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THE BLAIB EDCGAITIOIIAIr BILL.
The Stab daring 1684 gave much
. attention to the consideration of the
Blair Educational Bill. It has passed
the Senate and is now before the
. House1. ' Believing the measure to be
o:e i I'xct eamg aanger ana loaaea
with dynamite we have fought it
earnestly. Reflection has only deep-em'4-.nur
convictions. The promise
of giving the illiterate States four or
five or six millions annually is allur
ing, for mere virtue often goes down
before the fascinations of Ejold. But
principles are eternal, the same yes
terdav. to-dav. and forever.
We purpose to consider again
some points connected with this dan
gerous and beguiling measure. We
desire that the reflecting portion of
our readers may be again reminded
of the wrongs that lark in a measure
that is supported with all of that
zeal and ability that some
times unite to make the worse
cause appear the better. We recog
nize the force of that logic that ap
peals to man's selfish instincts under
the plea of beneficence and patriot
ism. Surely, it is a grand thing to
elevate a race. Surely, it is a noble
thing to fit all men for the duties of
citizenship in a free country, i What
can appeal more directly to all that is
good and humane in our hearts than
the question of educating the mind
. anf), the morals. All this is fine in its
Iplaie. But it may not be 'such a
f Ugrajid thing to compass these noble
jenas by devious paths or. by viola
tions of law or by lowering ihe cha
racter of a great people or by avoid
ing duty or by becoming pensioners
in fall and virile manhood upon the
bounty of Paternal Government.
The point then to day for our con-si-Jtraiuii
is this: "Has the Con
grecs ihe power to apply' the surplus
in he Trtabury to the 1 removal of.
illiteracy in the States?" i It will be
seen that this is a Constitutional
question. The conscientious and no
ble Bayard paid in the , Senate on
Wednesday that "he had never de
sired to vole on a question of doubt
ful constitutionality." It would be
a good thing for the country if all
Secatcrs n ere as careful in this re
spi et as the able Senator from Dela
ware. But with many politicians of
these latter days constitutional limi
tations 'and constitutional difficulties
are mere bagatelles mere trifles, to
be disposed of as easily as a good
breakfast. They regard the organic
law as fashioned upon the elastic
principle and to be susceptible of any
construction that the interests of their
peculiar people or constituency may
demand. It is an India-rubber
instrument and can stretch' and
stretch so there shall not be
any want or desire, or plan that
shall not be completely covered by
the Constitution. This is the dowh-
ward tendencv of thps davH nf lnnsn
v j -
. interpretation and readiness to
; violate both spirit and letter of the
Great Instrument. The South, has
rapidly become as latitudinarian as
the North, and scoffers - at 'the re-
wealths, - like the euperserviceable
Mayor of Louisville, and internretera
of law, like the blind and infatuated
Consolidationists in the North,: may
be found in almost anyi community
in the South, where once great rev
erence for the Constitution prevailed,
and where the ablest men were the
defenders of strict construction and
faithful ' adherence to the Magna
Charta of our liberties. j
Does the Constitution give Con
gress power to educate the negroes
and whites in the States? - If it does
where will you find the section or
clause? We mast remember in in
terpreting the Constitution that the
same laws govern here as in all lan
guage; and that we cannot violate
the well known canons of criticism
under any stress of necessity with
out reproach and discomfit. We
must remember that the Constitution
is law and mast be interpreted fairly
and according to grammatical con-
struction. We must remember fur-
v ther that ear , Government is one of
limitations. The fathers did not set
op a Nation, which was a law unto
itself; but they formed a Government
ofTimited powers. The Federal Go
V
VOL. XVI.
vernment is the creaturei of the
States. The States conceded certain
powers retaining unto themselves all
power not expressly named in the
organio instrument the great inden
ture. ''The iTTnited jS(ae live by the
act and authority of the States them
selves. The powers are limited by
express provision, for the Constitu
tion explicitly declares that "the
powers not delegated to the United
States by -. the Constitution,: nor pro
hibited by it to the States, are re
served 'to 'the States respectively or to
the people.'' :
That is very plain. No fair mind
can fail to understand it.
What has this to do with the Blair
bill? As we understand it, much in
every way. We. take it that the
above clause teaches this: that where
power is not granted Congress has no
power, to act. . If the Constitution
doeaopeeifillygra3Stto Con
gress the power to raise money by
taxation for educating the illiterate
poor in the States, then we believe
that Congress has no right or power
to do it. There must, according to
the genius of our Government, be a
clear and unmistakable grant of
power or there is no authority to act.
If the Constitution of the States
has not conceded to the Government
the right, the power to use the public
funds for educational purposes in the
States, then, we insist, that no such
right or power ( exists, : and if the
Congress in the face of the failure in
the organic law to grant such power
or right deliberately takes the money
from the Treasury and applies it to
the extinguishing or. removing of
illiteracy in the States then it is
guilty of usurpation and of a pal
pable violation of the very; law the
members have sworn to obey. .
Does the' Constitution grant any
such power to the Congress ? . Let
that be the theme of another article.
THE COVEBROB'S MESSAGE.
We have received : through the
courtesy of Senator Chadbourn a
pamphlet copy of the Message of the
Governor. It is a long and. practical
document, plainly written and show
ing those mental characteristics that
mark the present Chief Magistrate.
He says the affairs of the State are
in a most satisfactory condition. He
recommends an increase of Judges as
"being imp eratively demanded" and
that cannot "be longer delayed with
a proper regard to the best!, interests
of "the State." He says and with
force: . - '. I
' 'A State is but an aggregation of indi
viduals, with other interests to be fostered.
guarded and protected by the State, as
well as economy in taxation, i ihe wise
legislator, while never losing sight of the
question of taxation, must see that the
other interests of the citizen receive proper
attention. i
"The interests of the various counties of
the State and their expenditures should
have no less protection at your hands than
the expenditures from the State treasury;
and to multiply the expanses of the coun
ties for jail fees, witnesses, special terms of
the courts, m the nope 01 saving a lew
thousand dollars to the State treasury, is,
to say the least of it, poor political economy.
