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The Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT 1 lHI NGTON AT I , 50 A IBAR, IN ADVANCK. ai. i - 1 sSsooSSSSSSSSoSSS : S8S8888S8S8S88SS8 7 3SSS33SSSSsliiis3 ggg3SgSSag8gga'-. ' " 82883888282888888 1 : 3S88S88S8SS88888S 'r''!-' 888888288888888 -TJ.wr- 'H2SSS:2SSj8S8SSS S8SS3833S83S38388 s8: ill as a to to a w a f curt e- at the Post office afviimington, n. c, J a rnscnirTiON miCE. Tik' subscriGtion price of the Wkekt.t STAK is IIS follows i" .'';. Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 6 months, '. 1.00 - " 3 months. , " .50 CONCERNING CANDIDATES. .There -la : mafetnrowing tallr Of putting Gen. Slocum, of New York, t.n the Presidential ticket if a Wes tem man should be chosen to the first place. . He was a good soldier f.sr'iW Union, is a true Democrat, ha t:i!-nf s and would , make a first rat offset to Logan. A leading Texas- daily advocates hid , claims strongly. We have seen within a week several references to Gen. Slo cnm in connection with the Vice Presidency.- It would not be a bad i.lVa to put ;i gallant, soldier for the Union on the second place. It would ju'itiraltze the "blood and thunder'.' cam'jwign that Logan expects to con duct. By the way, was not r Logan rather -t'tishy" at the beginning of the war? ! Was he "trooly loil," ac eor'liutr to the Northern standard ? We ! not assert this, lut we think we U:ivp met with some such charge Ii ;s certain, we suppose, that 111 i-n.-iis i!l (t for 4, Blaine and Logan. So'iiin candidate from that Stale is to he i hough t of. Ohio niighl go Dc'm ocraii if -Tlnirraaii was nominated. But will nut his financial views make hjiji unacceptable to New York,New Jer.-iv rin.l Connecticut? His financial rei'onl might make him strong out Vh.-i. . lloadly might carry Ohio, but. we do not know enough, of his ojfniono, record and character to say wlii i her he can measure or not by ilu- Itigh standard now demanded for candidates in 1884. Ex-Senator Mc Diinaid has lost ground. . The fact that he has a divorced wife will se rfiisisly hnrt him." It may not dam a.' liim.in Indiana, Illinois, Massa-- cliu-ifJ lH and Connecticut, where di vnp'i'S abound and marrying divorced' lm-ii iid wpmem is so very common, but iill h-; vl. serious drawback ii I othr .M'eliotis. 1 i ' What Western man then will do? Puii'lk-toii, of j Ohio, has character, (xiiifiice and ability.' But four years ago a very serious charge vo!viii!( his personal honesty was brought against him by the Republi can papers of J his State, and it in jured him very much. It was a grussly false dharge, but it will an sser the purposes of the opppsition. They wonhl as soon have .a campaign lie a a campaign truth, for the one i answers just as well as the other. I iidg.i Field, of California, has tine ability, but he is not the man "the Democrats, of bis own State fa ver. So be will net do. Geu. John 'll Palmer, of Illinois,' might answer if he were in Ohio or Indiana. . But his State 'will go Republican and so . he is not the man the Democrats are in search of. Hon. Thomas J. Hen dricks, of Indiana, has a record that ' stood the test in 1876. Could it not stand it equally as well in 1884?' If a Western . man is to be taken we cannot name him now. , He must bavc a high character and a satisfac tory political record. .Without these he will not "fill the bill." ; - Coming East : there are Bayard, Cleveland, Tihlen, English, of ; Con necticut, Slocum aud Hancock. We . have had something to say of the first three. Gov, English might do, bat we are not well . posted as to his record. He ! stands verv high at homaa gocjd, tes't of character. The partjf will not vtake a military man for the first place. - So Slocum and Hancock are ruled out. Payne, Randall, Flower and Ben' Butler we do not stop to consider as there! are millions of .Democrats who do not wish to be afflicted with canM - didai es of the tvoe of these men. The upshot of the matter is that the nearer we get to the day f or . the as sembling of the Convention, the greater the doubt as to whom the candidates Will be. j Availability and character must not be lost sight of m selecting the men. . If Jeremiah S. lack had lived we might have been nearer the solution of the! difficulty. What amagnificent,' President he uld'have made! "; . " t really seems to ns, after servey lng the whole field "and regarding JJe" and their records and character, l"at l horaas F. Bayard comes nearer Meeting the demands of the party ati any other yet named for tbe h'gb office. "SunBet" Cox does not think that eveland can be elected. - 7 vol. xv. f AKTHCU'S PARTISAN VETO, v I The vetoing of the bill (passed by the Congress restoring J Gen. . Fitz John Porter to the Army, whence he had been most no justly and foully expelled, by President Arthur is just suca an, act as might, nave been an ticipated.! There is nothing in Ar thur's record t'o authorize expecta tion that he could rise above parti--san prejudico and do a fitting act! to a gentleman who had been so grossly outraged in reputation and in pocket. Arthur went in as a shyster . politi cian of the New York Ward tpe and he will go out of office with, jthe same dimensionsr-no more, no less- but with the reputation of having been the only dude who ever eatf in the chair ! of Washington; . The i ac tion of the House in passing the 'bill over the veto was prompt and most commendable, and was a decided! re buke to Artbur's petty , partisanship and preju4icej .TUa bill will hardl pass the Senate over:; thej .veto. So" Gen. Portor will be kept out of tthe army until the Congress meets under' the new Democratic Administration that will begin to govern Ion thej4th of March, 1885. j The Congress - will not, however, meet until the follbw- ing December. So it must be a year and a half before Gen. j ceives justice and fair dea hands of jthe Government. Porter I re-' ing at j the We hope the next Congress will hot only re store him' to his place in the Army, but will give him every cent of jthe oacK pay; that is honestly due nun If he had! been a Republican soldier he would never have been! driven? so foully from the Army, ; and there would be no hesitation now over his restoration. Let justice; be done though the heavens fall. ; . ' , The nomination of CoLi Wharton J. Green by acclamation for a second term in the United States House of Representatives j was dqej ; him and was gracefully and enthusiastically rehdered.j Col. Green has made a vigilant, intelligent, useful, -faithful . Representative and there was ' no ,. reason whatever that be should not be returned. We congratulate: the Third District on the !. chjoice. The selection of Maj. McClammy, of Pen der, for j Presidential! Elector is a good one. He is an earnest ind ef fective speaker and he will do good work for the cause of Reform in the campaign just before us. iThe Con vention showed its judgment in se-. lecting Messrs. Hale and jBonitz, of the Press Gang, as delegates to ,Chi- ago. Jiidttors ought to be as well qualified as the best to engage in the work of selecting the best men for the high offices of State. The New Yord Sun published: f or- . .1 . ! . tv vears ago a prescription that be- came generally known as "TheJSun . . ... i t : . Cholera Mixture." Of this the Jour nal of Commerce says: I'Timi ziAntam nAaw tavai lnnf 'if a Ti a ma to a better article. .We have seen it in con stant use for nearly two score lyears, and found it to be the . best remedy for loose-' ness of the bowels ever yet devised, i It is to be commended for several reasons. It is not to be mixed with liquor, and therefore will not be used as an alcoholic beverage." I Here it is. Cut it. out! and use it. iii the family: Tinct. opii, : Capsici, '"!..