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THKKBOSHIIf RESOLUTION.
TiH debate in the House ' over
OMIara's" ret 6lulion- which W atv-en-
teri'g wedge to social equality, bhows
the animus
of certain Northerners!
Tli.
Iiave liut1 little negro travel iri
s- rtion, rand are not inconve4
til 3
.1
nit !.'!l in any
way by mixing the
neui- n s ana me wnues in the same
and the
cir r in the caineseat or in the same
di-jiartuie.nt in sleepers.. They "are.
thi refore, in favor of mixing up the
rai'in the South and 'of giving the
h r all the annoyance possi-
bl.
It is the same bid feelint? of I
gpitt' ami demagoguery. Who be
li. vcs i hat the iiegrophiliBta really
care a button for Sambo only so far
as lie can be used ae an -,in8tr4
men t with which to punish and
annoy the Southern white., or, as
the "smart Alex" from Maine, lone
Reed, called them, "robber Ba
rom?" Far parenthese we will
venture to siy that this fellov is a
High " Protectionist of the Maine'
suiiool of the Chmfse Wall and that'
he ias Veeu helping. rob the South;
for a scoro or so of years. lie is one
of the "robber Barons" and not the
poor plucked whites in the South. ;
i (lhe negro is seized upon as a jim
my i ! iat opLii the Southern doors.
Hal tiie negro has no special advan
.tsges or privileges in the North and
ht 'u-ily fwn'.ed if he L thinks; so.
. Wiit- i. -Ji.- Nabobs in - Yankeedoo-i!--!.-U
' have their "big: spreads'
f.m.sM i'. not allowed to co
inie in a
squ 'iv of it
When do the dweller-i
on .Murray Hill or Fifth Avenue ver
invihiMrs. Johannes Ebo Shin or
Mrs. Pouipfy Smash to ther royal
eiiti rtaiiiineiits when all f the
"'sMfir' ciiltih aristocracy. 4nd the
upper-teiidoin of green grocery arc
on hand ? Does any - one su p,
pose that the Money Kings in
the North allow Sambo to sit
with tht in in their palace cars as they
are bowbi along at. the rate of. fifty
miles an hour? Does any one' sup
pose hat the rich people in the North
share momH or beds with the;. negro
uwcller on the outskirts of civiliza
tion rjien he goes among them.
VVh n the late Biahoi Gil Haven, of
Bostohfwas forced "to buhkf with
an odoriferous brother of African de-'
scentrather than do so he sat up all
night feigning tooth ache. Now
cisiiop Uil was one of your ever
lasting blowers over the negro. To
hear him bold forth in' denunciation
of the Southern whites, and in
, description of the "man and brother"
and his complaints you would have
supposed that the said Bishop Gil
would jiot be happy in Heaven itself
unless he could be surrounded ; by
dnsky angels, and that he would
only be too delighted to have ' the
exquisite pleasure of enjoying so
,0IIS as he remained on K earth'
the delightsome society of the co 1
wed folks to the exclusion of all
Boston civilization and New York
snobbery. But when the gushing
Blower came in contact with the ma
lodorous brother of the dark skin be
managed to get up auch a kicking
and cavorting toothache he was able
l grunt through the night to the"
-"soiing enonngs of "the brother in :
black"
who slept the sleep of the
innocent wholly indifferent to whkt
Brother Gil, of Boston, might think
or feel. .
Now this constant effort ' to make
, a martyr is very ridicu-
lous- We all krm
, " vu 1U11MUIQ
negroes are. They are certain
do what their white superiors do.
Kut unless they are told that they
are martyrs or are deprived of great
precious privileges and rights
V'ey will never find it out. -
do refined ladies "and
gentlemen feel that they have been
bereavo T
ln the same para tk - . I
neeroPfi? CCnmed bH
wuen mey are not sitting
Why are thev contpnt. tn
be
muv are toev nnntont tn I
cut off from all aaa;,t: in.
,Aai yet miserable Northern
aemagogue8 of the Rmmmw
ready always to fan discord snd
ecau8e he is not to nhtnA t.:r.f
Ponthe attention of refined ladies
and gentlemen. , !
We are glad that the House did
not allow tbeegrjla
his way as to the cars.
This f elk v
is ' Bakl,. not- tp.be
a" native. of tbu
country and not to be entitled to a
seat m the 1Congre8s.i. lie is smart,
has cunning,' and made a good point
.wb'c fce brought in his amend potent
toctre the whites to ride witbthe
negroti ' We do not blame him. He
is nafuTiHy forcing himself upward, 1
ana newpuia tiring np his race n -. he
'conld apd ifnot 1iewiU;dV9
.wh5te4 But we oen8Qre those swift-footed-negrbphUists
who to persecute
thet Southern ; whites would compel
them, however ' repellant . and ; dis-
tasteful, to ride together with Sambo
aad JSally Ann
tTiti "'.1 . m L I
tusa tne amendment ot Mr.; l;rit-u
to: 'the 1 amehdment' of :'f
wL" e fixes it. Railroads have a right
' " V - ' -j . j -, 4 ' - . - k f -
for passengers . as they may deem
best for public'; comfort and safety.
This leaves ' the -'matter where it !b-
"THh the public carriers, ". This
ttemptJSj "foreqiiissgGiti
wg.jjtivouie negroes.all their rights.
Protect., them iq life, liberty nd
property. ' Let them be ' provided
with good and ample' accommiodai
tions on the cars and steamboats, bnt
. -. 9 T
aonoi attempt by . law' to compel
men and women of ,, the white races
to bunk, affiliate, . hctb nob, or travel
with the . inferior race. . Such an ati
temttt ' mfi.lnii tn?a!iia ' T ' iMnnA
evil Da88ion8 and " rPa'ptfnl fai;a;
T-.k.!: Lr r-M.t;
Said. . : '' ' : i-:t j
MB DECL&BATION OF 1RDEPEN.
ATT NEW OKI.KAifS.;!'rB
A writer signing himself "A Na
tive Mecklenburger" has a long arti
cle in the New Orleans Times-Democrat
of December the 1 5th, on An
Historical Document.' He onens his
I discussion by saying: t" -rlvr' ;
"It ia to be reeretted that 'thft niritnc.'
sioners of North Carolina to the Cotton
jsixposiuon, may omit to exhibit the origi
nal or a copy of the first official declaration
of independence, which emanated 1 from
Mecklenburg county in May, 1775, four
teen months before the immortal Declara
tion of Independence,! written by Thomas
Jefferson, in July, 1776." :; i
. Uur . readers know Moor views in
the matter of the authenticity
.and genuineness of the, :MAilrltn
burg' Declaration
that there.
- r -
.Was
certain ty Declaration i on i the
20th of ilay,1775,
-that there is i no- -
at Charlotte, but
extant copy, the
present Declaration being f the pro
duction of J. M. - lAlexander, as he
stated himself in a note attached to
the document that first appeared in
the Kaleigh Register in 1819. The
fact of a Declaration is assured but
the ipsisima verba are lacking. .
We refer now tothe article in the
New Orleans paper i because of the
blunder the author makes in con4-
founding the Uesolutiona of the 31st
of May with the Declaration of the
20th. - He gives Mr; Bancroft's very
interesting and important letter and
then says that it "establishes the fact
beyond all questipn that rJuZpet
dence was first' proclaimed r in cMeck
lenburg, '; North " Carblinai in - May,
1775." He shows that he confounds
the two documents by ! quotiDg from
Sir James Wright's letter in which
he said: : ' .
' "By the inclosed paper your Lordship
will see the extraordinary resolves of the
people of Charlotte Town, in Mecklenburg
county; and I should not be surprised if the
Now the "resolves" are 'extant;
There are three copies known .to be
in existence in newspapers published
a few days after they were adopted.