"It is not less unwise, to leave the citizen
for the sake of saving him a few dollars in
taxes, to abandon his rights in the courts
altogether, or to have to pay these huge
bills of cost that the suits of years' standing
accumulate. .1
"Society must look to the courts to right
its wrongs and to punish evil doers. The
delay in the. trials of criminals which
now prevails in the State is putting
the law abiding spirit of our people to a se
vere test; and 1 regret that a few communi
ties have not been able to stand the test.
Public condemnation of lynch law cannot
be too severe." j
' !
Those favoring a change in our
city Criminal Court would do well to
ponder carefully the above. The
Governor recommends a revision of
salaries. He says, and it is clear
enough, that some changes are
needed. 'V . - - vj- j
.i i . ; i . ' : -
"The present compensation is in most
cases not only inadequate, but it is unequal.
For example, the State Treasurer receives
twice as much as the State Auditor, twice
as much as the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, five hundred dollars more than
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
and as much as the Governor, i It seems to
me that a moment's study of the duties of
these several officers must convince any one
that either the salary of one is too low, or
of the other too high, ;
We are glad to see the Governor
writing so much in the' spirit of
many editorials in the Stab as to the
importance of the office of Superin
tendent of Public Instruction. He
favors a proper recognition of this
great office by ; increasing the pay.
We do not agree with him in placing
this most important office below that
of judges and Governors, for it re
quires more talents to be a great Su
perintendent than it would to dis
charge the duties of Governor. A
great Superintendent would have to
be a fine writer; an attractive, force
ful, practical speaker; a scholar, ripe
and full; an experienced' teacher; a
man of high administrative talents,
and an enthusiast. . Some of our best
Governors have been neither orators,
rhetoricians, scholars, nor anything
else but men of industry, of good
common sense who knew how to take
advice. The Governor proposes as
follows: -
"I respectfully snggesfr that the Governor
should receive $5,000. the Chief Justice
$4,000, the Associate Justices $3,600, and
the Superior Court Judges, the Secretary of
State, the Auditor, the Treasurer, the Su
perintendent of Public Instruction, and the
Attorney uenerai fs,vuu.
We believe that the arrangement
would be better thus: i Governor,
$4,000; Chief Justice, $3,500; Asso
ciate Justices and Superintendent of
1-
Public Instruction $3,200; Superior
Court Judges $2,800i The other offi
cers $2,500. This is our notion. We
must defer other points until another
EDUCATION IN TAB BIKSSAGK.
Gov. Jarvis has some excellent re
marks on "Education,'! He , thinks
the University ought to be at "the
head of the common school system"
and should be "sufficiently equipped
to . furnish teachers and specialists.'
He says: ;
"If they' want to be teachers, they must
find a course of Instruction arranged to fit
them for that great work. It they desire
special instruction on scientific, mechanical,
agricultural or practical subjects to fit them
for labor in these departments of human
life, which are now, assuming their just
importance in the State, they must have it
The trustees have1 gone as far and done as
much, in this direction as was possible with
the limited means at their command." ,
s He thinks more Professorships
should -be. established. He wishes
the doors of the University to be
open to the poor young men of the
State. The University is in debt to
the amount of some eight thousand
dollars. : We will not go into the dis
cussion fully at present as to the
movement to convert the University
into a training school and to increase
its appropriations by Legislative en
actment. We may say that our de
sire and hope heretofore has been
that there should be in the proper
sense of the term an University
and not a mere great High school.
If it is deemed proper to give up for
all time the true idea of an Univer
sity, and to bend all energies in ma
king Chapel Hill the great head cen
tre for training teachers and the cul
mination of the common school sys
tem then we think the Legislature
might make an appropriation. After
nearly an hundred years it does seem
a pity that the old University by
name should languish for the want,
of proper sustentation. We are not
disposed to be unfriendly in any way
to the University. It ought to be a
great institution and for the higher
training of the alumni of other col
leges. That is the meaning of Uni
versity. It would take money to do
this.! There might be in connection
it" 1 J TT- 5.
wicn mis true pian pi an university
a college system for the instruction
of under-graduates, but to do all this
requires a good deal of money.
W e do not think the denomina
tional colleges would feel any jeal
ousy of or. any opposition to the
University if it was intended to equip
it for the higher education and not
for St free school for the poor young
men of the State.
In other words, if the University
is endowed properly so J as to carry
out the plan which its name indicates,
then the 30,000 Methodist voters,
and the 20,000 Baptist' voters, and
the 3,000 Presbyterian voters and the
4,000 Lutheran voters (we are guess
ing at their probable numbers) and
other voters of other denominations
would not probably feel themselves
oppressed if the Legislature was to
vote $50,000 or more Jto that end.
But if Chapel Hill is to be a mere
rival of the five or six denominational
colleges in the State, and by State
aid is to help break them down then
there will be a loud cry from one
end of the State to the! other if the
appropriation is made.
We must reserve other points in
the Message for another day. At
Another time we may .take occasion
to ventilate our views more fully as
to State appropriation j for the Uni
versity. ' j
The Philadelphia Ibess, Republi
can organ, says this of our most
popular man: I
"Senator Zeb Vance, of North Carolina,
is going to be re elected without turning a
hair, and we are glad of it If there is a
man in the United States Senate whose
head is full of horse sense and whose in
terior department contains a full quota of
the everlasting milk of human kindness, it
is this same Zeb Vance. The only strange
tnmg about sucn a man is that he has re
mained so long a Democrat"
Dedication of St. Thomas Gferen.
The dedication of St Thomas Roman
Catholic Church, which has recently under
gone extensive improvements, : will take
place on Sunday next, the 18th iost , and
will be an event of some note. The Cele
brant will be the Most Reverend Archbishop'
James ' Gibbons, Primate of ' the United
States and Cardinal-elect, 'assisted by Right
Reverend Bishop H. P. Northrop. . of
Charleston, Rev. M. & Gross, D. D., Rev.
Dr. O'Connell, Private Secretary, of the
Archbishop, and Fathers White and Julius.
Societies attached to the Church will act as
an escort to the clergy; Major James Reilly
will officiate' as Marshal; Archbishop Gib
bons will preach the dedication sermon and
Bishop Northrop will preach at the night
service.
