upon drafts, or by their acceptances of drafts or . other com mercial paper drawn upon them directly or indirectly in violation of the laws; and whether any of the national banks in New York have been engaged since July 12, 1782, in violation or evasion of the laws regulating their conduct; and that the com mittee bave leave to sit during the sessions of the Senate, to visit the city of New York, to send for persons or papers and examine witnesses on oath, Mr. Cullom introduced a bill, which was referred to the committee on Finance, to prevent speculation on the part of officers of national banking associations. " The Chair laid before the Senate the un finished business of yesterday, being the House bill to establish a Bureau of Labor Statistics. - Mr. Morgan was entitled to the floor, but yielded to' a motion by Mr. Miller, of N. Y., for an executive session, which was agreed to. The Senate, at 2.10 p. m., went into executive session, and when the doors were reopened adjourned until Monday. . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ' On motion of Mr. Hancock, of Texas, Senate bills were passed authorizing the construction of bridges across the Rio Grande, between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico, and between La redo, Texas, and Nurvo Lardo, Mexico. On motion of Mr. J. S. Wise, of Ya., a bill was' passed authorizing the extension of the Chesapeake csOhio Railroad to a point on the military lands at Fortress Mon roe. Va. The morning hour having been dispensed with, the House at 11.40 went into commit- tee of the Whole, Mr. Hammond in the chair, on the Diplomatic and Consular Ap-j propriation bill. Mr. Hill moved to amend by restoring to $12,000 the salaries of Ministers to Austria and Italy. The bill reduces, them to f 10,-' 000. - After a long debate the amendment was lost yeas 70, nays 73. - Amendment after; amendment looking to an increase of sala-j ries above the amounts named in the bill and to restore them to the existing rates,! was lost The only one that was adopted provided for a clerk of the legation to Spain at a salary of $1,200. Finally, the! point; of no quorum was raised, no quorum having voted upon an amendment, and the committee rose, and tne uouse adjourned, Senate Not in Session Appropriation , . Bills Considered by tbe Honse. Washington, May 16. The Senate not in session. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Willis, of Ky., irom the committee on Rivers and Harbors, reported back the River and Harbor Appropriation bill, and it was referred to the committee of the Whole. After transacting some miscellaneous business the House at 11.30 went into com mittee of the Whole, (Mr. Hammond, of Ga.. in the chair.) on the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, the pending amendment oemg tne one onereo dt mr. Cannon, appropriating $110,000 for contin gent expenses or. u. a. consuls. ixst. . ; A number of unimportant amendments were offered, debated and severally voted down. The debate took a wide range, and was entirely uninteresting, notwithstanding the fact that some rather vague charges of abuse in the expenditure of the contingent fund of consulates were made on one side and as vaguely denied on the other. Mr. King, of La., made several brief speeches noon the importance of extending our con sular service, especially in South and Cen tral America, and criticising the bill for its narrow policy in this regard. ; The bill was finally laid aside with fa vorable recommendation, and the commit tee proceeded to the .consideration of the Army Appropriation MIL The amount appropriated by 'the bill ' is $21,244,450, which is 437.800 - less than the appropria tion for the current year, and $2,645,653 less than the estimate. After brief explanations of the bill by Mr. Fornev. of Ala., and Mr. Keifer. of O., it was read by paragraphs for amend ments. - . . No amendment of any importance was offered, and the bill being laid aside fa vorably, the District of Columbia Appro priation bill was taken up. 5 - The bill appropriates $1,862,600 and was briefly explained by Mr Follett, of O. . It was then read by paragraphs for amend ments. : '' . ' " ' " -:A y At 5.10 p. m. the committee rose and re ported the three bills to the House, but no further action was taken. . . i. Mr. .Turner, of Ga., gave notice he would on Monday call up the Wallace-Mc- Kinley contested election case tor conside ration..: . 