Thet "resolves" are not a declaration
of "Independence," but they are very
rebellious and a long way in advance
of anything of the kind that occur
red in any of the Colonies up to that
time. ;:v:i i ".:
' ' We would be glad to see "the
original or copy of the first official
Declaration of Independence! which
emanated from Mecklenburg county
in May, 1115 r exhibited in New Or
leans or in Baleigb. Such a docu
ment would be of supreme value.
We would be willing to travel a long
way to see it. We do not believe
there is the slightest shadow , of a
shade of, doubt as to tbeacl that a
Declaration was made,' but the origi
nal was. burnt "when Mr. Alexander's
residence was consumed, as he states
himself. But the ; Resolutions of I tentiary; Alfred Jordan, . assault and , bat
May 31st are extant, and they are a tery.with a deadly weapon,, three months
glorious heritage and an honor to any
people. , ;, ' ; .
t ; We have watched with some inter
est the career of a distinguished Geor
gian, who is now, probably the ablest
man in the Congress from that State.
He is a native of- Franklin county,
North Carolina. The staff correspon
dent of the Augusta Chronicle writes:
"One of the most prominent men at the
Pjtal said to me'I regard Hon. Henry
urirer, . ui uteorgia, as ueeiiueu hi
"u" Mlw HI CO ll J1UUU1B, UUICSB 1UUCU UJT
circumstances which no man cafl control.
Akin.. !,- ,: t,-., I.-. ...1... Stl A
tie proves nis. superiority in all places
where duty calls him, He has ability; cha
racter, prudence, scholarship, integrity and
patient industry. , It would be the very
irony of fate or such a man to fail in
climbing higher and higher in public life."
sriorian w eatner v. , m. s . i y
; A lady at Ravens wood. Fla.1 writine to
her brother in this city; under date of De
cember 17th, says: "The weather here is
delightful lam writing- at an open win
a . , . . - ? - 1 - i
uuw, uu my tomatoes and cucumbers are
looking finely." - - 4 ,
he entir6 :timebfthe iSiint cnril
docket was taken up the: trial of the
varrou Aiurpny suk.; ADOut l,iw acres o
land were at atnkn anil' mnii fois
isted tiiwlmAiMl
iriehd&CT tf;?"";,
ol the painHffs (CS!h&r$ik
'deTioeA nt liA nvVm 'XJLZijk' irk.
B0jl$ititoBS
of Bargaw.'apped.hile Tine defendant.
1K ;C:Murohyf was1 lewesented Jby
tn aftef mldnhtVe
Mary aboui t'-o'clc'-r -!
t Mr J n SaLtLi
purely ori the; ior'the defedanV while
' MessiVVlferr tod JT.': ArStedmab.
Connced their remarks t equestions 'of
fact before the 1arv. j if. tilm
closed for'platpti Y
"the iury,,after;rema re
turned their verdict 'flng One of thetwo
issues, submitted, (o them,' in favor of the
plain tiitsanS t'ottefOT 1
Mrrejaad itoi$tti$ffim trial;! and
spokeohSs motion; !Mr. Rland iSrrtil
graosea a new inai. :'f.. - -. '-Aii ' i
:;Tbe'Criniin docket' h
cases" on 1 V 'and "those" tried have therefore
been petty ones. A'nof true bill was found
in fthecase - of 1 the man' who nad been
charged' with, a criminal offence of a fiend--
ish character.
The "blizzard" which struck jus Thurs
day nightandspeedilytrahsf ormed the
existing mild tamperature into that !of the
cold regions of the. north and ; northwest,'
wasKfollowed by a dealing : up yesterday
mornio?, -but Uie cold Wave" refused to roll
;on and leave us. ' There was a slight mode
ratioD, however, from the extreme cold of
the preceding night Early In the forenoon
the mercury had fallen to 18 degrees above
zero, while at 1 p.' m. and 8 p. m. it - stood
at 2. Being the first really cold weather
experienced in this latitude this fall and
winter, and coming npon us 'so suddenly,;
it was felt all th more sensibly. But we
complain of the severity of the weather
here; With- the mercury at 18 above zero,
when the poor fellows up about Chicago,
Omaha and St. Paul are blowing their fin
gers with the thermometer from 12 to 20
degrees below zero. " ; ' ',; :
T At ; t p. m. yesterday the thermometer
stood at 23 degrees; with a prospect of a
still further fall, r-;-1 h s
A. Fotltln ImMcC . 9t i;sj
We. see by the New York. WMd that'
Geo. W. Wingate, late general manager of
the North British Investment Company, of
l oronto, Canada, has been arrested in New
Orleans on the charge of forgery and em
bezzlement, and .that in his ; pockets were
found $8,802 of the $10,000 with which he
left Toronto, the Canadian money having
becn changed at . Detroit into American.
He confessed everything, and was taken ia
cnarge by a U. S. marshal. This is the in
dividual for whom one A..N. Dodd was air
rested here on the 4th, inst, in , accordance
with a telegram from the Chief of Police of
Toronto, who described Wmgate and re
quested hisarrest, and witi) which descrip
tion the personal appearance of Dodd ex
actly tallied; besides which be registered at
the Purccll House as hailing from Toronto,
Canada.," Dodd,. : twill be remembered,
was released the next day on receipt of a
telegram from the Toronto officials to the
effect that Dodd was not the man.. . .
A Pair 6f Precious BwindJen. - '
, Some days ago two strangers made their
appearance in our city and announced their
intention to get up an -advertising scheme.
The enterprise was a novelty in ite way.
It was to consist of a number of revolving
cards adjusted to an apparatus constructed
for the : purpose and intended to be run by
clock works, which were , to be wound up
aa occasion required. The scheme struck
a number of our business men favorably,
and they took stock in it accordingly.
Finally all the arrangements' were perfect'
ed, the subscribers were shown how : the
thing worked and were well pleased. ' Con
sequently, when then bills were presented
for collection, knowing that the apparatus"
was in readiness to be set to work in front
of a prominent business house on Fron
street, they were j promptly cashed. The'
next day they went to see the revolving
machke in motion and discovered that H.
R. Carl & Newton, the two' enterprising
advertising agents, had fied, having col
lected all the money due them, but. having
neglected to pay for the'; printing of the
cards, the contractor of the revolving ap
paratus and the holders of other little bills
against them. '" ':; ' ;i'-'' 'f-''"''
, - Moral': 'Advertise in your home news
papers, and" let the peripatetic dead-beats
severely alone. r' V; ' ' -
Pender Convict One Bseanes
, James Jones, colored, who was convic-.
ted of larceny at the late term of Pender
Superior Court and sentenced to six years ;
in. the Penitentiary,, escaped from 1 the
guard Thursday night and at last accounts
Gun - anus, larcenv: one vear in the Peni-
in the county jail.;
Cotton.
i The receipts of cotton at this port for
the week ending yesterday footed up 3.593
bales, as against. 3,471 bales rf or the cor
responding week last year showing an in
crease of 122 h&esf';:9
-The receiDts for the crop year comment
cing September 1st to date foot up 79.110
bales, as against 74,-708 ' bales for the
same period last year; an increase of 4,402
bales. : ' -'"' -'"
Tramps. ' --' jj; '' u; srf jt"..;
Speaking of tramps, the Code, says that
"any person going from place to place, beg
ging or subsisting on charity, shall be con-.
sidered. a tramp, . and be punished oy im
prisonment in the county jail not more
than six months; provided, that, any per
son who shall furnish satisfactory evidence
. 1 1 . 11 . J ! I 1 ! .1.
oi a gooa cnaracter suau Deuisnusseu wim-
put cost'!...:.;. ; :,p y l -z it?
Carrier Pigeons. ,t- 1:,k , ; -?.