. The ladies of the congregation are mak
ing ample preparations for decorating the
Church.
What la Wanted.
j A Northern man said to us yesterday
that all that was wanted to insure Wil
mington's prosperity beyond all question
would be the erection of two or three large
hotels, the building of a railroad to the
Sound and the assurance that plenty of sail
boats could be had.' He said the hotels
would be - full all the time and a boom
would spring up that would astonish the
natives? No doubt, with; these, and the ad
ditional - impetus which . must follow the
completion of the projected railways and
the assurance of plenty, of water in our
river and on bur bar, the goal of success
will have been reached and Wilmington's
future will no longer be problematical,
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16,4885.
THE INQ UEST.
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Inveatlsatlon In the Case of B. jSmltn,
Fonnd Dead In hia Store Tne Ver
diet. - . - , i ...... ,,l
The Coroner's Jury held an inquest yes
terday morning over the body of Balthasar
Smith, who was found dead in bis store on
the corner of Ninth and Bladen streets, on
Wednesday afternoon. Isaac Royster tes
tified that himself and Mr. G. L. Schutte
went to the store of the deceased, which also
served as his residence, about 2 o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon, and finding it closed
and not seeing anything of Smith, they
were led to believe there was something
wrong. A neighbor then, climbed to
Window of his bed chamber and said that
Mr. Smith was there by his bedside in a
kneeling posture, apparently dead. ;
Mrs. Jennio- Farrow said her , little girl
was passing Mr. Smith's store about
o'clock Tuesday evening, when he called
her in and asked her to close the doors for
hinv The girl came for witness and she
went to assist him.He was apparently
helpless, from theeffeets-of 4rink, but not
drunk.'
Mr. George L. Schutte stated that de
ceased had been on a heavy spree ever
since Christmas. His store was often found
to be closed during business hours. On
Monday, Jan. 5th, several of the neighbors,
with witness, were alarmed by the issuing
of volumes of smoke from Mr. Smith's
house, and upon examination it was dis
covered that the premises were fastened
up; but an entrance was effected, when
Mr. S. was found very drunk, sitting in a
rocker by the hearth, with the flames bulg
ing out around him or about him and
reaching to the mantelpiece. Witness and
others rushed to him, extinguished , the
flames, and rendered him all the assistance
that his condition required. Mr. Schutte
detailed the particulars attending the dis
covery of the body Wednesday afternoon,
and stated that he notified the Chief of
Police. -J" i
Other witnesses threw no additional light
upon the sad event, and the jury, after a
brief deliberation, rendered a verdict to the
effect that deceased came to his death from
frequent and excessive use of alcoholic
spirits and exposure. 4
Yesterday morning Mr. S. VanAmringe,
Clerk of the Superior Court, appointed Mr.
Wm. Genaust collector for the estate of
deceased who left no heirs, his wife hav
ing died about four years ago and to him
Coroner Jacobs turned over all the effects.
Sadden Deatn.
George EL Berden, the well known pro
prietor of a colored boarding house on
North Water street, was found dead on the
floor of his room yesterday morning, be
tween 10 and 11 o'clock. Deceased had
been under the treatment of a physician for
the last ten years, but during the most of
the time has been able to attend to his busi
ness. Wednesday night he was at a' meet
ing of the J: C. Abbott Post No. 15, G. A
R , and was installed as quartermaster J
He complained of feeling a little unwell
and said hi hoped the ceremonies of instal
lation would be gotten through; with as
soon as possible.. Being up so late the
night previous, it was expected that he
would sleep late yesterday morning, and it
was not until the hour named that some
one went to call him and found him dead.
He had left his bed and dressed himself
before the final summons came. I
Deceased will be interred at the National
cemetery, permission " to - that end having
been obtained from the Secretary of War,
Berden being a discharged soldier. He was
about 42 years of age, and leaves a wife.
An Alleged Shooting Sermpe Only Wo
men involved In the Dlmenltr-
A warrant was served Thursday npon
Mr?. Annie Williamson, of Wrights villa
Sound, charging her with shooting at one
Hill, a colored woman, on the 6th
inst The officer (Deputy Sheriff C. H.
Strode) found Mrs. Williamson in bed and
in very feeble health. The case was to
have been heard before ' J. C. Hill. J. P.,
yesterday, but the husband of the defen
dant appeared with a certificate from Dr.
Ellis, of this city, to the effect that she was
not able to attend the preliminary exami
nation; whereupon the case was continued
until Tuesday, the 20th inst j
The explanation of the shooting is al
leged to be as follows: Something was
said by Mr. W. which was subsequently
repeated to the prosecutrix and proved of
fensive to her. She went to Mrs. W.'s
house qh Tuesday last to collect some money
said to be due her, and while there the sub
ject of the offensive remarks was brought
up by the woman Hill, and a quarrel en
sued. Mrs. W., it is alleged, ordered the
woman but of her house several times, and
she refused to go, when Mrs. W. suddenly
seized a loaded gun. . Then the mil wo
man seems to have concluded it might be
better after all to get out. as she had been
directed to do, and was, in fact apparent
ly so thoroughly impressed in that direction
that she knocked down the gate in - her
hurry to get on neutral soil. Ii is alleged,
in her behalf, that after she had gotten
outside of the lot, and was running along
the side of the fence, Mrs. W. fired at her,
some of the shot perforating her apron and
the rest going into the fence..
The Tramps most Go. ;
Three tramps were lodged in the station
house Friday night, and yesterday morn
ing, when brought before the Court, Mayor
Hall ordered them to be sent across, the
river in charge of an officer.