- Bhei co., . - Menth pip, Campho. i I i Mix the above . in equal parts; dose, leu to twenty drops. In plain terms, take equal parts tincture opium, red pepper, rhubarb,' Deonermint. and camphor, and mix them for use. In case of diarrhoea take a dose of ten to twentv drops in three or four tea- spoonfuls or water. Tbe Philadelphia JPreas, subsidy organ of Protectionists, says the re volt is growing less. We 1 read the papers differently. Here is a special to the N. Y. Sun, that is k sample of what is going on : - i , Clevelakp. July 1. The Congregation al Club of Northern Ohio met at the Forest City House last night, and devoted the ses sion to a discussion of their duty with re spect to politics. Quite a number cither openly denounced Blaine or advised going over to a third party. The ReV. J. M. Mer rill said that Christian people who wished to have purity in politics would have to take to the woods rather than vote for Blaine. The Rev. J. G. Frazier of Madi son, in the dotrist . which Garfield . repre-: sented. said the less said about Logan the better. The Kev. J. . Strong or nuuson prophesied defeat for the Republican party, and the Rev. C. L. Hamlin of Coilinwood said that it would be better to vote for a third party. The Rev. E. A4 Hoffman of Cleveland said that he would not vote for Blaine under any circumstances. id Re I '1 he Manufacturers' Tariff form League has addressed a memo rial to the National Democratic Con vention asking for a consideration of the deplorable condition of manufac turing industries ! and . commerce. They seek relief. The League repre sent about 200 of the manufacturers in New York and New England, em ploying 20,000 workmen! The me morial shows that the imports of manufactured stuff were 20 per ident. greater in 1882-'83 than 1880-81, in spite of tariff rates varying from 45 to 85 per cent. The tariff, they say, is placed at the wrong endj IThe raw and crude materials get the lion's sjiare of the protection and the manufactured article is left to shift for itself.' -r - .- f ; i Gen. Logan voted against the first Chinese bill. He changes front and votes for the new ; bill. He is a can didate. 1- SENATOa VANCE ON THE FUTURE OP TIIE NEGRO. ! In the July namber of the North American Review there is a Sympo sium that we baye read with interest. It is upon the vexed question, "The Future of the Negro." ? .There are ten contributors, and Among 'them are Senators - Vance and ' Morgan. After reading with some care these various productions we are : con strained to make three general re- j marks: " , " First, the only writers . who can treat the negro question intelligently and judiciously are Southern whites, j Second, ' the three articles by ne groes are as well written as any,show decided ability,; and are T at least worthy of attention as showing jthe views of the best educated and most intelligent of their race. . . " ; . Third, the Northern writers fail always to understand the race prob lem iq the Sooth' when they discuss it. ' They do not understand the: ne gro character, and they are lamenta bly ignorant of the Southern whites. '." It is curious that . with all of the opportunities afforded for a correct Knowledge or the whites that! so many blunders should be perpetrated when educated; Northerners essay to write about our people. .We have not seen articles by a half "dozen -Northern . writers since the war that showed fairness,, intelligence and .insight in considering tbe South ern people. The war and its experi ences, and the constant intercommu- i nication between the sections do hot appear to have fairly opened the eyes of the Northern writers for they blunder at every step, and never more so than when discussing the negro in connection with the white race. To-day we shall confine our re marks to the two Southern writers. Senator Vance's, article " is short and . . I pithy. It' covers less than a page. He' understands the negro and has shown that he is not his enemy but his friend. He would do him good, and he can not show this more un mistakably than by writing the truth about him. He thinks the negro will' remain where he is. This is, we be lieve, the opinion of every writer jin the Symposium. But not only is he to remain, but he will be "as a race - f i forever practically distinct." That is correct,, and for the reason he gives. He says: ' . "The feeling against the intermarriage with negroes is more intense anion? the whites now than it was when such a thing first became possible. It is regarded with so much disgust that , when you find a man or woman ready to marry a negro, you may be sure tbe negro will get the worst of the bargain." i This is precisely as every man of sense sees it. There can be no sort of mistake just here. The whites of the South would go into another four years war, before they would; sanction or practice such an abomi-' j nation. Every instinct of manhood every consideration of decency and propriety every -impulse of race rises up to put the damning brand upon such an unnatural alliance. The Senator is right. Senator .Vance thinks the negro can improve his so- cial status, hut this depends entirely upon himself, it he pursues . tne course be has done -since be was i freed, by 'arraying himself solidly against the) whites, following blindly the renegade element of selfish white men" he will not improve, either in "his political or social status." This is true we have no doubt. There will be but little substantial progress in anv direction if the . negro butts " - . i year after year against the white race. We say this, in spite of Prof.' Gardiner's wildr-prophecy that the white race in some Southern States will be in a few years so overshadow ed by the negroes that either flight or