Mftsam W' E. fDavia& Son's 'carrier
pigeons were turned . loose at Zeke's Island,
a day or two ago, and arrived safelyrvthe
same aiternoon at tneir caee in . uie iw
houseSiere, where they were found with a
message. . - - -
A .Cl4re4 Jllaa Knocked Orerboard
i.'X'r.'V anal RjiKl pw
l 't j - , - ,. -1
J .f : cesperate fight " occurred yesterday
- i orning about 9 o'clock, in tin ferry boat
f.ty'I.Wlwenrtl; foot" of Market
ferry dock on the . west side
the river, -.between .James Clark and
I.08 Mack, two coloifewmen.-f'The
Dort: tteme WM t,??ear he wharf,
U01 iFfV?-. wint, between the two
menwhich finally resulted in a colllsipq,
,when Clark knpckedjtfack overboard, and.
M hecme up, seized and cut1 and slashed
Jle0iDlit anyseripus wounds. Be
- - ! ierked up an o
next ierked up an oar and knocked him
oyer the head with ttwhen Mack; sankto
thp bottom. r At this criflpaj juncture seme
one .seized a boat Ji'ookand,i went.to , ihB
rescue of Mackr who was' finally brought to
the surf ace and taken f romjthe water more
, eaol than , alive. The usual reatorativea;
,howeTer, ; soon.,-revived him.- The
with which he was stricken was a heavv
one. and the blade was badiy tspUnter
The only wonder is that he was not killed
he was not killed
The. wounded man took ' out "a warrant
cu(ttuiai, uara ana as was : Boon aiierwaras
"aWaahearrled beeqifcciHUlli
.P.j'whd, after hearimt the. evidence, which
was suosianuauy . as ( aoove, - required the
defendant to give . a .justified bond in the
sum of $200 for his appearance at the next
term of the Criminal Court, to answer to the
charge of coromittine an assault with a
deadly weapon, and in $100 for. carrying a
wuycaieu wcttjrou.' iu uciauo. ui wuuju ue
-was cpmmittea.tQ ul.;i:S;
The BUroi Accident ' Wednesday
i'. The intelligence yesterday morning'
from the scene of the railroad accident re
ferred to in our last.: was to' the effect that
the engine, tender.through Wilmington and
Jacksonville baggage and express s car,
which was sealed, plunged into the river.
while the regular baggage car,' which also
had express matter in it, was left suspended
over , the abutment : The messenger sus-
tained some slight bruises. A corner of
the submerged car was left projecting from
the water, and men went to work yester
day morning fishing out the j packages of
goods, a large proportion of which at last
accounts had been recovered and were be
ing returned to the Express office in this
city, though of course in a badly . damaged
condition. No, doubt much of the contents
of the car consisted of Christmas goods, as
we noticed among the recovered articles
qulte'a number of draggled dolls and other
stock suited to the benefactions of the in
evitable Santa Claus. C ' t - ; '
The steam lighter, Susie went up to the
scene of the" accident, upon which the
articles saved were transported to this city.
' Of the mail matter in the car one pouch
of letters and two canvas sacks of papers.
tagged for Savannah, were pretty badly
damaged. ' ' They, were returned to the
Wilmington" pbstofllce and were to be for
warded to their destination last night
Postmaster Brink thinks that, the letters,
being, tied - up in bundles,,! and .closely
packed, are probably readable, but it is
supposed that the papers and other matter
are not worth much.
Rice Barn Burned.
6j A-large rice barn of Messrs. Preston
Cummlng & Co., at the Clarendon plan
tation, about four miles below this city.
was ' -destroyed by fire yesterday morn
ing, between 1 and 2 o'clock, includ
ing a quantity of rice and machinery for
cleaning the same, Jetc . The most of the
crop had been sold, and much of it deliver
ed. The fire is said to have been the work
of an incendiary. The building was a sub
stantial : and valuable one. .The loss was
covered by insurance. . - r t ,y
Call-' Accepted.-'".'
- We are informed that the Rev. Win. H.
Lewis, of the Diocese of Pittsburg, has ac
cepted the Rectorship ,of the Parish of St.
James, in this ! city, recently "tendered him
by the Vestry,' and will enter upon the dis
charge or hs duties January 18th, the se
cond Sunday after Eplphany.f
-U ' -' .v ; ..- For the Star.
Tne Forth eomlns: Book Deeerlbinartha
Seml-Troplcal Area of Sontheastern
nortn Carolina. . .
Having examined the manuscript of the
fnrt.hnnminw hnnb nf Vit W T. Vnm.
describing the semi-tropical area of North.
-i 1: t 1 i ,
vuuuui, x iaa.e pleasure lu expressing my
KnfnKIa ArnnfAn r tin. . m n ..rl In1 n
uuiuviu vuiivu VI wio ftmuc, QUU UlUUnUUK
it as worthy of the hearty, liberal, moral
and financial support of the- entire com
munities in whose interests it will be pub-.
lisnea. v - " . -
- .The imnortanne nf nwntpnintr Imam.
on the part of Northern tourists and capi
talists in the characteristics of the climate
of this section as a winter sanitarium, is
8eir-eviaent ana needs no argument - How
to awaken such an interest is quite another
thing. : Major .Young's intelligent effort.
helna to answAf thA nnpatinn onrl i a nmn.
tical step that will very likely bring prac-
1 i. , i a .... . . .
iiuu naiuta vl ueueub vu we counues a long
tne ivuanuc coast. . .
" ThA difflmiltir AtiAnnntArml ' in nnndn'-V
mam lHvinir dAanrintinna: truthprintr intnr
mation, weighing out thought that can be
reliAd nnAHrkoninVhr' fn -ttIaw nf thn ff
f f " J mmm . V. WMI
... - . . . . . . .
mat in more tnan one sense tne wont is new
and in an unexplored - field, has been well
overcome. : This all rennires I vast rojwarrh
and profound study to bring about a prop
er and correct comparison with . other and
known winter resorts. Major- Young's
scientific acquirements, his personal know
ledge of the field, thoughtfulness, the cor
rectness with which he has given all , his
statements, arguments ana proor, stamp his
worn, as oeing wat oi an aoie, maepenaent
: t ; st . i
anu original uunaer ana worxer in mis Qi-
Tpntinn And flhniild BPrnm him -: aa ha do.
serves, general credence, and make him an
authority on the subjects -I treated. His
theory ia plausible, his statements are clear
a M !L1 a. a . a
ana iorcime, us arguments are Birong, nis
proof is conclusive, and the interesting in
formation trivet, in a nnndAnnAd form will
likely be a surprise to many North Caro
linians that have but little knowledge of the
characteristics and capabilities of the sec
tion described, or that have; paid but little'
attention to weir natural surroundings ,
'Accompanying the book; the reader will
find a map 17x22 inches, and showing an
area of country 118x70 miles wide and from
PamlionftoitnH tn tha Rnnth rVimllna lino
: It shows the limit of what can almost be
termea tne snowiess area, ana tnat oi ngnt
snowfall, "and , the area near the Gulf
Stream that is supposed to be free from frost.
The mean temperatures t are civen from
Smithville to Pamlico Sound, the bounda
ries of the Sugar belt, black Phosphate
beds of Duplin and Sampson counties, the
Hundred Mile Sound with it endless line of
ovater beds. A".:.r,'' .,i:.i?':i'5;' l -sr'.i--.-
Andgives the juxtaposition of the Gulf
Stream and the Semi-Tropical area. "1; " -It
is a carefully Btudied and carefully pre-
puu woh idu ior hs size wiu near xavor-
fthlA mmniTMAn vlth-anv Ivmlr. rr ryam.
phlet setting forth the climatic and other ,
BiianHjwtua 01 oujr ui ouf vuuutijr.A
nave as yet seen. tr. w. m. iteschatj.