In view of the fact that the city Beems
to be in a fair way to be overrun with
tramps, and the further fact that frequent
complaints come to his ears in reference to
the conduct of some of them, the Mayor
has come to the determination to take
vigorous hold upon the evil and throttle it
if nosafble before it has a chance of as-
r
suming a more formidable and dangerous
one. With this end in view all tramps
brought before him hereafter will be im
mediately sent across the river and their
ferriage paid; ; and precautions will be
taken to prevent their return. He says he
will use every effort in his power to break
no the nuisance, and 'if he does not suc
ceed it will not be his fault
ThelT. JB. Wright, a new government
steamer, recently built at Fayetteville, and
commanded by Capt Flowers, arrived here
Friday night She will be engaged on the
various improvements of the Cape Fear and
trthntarv streams, and left vesterday on a
surveying expedition on th$ Black River,
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
i . SECOND. SESSION. J'svUI'-
Pension matters-Reciprocity Treaties
The later-State Commerce BUI
Passed by the House Naval Appro
prlatlons The Alabama Contested
Election Case. .
' IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. '
- SENATE.-1 "I- '
Washington. Jan: 8. Among the bills
Introduced in the Senate was one - by Mr.
jxuiaou, reiaung w tne iees oi pension
claim agents and attorneys. He said he -did
not wish to be responsible for fill of its
provisions, but they were the identical pro
visions found in the pension bill: recently
passed Dy the House or Kepresentauves. i n
was legislation: he said, and renealed all
legislative provisions contained in the Penf
eiofl Appropriation bill of last year. There
was now. great complaint that that legisiaj
tion of last year was hasty and unjust to
the soldiers of the country, and it had been
indirectly charged that the Senate was re
sponsible for that legislation. ; s j, i ,.
The bill introduced by Mr. Allison ! was
then referred to the Committee on Pen-
Sions. - ; .''-V,i :Ks:iH '. i
- t.t AJkt VV J VUVAOVa " - IVOVlUIVU WW aAWM
on the suggestion ' of Mr. Harris lies over
one day, requesting the President, if not
incompatible with public : interest to com
municate to the senate a Historical state-
ment concerning the public policy of the
executive department of the Confederate
States during the late war, reported to have'
been lately filed in the War Department by
General Sherman; i
Mr. Lapham, in pursuance of a notice
given some days since, then addressed the
Senate on the subject oi commercial treat
ies. On the conclusion of Mr. Lapham's
remarks, Mr. Morrill, in moving to refer to
the Finance Committee a resolution offered
by himself relating to reciprocity treaties,
and t J which his remarks of yesterday
were directed, took occasion to say that he
supposed the Committee on Finance would
soon be rendered altogether unnecessary
by reason of the action of the State Depart
ment, the Secretary of the Treasury and
the Committee on Foreign Relations. ;
Mr. Morgan remarked tnat he nad no
doubt Mr. Morrill would . like to have his
bantling in his own charge for nursing.'
but before refering to the Committee on
Finance, he (Morgan) preferred to be heard
on the resolution. He therefore moved to
Dostnone reference till to-morrow, to which
Mr. Morrill agreed, and reference was ac
cordingly postponed, j
The (senate, closed its doors at nve min
utes before three this evening, upon motion
of the chairman of the Committee on For
eign Relations, for the purpose of consid
ering the Nicaraguan treaty, and the com
mittee s recommendation that it he rat
fled. The.: treaty was, however, j not
reached. The first measure on the' ex
ecutive calendar was Senator Conger's reso
lution,' which had been reported adversely
by the committee, to make public the text
of the Nicaraguan treaty, and the Senate,
after a two and a halt hours discussion, de
cided by a vote of forty to twelve not to
make the text of the treaty public in ad
vance of the action of the Senate. Senator
Conger made a long speech in support of
his resolution. ' :
Senator Van Wyck made a speech,1 set
ting forth the absurdity of withholding an
official copy of a paper which had already
been published. i j
Senator .Edmunds was the chief speaker
in opposition to the resolution, and based
his argument upon the constitutional right
and power of the Senate, and quoted exten
sively from authorities upon constitutional
powers of the Senate in this respect Sena
tors Kiddleberger and oaulsbury were
among the speakers.
nothing occurred to indicate what i ac
tion the Senate would take in relation to
the treaty. ,The discussion to-day did not
embrace the question of considering purely
commercial treaties with open doors.
The doors were reopened at o.zo p. m.,
when the Senate adjourned. 't H-
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House resumed consideration of the
Inter-State Commerce bill, the pending
Question being on the amendment onerea
by Mr. Hammond, of Ga., to the amend
ment offered by Mr. Perkins, of'Kansas,
providing for a Commission, and providing
that the Commission shall not be appointed
until the oth of March, lotto. This amend
ment was agreed to 71 to 12. " s
Mr. Perkins amendment as amended,
was lost yeas 95, nays 134. f -'.
Mr. Randall, of Pa., from the committee
on Appropriations, reported a bill making
additional appropriations for the Naval
service for the fiscal year ending June 30th,
1885. Referred to committee of the Whole.
Mr. Randall gave notice that he would
call it up for consideration to morrow
morning. i - i i
Mr. U JNeal, oi Jf a., onerea as a substi
tute for the Inter-State Commerce bill a
proposition for the appointment of I five
commissioners and . defining their duties,
Lost 35 to 133. I !
Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, moved to recom
mit the bill with instruction to the commit
tee on Commerce to report back the com
mission bill. IiOSt 93. to 133.
The bill was then passed 158 to 75.
This," said Mr. Reagan, when the result
was announced, "is a fitting celebration for
the eighth day of January. ' j
The uouse men proceeded to tne con
sideration of the Alabama contested elec
tion case of Craig vs. Shelly. Resolutions
which unseat Shelly. dem., and declare
Craig, rep., to have been elected were
adoDted. without debate. - ., ; !
Mr. uraig appeared at tne par or i tne
House and took the oath of office. 1
A contest then arose between Mr. Towns
hend, of I1L, with the Mexican Pension
bill. Mr. "Singleton, of Miss., with the Con-
eTessional Library bill, and Mr. Stockslager,
of Ind., with a special order; each pressing
his favorite proposition for precedence.:
Mr. Stockslager proved successful in the
strntrirle: his motien to co into committee
of the Whole being carried by a vote of
yeas 110, nays 103. Uut the fight was not
yet over for a motion to reconsider was
" v . ii 1 1 i J a
made and anotner roil can was neeqea to
foVilo thin mntinn ' ' I
Mr. Randall then moved an adiournment.