1 The attendance of members in the House to-day was very small, barely a quorum being present and to this fact may be at tributed the speedy progress made with ap propriation bills. . The House, at 5.10 p. m., took a recess until 8 o'clock, the evening session to be for consideration of pension bills. No Session of tbe Senate Bills Pre sented to tbe House by tbe Judiciary : Committee.' : tl ,-: Washington. May 17. Senate 'not in session. .. , -:;,-i-- " V''.v;-:-vr-HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. On motion of Mr. Ellis, of La., tbe Sen ate amendments to the Indian Appropria tion bill were non-concurred in. -. : . By previous order of the House this day was set apart for the consideration of bills presented by the committee on the Judi ciary, and Mr Tucker, of Va.-, reported NO. 20 from the committee a bill to regulate the ef fect of the judgments and decrees of United States Courts in several cases. House calen dar. - . . ' i Also, a memorial of . E. B. ., Wheeler, of Arkansas, praying for an investigation of the legal matters involved in the proposed, forfeiture of the land-grant to the Now Or-; leans; Baton Rouge & Vicksburg Railroad Company. House calendar. - . ; . -i u On motion, oi Mr. Tucker, bills were passed removing tbe political disabilities of Henry Newman, William C Parker and Robert D. Thorburn. of .Virginia, and Charles W Hayes, of Alabama. ; - At every step ' the committee on the Judiciary was antagonized by the commit tee on Public Lands, which desired to. call; up, the Oregon Central forfeiture bill, but the fqrmer was successful; and at 12.15 the House went into committeayofthe Whole, Mr; Dorsheimer, in the chair, on the Sen ate bill extending ; until December 31st, ,1884, the duration of the Court of Com missioners of Alabama Claims. v r - Mr. Reed. -of Maine, explained that be sides extending the time, the bill proposed, that as soon as the Court shall have ascer-; tamed that the first class of claimants can be paid without exhausting the fund which was appropriated by tbe , act of 1882, . the Court shall make such certificate to the Secretary of the Treasury as will enable bun to pay the first class claims. : ' ' i - On motion of Mr. Reed an amendment was adopted, changing the time of exten sion to December 81st, 1885.' i :fV-; . The committee rose and the bill was ,-mr. -rucker men caliednTrrne tiir change the Eastern and .Northern Districts or lexas, and to attach part of the Indian . n . . u . .1 . - i tcniioij iu luese uistricis. - Alter some ais cussion the bill was passed,, as was also the bill changing the time of holding tbe Dis trict Circuit Court in the Northern dislrict of Georgia. A family quarrel arose in the Missouri delegation upon the bill to amend the act J ? J ? a I a..i. m r ... - oiviaug tne state oi jtiissouri into two ju dicial districts, and to divide the .Eastern and Western Districts thereof into divis ions, and to prescribe times aud places for holding courts therein. The discussion of the bill occupied the remainder of the day's session, but the matter was finally cut oft by the point of no quorum, raised against a vote upon an amendment, and the llouse adjourned. ... RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. Bogan Casta, tbe Sontb Carolina Out law and Murderer, Killed by a Sberlns Posse One or the Latter bas bis Fingers Shot Off by Casb. CBy Telegraph to the Mornlne Star.l Charleston, May 15. A special dis patch to the News and Courier from Cheraw. . says W. Bogan Cash, the fugitive murderer 01 town marshal Richards, was killed this morning ai about 4.30 o'clock, while resist ing arrest. The posse was in charge of deputy sheriff E. T. King.. One of the posse was 8hghtly wounded, and one of Cash s associates was wounded seriously. Gov. Thompson received the following at 10 o'clock this morning: Cheraw, May 15. To Gov. Hugh S. Thompson: I went with a posse last night to arrest W. B. Cash. I instructed my men not to fire unless absolutely necessary. I then