absorption will follow. But more of this at another time. The interest of the two races the South ( is identical. The blacks can not thrive - by antagonizing the whites. If raee antagonisms con- tinue in the end the weaker race must be the ; main sufferer. . Says Senator Vance, "he can ' never hope to gain any thing by. that kind of self-assertion: which will bring bim into contact with and render him more obnoxious to the ruling race." He must agree to allow the compe tent -whites to ' govern, j He must cease to violently oppose and antago nize, but must "identify himself with the property and intelligence of the section where he lives." As long as he does not so act his "usefulness" is much impaired and "he will be an element of danger to . the welfare of society." - '-. . ' As long as the negro shows him Belf politically hostile to the property owners and the men of ' intelligence among the whites he will be a source of absolute danger to society and all the, educational schemes irrthe uni verse can not cure it. There are two jact3 worth repeating: First, the negroes in the South who can read are just as hostile to the white race as those who cannot read. Thev vote' always with "the rene- gade element" and against the inter ests of the men who bear the burdens KEKI WILMINGTON, N. O., of State, sustain the Courts, preserve society and build up the communi ties in which they live. Second,' the penitentiaries in the South show that a majority of the oalprits are negroes who have come to manhood under liberty, and can read. You . cannot make the negro a great political factor by teaching him the three R's. You will rather increase his power for mischief un-" less you are careful to train and dis cipline: and ' cultivate his moral na ture, i!"---; ' e '. -:v;;-vy!,. We have not space to refer to-day. to Senator Morgan's and other pa pers, but we will return to the sub- ject at an early day. The 'Albany -Evening Journal; Rep., bas an editorial to tbe effect that Tilden has notified, his friends that Cleveland is his choice for Pres- ident. He is reported as.. follows:. ! ?He safd he would not mind the strain tof the canvasaT He thought he could endure this all right; what he dreaded was the iour ye&rs' wear and tear after he should be el ected, the idea that possibly this demand on his declining years should not be made', on bim after the campaign not appearing to have any place in his mind. He stated freely that he personally preferred that .Gov. Cleveland should receive the nomina tion at Chicago. He said he had made known this preference ia a direction where it would do the most good, having sent word to his friends and to influential Dem ocrats to that effect. - He discussed Sena ator Bayard and other candidates. Bayard he said, would not do for Northern Voters. His war record would be exceedingly dama ging." .. j - -...j. V ; We suspect that the above is a lie. Steel is the coming metal, says Civil Engineer E. H. Dorsey. He has been twice to Europe, and says: "I'm thoroughly satisfied that soft or mild steel is much better than iron for all struc tural purposes. . It's safer, because it is stronger and has fewer imperfections and flaws than wrought iron. Orders for wrought iron work will soon become a cu riosity. Up to the present time we've done little with steel in this country, though our iron interests are very large. In tbe be ginning, you see, our engineers expected too much of steel. They got it of too great strength, which class of steel is more or less brittle. The result was unsatisfactory, and a prejudice sprang up against its use.' From a St. Louis paper we gather the following item concerning a na tive North Carolinian: "At the late commencement of the Uni versity of Mississippi the degree of LL. D. was conferred by the faculty and Hoard or Curators upon Rev. Joseph H. Foy, D. D., of St. Louis." Less than fourteen years ago Dr. Foy was not even a minister and was teaching school near Stantonsburg, ten miles from Wilson. Lord Rosebery has paid Mr. J. R. Keene $24,000 for Foxhall. , Foxhall won the Grand Prix at Paris on June -121881. He was bred by Mr. A. J. Alexander, on Woodburn farm in Kentucky, and was bought by Mr. Keene's agent at the yearling sale of 1876 for $650. His sire is King Alfonso and his dam Jamaica. Charlotte claims to be the health iest city of its size in the south. Wilmington has quite double the in habitants that Charlotte has. Last year we noted the fact that the death rate of Wilmington was lower than that of CharlotteJ Excursion of the Carolina Club ana tbe Ball at the Hotel Brnnaivlck. That was a pleasant party of ladies and gentlemen that went down on the steamer Passport Wednesday evening; the steamer r, hayinir preceded her with about thirty-five. The Concert Club enlivened the trip between Wilmington and Smith- ville with a number of delightful airs. Ar rived at Sonithville the party partook of an elegant supper at the Hotel Brunswick, af ter which the ball was opened in the pavil ion attached to the hotel, and the dancing continued until after 12 o'clock. The Con cert Club played the opening piece, and Kersey's string band furnished the music for the dancing. The party, after an evening, of per fect enjoyment, marred by no untoward event, embarked from home about 12-30 o'clock (except a few who remained and came up on the steamer Louise yesterday morning) and arrived home at 2.45 o'clock. The trip up was enlivened by excellent vocal music from a quartette of talented amateurs, which was greatly appreciated -by all on board. Captured a Prize. Capt. Carl A, Bache, of the Norwegian Brig San Juan, in defiance of the rules ap pertaining to friendly nations, and taking advantage of the dilapidated condition of our fortifications and the insufficiency of our naval defences generally, dashed into our port a few days ago, captured a valu able prize and sailed forth with flags flying triumphantly' to the , breeze. The Vice Consul of Norway and Sweden and Den mark, instead of interfering'to prevent this outrage upon the laws of nations, actually displayed his bunting in sympathy, and all the Scandinavian vessels in port followed Lsuit Capt. Bache'a prize consisted of a lovely wife, and right bravely did he Winner. - - ' J - ---' - ';-. Clinton and Point Caswell Ballroad. " Capt R. P. ,Paddison closed a contract yesterday to build and equip the part of the proposed Clinton and ! Point Caswell Rail road Jrom Point Caswell to Mr. J. D. Kerr's store, on Black river, a distance of fifteen miles. Work will be commenced njxt Monday, and Capt P. " informs us that it will be pushed vigorously : to com pletion. This contract covers about one third of the whole line. . i ' We are glad to see this encouraging man? ifestation