! FORTY-EIGHTH COXOBES9.
SECOND SESSION.
oarvevias. Exoedltlon- s v.ar.
'Wbi JauiniHlf - Tli . In(Ar.lHt.
tvmmeree Bill . Taken Up by tne
Senate aatlSUil Enler' Comiim.
'Unr tnnM, -li-r;-; ....
ri-Wr TIeirrapl. to the Hornhut Star.l
SENATE.
it ADiijjKUTUM. liecemoer Among
'the' ITMmiviala nnMitiu) id kr 1WT.
Hoar, frpni jhe Woman's Suffrage Associa-
UUU..UI rKimnvivHTiiH nrnimn ino" HrrainoT
the admiflfllnn kf T)tilrr.to AvnotStnlfW
made by. men alone, and denying theeuf-
trttna) n'.lil. . rr s
Ht iiguwo .ui wuuiea. - irir. xauar, in
presenting it, said' that while he favored
Women auffraore. Kb' thAncrht it liriwtoA In
the.OMSmt'tfiinriRr'ftf finnirTAfla fni tho
auTocaies or inai cause-, to oppose uie ad-
mission oi tne new state on tne grouna set
fonh''-becan :i-Whfit f.hn'tArritnriM nf
Wyoming ndj Washington shall call for
uuiuawu uib exercise ; oi suurge py
WOmn In thAA tAprittrins trutv ha ttflnannvA
as mr armmmt nimlnat triplr aHmiaairtn i
uu. ugw luau ytraeuusi a peuuun.xroin
M oeoMor weorge cii. r opencer, or 'Ala.,
t -Tr 1 Ztri?rrS:TH
ivayjngior tne paymens of expense incur
i .t. t ' . is t . . f . . :
K"SC2S
I Mr., Vest. submitted a.loiat resolution,
declaring that' without the consent or aur
thoritv of OoiiPTftM. tha nrmiMml If iMMl.
truan mirvevinc exoedition. ordnrad hv thA
I jwrewirjr.. oi uie; x'javy, was uiegai, ana
i ?clf S66 toeuforce the
definite and final action by Congress on the
resolution. - ,i -,., .. uw- Z-1 '
- hn Mr TT.Io'a rV4iu.ti-W tv -i.1.:1J
went over one daV.! Mrj"Vnt iivfno ha
would call if cp to morrow, as the expedi-
wu - iTiw uuuci viumo us BSU lXULU I'CW
York 8aturdayi -and prompt action ;" was
;.Mr. Sherman called up "and Uhe i Senate
pas8ea a our appropriating $50,000 for the
DUrnoae of ArArtin0 a stntna to tha . mom .
ory of General Lafayette. As passed if
oroviaes ior tne annninirmfnt. or a nmmio.
sion, composed of three Senators and three
Representatives, to carry put the purpose
contempiatea." -v: . . .. . r -:'-.,;4
. At i p. m.; on mouou or Mr. Morrill, the
Senate went to V,xniti-m aMninn on if th.
doors beinc .eJo&ed., Annntor TMMlAharfKm
continued his speech in opposition to the
eonnrmauon oi uugn JHCUuuoch to be
Secretary of the Treasurv. , . . -';
At 2. 50 D. ml the doora Wpri norwnivf
and legislative business was resumed.- - The
lnier-ntate commerce biu was then taken
up and explained at length by Mr. CullomJ
nr. ouuer onerea nis amenament, embody
ing provisions of , the Reagan bilL Mr.
Georire took the floor for thn - nnrnfUA At
addressing the Senate on the bill, bnt vari
ed to a motion to adlourn retainino- thA
uoor ior to-morrow, wnen tne biu will
come np as unfinished .business.
Mnonroea. . - .
' HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
' ImmfK.lAfcfilv nftAT tho '
wv .bMU.Uf, V. VU
Journal the HoiIfW rpRiimprl lha mnaMm.
tion of the Inter State Commerce bill, the
penaing question oemg on tne motion to
table the motion to reconsider the vote bv
which the House vesterdav ndontml Mr
GofiTs amendment providing that in tha
. M...Mi.li.. . . . . . .
uaiuwrtBUmui passengers rauroaa com
panies shalPcoake no discrimination on ac
count ot race or color. - v?j.. ?
The motion to - reconsider was tahlAd.
yeas 140, nays 108.- li
; uir. isarKsaaie. or m tan ntramri - an
amendmAnt ' nro-viilinCT that tha fnpatoM..
, f3 mm. IU1U4DU1UK
of separate accommodations, with equal
af....!!!,: B a a . .
xscuiues anu equal comions. at tne same
i .... .. . . . .
cnaree. snau not no nonaiiarai a riiamntni.
nation. , : . . .
The amendment was airreed tn vm,. i oi
nays 124.: , ; . .-i v--.ct-y x.--:v,i t-ui-n
Further consideration nf thA hill ma
postponed for few, moments in order to
.11 . t - IT . . ...
Biww miu nouse to non-concur in tne sen
ate amendment to the bill making tempora
ry provision for the naval scrvim Mwnn
Randall, Holman and Long were appointed
ouuezees. . ; -
When the Inter State ComnprrA hill u
again taken on Mr. Reae-an. nf Tat . Aa-
mended the previous question on the' first
bvuiiuu. : . a -,. . .
The noint of order was mafa that ae rha
hill was beinsr mnaiderail aa in oommittaa
of the Whole, it was not competent for the
House to . taae any action wnicn would
prevent uie onenng oi amendments and
discussion under the five-minute ' rule.
After a long debate the Sneaker anatainwi
uie point oi oruer.. ;:.-?; f-;;.:i-" r; - ;ig
Mr. Reagan then moved to limit debate
on the section - to five minutes, but the
Sneaker declined to . entertain tha
on the ground - that debate could only be
limited in the House bv thA .. inntrnmantal.
ity of the previous question. - The effect of
tnese ruungs was to leave tne House in a
parliamentary wrangle, and unable to limit
debate. The Sneaker iwnni7i tha in
convenient, and as far as he knew unpre-
ceaentea state , otr an airs, out could not
escape the plain language of the rules.
Mr. Herbert of Alabama, reonested that
the Speaker submit- the -Question to the
D.i-iii. V .1 . I - . . i mm
as Was now presented it ia In nrdAr to moira
11IIU1IC HUGUICI. Ill Mill :! K . mihm. nr stt.ipd
to limit debate on the pending question. . '
jo. poini oi oruer was aiso made against
L1. !. . 1 . . - . . .
tuia prupoBinon, out penumg aecision tne
Sneaker recnimizfid Mr. Horr. of IMiAhiMn
who had been .recognized early in the day
to oner an amenament to aaa to Mr. isarks-
dale a amendment the wnrda .nivivilaT
that such separation shall not be made on
the basis of race or color.' s - r'
. Mr. Herbert moved i-to close debate on
Mr. Horrs amendment and the pending
Section. -' ' . "
Mr. Keifer raised the - noint of - orW
against the motion. The Speaker said that
me question , presented was a very impor
tant one. ana mat. mere were no m m or
precedents to guide him to a decision. He
would, therefore,, submit the questipn of
order to the House. . ;. .. . v;
The House decided veaa 151. nava S7
mat tne motion was in oraer. Tne motion
to close debate was then agreed to, without
division - .u
Mr. Harris' amendment was lost veaa
no, nays izo. ' -i
Consideration 'of . the second section was
then - entered upon, but without further
action the subject went over. T ;
. Aajournea. m'&ttik'-
SENATE. ; .