Lost yeas 63, nays 136. After a couple of
roll calls on filibustering motions, the
House at 430 adjourned. . : ;
. ;; , . SENATE, . j
Washiugtou". Jan. 9. Mr. Jackson,
from the committee on Pensions, reported
favorably, without amendment the bill
yesterday introduced by Mr. Allison, com-.
. .1 1 .MWSntAnB i IV.
'ension Appropriation bill recently passed
by J the House oi Kepresentauves. mr.
Jackson said he would call the bill : up to
morrow. - " i ' V . V" ' ..-,--
Mr. Slater called np the Oregon Central
Land Forfeiture bill, which has been in
abeyance, subject to Mr. Morgan's motion
to reconsider.
Mr. Morean said he had learned from
several of the Senators who voted against
this proposed amendment that they had so
voted not from opposition to the principle
covered bv the amendment but because
thev did not think the amendment necessa
rv under the circumstances of the Oregon
Central case. He then withdrew his mo
tion to reconsider. , '
The bill, therefore, stands passed as
amended by the Senate. It now goes to
thf? House of Representatives. i -
The Senate then proceeded to the consid
eration of bills upon its calendar: After
debate without result on a bill for private
relief, the Senate resumed consideration of
the Inter-State Commerce bilL
Mr. Garland called up the House bill on
the same subiect with a view, he said, of
moving to recommit the Senate bill with
all its proposed amendments, together with
the Hmiflfl bilL to the committee on Rail
ways for further consideration. The House
bill was read by - its title, and Mr. Garland
addressed the Senate on the subiect matter.
He directed, his argument - principally
against the commission proposition. Ad
mitting that Congress itself had the right
to ' regulate inter-State commerce, where
did we find the nower in Congress to dele
gate its power to a commission. Delegated
nower could not be sub-delegated. Con
gress could not divest itself of its legislative
nower and hand it over to a commission..
It was unheard of . that legislative pow
er should be delegated. .' The powers
lodged in the commission were extraordi
nary, and Mr. Garland asked the Senators
to pause and seriously consider the bill. It
not only, gave the commission legislative
but judicial power. It seemed to him that
tne courts were competent to deal with the
a uestions involved and if tbey were hot
leir jurisdiction could bo enlarged. He
thought the bill lust Dassed bv the. Hnnsn
of Representatives a better measure than
any of the measures proposed in the Sen-;
ate. 'Ihe House bill defined what was
wanted, and did hot leave it to any subor
dinate officers or a commission.: It did not
delegate the power of Congress to any other
body, and so it left the matter within the
Constitution.: The question of what was
State commerce and what was inter State
commerce, was ' a very difficult one some
times to decide. Great, danger of a clash
between the States severally and the United
States arose on this very Question. ' He he-i
lieved that greater progress would now be
uuuio ujr reuumuiuuDg an diiis ana pro
posed amendments to the committee, who
could consider them and report promptly to
the Senate. . :.-.
After further debate, -oarticio&ted in bv
Messrs.. Bayard, Dawes. Cullom. Harrison.
Ingalls, Slater, Maxey and Jones of Fla..
the motion to recommit was rejected by a
vote of 18 to 24. - . "
Mr. Cullom said that when after discus
sion the Senate bill should be perfected, he
would move 4ot amend, the House -hill by
substituting the Senate bill for it .
Mr. Wilson s, amendment making it un
lawful for railroads to discriminate 'against
. i. 1 l : i e : a i i . i . . . . .
iu lucauiy ui muiviuuais, was auaea 10 me
Dill... !
ine &enate. at 4.ou p. m.. went into ex
ecutive session, and within ten minutes the
doors were reopened and the Senate ad
journed to Monday next
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Hutching, of N. Y., moved to post
pone the consideration of private business
in order that the Naval Appropriation bill
mignt be discussea ana passed. - . .
jot. mcJttuian. ot xenn.. opposed the mo
tion and thought that at least one day
should be devoted to the claims of private
individuals.
Mr. Randall, of Pa., pointed out the im
portance of passing the Navy bill to day.
in order that it might be acted upon by the
Senate, but the House, by a vote of 67 to
80, refused to agree to Mr. Hutchins' mo
tion, and the Speaker proceeded to call the
committees tor reports of a private charac-
ter.
A large number of Senate bills were re
ported and placed on appropriate calendars.
Mr. uurtm. ot jfa., irom tne committee
on Foreign Affairs, reported a resolution
calling for information from the Executive
relative to the arrest of F. R. Moynaham,
an American citizen, by the government of
Mr. Curtin also reported the Belmont re
solution, calling on the President for infor
mation relating to the Congo Conference.
Adopted.
The House then went into committee of
the Whole. Mr. Cox, of New York, in the
unair, on the private calendar.
At 4.43 p. m the committee rose, and
the House passed a number of relief bills,
and took a recess until o p. m. , the evening
session to be for the consideration of pen
sion puis.
Washington, Jan. 10. Senate not in
session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Immediately after the reading of the
Journal Mr. Randall moved to dispense
with the morning hour, for the purpose of
pressing the JNavy. Appropriation bill to
passage. This was strongly opposed by
Mr. Stockslager, who maintained that the
House should proceed to the consideration
of the special order in reference to public
buildings. t , v
Mr. Randall pointed out the importance
of passing the appropriation bills speedily.
rtot to do so would risk an extra session,
which would be ot little good to the coun
try, and Btill less to the party to which he
belonged.
Mr. . stockslager replied with some
warmth that he was performing what he
considered his duty in contending for the
special order.
unite a brisk, and apparently personal
colloquy then sprang up between Messrs.
Randall and Stockslager, but the confusion
in the hall was so great as to render their
remarks unintelligible.
Mr. Stockslager demanded the yeas
and nays on Mr. Randalls motion,
which was lost yeas 130, nays 83, the ne
cessary two-thirds not voting in the affirm
ative." ' :
Mr. Stockslager moved that the House
go into committee of the Whole for the
consideration of public building measures,
and he asked consent and made a state
ment Mr. Hutchins, of N. Y., objected. The
Navy Department was without appropria
tions and it was time the House should pro
ceed to business.