of theprospect of an early com pletion of the road, - j The steamer Lisbon, ' which has for some time past been on the line between this place and Lisbon, Sampson county, is new at Point Caswell, where she is being thoroughly overhauled, and- will have twenty feet added to her length. She will also be refitted with new machinery. Mr. A. J. Johnson, her owner, informs us that she is expected to resume her regular trips on or about the last of August Y FRIDAY, JULY 11, FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. . FIRST SESSION. - Tbe Senate Sustains tbe Veto of the ' Porter Relief BUI The Antl-Cblneee --Bill and -the Fortification Bill , Passed Dlsasreement of the two r Rouses on Appropriation Bills The ITIexIcan Veteran's Pension BUI Ta- j Icen np In the Douse. - iBy Teleirraph to the Jtornlnn Star.l -SENATE., - -WASHiNGtON, July 3. After the reading of the journal the Chair laid before the Se nate the Fitz John- Porter veto message, which was read. The question being "Shall the bill pass notwithstanding the objections of the President ?" the yeas and najs were' taken - without debate and resulted in a tie vote yeas 27, nays 27. Two-thirds not voting in the '. affirmative the bill failed to pass. - The vote in detail is, as follows: ';-.' i'::v.v;?r"--:-y r v j Yeas Messrs. rBayard. Beck, Brown, Butler. Call. Cameron of Pa.. Cockrelt. ' Coke,Fair,Farley,Qarland,Oeorge,Groome. Hampton, Harris, Hoar, ' Jonas, Jones or Fla., Maxey, Morgan, Pike, Pugh, : Ran som, Sewell, Vance, Vest - and : Voorhees -27., - , Nays-r-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison,- Blair; Bowen, Cameron of Wis., Conger, Dawes Dolph, Edmunds. Hale, Harrison, Hawleyv; Hfll, lQgalter Lapham, Logan, McMillan, Miller of N. T., Mitchell,; Morrill. Palmer, Piatt, Plumb," Sawyerj Sherman, Van Wyck and Wilson 27. v : . Mr. Dawes, from the committee on Ap propriations, reported the: Fortification bill with amendments. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of - Nev., - explained that he had been necessarily absent during the vote on the Fitz John Porter bill, and that if he had been in the- chamber he would have voted in favor of the bill becoming - a law notwithstanding the President's objec tions. ' . Mr. Blair, from the committee on Edu cation and Labor, reported favorably a bill to legalize the incorporation of the' National Trades Union. Placed on the calendar. The anti-Chinese bill was called up by Mr. Miller of Cala. Mr. Piatt moved to strike out the clause excluding Chinese who are subjects of gov ern men ts other than that of China. Mr. Hoar reaffirmed his disapprobation of this class of legislation. Tbe bill, be said, was based on sheer barbarism, and the American people would in nis opinion some day repent tbe action oi uongress on this subject. Mr. Miller, of Cala,, hoped that Mr. Piatt's motion would not be agreed to. Mr. Piatt's motion was not agreed to. and the bill, coming at once to a vote, was passed without amendment yeas 43, nays 12. The vote in detail is as follows: Yeas Messrs. Allison, Bayard, Beck, Blair, Butler, Call, Cameron of Pa., Came ron, of Wis., Cockrell, Coke, Conger, Cul lorn, Dolph, Fair, Farley, Garland, Groome. Hale. HamDton. Harris. Hill. In- ealls, Jones of Fla., Jones of Nev., Logan, Manderson. Maxey, Miller of Cal., Miller of N. Y.. Morgan, Palmer, Pendleton. Pike, Plnmb. Pueh, Ransom, Sawyer, Sherman, Slater, Vance, Van Wyck, Vest and Voorhees 43. Nays Messrs. Aldrich, Brown, Dawes, Edmunds, Hawley, Hoar, Lapham, Mc Millan. Mitchell, Morrill, Piatt and Wil osn 12. Non-concurrence of the House in the Senate amendments to the Sundry Civil Service bill was announced and a new con ference ordered, the members being Messrs. Allison .'Hale and Beck Consideration of private pension bills was undertaken.but was cut off for the day by the limitation of time. The Senate then resumed consideration of the bill to forfeit unearned lands granted to the Atlantic & Pacific llailroad COmpa ny. The debate was continued ny Messrs. Morgan, Dolph, Ulair, -riumth Harrison ana menus. A. vole was larcn on jtlt. Morgan's amendment providing for the re ference to the U. S. Circuit Court of the question of title to land after forfeiture,! and it was a creed to yeas 31. nays 11. Mr. Sherman thought this left the bill a mere naked declaration of forfeiture, leav-j ing possession of the land to the company: and everything else open. That would be worth almost nothing. It was quite proper to have the court prepared to protect every body's rights, but actual possession of the land by the government snouta louow ine declaration of forfeiture., tie, tnereiore. moved an amendment, which was agreed to, providing for the resumption of title by the United States, and declaring the lands part of the public domain, but not sub ject to disposal under the general laws until after the termination of the legal pro ceedings prescribed by this act. The bill was then passed. The Fortification bill was passed without debate, precisely as it came up from the Senate Appropriations committee. The Senate committee increased by $200,000 the amount for the armament of sea-coast f orti- fixations and added an appropriation of $5,000 f for the preservation of Fort Marion, at St Auerustme. A message being received from the House of Representatives announcing tne non concurrence in the Senate amendments to the Fortifications bill, the Senate insisted on its amendments and ordered a commit tee of conference. The Chair appointed as such committee Messrs. Dawes, Logan and Cockrell.- On motion of Mr. Hill the Postal Tele graph bill was then laid before the Senate in order that it may stand as unnmsned business for to-morrow, and on motion of Mr. Hawley, at 6.15 p. m., the Senate went into executive session, and when the doors were reopened adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. . Mr. Finerty, of Ills., said he was absent yesterday when the vote was taken on the passage of the Fitz John Porter bill, in the belief that he was paired. Had he been present he would have voted for the bill, i . Mr. Robinson, of N. Y., made a similar statement. Tbe Speaker appointed Messrs. Oates, McMillan and Payne as conferees on tbe bill limiting the time within which prose cutions may be instituted against persons charged with violating internal revenue laws. Also. Messrs. Rosecrans. Morgan and Steele as confeees on the bill relieving cer tain soldiers from tbe charge of desertion. ' Also, Messrs. Rosecrans, Morgan and Laird, as conferees on the hill for locating a branch Soldiers' Home in one of the Western States. Also, Messrs. Randall, Forney and Ryan, as conferees on the Sundry Civil Appro priation bxii. . ! Mr. Hammond, of Ga., submitted the re