surrounded the house and barn, placing two men between the house and the barn and two men between the barn and swamps, landing that (Jash was m the barn, I ordered it to be surrounded, Cash came out and fired on the posse. The fire was returned, and after Cash had fired seve ral shots he was killed, being riddled with bultets. None of the posse were struck ex cept W. H. Hilton, whose fingers were shot off by Cash. (Signed) E. T. King, r Deputy Sheriff. RAIN, FROST AND FLOOD. Heavy Balnfall In Texas and Frost ln Pennsylvania Tbe Blvers Still Hlslns ln IiOulsIana Great Damage : to tbe Cotton, Tobaeco, Wheat and Corn Crops Four Negroes Drowned. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ': 'tJALVESTON. Texas, May 17. tA special to the News, from points in Northeastern Texas, report another very heavy rainfall in that section, which embraces the largest area of cultivated lands in the State. Wheat rust has set in in the same portions, and cot ton cultivation will be retarded from two to four weeks. In some instances the cotton plants have been flooded out, which - will necessitate planting anew. Lancaster, Pa., May 18. There was a heavy frost throughout Lancaster county last night; It is feared that considerable damage has been done to the young to bacco plants. New. Orleans, May 18. A dispatch from Caushatta to the Picayune, says the river here is even with the March flood, and is rising an eighth of an inch a day. All low lands subject to overflow are under water. Fears are entertained that the river will go two inches higher. Planters are throwing up temporary levees to keep the water off the lands not yet submerged. The banks are caving badly. 5 Some planters were obliged to move their buildings and fences to prevent their going into the river. There have been heavy rains tor tne past three days. Cotton crops are needing work. The weather is still threatening. The corn crops, with a few exceptions, are looking weli Three negro children playing on a rati were drowned. . A negro man, piloting a entleman through swamps, was drowned. WASHINGTON. Eight millions of Legal Tenders For warded to New York Assurances of a Better Condition of tbe Honey : market. , -. "IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. ) Washington. May 17 The Treasurer of the United States has forwarded eight mil lion dollars in legal tender notes to the As sistant Treasurer at New York, for use in case of necessity. The Comptroller of the Currency has received additional assuran ces from the bank examiner at New York of the better condition pf the money mar ket and the prediction is made that the market is about to resume its normal condi tion. Later The Comptroller of the Curren cy was this afternoon notified by his offi cers m New i or K, mat me banks mere continue all right and that everything is quiet A The redemption of called bonds in New York to-day amounted to only $323,- 600. ! ARKANSAS. Harder, and Lynching In Howard ::. '.- .-- County. - By Telegraph to tbe Horning Star. ; Kansas City. May 17. The Times' Lit tle Rock (Ark.) dispatch gives the particu lars of the murder of young' Ward, in Howard county, Ark., and the burning of his body. Search was -instituted by Ward's father, which resulted inthe arrest of the Polk brothers and a man named ivuy Ken dall. One of the tPolks confessed and the prisoners were delivered to the sheriff, who prepared to take them to Arkadelphia. for safe-keeping. A party of Ward's friends at Prescott, were organizing for vengence, wheti a message was received that tbe citizens of Howard county bad ; stopped the party en route to Arkadelphia, : taken the prisoners and hanged all three without the formality of a court. . ; , - Charlotte "observer :: Through a tourist who has lust returned from a trio over the Western North Carolina Railroad, we learn that beginning at Salisbury, the steel rails have been laid to a point four miles beyond Catawba, and that three forces of hands are laying steel rails on the Duck town Branch. By time the summer travel fairly sets in, not a single iron rail will be found on me western JNorm uarouna track.. Anew and handsome depot has just been completed at Asheville,' and the station at Kound Knob is to oe vastly . im proved. -The telegraph station has been carried from Henry Station to Round Knob, where an office is to be opened, and the line will follow the railroad to Asheville. 