Mr. Stockslager's motion was lost 72 to
91 and the Speaker proceeded to call the
committees for reports. Several public
building bills were reported and referred to
committee of the Whole; among them one
appropriating $5,000 for a public building
at Fortress Monroe.
The House then went into committee of
the Whole, Mr. Welborn, of Texas, in the
chair, on the Naval Appropriation bill for
the remainder of the current year. The
following is the report of the committee on
Appropriations in explanation of the bill:
The bill made provision for the Naval Ser
vice tor tne six montns ending June 30,
1885, on the basis of the bill which passed
the House during the first session of this
Congress, giving lor each item of expendi
tures just one half of the amount contained
in said Din with me following exceptions:
For current expenses, .Bureau of x ards and
Docks, in lieu of one-half or $100,000,there
is given XUU.UUU; lor necessary repairs, un
der the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,
in lieu of one half or $5,000, there is given
$3,oUU; lor current expenses, Uureau or
Construction and Repair, in . lieu of one
half $500,000, there is given $450,000;
for current expenses, Bureau of Steam
Engineering, in lieu of one-half or $375,-
000, there is given $380,000, together with
the unexpended balance of $140,000 from
the appropriation in 1884, for monitors;
for the pay of the .Navy and Marine corps,
there is given, in lieu of one half the
amount contained in said - bilL a sum
equal to the balance remaining after de
ducting appropriations for the first -six i
months from the whole sum proposed in
said bill. There is nothing, in the bill for
steel cruisers, the appropriations to com
plete them having already, been made.
The. bill appropriates in all. $6,120,155;
which, added to the sum appropriated for
the first six months which ended Decem
ber 31st. 1884, $8,860,317, . makes
the total appropriations for the Navy
for the fiscal year of 1885,- $14,980,:
472.59, or 913,961 less than ' was' ap
nrooriated for the fiscal vear of 1884. ;
There was no general debate on the bill.
and it was immediately read by sections for
amendment. On a point of order raised by
Mr. Glasscock, of Cat,, the provision mat
naval line officers may be detailed as in
structors in any schools or colleges, was
struck from the bill No amendments were
offered, and the committee having arose.
the bill was passed without a dissenting
vote. -.--: -
The House, at 2.35, went into committee
of the Whole (Mr. Wilson, of la., in the
Chair) on the Consular and Diplomatic Ap
propriation bill.
Mr. Burns, of Mo. , stated that the appro
priation carried by the bill was Sl.iuu.otjo,
or $432,291 less than the estimates. The bill
met with the approbation of . members of
both sides of the House and substantially
met the views of the State Department
An item of $224,000, which was asked for
bv the estimates for re surveying the boun
darv line between the -United States and
Mexico, was omitted. " Many things re
mained undone that, under the treaty with
Mexico, must be done before that govern
ment would be bound to pay pne-nait tne
expenses of the work.
The bill was debated by Messrs." Towns-
bend of I1L, Robinson of New York.Chace,
Washburn of Minn., and Mr. Curtin.
General debate having closed, the bill
' was read bv sections for amendments.
. Mr. ttOiman. oi inu.., . raiseu a point pi
order against the item providing for a con
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sul general at Madrid. The point was sus
tained and the item stricken out '
The committee then rose and the Houe
adjourned at 4 45 p. m.
NEwlrORSL
siaDDins case Arraignment of the
Accused The "Wounded 'Man ' In
Critical State. '
New Yokk. January 10. Richard Short:
the man who stabbed Capt. Phelan, yester
day, in Q'Donoran Rossa's office, was ar
raignea in couit to-day. But lew people
were present, snort appeared calm and
collected. The knife with which the stab
bing was done was put in evidence. It
has a blade six inches long. . has a sham
eage ana point, and has a shoe string and
a piece oi twine wound around tne handle.
The prisoner, at the' request of his counsel.
was remanded 10 await the results of Capt.
rusian loiuries. Jjaier ne was seen in
his cell by a reporter, but he refused to say
anyming. me nosjataL una morning.
the physicians said that Capt Phelan's
condition had Improved since midnieht.
and it was barely possible that : he might
recover, i ..
JHkw Yobk; Jan. 10. There were few
new developments .to day in the stabbing-
affray in U'Donovan Rossa's office. O'Dono I
van Rossa was reticent when approached
on the subject. . People passing the bouse
to-day where the affray occurred, stopped
to look at the bood-stained stairs and unr-
roundings. Mayor T.B. Bullin, of Kan
sas uity, and a friend of Phelan, called on
him to day. They were permitted, to see
him, as it was thought that it might de
tract from the strangeness of his surround
ings and make him feel more at home.
mi 1a.' . - . .
xnecununion oi rneian continues to im
prove. John T.Reilly, a friend, bad a con
versation witn him this afternoon.
lo his friend Phelan said he came here
to explain certain matters to Rosea about
an interview in the the Kansas City Journal.
He now believes that he was deliberately
cuintppea in Kossa 8 omce to be murdered.
lom, said Reillv. "when T knew von m
Kansas you Were always too quick with
your 'pop' to be caught on the snap. Why
did you let them catch you this way ?" I
didn't get time," returned Phelan; "and
besides, the room was so crowded suddenly
mat 1 couldn't get my pistol out" Reilly
said to a reporter afterwards, that he knew
Phelan well in . Kansas City in 1872, when
he prevented him from fighting a duel with
a man named Mcuauerty. He said that
while Phelan was a man of spirit and quick
to act if aroused, yet he would take a great
ueai oi aouse oeiore getting angry.
Washington. Januarv 10 Cant. Vtta
lan, of Kansas City, who has so suddenly
achieved fame in the fracas in O'Dnnovan
Rossa's office in New York, was a lieuten
ant or me capitol police force from 1876 to
1B7V, and is remembered bv some of the
oiaer omcers as very iond ot creating sen
sations, trumping up charges against offi
cere and instigating- investigations bv the
House. He is a typical Irishman, in speech,.
appearance ana manner; had the reputation
of being the best shot on the force and was
at one time reported to be the slayer of the
miormer uarey, at Uapetewn.
new Jersey.
The Secretary of the International
Railway . and Steamship Compauy
Supposed to have Committed Suicide.