port of the select committee apppointed to inquire whether any ex-members have vio lated the privileges of the House. The! committee find no custom or usage which would justify them in the conclusion that the conduct of W. H. English, in the con tested case of English vs." Peelle, was a breach of privilege in the House, and re commend that the whole matter be laid on the tfthlp. - Mr. Miller, of N. Y.. presented the mi nority report declaring that the charge that W. H. English lobbied on the floor in the interest of his son was fully sustained by the testimony, and that his conduct was improper and a flagrant violation of the House. The report is accompanied by a i...: i j? -nr tt xiii:nK f-nn. resuiuuuu exciuUlug if a., mijusu iiuui the floor during the present Congress, , After . a short debate Mr. Hammond moved to lay the whole matter on the ta me. Agreed to veas 137. nays va, Mr. Holm an moved that when the House adjourn to-day it be to meet on Saturday next He thought this action would give more time for the conference committees to meet, and would therefore facilitate a final adjournment Agreed to. On motion or Mr. Randall, it was or dered that the hour of meeting of the House on Saturday be 9 a. m. - . The conference report on the 4th of July claims bill was presented by Mr. Howell, of Ills., and agreed to. : . - The Mexican veterans' pension bill was then taken no. and after -considerable ob jection a verbal amendment of the Senate was agreed to. " There was much opposi tion to the bill manifested, and Mr. Hewitt, of .Ala., and Mr. Hardeman, of Ga., m Star , I - J I' ' " terjected several motions to adjourn, which were severally voted down, but which ren-. aered progress with, t toe bill very slow, ; u i Mr.- Townsend; of 111., said in response to an inquiry that the House would not ad journ until the bill was passed. J v , Pending debate several - conference ire- ports on bills of. minor importance were agreed to. -" ' - .; ' .. ...The Senate amendments to the Fortifica tion' appropriation bill were non-concurred in, and Messrs. Randall, Forney and Keifer were appointed conferees. -. -.1 The House then resumed 'consideration of the Mexican Pension bill. Mr. Hewitt, of Ala., raised the point of order that the House must consider in commitee oi the Whole the Senate amendments granting, pensions to widows of soldiers of the Mexi can war who were married after their dis charge. " ; : . . '. . . i-V. - v- : The Speaker sustained the point of order. the House proceeded to consideration of the amendments but the opponents of the measure resorted to filibustering tactics, and left the House without a quorum. ' ' ., - After a call of the House a recess was taken until to-morrow at 10 o'clock, " i i ..... r.-,.;,.' SENATE.;.!,-, ' '. h Washington. July 4.The Senate was called to order promptly at 11 o'clock, and after prayer by Bishdp-AndrewS the De claration of Independence was read by Gen; M Hale, swbmttted 'the report of the Conference committee on the" Deficiency bill, stating that each House had made cer tain concessions, but that there were 2d ot the Senate amendments on which the con ferees were unable to agree. :- - , i On motion of Mr. Hale the Senate further insisted on its amendments and re appointed the same committee of Confer ence. " - - y On motion of Mr. Biar. tbe .bill to grant a pension to the widow of Commodore Jas. M. Watson was taken up and led to con siderable debate,! but was finally passed. The amendment to this, offered yesterday by Van Wyck, to make all pensions to widows $13 per month instead of fs, was laid on tne table. - k -' I A number of other pension bills were passed, among them a bill granting a pen- ?. . i j - -k rt f 1 sion to tue wiuow oi uen. j. j. utu. Also, a bill increasing the pension of Gen. Frank P. Blair's widow: and one to author ize the President to appoint Gen. W. YY. Averitt to the position of Colonel in the Army and then place him on the retired list as of that rank. - ! f At 5.25 the Senate went, into Executive session, and wnen . at c.aa tne doors were reopened took a recess until 9 P. M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 10 o'clock this morn ing, in continuation ot mursaay s session. The conference report on the bill to con solidate the Bureau of Military Justice and the Corps of .Judge Advocates, was pre sented by Mr. Rosecrans, of Cala., and agreed to. I - i i The .House then resumed consideration of Senate amendments to the Mexican Pen sion bill, but thei want of a quorum was disclosed, and after several roll calls a call of the House was ordered. ' " . i Mr. Brewer, of -.N.. .Y.. moved at 12 o'clock that the House go into committee of the Who.e. for the purpose ot consider ing that great State paper, the Declaration of Independence, and that this important document be read for the information of those members who are now abient from their posts of duty. Tbe Speaker ruled mat tne motion was not privileged, and could not be enter tained. I Roll-call followed roll-call in monotonous succession on motions to adjourn and for calls of the House, until 1.30 o cIock, wnen Mr. Randall presented the conference re port on the General Deficiency Appropria tion bill, it announces an agreement on all of the amendments in controversy- ex- cent 23. . The report was agreed to. and Messrs. Randall, Burnes and Calkins were appointed conferees. .. " . i: nr. Willis., oi ivv.. presenieu me uuu ference report on the River and Harbor AporoDriation bill and it was agreed to. The bill as it passed the House appro priated $12,086,200; as agreed to in confer ence it appropriates $13,899,700. - Mr. McMillan, of Tenn., submitted the conference report on the bill introduced by him, limiting the time within which prose cutions may be instituted against persons charged with violating the internal revenue laws, and it was agreed to. As agreed to the bill reduces the time within whicn of fenders may be j prosecuted from nve to three years. whent the penalty is imprison ment in tbe penitentiary; and two years in all other cases. Filibusteriag against the Mexican Pen sion bill was men continued umu t.u, when the House took a recess until 9 p. m. At .the evening session the House re sumed tne consiaerauon oi uie auexicuu Pension bill, and in view of the strong op position to tie measure, both on the part of those wno tnougnt mat ine granting oi service pension was inadvisable, ; and of those who were opposed to the restriction laid upon it 6y the senate, jnr.'rownsnena, of 111., who had t charge of tne bin, pro posed that the Senate amendments be non concurred in. and a conference oraerea. Mr, Hfiwitt. of Ala., omected. Mr. Shellev. of Ala., suggested that the bill be laid aside and the House proceed