4 IW HUCD, UC1UUK1UK UJ iIU. : i, Mary Cartel; sold in Halifax last week for twenty dollars. Thos. L. Purnell. pneumonia. , Ho was ill about two weeks. ' 2 xie was uuneu. : at - me enure n yam ot tne -M. E. Church in Halifax on Sunday, i Mr' I jrurueii was a goou citizen ana in ine prime of life, being in the 48th year of his age.' " n ii .. i -. - i .. . . . tnn nrAVRlnnrA nf a thnnnor atwm liutt Run. - day evening lightning struck and fired- the v i residence of Mr. James A.v Covington. Jr.. situatea aoout iour mues west or mis town -and the building and most of its contents were consumed. The familv were absent "i at the time and. so escaped injury. The , building was nearly new, and Mr. Coving-. :f ton's loss wmnot tall snort of. fl.DOO, ISO . - stone Jones, of this citv. has "been ' invited " : . to deliver the address at the closing exer cises of Rutherford College. Rev. .W. W, Bays, of Asheville; will preach the annual : - i sermon; i - Mr. ; llorton. who was so i dangerously 4 snot, oy a air. ... rtanraay in r .J . , r . 1 . . . . t I Maaison county, some weeks ago, - an ac- : count toi which appeared in tne Advance at , ' the time, died from tbe effect of his wounds i ' Tnst Rfttiirfliiv niirht: v."." !- 'X . -4. Vi '.-Raleigh J News. Observer: ' Col. vv iiuam ju. Anuerson aecunes me posiuon . of Treasurer of the Diocese of North Caro- , pal Convention at Oxford - Wednesday. . 1 '4 The "Raleigh Nurseries," two ' and a t. . l : i .. .x. .1 i t . i .i wxu. uiuea niuiwesk 01 uievitj, . uougt uie mQnammont s "Ml. & r 0Va. V7 ?1 nsn .n success., in the nursery and fruit farm - there are 150 acres, i This spring : of strawberries are quite large. ; t the sales the sitting of the Superior Court last week at Louisburg, we learn that there was a darkey caught stealing cotton on Wednes day morning at 4 o'clock. At 6 o'clock he ,; was before a magistrate and bound over and sent on to the grand jury then in sea- " sion, at 12 o'clock he was arraigned before the Court and 2 o'clock the case had been i .argued, sentence passed, and the prisoner ; was a convict to the penitentiary for ten j .years.; wv:. .:.-.! -.,! . - y ' Goldsboro Bulletin: We. have ; added to our subscription fist during court about fifty' new names, which we take as an evidence that our efforts are appreciated. We have now 1,300 bona fide subscribers. It is beginning to be whispered that ; . Messrs. Dortch and Green are not going to have the Congressional Convention all to themselves. We have heard on what we , consider very good authority that ex-Gov. -Brogden has an eye in that direction, and his name may come before the Convention. , t "Wilson Advance: We regret i to lear that Col. Elisha Cromwell, a promi nent citizen . of Tarboro, died yesterday. There is a growing sentiment if we can judge from the communications in the ' State papers, favoring the nomination of Judge Daniel G.' Fowle for Governor. ."They sayl that Tom Cooper and Pat Winston smiled when the resolution call-1 ; ing for the repeal of the Internal Revenue ; system ' was i adopted in the Republican' Convention. ' Of . course they smiled. - Chadbourn Times; From the proceedings of the Exposition meeting, it will be seen that our people will make an : outside effort to have the county represent-: ed at the State Exposition. We are glad to believe that there will be a consid erable falling off in the quantity of turpen tine produced in this section this year tbis is a favorable sign as it indicates that the people are beginning to pay more attention to farming. - Fifteen years ago there was not a bale of cotton raised in Bogue township. Since then the township has been divided; and nearly one half was taken to form Waccamaw township. Now we produce two hundred bales of cotton or more. Then we had but one public road, now we have six, running in ..every dbrec-i tion in tbe township, - and all of mem in -comparatively good condition. Then we had but two churches; now we have five churches, including those in course of con struction. Then