By Telegraph to the XornlsK star, t
Jersey City, Januarv 10. On Wednes
day night last a deck hand employed on
the ferry boat Jersey City, of the Desbross
street line, .discovered a silk bat and an
overcoat lying on the deck as the boat was
about to cross the river on the 10.15 o clock
trip to Jersey. City. A valuable gold
watch and chain and an Adams Express
receipt were round in the pockets Of the-coat,
It was made known this afternoon that
the receipt and watch bear the name and
initials of W.H. McKlnley, Secretary of the
International Railroad & Steamship Com
pany, oi which ex senator Gordon, of
tteorgia, is resident. Mr.Kinley formerly
resided in unarieston and is unmarried.
He left the offices of the Company in the
.Bryant building, in triew York city,
Wednesday afternoon, and when last
seen be was walking down Liberty
street. He evidently crossed the Courtlandt
street ferry and boarded the up town boat.
from which be is now supposed to have
jumped overboard. The express package,
it has been learned, contained private pa
pers, which McUanley forwarded to Oen.
Gordon s daughter in Charleston.
RICHMOND " DAN FILLE.
F. Wr Hnldekoper Elected First Vice
President ot the Company.
LBy Telegraph to the Horning Star. 1
New York, January 10. The directors
of the Richmond & Danville Railroad Com
pany to-day elected F. W. Huidekoper
First vice f resident. Mr. Huidekoper has
also been elected Vice President of the
Virginia Midland and the Richmond &
West omt Terminal uompany, and it is
understood he will be made President of
the Georgia Pacific, Charlotte, Columbia &
Augusta, Columbia & Greenville, and all
roads controlled by the Richmond & Dan
ville Company. Mr. Huidekoper was for
merly President of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois It. ti. uompany.
PENNSYL VAN I A
Failure ot the Farmers' Bank of Eliza-
bethtown.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star. I
Lancaster. Jan. 10. The Farmers
Bank, of Elizabetbtown, this county,
Owned by Samuel Eady, closed its doors to
day owing to a run upon it by depositors.
Mr. Eady yesterday confessed judgment
to various parties to the amount ot sae.oaa.
The liabilities of the bank will probably
aggregate S80.000. The assets are un
known, but depositors will likely lose
heavily. .
FOREIGN.
Earthquake Shock In Malaga Pyna
,mtte Attempts In London.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.J
Madbtd. Jan. 10. Earthquake shocks
have been felt again at Malaga. .-.
London. January 10. The police bave
received information to the effect that sim-
. ultaneous attempts are about to be made by
dynamiters to blow up Holborn Viaduct
and the Mansion House Railway station.
Extra precautions are being taken at both
points and all baggage is scrutinized with
extreme care.
.. .. , VIRGINIA.
Assistance Asked for the Plagne Sof-
i f: v . ' ferers la Wise County. , ,
1 . . By Telegraph to the Horning Star.l
Ltnchbubg. January 10. The commit
tee appointed by the Court of Wise county
to investigate me condition oi me suiierers
from the late plague report that there is
more destitution than was at first supposed,
and outside assistance, heretofore .declined.
q asked for,
THE MORMONS.
A New colony Established Prose
lytes Going Forward from Georgia
and Ad joining. States.
Dallas, Tex., Jan.. 19. Elders Joseph
Kimley and Samuel Whitentone, of the
Mormon faith, passed west via the Texas
& Pacific Railroad, last night with seven
teen proselytes eight women, six men and
three cniiaren, en route to me new mor
mon colony, near Cruses, in the State of
Sonora, old Mexico, west of the sonora
Railroad, and near the shores of the Gulf
of California. The name of the new colony.
Elder Kimley stated, is Mount St Young,
named for me late prophet isngnam
Young, and the establishment of which is
the result of the severe treatment the Mor
mons are receiving from the United States
authorities in Utah. The proselytes were
from Georgia. It was learned that an ex
tensive proselyting movement is on foot in
Georgia and the adioining stales. ct to
members of the party were
poor and illiterate.
apparently;
Spirits a'urpentuiH
Wilson Advance: Died.in Rocky
Mount yterday evening at 3 o'clock. Dr.
R . C Tillery. a prominent citizen and
ma) r of that place. - The stockhold
ers of the Wilson Cotton Mills held a meet
ing Tuesday night and elected the follow
inn officers: President A Branch - Vice
President-F.' W Barnes: Directors T.
J. Hadley, M. Rountree, G.' D. Green, W.
J. Harris, and T. J. Gardner: Secretary
and Treasurer J. W. Davis. -
Monroe Miguirer-Mepress : The
Anson Times has suspended publication.
The smallest grain crops in some parts
oi me county , are reported considerably
damaged in consequence of the recent
freeze. -Rev. P. P. Law, of Pittsboro,
having accepted the call to the pastorate of
the Presbyterian Churches in this place and
at Matthews, was in town last week for the
purpose of making the necessary arrange-.
menu ior removing nis ramuy nere.
Kinston Free Press: The train
is loaded every day, and extra cars have to
be put on, with negroes going to South
Carolina to work turpentine. Hundreds of
them are leaving and more still will leave,
we suppose. They will be back before the
next election, however. Nearly every
neighborhood in the State wants a new
county. The fever has struck this county.
If every new county that was wanted was
granted by the Legislature every man wotld
be a county officer, and it may be that is
the reason they want so many new counties.
we nave too many counties now.
Raleigh News-Observer: The
newspaper men who accompanied Col. Mc
clure here were Barclay H. Warburton, of
the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph,
Richard H. Davis, of the Philadelphia En
quirer. i- The motives that prompt
Major Stedman to relinquish lucrative em-
Pioymi
ent as an attorney because he is to be
the constitutional presiding officer of the
Senate, will be appreciated by the people
of the State, who will find in his action an '
illustration of that frank sincerity and ster
ling worth that f so justly entitle Major
Stedman to the confidence of his fellow
citizens. - ' . '
Charlotte Observer: Mr. E. Lane
Britain, arrived at the Buford House last
Monday night and was assigned to a room
on the third floor. About f2 o'clock he
went to his room, undressed, blew out the
gas and hopped into bed. ' About daylight
me nan boy traced the trouble to bis room,
and entered to find Mr. Britain almost dead
from sphyxia. He was dragged out of bed
and the usual restoratives were diligently
applied, resulting successfully in the course
of half an hour. . -s Our farmer friends
will now probably get a slight rest and will
be enabled to lay themselves down to un
troubled dreams, for the ringleader of the
meat stealers. is in prison. His name is
William Cuff ee, and he was arrested in this
city yesterday morning by the police.