to the consideration iof private pension bills; and Mr. Calkins, of lnd.. asted Mr. Towns bend to comply with that suggestion, at the same time complimenting him on the gallant fight he had made for the Mexican Pension bill. ! SENATE. Washington, July 5. On motion of Mr. Cullom. the Senate took up the bill to es tablish a commission to regulate inter-state commerce. It provides ior ine appoint ment of a commission, to consist of nve commissioners, at a salary of $7,500 each, who shall have supervision of all matters pertaining to the regulation of1 commerce hetween the States and the methods of operating railroad companies 'engaged in inter-State commerce. Sixty thousand dol-. lars is appropriated for the purposes of the commission for its first year's operation. : Mr. Cullom said that in the presentation of this bill, there was no intention of op pressing the . railroad companies, state commissions; for. the regulation of rail-i roads, had operated to the advantage of the people and of the companies so far as the powers of the commissioners extended; but as the railroads had spread themselves all over the continent, a national commission was necessary to ' an adiustment of the in terests of the whole people and the roads; it was his belief that very considerable power should be given to the national commissioners to settle disputes, in order to avoid too much litigation. This would be beneficial to both the people and com panies. - i - . ; . - ' -.. ; ' ' Mr. Allison presented tne conierence re port on the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, which was then-read. The Houses agreed on every thing except on these points, namely :.First, that relating to the contingent fund of the Senate (which provides compensation for Senators' cierksli secoridTthe printing in the Congressional Record of speeches not . delivered'; and, third, the reduction or in ternal revenue collectors and customs col lectors. The Senate agreed to the report Mr. Allison said the committee would like some expression of the sense of the Senate as to unsettled points. Mr. Maxey thought the printing i of un delivered speeches cost more than the Sen ators clerks, i ' h r Mr. Sherman moved that the Senate re cede from the amendment . prohibiting the printing of i undelivered speeches. The Senate, he said, j might regulate its own speeches, and he would favor a provision in the Senate rules prohibiting the printing of -undelivered speeches; yet the House may as well feel that it was a part of its perogative to control its own printing. Mr. Vest hoped the printing limitation would be adhered to. -- ! r Mr. Ingalls referred to the. calumnious matter recently printed in the Congressional Record, ; though not delivered in either house of Congress; matter involving the reputation and honor of a member of the Senate; matter that was absolutely false. He was opposed to the 'pnnting of unde livered speeches; yet he thought the appro priation bill not the best place in which to deal with the question. T . . NO. 37 Messrs. Dawes. Morgan. Bayard and Maxey defended the provision for Senate. cierssi ootn on the ground of actual neces sity for. the prompt, performance of Sena torial duties, and on the ground of the constitutional right of the Senate to regu late,, the number and duties of its own employes. All expressed the hope that the (senate would stand by lis-, original decr tion. . i-;.: Mr. Allison ; said the great difference. after, all, was that the House insisted on putting new legislation into the appropria tionills. - ! ; ' ' "- "! " Mr. .Bayard reminded Mr. Allison, that the Senate was not without fault in this re spect, calling attention to the provision for new cruisers in .the Naval- Appropriation biu. '..i' , t I - Mr. Allison replied that "that provision had been decided by the Senate not to be new legislation, but said that where the House insisted that certain provisions were new legislation, it would be the duty of the Senate to recede. v 1 Mr. Sherman withdrew his motion, add the .Senate insisted farther- on its amend ment and' ordered another committee Iof conference. -;." - i v-; - - ' The Chair-Pointed Messrs. Allison. Dawes and Cockrell as Buch committee. The question recurring on the inter State Commerce s bill, Mr. J Miller. - of $T. iY moved to postpone it till December next. stating that while'he fully sympathized with the purposes... of the bill, it was mani fest that it was one. of the most im portant measures of the session, and could not : be properly discussed in the limited time now at the disposal of the Senate. ' Mr. Miller s motion was agreed to. and the bill goes over. v the senate then took np and passed a number of private pension cases, r l ne resolution was not agreed to. Mr. Logan submitted the repoit of the Conference committee on the Fortifications bill, to which the Senate agreed. Un motion or Mr. Klair, the senate pro ceeded to the consideration of the House bill to prohibit the importation of foreign en under contract or agreement to perform labor in tne united states. During tbe reading oi mis diii me senate, at 3 .30 l'. M., went into executive session: While- still in executive session, at 455, a recess was taken until 8 o'clock this evening. Tne senate met in executive session at 8 o'clock, remained with closed doors for half an hour, when it took another recess until 9 o clock, and then resumed the executive session. At 9.50 o'clock the doors were again opened, and a message from the House announced the persistence of, that body in its disagreement to such of tne senate amendments to tbe Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill as al lows $250,000 to be expended by the Pres oent to aeiray: expenses attendant upon foreign intercourse, and such as relate to the appointment of a commission to ascer tain the best modes of securing commercial relations with South America. The Senate insisted on its amendments and agreed to the report of its own conferees, and having ordered a new conference, the Chair reap pointed the original conferees. Mr. Hoar announced that the conference of both Houses on the Electoral Count bill bad bad several meetings, and while no report had yet been authorized, he thought it proper to state that no progress toward agreement had been made. He saw no possible hope of agreement unless the Sen ate was prepared to put the whole matter of the Electoral Count into the power of the House, either as a separate body, ort what was equally objectionable,; into the power of a body made np of members of the senate and the House voting per cap ita. Every member of the Senate, Mr. Hoar thought, without any exception, and without distinction of party, regarded such a proposition as entirely unknown to the Constitution... totally inadmisable in principle, as well as impracticable and inexpedient in practice HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met this morning at 9 o'clock With not more than half a dozen members in attendance. The journal was very long, anffal the conclusion of its reading, .Mr. Randall announced that there wet c no conference reports in readiness, whereupon the House took a recess until 11 o'clock.