"W A flTTTTrrnrfVVRT TW " 10 .TW-. Ttno11
trom tup committee on the District of Co
lumbia, t reported favorably.' and the Sen
ate without debate noaaivl . ' hill making
the 4th Of March, of Presidential inaugu-
rauon year, a legal noiiday in tne Uistnct
of Columbia. -
Among the bills introdnned and ' annrol
priately referred were the following: ;
? .jsy, jhj.. uioson, to ; transrer tne. u. a.;
barraoka at. Nw Drleana to tha
jHate Agncuiiunu.Jouege ior . educational
Vinrnoaaa . ... i . . . :: .' . .
I Alao tnnnlhoriza tha Annotnixlinn .nf a
sdbji Toaa irom namn Kimn lA tn inn
National nenietArv-.' !..-.. ..... - .
f 'i ne inter-state Uommerce bill was then
taaen up ana -Mr.- George, addressed the
Senate on it. The rtower which ' thia hilt
seeks to . express, .Mr. George : said, had
nunerto laia.aormant in the Constitution,
out none tne less did that power exist In
tereoiirae. between , the . .Statoa hail' haan
placed under the control of Congress. Our
railroad system .had come to be immense;
over one hundred and twenty-five thousand
miles of track. There was scarcely a hu-
uiau uciuk iu uie . country wno was not Ul-
.1 r. . 1 . . .
recuy aneciea oy tne rates or. transporta
tion charged by these roads. Mr. George
severely criticised the railroad customjof
"charging?all . that-traffic would bear.'
The rteonln of the South had eanAoiallir anf.
fered from the discriminating rates Of rail-
: - rr . : j
themselves,; in .' effect, partners of all. the
zarmers in tne country; retaining to thenv
Selves, however ' the richt to snv what nro-
portion of the partnership profits each part-
un uiuiuu icvcitc. .muiruau cuarges uau
been based largely on the debts of roads,
and those debts were criminallv swollen to.
frequently, double the true debt Mr.
ueorre rmrticularly condemned the pooling
system, by which,' he said, railroad com
panies were enabled to extort outrageous
charges from people all over the country.
In order to makeup for the comoaniea'
fratricidal strueeles-iat' a few
points.-- 'f --iC.(,it i&a. irfttig t"
, Mr. Allison. . from the committee on Ap
DrODriations. retmrted f Avm-ahlv tha TTAnco
resolution ' riroviriinff that whori rtha rWn
Houses ad journ on Saturday next, k be
rtnnunry out. un;ur. U&le a
suggestion It. was Jaid on ; theitable for the
present. - . - ... .s ; , ; t - .)
; Mr.' Hale- from the Conference commit
tee On the Naval A nnronrifttinn Kill 'm.
ported that the committee had been unable-
- nzree. hs -Tnininnd that h nitnm
conferees Insist that ; the Senate must take
the House bill aa it hud Wn
the Seoatef-that "being the lump appropHa-
w jiur uie wjuung nan year, i ne Benate
conferees, he said, had thought the method
an obiectionable method nf naanimr nnnL
priation bills, and ha4 held to that ground,
r Mr.' Beck said that ! ast " a! ' m'ntn'hS.nf ..
Committee he had hpflrt tnrnriiMi tt tha
committee had not -been able even to begin
u v-r wm. WUiictiUCi ' A 1119 W(U)
"Owing to the trround taken by the House
wun,n.w in ucuuuiug tano aa a . uaSIS Ot
conference," the - regular appropriation bill
passed by the House, at the last se38ion,and
which the Senate had amended.. He agreed
iu regnrum we lump appropriation system
rr ropK.ny system tnat did not full
i into ; rnwfbnt fmnH.- n.-T
into precedent -to
after. - ' '"j :v.' a
yufi vuui3o ici c
aaa a- aa.iu muitu iu tua oeaaie insist on
its amendment "' -if : v I
Mr. Bavard said that althnuirh ftrvnrnmrio.
tion bills must originate in the House of
Represatatives the : responsibility far theit
passage rested equally; onr meSenate and
House, and ' for the Senate to pursue the
course suggested bvi ahe TToiibmi.paao.
would be an abdication of its.responsibility
He moved that a tote 'of insistance be ta.
ken by. ayes and Tioes, and hoped that there
WOUld be an. .Unbroken eTnreeainn nf tha
Senate's voice on the otipstion ' ' '
,o,In reply to a suggestion of Mr. McPher-
f ST. 1 I 1.1 -a
sou, jir. naie expiameo mat senators were
not, ty; a yotir of insistance; necessariiy
committed to the approval of all the . items
ot me amenament, wane ir nis (tlale 8) mo
tion was not agreed to. the parliamentary
Btatna of the hill Tjtronlrr ha
- r w Buyw iBtj u l
qurre the Work to be done oyer again. . : j
"A vote Was taken bv veanano 'nnva'AnL
Mr. Halet motion and it was ameed tn
yeas 55, nays 6. i ' ' " v "
' Mr. Vest submitted a modification pf the
resolution heretofore offered by, him, rela-i
ting to the nronosed 'N'ioRmtTiia 1 minat Bin..'
veying expedition, j The. modification de :
clares it to be not expedient to send out
such an expedition, f The original' resold-
tion had declared it 'to he iHpol to acmf it-
without authority of Congress. , ,
executive session was held and the
Senate adjourned. : . ....
HOUSE OF, REPRESENTATIVES. !
The Speaker laid before thA Hoi-ica a ma.
morial from J, G. Thompson, :ex-Sergeant4
at-AnnS Of the House, askinir that nrmo-raaa
make an , appropriation to pay the judg
ment rendered against him by the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, ia ; the
Buit of Hallett Killbourne, to reimburse
him (Thompson), for the expenses incurred;
by him, and to pay him a reasonable com'
pensation for his time and trouble. ..ia i '!
The Seaker thoncht that the memorial
should be referred to the Judiciary com-;
- Mf tTaifAr.fiaif. If tho vnnnatm nr..
wa. Miu iiiviwj HI.
be paid the memorial should no to thA inm.
mittee on Appropriations.
mii ttanaaii, or fennBylvania, suggested
that the whole judicial proceeding had bet
ter be inquired into by the Judiciary Com-!
mittee, so that the committee cosld deter-'
mine whether the claim ought to be paid or
not . . ...
' The 'memorial waa referrv. tr. 'tho Tn
diciary Committee, which was authorized
tolreport at any time. t ? -f ; i i .
Mr. Blount of Ga.l rising to a neraonal
explanation, sent to the clerk's desk and
t..! mnmiA . I.H.. X a I t .. . .
mu iam a layxi ruiu UU3 Vomau3810ner OI
Agriculture takin exception to some -remarks
made by him on the bill establishing
the Department of Agriculture. - The re
marks are to the effect that the' not!
sent to Congress ip. favor of ,-the7 bill wenr
printed in Washington ' under the di reotinn
of the Commissioner of Agriculture and
sent thronghout the country for signature,,
and that the Commissioner has been about
the House and the Senate urging the pas
sage of the bill. The Commissioner de
nies that he prepared any petitions or urged
the passage of the bilL ; Mr. Blount ; said
that when he spoke of petitions being pre
pared under the direction of the Commis
sioner of Agriculture. . he had no reference
to the present Commissioner. Theneti-
tions antedated Mr. Loring'B term of office.
Aa to the statement that the Commissioner
had used his influence in favor of the bill,
he'had made that statement on informa
tion. He had the highest respect for Mr.
Loring and desired to place the gentleman's
letter upon the record. ; ; . . . " . . ;;
'' Mr. Hancock, of Tevaa from the mmi
mittee on Appropriations, reported back
th. T.ilM OnH: . ' i! ' v:ii
uie luioiiu . x ciibiuu .a.pprupriauon uill,
and it was referred to .the committee of the
Whole'-', .