At .Davidson uouege, wnat appeared -
to be a cyclone in the air was observed and
great fear was manifested that it might
make a dive downward before it passed
over the town. - It is described as having
resembled a big funnel-shaped cloud that
swept over the town revolving at a rapid
rate as it myved and being accompanied by
a wind that roared ominously as it ra3ed
by. An Alabama turpentine farmer
arrived in the city on he train from Wil
mington yesterday with a gang of one hun
dred able bodied colored men. : He was
taking them to his turpentine fields in Ala
bama where they get good wages. The
man who had them in charge told an Ob
server reporter that the "niggers" from
Eastern North Carolina make the best tur
pentine hands that can be found..
Raleigh ivews- Observer: .Look
ing over the wo houses, one who has been
familiar with legislatures will be struck
with the fact that the present assembly is
far above the average. The house is in
deed an excellent body. Last night
about midnight Stewart Ellison and Nor
fleet Jeffries Jr., the colored men who
went to the farm of Mr. W. H. Brantley,
- in Nash county, in search of Henry Davis, .
the negro man who it is alleged so narrowly
escaped death at Clayton returned, and say
they found on arriving at Brantley's farm
that Davis had left the house of his brother.
Charles Lee. at noon last Friday, and gone
no one appears to know whither. Lee says
Davis has gone to Wilson. Ellison and -Jeffries
think he is yet in" that neighbor-
uouu, peruapB iu uiuiug, no us ib chuouuj
frightened. He is reported by Lee as shot :
in the back -and arm and' wounded in the
head' by a blow. Lee says that Da- t
vis says - there were only six men who ..
took him from the lockup at Clayton. '
The Superintendent ot Public In
struction makes an excellent showing Tor
the cause of education in this State. Re
turns for 1883 show a disbursement of
$623. 000 for schools, while partial -returns
for 1884 make the disbursements $535,000,
with a balance on hand for the counties
embraced in the report of $229,827. The
expenditures are made between the races on i .
the basis of school population, the total in
the 8tateinl883 being 468,558, of whom
142.200 whites attended school that year.
and 98,500 negroes. The school age, how
ever, is between 6 and 21. while practically
in the country few over lo, and aim iewer
under 10 are sent to school. Doubtless a .
very large per cent of the children between
the ages ot iu and la auena school 1
Goldsboro Messenger: Mrs. i
Agnes Fields, wife of Mr. W. C. Fields, i
died at her nome in mnBton, uecemoer ou,
of consumption. We hear reports of,
much stealing going on in lower uupnn.
Mr. Isaac summerneio, iamer oi me
Messrs. Summerfield. of this city, after a
lingering illness, died at the home of 'his
brother-in-law, Mr. William (John, in this
city, on Tuesday morning, in the 57th year
of his age. me work on me new
Messenger building is progressing, the in
clement weather notwithstanding. The
brickwork for the third story is going up,
and with favorable weather the walls will
be ready for the roof in the course of
auother week. The building is being con
structed with a view to meet the con
stant growing demand, arising from the
increase in business of the Messenger.
The exodus of the negroes from this
section to the turpentine fields of south
Carolina and Georgia is of vast proportion,
and greatly in excess of that of any former
year. They are daily leaving nere in nun-
dreds, and our iarmers are oegmmng to
fear that farm labor in consequence will be
very scarce and at high figures during the '
current crop year. The General As
sembly will be asked to establish a criminal
court for mis section to take me piace oi
the present Inferior courts. The Messenger
is heartily in favor oi sucn a court, it is
needed and ought to be established. A cir
cuit might be formed of the counties of
Wayne, Duplin, Sampson, new Hanover,
Wilson, Greene, Lenoir and Craven, with a
competent Judge, whose salary should be
tne same as tnat oi me superior vourt
Judges. The Solicitor, we think it best,
should reside in his county, and each coun
ty should have its own Solicitor, to be
chosen by the Board of Magistrates.
Fayetteville Sun: iThis issue
of the Bun will be the last until after the
6th day of February, on which day the Sun
and Excelsior Job 'Printing Department
will be sold at auction for a division.. . The
sale of the Sun has been a certainty since
the death of Mr. Josiah . Evans. ; On
Sunday morning about 11 o'clock it was
ascertained that the ice house owned by
Mr. G, A. Thomson and Mr. B. E. Sed
berry, situated near Mima' Mill was on Are.
The fire was evidently the iwork of an in
cendiary. The building was valued at $400,
and was not insured. From Mr. Ste
phen Royals, who lives not a great ways
from this place we learn the following facts
regarding the visitation of a terrific gale, in
Sampson county on the night of the 22d
nit , The blow occurred near South River,
at a point equi distant from this place and
Clinton . Mr. John Jackson had all of the
houses oal his plantation 'levelled to the
ground, two of ? his children were
struck by falling timbers and' serious
ly injured. His horse was crippled
and : four hogs in pens were killed,
one of which was carried several hundred
yards from the pen. - Mr. O. Jackson had
all of the houses on his place destroyed, in
cluding the dwelling house a two story
substantial building, but no one was hurt
Mr. Thomas Jackson had a part of the
buildings on his place razed to the ground.
Mr. John Calvin lost the top of his saw
mill which was blown into the mill pond
A man by the name of Warren had bis
dwelling blown off the pillars and' un
roofed. A stack pole was taken from the
field of Mr. John Jackson and carried eight
miles. The path of the cyclone was nar
row but the destruction left in its wake
marks it one of severity. We have heard
of no one being injured except the two
children of Mr. Jackson. Since -writing
the above we learn that Goshen Church
tell YIVIUU vj uio bhviiu. -