-. I Mr. Davis, of Mo., from the committee on Elections, submitted a report on the Alabama contested election case Craig vs. Shelley and it was laid over for future ac tion. The accompanying resolution de clares the contestant, G. H. Craig, entitled te his seat Mr. Bennett, of N. C, obtained leave to file a minority report. j Mr. Hill, oi ill., on nenair ot nr. ueu mont, of N. Y., from the committee on Foreign Affairs.reported against the resolu ration requesting the President to negotiate with Great Britain for a renewal of the Ca nadian reciprocity treaty of 1854. House calendar, 'i , Mr. Rainy, of Mass., from the commit tee on "Elections, submitted a unanimous report confirming the right of Martin Ma ginnisto a seat as delegate for Montana Tprritnrff and it wasafl-reed to. i The decision of the primaiB tight of T. G. Skinner to a seat as representative from the First District of -North Carolina,' was postponed until the second Mondayin December. ,. - -?- s . i The House then proceeded industriously to kill time and succeeded well in itstobicct, the Mexican Pension bill was the pivot on which au motions turned..! !...- ,i At 12.30 o'clock.with a view to removing any impediment to the transaction of bust ness Mr. Burnes, of Mo., moved to post pone further consideration of the bill until the second Tuesday in December. Lost ! yeas 55, nays 165. , , . 4 l-Afiumber of roll-calls were taken with out extricating the House from its dead lock, and then, at 1.50 p. m., a recess was taken until, 3 o'clock. . .,..-.. , i After the ftecess. Mr. Burnes submitted the conference report on the Consular and, Diplomatic Appropriation bill. Uf tne 167 amendments placed on tbe bill.by the Sen ate. the conference committee has reached an agreement on all except three. One of these is that appropriating $250,000 to meet the necessary expense attending on foreign intercourse, to be expended under the di rection of the President; the other two have reference to the appointment of. a commission to ascertain, the best mode of securing more intimate international and commercial relations between the United States and the several countries of Central and South America. - The bill, as far as agreed upon, appropriates $1,188,890, be ing an increase of $235,120 over the appro priation carried by the measure as it origi nally passed tne House. - . i Mr. Burnes said, in reference to the first point of disagreement, that the. conference committee was so hedged in by obligations that it was almost impossible for . him to discriminate between what ought to be said and what could not : be said. . His im pression was that public interest requires that there should be no discussion . of the question.: He would not attempt to discuss it unless such was- the desire of gentlemen on the othef side.--- ) Mr. Springer," of Ills., inquired how far the gentleman; could go in stating the ob ject of the appropriation without violating the secrets of the committee. 1 : Mr. Burnes trusted that tbe gentleman would not insist upon his question Mr. WashburWfoMiit-ffl-: said mat me Senate, after very fattidfeeussiotf of the matter, had placed lite amendment on the bill by, an almost , unanimous vote. , He thought the House would make .a great mistake if it did not recede from its dis agreement to the amendment. ; X .4 Mr. Burnet called-attention to. the fact that a majority of the Appropriations com mittee, after an impartial consideration of the que8UonK.nad tcome y a aineveat con nlllflinTW 'i. ! : , . ..... I Mr. WashburnjnojeJliat the House recede from ijsiiflagreement to Um amend ment Lost yeas 81 nays 93. 1 Mr, Washburn- moved a recession from the disagreement td the other matter in dispute. u i Messrs. Washburn, Baton, Kassod, Hunt and O'Neill of Mo advocated the motion as being in the interest of extending our commercial relations. Messrs. tsurnes, Townseod - and i Springer opposed it; re- crardine the -proposition' as - involving an unneraiB&rv. exneMliture of tnonev latter declaring1 that the commissioners might drink barrel after barrel of cham- pagne, bat they could 'not, sell a single, woollen hat - in South America -until they, sold it .as cheaply as it could be sold by England. " - - The, motion to recede was 'agreed to- yeas 111, nays 7C. This leaves the $250, 000 clause the only point of difference. V. Messrs. Humes, Townshenff and Wash-; burn were reappointed conferees, and the House -then, at 5.10 o'clock, took a recess until 9 o'clock this "evening.--. . . . . . Spmts Turpentine: Charlotte Observer' : Since spring set in, fuUy ,forty new' residences nave been completed in the city, ana there seems to be no end to the building boom. - - Mr. ,W. W. Pegram has just received a letter from Mr. E, , a Starr, saying that the first of the four pigeons liberated at At-; laota on J une aotb. arrived at its s loft in -Kcyport, Ni J., at 9 o'clock on the morn--v ing of the 29th. The distance of the flight was 725 miles. This brag bird is called the K "Lost One."- - v.. ,v r . , m Kinston Free Press : Edward A. Richardson, a negro, ' has been appointed -postmaster at New Berne, in placo of tbe present incumbent, Mr. Manix, who is very, much liked in New Berne and considered a perfect gentleman. Richardson has been! a clerk in the office for a number of years. ! A son of Mr. Simon Faulkner, about 18 years old, was drowned in Reuse river, about five, or six miles from Kinston, last Sunday evening.? " The young man was 1 in swimming when he was drowned. His body was not found until Monday. t ; ) -r- New ' London (Conn.) Day: Hon. W. N. H. Smith, "of North Carolina, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of that State, is in the city; the guest of Maj. W. Hi H. Comstock.v4 Chief Justice Smith is a couBin of the tete-Dr. Seth Smith. He came North to: attend the fiftieth anniver- i sary of the class of 1834 at Yale, of which he was a member.. Although over-70 years t of age be is as vigorous, physically ffntf - mentally, as - a' man in the prime of . life. Major Comstock invited Governor Waller and several leading citizens to' meet the . v Chief Justice Friday evening. : ' - '- Raleigh Farmer & Mechanic: :1 .V, North Caroliua has nearly 1,800 postoffices. Marshal .Robert M. Douglas has aub- mitted to the Internal Revenuo Department a written