we had no cotton gins; now we have two steam cotton gins and - grist mills ; now we have two splendid ones. - Raleigh News- Observer: J The Winston Light Infantry, Company A, Third Reigiment North Carolina State Guard, -having been reported by the inspector-general as failing to appear as ordered for the annualinspection on the 11th April, is dis banded, and will be stricken from the rolls of the State Guard. "D. R. Walker," who swings around the circle pretty gen- erally, tells us that the stand of cotton is generally good, except in a portion of Le noir county. The sermon before the graduating class will be delivered in the First Presbyterian church on Sunday, June 1st.; by Rev. B. M. Smith, D. D., of Union: Seminary; Va. - At Rock ingham Sunday lightning struck a dwell ing house and burned it There were- heavy hail-storms on the line of the Ral eigh & Augusta Air-Line Sunday after, noon, r Yesterday morning early Mr S. H. Coover saw a very large bird swim ming about on the State fish pond. He shot it with a 32-calibre rifle, at a distance of sixty yards, killing it The bird proved to be a pelican, never before seen here. It measured eight anda half feet from tip to tip of wings, and weighed twelve and a half pounds. i Raleigh. : Farmer & Mechanic; Eaton Mills, colored, who killed Henry Ponton, colored, about a year ago, was convicted of murder at Halifax, the jury remaining out only half an hour. The official report of the Raleigh Banks, dated April 24th, foots up as follows: Raleigh National," $1,051,014.92; State National, $537,364.94; Citizens National, $599,557.44. The combined business, therefore, runs over two millions of dollars. - It is commonly? jcurrent, ' and ' probably a fact, that Judge Gilmer has retired from the Gu bernatorial race for reasons personal and promissory; and will lend his support to bis friend Scales so long as the latter is in the field. The story is afloat that Senator Vance beard some Northern girls inquiring the whereabout of JNorm Caro lina, and on finding them in earnest, grave ly responded that he was once in that place that it was in the lower left hand corner' of the State of New Jersey, and entirely: devoted to goobers and muskeeters. This may not be altogether true; but it is asser- tMi rnr a Tani mm n.rfefnr. "nicrir. i- baaiiiop a tray of oranges in front of a Raleigh grocer's, said, "Thems mighty curious ap pies." "They are oranges," said the gro cer. . "Wall, I've beam tell o' them o'rang tangs. Does you bile 'em or jist chaw 'em raw ?" - ;:'. ' .- -.p'vft ;. Charlotte Observer; Yester day was the second day of the chicken fights at? Columbia between Thomas Black, of Charlotte, and Holt, of Alamance, - and at the close, of the day the fights stood even, - Black scoring five and Holt five. - The Baltimore & North I Carolina, mine, over which the sheriff was recently appointed i superintendent, has pulled through its trouDies, we are glad to learn, and is once more preparing for operations. A meeting to elect directors is to be held in Baltimore on May 26th. - We re gret to leant of the serious illness of Rev; W. I W.- Pharr, D. D at his home in Mal lard creek township. A report reached the City yesterday that he was dead, but it was contradicted later in the day by news that be was still living, but was in a very criti cal condition, his death being expected at any time. Dr. Pharr is suffering with heart disease. , News reached the city yesterday afternoon through' Dr. Crowell, of a cold-blooded murder that occurred at one negro man felling his companion with- a pica ana killing nun instantly. The two men became engaged in a quarrel, and be fore any one could interfere the deed was done. Kufus Hearne was the name of the murdered man, and the murderer was named, West Thomasson., -r -The gold medals for the bicycle racer on the 21st -have been received and are beauties, costing respectively $20. $25 and $30. ' Either one 'of them will be a proud trophy for any wheelman.,. A - convention -i of - real estate agents will be called at Raleigh in a few weeks 'to take some steps toward a State organization for the -purpose of co operation in the general work of inducing luiuugrauun tu iturui vyarouna. -