The TTonae : refi.Be.ii in nnneiAor nrlirata
business, and the consideration of the Inter
State Commerce bill was resumed. : , ;
Mr. Hewitt, of New York, moved to
strike out a portion of the third section,
which prohibits rtoolinir. ' Mr TTewitt aail
that While Pooling mirht he an evil there
were many evils which were remedies for
Athn lMDt Akwfla IWmxmt mtmmim. Al A a. . .1
vuw git" who., , j.iio..cY.iiaiUab puullUg
were intended to remedy and which had be
come intolerable, were evils of unlimited
competition.- Large business houses had
been compelled to employ clerks whose sole
business was to g from railroad office to
railroad office and make J hftrtraina Mra
than that, the companies themselves. which
' . a J 1 . . . .
were mtenueu to De common carriers, iouna
themselves reduced to the condition of pet-:
A. . m aa . -
ty nucasters wno were compelled to have a
great army of clerks to regulate the freight
on every in voice of goods shipped over their,
lines. Thia evil waa ao enormoifa that it
had led to the only ' practicable remedy,
wnicn was pooling. ; . .,s , . . . .
After remarks by Mr. , Reagan and Mr.
Dunn in ' opposition to it. Mr: ' FTewitt'a
amendment was lost 19 to 69. 5 r, ., .
Mr. Hewitt then offered an. amendment
permitting pooling contracts when thev are
reasonable and jusf. , : . , -i. ' .
Debate was interrupted, and Mr.' Ermen
trout, of Pa., presented from the commit
tee on ; Accounts ' a " privileged - resolution
regulating . the manner in whieh the m-
penses of the committee investigating the
cunuuet oi marsnai aUoi vyngni snouia be
disbursed, '?:Y:A,, ,
A dispute arose as to" the nmnngnn nf
the floor by. Mr. ' Keifer of :Ohio, and the .
PannhliAana Aa1!.. Z 1 - a Al 1-
impumimiia, fccuiig agiieveu at uxo ruung
Of the Sneaker, tiemanderi the vena and nava
on the adoption of the resolution. The res-
uiuuuii was auopiea. - .. . , k
I Mr. Reagan moved that all debate inn the
third section of the Inter-State Commerce:
bill close, in five minutes. . The Renuhli-
cans desired longer time; and after nearly
an hour, wasted in calls, ten minutes were
accorded them. - - - -
Mr.' Hewitt's amendment " waa. iv.eetAi.
without diyision.:s.-3!;jf., ,;-,;t-
In the COlirae of the dismission Mr Ttiidd
of Cala.. contended that tha 'Proviaidna of
the bill did not prevent "physical pooling",
as contra-distinguished from monied pool
ing; . and though Mr. Reagan denied that
this waa tho pau ha normittorl Mr Tlnrlrl
to offer an amendment which was adopted.
to remeuy me uimcuuy. . v ..r . y-;:
Further .consideration of ,the bill was
postponed :and a recess taken ' until 8
O'clock. , At ;f - n.-r.i.fs I-.-. ': .:'; '--iS-V
' SENATE.', t ,.:
WASB-TnTOTOW TVAARihar 90 A ttho onn.
elusion of the morning business, Mr. Vest
canea up nis resolution objecting to send
ing the proposed surveying, expedition .to
Nicaragua. t'--t --- - -4
Mr. Morgan , moved that the, matter be
considered in secret legislative session.
a ae mouon waa aeoonnen nv Mr f :amo.
ron,, of Wisconsin; and the-doors were or-;
J 1 A - t - l- . ' ' -.
uercu mj ue ciosea. , .
While the order won' heih exeented "HfrtJ
Conirer BAld' "T mill fnr tho nthor airto In
which Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, replied,
"mere is no other side to it," which raised
a laugh at Mr. Conger's expense, as the rule
provides that on a demand being at any
NO.
time made Vr two Senators, the doors of
iic ouw BUU11 ueClOSea. - ? ; i '
The Senate then, at 120 p. m.. went into
secret legislative session. .
rDnrinir thA
-- .. bvwwii uuors were
. TAF A TO XII fninntn. l .
r k a5 vuusiuereu opened fr
viTi a po receiving a request from
iOU5ft ora further conference on lUe
.When the secret legislative session closed;
.v cm v oi uiii. wninn Tiu-inecr tnr -
and Mr. Hoaroved KkTup fo7coS
eration the House resolutioKnfS
D. in. tne aoorfl wata rannn
. AlJ 1VI tUUSIU'
eration the House resolution providing for
adionrnment- from InJ.. t
Otn. .. The reaolntinn m.. v.f
i r--- - -,.ww, taicu up. air.
; Hoar, asked, Mr. Anisor (chairman of the
AArvyiMNuu cuiauuunij,! at w lUQ CODdl-
tion of thiogs in case the Senate -should
j i tue resomuon in question. ;- i
Mr. Allison said that if the Senate passea
this resolution, and the two houses should
adjourn. to the date named, there Would on
the 2 1st .of . Januarv -he
. m i.m. A . AAA
rtucn- tne naw mnM ha v
- - r- f n w amujvit WUCtUCt U
WrA fk .4 al . - -
bSaVawSftM (.if ti its i if i tr i iris" nimonir AO k at
waa mo uuij vl uu) cseHaie to adjourn. ;
)JMXL Hale.said the Senate had yesterday
by unanimous vote, supported theposition
:oiriis own. .committee, . insisting on its
amendments. utThe House waa advised of
iirS?!? 14 " PPemtea conferees and sent
w uiu wgk w. me oenaie, ? where - it ar-
TlVed at S o'r.look buiav Tn - it. Qa..i. j.
j i a-aa luu u&uaw aI
further conference was ordered jr and coni-
xctcco were, appomieo. tie (Hale) had sent
Word to the House oonfptwa that thA c,..
- mm.. AAAAV UOUAU!
conferees were ready at any time to meet
.ulciu. uui me xiouse conierees nad not ap
peared. ' The Chairman of the House Corn!
mittee had pjaanrajl htm tTn1. v- . . )
. ' - WUAMA4UK:ji'(.Jia. mWlf
ference was useless unless the Senate would
rAnarla- fwvm iM-am!i'a. i.iii tt.
-www .avaa. iiunuuu, iiie uouse was
determined that the - Sana ta iinmM . n - .
- - . ' .aiumw 04WU1U .lUUUIV
the rule adonted hv tha TTnnca nr tt.:..
-f - j aawbvi. v. tAnaiaic
Tha annwMwjailn. . 1 a .
..... npjiivjiiiouuu uui oi isst year ana giv
ing one half its amount for the coming half
year. The statement was that the House
would never back down. 'ru : l l - ; ,
' Mr.MpPherson said he ; heatdl too much
vimuwuvi mo xxouoe oi. rtepresentauves
The true difficulty was that the Senate had
insisted ? on attaching to an appropriation
bill a provision the steel . cruiser clause
u, uau no piace mere. : After twelve oe
thirteen months the Senate was still insist-
Ing On the' ttroviafnn fmn pnnoii 'n v 4ha.
, r w i twt vu i iu pi v u in biiUb
2 place when it knew that the House would
uui jriciu. .., , . . . .
- mr. naiR man ino Hnnoa vtif
- . aawuin UAIA AAW. CTCU
give.the Senate an opportunily ;of receding
..uui him vi aujr otuer amenament. - - .
; Mr. McPherson thought the House quite
nght in its position, as long as ; the Senate
infllfitrvt n tbwf amJ. av
- Mr., Bank flft.rt th rrto!; 'a ti. rr :
Conference Committee was that it would
- w UVOIUUU L I1B I 1 1 1 1 i St.
iiuv wae up or consider tne bill prepared at
the last -session by the House itself and
amenaea py tne senate, .- j .. ,.