statement in defence of his alleged " irregularities. One thing the Demo cratic party ought to sit down upon is the allowing of one or two men to represent four or five counties. ' r Cadet Edwin A. Anderson, son of Col. W..E. Anderson, has been promoted to the rank of Ensign. - North Carolina has given seven Epis- .. copal liisnops and three Presidents to tbe other States of the Union. (At one time, twenty or thirty years ago,' there were seven U. S. Senators in Congress and all natives of this State. Stab..) . Senator Vance is home-sick. He is longing to drink once more from the -old spring and to hear the cow-bells of Buncombe. The Washington correspon dent of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle reports him as saying: "I long for adjournment. I want to go fishing. The campaign is about to burst over my State and the coun try, but I'll go fishing once if I die for it. I want to get back to old North Carolina. I want to wake up in the morning and see the pine trees, and I want to smell them when I go to bed, as their perfume floats into the window and makes me dream that I was a child again. Yea, verily, I want to go out into our old fields. once more and see a nigger plowing a one eyed mule, with a coffee sack for a plow-line. That sight would be more agreeable to me than a vision of Araby the Blest or Barnum's cir- . cus. . I am like the servant of the Sorcerer in the Black Crook 'I want to go home 1 I want to go home I' " - Raleigh Farmer and Mechanic: It is announced that a branch road three miles long, from Warren - Plains to War- renton is soon to be built The track is already graded; and the cross-ties and iron . have been ordered. Jfix-Uov. W. VV . Holder predicts that Scales and Stedman . will sweep the State by 10,000 majority; and that the Civil Rights plank of the Re publican platform will have a good deal to - do with piling up of this majority. In the campaign of 1880, fully one-third - the crowd started. home as soon as Judge Fowle Was defeated for Governor. It was " largely the same in the late convention; the afternoon trains being loaded with return ing delegates and spectators.' There is a" disadvantage in this. - The first half of the ticket is generally nommateu Dy a muon- . vention; the other half, the State commit tee, and the platform, are chosen at the night session, when the bulk of. the dele gates have gone; so that the votes of coun ties are often no more than the vote of . the chairman of the delegation, and "trades are much more easily made than when the convention was full. So as to the plat form, which often represents a minority rather than a majority of the party. Raleigh Netos- Observer: . The North Carolina State Exposition is to con tain a grand display of JSorth Carolina pro ductions, and the query naturally arises are we to have a baby show ? Hon. Edwin G. Reade has accepted an invitation to deliver the annual address before the . Bar Association of -Western North Caro lina, at A8heville, the 9th of July. In many sections in the Western part of the State typnoid lever is reported to do raging. At some points on Deep river there is said to be considerable fever of a fatal charac- . ter. Dr. Chas. W. Dabney has been in the great swamp known as "Angola" bay, and brings back most interesting ac counts of its wonders. It is of great ex tent, there being in it, upon a rough com -1 putation, 40,000 acres of land. Tbe ferui-l ity is inconceivably great It is now being' drained and divided into sections, each four -miles square. It presents such a view to the explorer as does a tropical forest. Some farmers were specially unlucky last week. On Tuesday their cotton was washed up, Wednesday it was "reset, sb to speak, Thursday it was washed up again, Friday it was "reset,"" and once again, on Saturday, it was washed pretty nearly away. Some farmers gave it up af ter the second attempt. ... New Berne Journal:- The fu neral services of Mrs. Mary J. Whitford were conducted yesterday evening by Rev. Dr. Whitfield, of . Goldsboro. - Major W. L. Palmer has received a note from a party in Syracuse, New York, who states that he has just - seen what he deemed & great curiosity!. It was . a Third Lieuten ant's Commission,, in artillery, given to John Carlon Vance of the State of North Carolina, dated July. 19th, 1777. - We publish this morning the report of Presi dent Whitford made to the stockholders of 'the A. &;N. C. Railroad Company at the recent meeting ; at Morehead. The road seems to be in good condition, running faster time than ever before, has increased receipts some twelve 'thousand dollars in the face of a short crop and other disad vantages and altogether an encouraging state of affairs is reported to exist For several days past Mr. J. B. Askew, special agent of the Postoffice Department, has been- in the city examining into the affairs of the postoffice and the result of his examination was the turning over of the -office to Mr. Manix's official bondsmen who have placed Hon. O. Hubbs in charge.with John S. Palmer as clerk. Mr. Askew says upon the examination he found the office in bad condition and a deficiency of about five hundred dollars in the postal and money order accounts. . ..... ' . : New Berne Journal'; Jones county dots: Many of bur sheep farmers are disposing of their entire -stock to the butchers, as they find it impossible to make sheep "raising pay on account of their de struction by dogs, , Mr. L Dillahunt Sr., says he had a large flock and they were all killed by dogs but ten. ' Our people are more than pleased with the Democratic State ticket. Every Democrat, we heat speak of it says, what an able and strong ticket; the very one we need to swoep the State. Corn is selling at Trenton at $1 per bushel, and is in demand; eggs 8 cents per dozen, honey 65 cents per gallon, beeswax 25 cents per pound, grown chick ens 50 cents per pair, spring chickens 20 cents to 30 'cents " per pahv Beston items: Seasons are good and cotton is look ing better. Corn is good. t Rice is sorry on account of bad stands.' ? Corn is scarce and finds ready sale at $5 per barrel, - r Mr, Giles Newson, of Greene county, had his store and stock of goods burned one night last week. Loss $1,500; insured for $1,000.: Supposed incendiary. ; Mr. Council Best is the champion shingle maker of -this - section. He has already marketed over -60,000 since January. ; He does his work by hand and has no one to help him.- - La Grange jotting: Crops on ; the railroad from here to Morehead City are in a fair condition. The season has been unfavorable on some lands. r - ' V- L - '.!".:;d; , . -V - ! . -.V'M'.. - : . ;:-. i '; : V'-L. 4 . , : ' ;'.!..- , .. : - : -'. 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