, At 5 o'clock a message was received from
the House of Representatives making provi
sion for the naval service for shirtvone1
days from the 31st of December next i
Mr. Butler called for its immediate con-!
sideration. The hill V1 a roof. .fiw
- - aawu, auu 111 Ati
some debate, in which it met with opposi-;
muu uu we mans ground as aid tne six
months bill, Mr: Butler withdrew his call
for its immediate eonaidorati
' Mr. Logan; from the committee on Milita r
ij AiioMo, reporiea tne muitarv Academy
Appropriation bill, and it was nasaed with.
out debate: It appropriates in all $209,395
u uus support oi tne Acaaemy for the
WAArt Auial wrnm.mm ' ' . " . "
mvi iHi.1 jrcai,
Tha tTioo Tni i - " v
w-.v. .vouuiivUj;ium
inir'ior an adioumment f mm tnvtA Ton.
UarV 5tha was then taken nn nnrl vrit,. nn
. . -; : r - vvw vu
by yeas and nays, and was not agreed to
HAA.O A. riCT 1 f . 1 . ...
jbo, uyo -j. ,i.ais vote oeveiopea tne
fact that, there was no Quorum present.
whereupon; at S.45 p. m., the Senate ad
journed unui Monday next
I HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Immediatelv after the
. J af ; tv-UlUK VI .- UJC
Journal the House resumed considera
tion of the Inter State Commerce bill.
Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, moved to strike
uui uie secuon proniomng railroad compa
nies from charging - greater compensation
for transporting freight shorter than ion oar
distances. He believed that the section was
Maaiy to tne interest of the part of the
country which he - represented the agri
cultural interest1 m...A;,.
. . Mr, Reagan, of Texas, Opposed the mo
tion: Not to prohibit a greater -rate for
shorter than for longer haul, was to submit
to the railroads the . regulation of the entire
commerce oi me country. , , .
u f After . further dianBainn'" i-Mr 1?o.ir,r.
. . . . u AA.A. AILUCIU
yielded to Mr. Randall, of Penn,, to permit
uiui iu report toe conierence disagreement
uu uie .temporary jxavai Appropriation
bilL : Mr. Randall said there should be no
ui ieeung oetween tne two houses on ac
count of -the : disagreement ' He ; did not
tains: mat the position of the House con
ferees had been stated fair in the Senate
vesterdav and therefore- h wontd a
the unanimous voice of those conferees as
to wnai mey naa maintained. It was well
Known that the Navy Department had been
arlminictaror. r1iifiM . KnMs. i
administered during, the past six months j
under" a temporary 'appropriation. vThe
a. The I
ooauuuance oi .tne provisions ot this proper
bill was objected to by the 8enate. The
Senate conferees desired that the bill which
should be made the basis of the conference
should be the bill that was passed last
session by the House and amended by the
Senate, but which was laid aside and never
ueuame a law. mat Dill was based on an
increase oi appropriation approaching $50,
000.000. and . wonld hrW
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ference new subjects not legislated upon at
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( it nai tne iiouse conferees wanted was
to take the existing law and if necessary
repeal it by items, : They did not want to
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use a urag-uet ana onng in otner matters of
lejrifilfttion and annrnnriatinn Th. nn.
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tion of appropriation for new vessels formed
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uie uurueu or me aeoate wnicn followed.
At its conclusion the House insisted on its
disagreement to the Senate amendments,
and further conference was ordered.
Mr. Randall moved that when the House
aajourn to-aay it be to meet Wednesday,
tne 24th. inst.- The constitution, lie
said, - prohibited adjournment for more
than f three days without the concur
rence, or tne Senate. He asked unani
mous4 consent that it should be - agreed
that "On the ' 24th further- adjournment
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buuuiu ue iiou nnui ue zm, men to
me aist, and men until the 5th of Jan
uary: and - that on - those - davs , no
business i- whatever shall be transacted;
This r would j-; accomplish the judgment
uie . nuuse on tne . question or
noudfly recess.' There was barely a quo
rum in the - House this morning, - and it
wuuia oe impossiDie to get one next week.
Mr. Randall'rmotion was agreed to; but
unanimous consent was not given to the
agreement for further adjournment
r Consideration of the Inter-State Com
merce bill was resumed s r f., . .....
The amendment of Mr. Henderson, of
jiowa, was rqectea yeas oa. nays lis.
; Mr. Peters, of Kansas, offered an amend
ment to the "long and short hand" provi
sion; by adding the words'longer distance
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w uciiiuueu tu toe nonesi. competing port
at whioh twi or nroro-railrnaiia -nnmnAfA
- w. llHAlvinA. VWUIAykS
for business.,- . On thia amandmant nn nnn
rum voted and a call of the House was or
aerea. i ne cau snowed 196 members pre-
cent. imx.x reiers ; witnarew nis amend
ment and the consideration of the bill was
postponed."! - ' vj-Ui,-:
Mr, Randall, introduced a bill making
temporary provision for the support of . the
navy for the month of January, 1885, ori
w unoio vi uie &is montns appropnaiion.
The bill was passed without division. -
On motion of Mr. Hopkins, of Pa., the
senate s lolnt resolution was passed, declar-
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lug vuruuuas ana JMew xears aays, noil
aays ior all per diem government em
ployeea:; ; ;: ;.:r -
; The House then adiourned until Wed.
neSdaV. newmlur 9ith Thnndh llrnn fa
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no definite agreement that no business shall
be transacted on. Wednesday, there is a
tacit nnderstanding to that effect, and it is
also .understood; that consecutive adjourn-
ments snan oe tasen tor tnree ousiness
days at a time until January Sth.
f Asheville 'Advance;' Hon. R.
B.l Vance returned, home '. yesterday.. , Mrs.
Vance, whose illness. occasioned him to.
leave Washington before the adiournment
of Congress, is, we are glad .to learn, much
A8h6villfl47T
. itivuaru
l earaon Tina Tpfnrnoif -.
iork with the frrffv;n ....
Spartanburg Railroad. ,
-1'iautu n 'annn n ihA ink., it. a
(ioldaborn HfM
. wnyi.uw , 1J.
Uarrifta arm Kan i ... . ...
inflammatory rlieumatisoi.died at his home
lirr. o . , m ine effects or h s dis
ease last Satnrrlaw mnrn'r.. , .
his home in thin n?tw t.V" . u;. 1
.ti,iuness or pneunom a. U v ; n r
X,5 w-e.?a3 y?" PL is age.
turnedfrm Norfolklasi Monv
hl"84 maa Taylor, wholn
r7i -f'uc. tor ue iraua perpetra
ted uoon Mr. 8mith Pnrtn'.
dtyTavlor is nnrVair kJ",18
the arrival of MrPo a,D
UX lilt.' v..
tTT;Raleigb Advocate Miss Lil
lian Arnold,, daughter, of Rev J. D. Ar
noid, of our Conference, has painted a fine
ot'w. ha, paint,
f Governor elect
A. M.
JSCaleS. to be nreeented tAn...'ii.. tu'
rary - societies at the University of North
v . . UI- A Jnangum is to
present the metnre t ty . ttt. . -.
r . -, . " ikti u. .fx. If at-
ainswrites : I have now closed toy year's
WOrk on - NeatAn flmir. 1 :.s mi
Lord has been with us and I believe much
suuu uas oeen aone. Uetween seventy and
eighty SOUls have rtrofeaaad rh.;n . .:
w . - 1 .v.. WAAA .OH, aUU IaV -
ty-two have been added to the church. '
itev. JTi jh. aU Yrood writes: On my re
turn from. Conference T found tho.?.: t
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still in progress. - It was a deep and gra
cious work; twenty five or more were con
verted, x It :-has produced! a wonderful
change amonir the at.iidanta Ts-!,i,
a. a ..Mi!., scarce
ly seems like the same place.: ' . -
iEaUign rGhronide: ' The Worth
yaroima u eacner proposes that the Super-
mtendentof Publie.Tnnt.rnntinnilont
-w.VHVU v.. ,11 van ov
meeting of teachers to meet in Raleigh this -
winter to, petition" thp Legis'ature to make '''
changes in the .school laws. " - Mr. E. -
TTarrell nava that ha Io ' l " . . . '
a -i- m J ...... aaa. io.iu. icmiut ui a r
letter from a trustworthy source in Wash
ington, stating that Beveral of North Caro
lina's Congressmen will not " vote for. the
Blair bill in its present Shape.";. A very
distressing accident occurred yesterday he-,
tween 12 and o'clock at the jprize house
Of Mr.' H. A. Reams ' A anmhnr of eolnroA '
men were ;engagedin getting. .out some
hoirsheada ' of tAhanM ; nknti An n il.
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skids broke, and Jesse Banks tried to hold
a hogshead up, but his strength failed him,
and over 1.000 pounds of" tobacco crushed
mm against me. wan, crushing him' so bad
ly that he died in a few hours n;a eimit -
was broken and one arm and uia nnn.
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, was mashed an. vT7- . (
Charlotte Democrat W Ht-o
the bold manner in whieh Judirea Ttnnd ...i .
Dick, together, pushed business along in
thp Federal Court at this Session.1 If
we had had the slie-hte&t idea that tha tn.
graph published in the Home-Democrat
last weeki ahoht the nmiml nf nw rri
,den's disabilities, would have offended the
euitors oi me Wilmington lieview and Star
we certainly would not have published it.
.It Gen. 5 Scales were to go. into the
Cabinet"' Charlie flfedmnn WOllld malTAA
splendid Governor-and Col. Paul Means,
"or some other good man," would, as Pre
sident of the Senate pro tern,, make a Lieu
tenant Governor that no North Carolinian
would be ashamed of. Tf it did nm
look like interfering with what seems to be
consiaerea me "rignts or the Kaleigh pub
lishers and printers,", there might be an
OUtsidfi bidder for the nnhlio ririntinn. Hut
it has been understood, ? we believe, that
me Kaieign papers snould have the State
prmuug. . - ; - . a 4
Asheville Citizen: : We are in
formed ..that Engineer Bush, of the eon .
struction train' on vthe Murphy branch of
the W. N. C. road.f Waa aevpralv inlnrad
on Monday , afternoon, three- milpaeactnf
"Waynesville. ; His engine started to leave
I ue tracK,ana aia get onj.iiir. Susn leaped
tne tracK, ana did get off. . Mr. Bush leaped
way caught and was badlv hurt in both
legs. i-r The Rev. : John 'Mitchell, for
some years pastor of the Baptist church at
Asheville. has tendered his reaiimation
compelled to 1 offer it on account of ill
health. , He will soon leave for Florida
where he will spend the winter and then
CO to Kurone f nr the' enmmar Tha
Rev. J. L. Carroll, now pastor of the Bap
tist cnurcn at uoroonsvwe, v a., is nere on
a visit and preached an . eTnellent aarmnn
in the Baptist church in this place on Sun
day night? Mr. Carroll has been invited to
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uie uoatoiaiiB oi toe cnurcn nere, maae va
cant bv the resignation of the T?ov Jnhn
Mitchell, .'We learn that he . has the nro-
Desal under . advisement... Mr. (larrnll ia a
Noith : Carolinbn, a -native of Sampson
county, whose : hiirh- character aa a divina
led to his call to a Virginia church. . . i.
Charlotto Observer: The nh air
of Mathematloa in Trinitv ITolle
the election of the Board of Trustees, been
tendered to Prof. J. M. Bandy, now Pro
fessor Of M&thematiea in TTino-'a Mountain
High SchooL- We learn that Prof. Bandy
wm prooauiy accept. xsewa reacned
a number of interested parties in this city
yesterday of the failure in Monree pf T. J.
Redfern. a merchant of that place.
The young man Tucker, who dropped
down on -our : town about a week asro.
fleeced Portner'a beer aoent and inmiwl
bis hotel bill, has been having a good time
at omer piaces, out ne nas struct, a snag at
last ana is now in me inexorable grasp of
the law. The gay young deceiver. after
leaving Charlotte took in tke beer agencies t
at wreenvuie and JTlorence, B. C, Augusta.
Ga.. and at WiTmimrton and fioloahoro in
this State, on the same game that he played
here, that is, to inspect the books of the '
agencies under the alleged : authority of
special inspecting .: agent, compliment
the good condition in which he found
the books, and then get the agent to
cash a ; draft for him . on Portner. '
Since he left Charlotte it has been learned
here that his real namin- ia J T .Tnhnatnn
and that his home is in Staunton, Va. i It
was at Goldsboro that he came to grief.
The trial of the damage suit of Mr. T.
H. Gaither against. the Air Line Railroad
Company was- concluded in the Federal .
Court in this city this morning by the jury
rendering a verdict in favor of the plaintiff
for the Sum Of 1S11 .m 5CU-. Mr Oaithor
sued for. $15,000.. The manner in which
this verdict was arrived at was told as fol
lows bv one of the Inrvmen. after hia dia.
I' charged: The jury .was unanimous in the
opinion taat me piaintin: deserved damage
money, but as to tne amount there was a -difference
of - opinion. , Each juror '? put
down the amount he thought proper,1 the
figures were added; up and divided by 12,
and thev had tha amnnnt Tha hiirhoAt-
estimate made by 3 any juror was $15,000
and the lowest $900. On' the announce
ment of mis verdict the counsel for the r
railroad gave notice that an appeal would
be entered for a new trial. 5 , r i-
Charlotte . Observer: Special
officer (i. IT. : Steven a veaterdav ratiirnad
from 'South Carolina brino-ino- with him.
the noted. Tom Orr. The young desperado
was ironed arid returned to the stockade.
He will not have such an easy chance of
escape Strain - - A mono the aad thin era
of a long newspaper life, extending over a
quarter of a century, few have been sadder
than to write an obituary notice of W. H.
A. Brown, who died at hia roaidonno on
College .street, this city, last night at about
9 o'clock. Mr. Brown was for ten years an
employe of the Observer, most of the time as
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pressman ana engineer; ana in a long ana
somewhat arduous service, often exacting, , .
he was never known to flinch from labor '
Or dlltVi ; The lnnv nendintr anit nf .
Mr. Thos. H. Gaither against the Air Line
Railroad f!omrwinv - nlaiminir ail! OOO fn-
damages received on that road some years
ago, has been finally taken up by the Court
The accident io which Mr. Gaither was
crippled occurred on December 27th, 1880, r
and was caused by one freight tram run-
ninsr into the rear, of nnnthnr- Tt waa . in
this accident that Mr. Whisnant and two .
other persons were killed and their - bodies -
ournea in me wrect . Mr. Bam.
Pharr ' n. wall ..trnnAtm inif Ion nf o ha r-i-ia
died at his home in that county last week, j
in many oi nis ways ne, was a queer old j
man, and his death calls to mind : an odd
accident that once happened to him. a re
sult of his eccentric ideas. : He had i been
to Wadesboro and was walking the Care -
linft flantrat T?ollrnaf trantr ahfln ha nama -
to 8 trestle, over which he proceeded to
make his way.' When be was half, across -he
saw a train coming down on him, and ;
aAeinir that ha wonld nnt havA limit tn opt -
off the trestle,' he dropped down between r
the. track and hung suspended by one arm,
which was crooked over the iron rait ; The
flwf whual .Via. Avimna -nnt hia arm' nn
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and being thus -bereft of support, he fell '
heavily to the ground below, z receiving . in-. "
juries that were thought to be fatal, but
from which he ultimately recovered,