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The Weekly Star. I- PUBLISHED AT ; H I N'O T.O.Mi AT - N. C, tv i r"" ; igisiiiiisiisisis ggSSSSSSS8SS8SS8 : 8S8S8888S8S888888 :i 1 SS8SS88S8SSS8SSSS I .-'iuk "gassasgssssas'ggg !- 828SS8SSS8SS8SSSS T S8S8S8S88S888S8SS Ij f-Z. 8SSSgS8S8SSS8888S H SSSSSSSS8SS88SSS8 a s:.. -v. , TDitered at the Post Office atTWilmlngton, N. C : as Seoond Class Hatter. r7s UBSCRIFTION FRICJE. U The subscriOtion price of the Weekj.t Star is as follows : ' Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, '. $1.50 . 6 months, 1.00 3 months." SO A SWEEPING "LAW. Ve are surprised . to ; learn tbat .ih re is a very decided feeling in the Legij-Iature to pass a law concerning lai d? bought in by the State that give do extension of time or notice. TiM- passage of such a law will be an .'lr ion. We suppose in every county iti North I Carolina there aro ir.Hxi citizens who have permitted frim- -ode cause or another their himttgo into the" possession of the -Siste for taxes due, and because of the' Uw of custom because : all through! ihe years gone by the Leg islatures from time to time have graiitt'l indulgence. It would be an act of arbitrariness', and oppression if i he present Legislature should re f-iiM? to grant any -extension of limd to redeem lauds sold for taxes or to (serve notice that if within so many ! month if the lands are not redeemed that tirts thail be the nd that there siifcll lje something of a foreclosure. e h- i"u ve the legal phrase is, and ali i.u:;ls t-hall be forever forfeited to the "Stale. It-strikes us, who are citizens nieieiy and not lawyers, that, the Legislature cannot do less, if it de sires to do right than to give four or s-ix iuoiiihs notice before sacrifi cing the homes' of many worthy and indiMrious : men throughout North Caioitua. Legislators should act apl-n the' golden rule of the Scrip tuns of Inspiration do as tbey would be done by. . It would be ex cessively arbitrary, in view of the , aciiyii of former Legislatures, for the present b dy to piss a 1 in which n timj .was given to" redeem l ui.l.s s -.Id f -r- taxes. That will be the jmigmi-iit of 999 men in the ". 1,'Hio ii ihe are just and intelligent. Y- learn from lawyers in Wil niii'gtun thai the enactment of such a la w as is proposed would be a great hardiip to many people in this coun tj. We ltarn that several of onr lawyers have in their bands the moneys of clients to redeem the lands as tjjup as it is made legal to do 60. A condition of things that exists in New j Hanover probably exists in s every county in this section of the State and possibly in every county in North Carolina. .t I If no extension of time is granted in a general law then our people ought to ask that New. Hanover at . least be exempt from the sweepinj iff ids of the bill, legislators will grant Probably the that much to thU part of the State. THOSE BONDS OF INIQUITY. AVe are much inclined to doubt, upon reflection, if there is a Demo crat in the Legislature who would vote for the paying of one dollar of the fraudulent Special Tax bonds. It is very certain that the . people: will not favor any such financial opera tion. In the history . of legislation' since the world began there has not been Buch a saturnalia of crime, of debauchery, of unblushing venality and open purchase as marked the re construction days of North Carolina. A vivid, graphic and truthful history of those times would be a desidera tum,; we wish some thoroughly honest and competent hand, would undertake the work. At a time when' Judges were pur chased on the Bench to carry out the nefarious plans of scoundrels and plundeiera: at a time when native North Carolinians were selling their souls for raonev: at a time when even Democrats in office were "bor rowing" money from bribers and corruptionists; at a " time when the best people in North Caro lina were banned and "stigmatized and even - their lives were in dan ger; at a- time when the Capi tol ofthe State was converted into an assignation house and j its rooms fairly reeked with the stench of liquors and bad breaths; at a time when the plucked and oppressed peo ple of North, Carolina, . without 4.he rights of freemen and without means,' were looked upon as the proper vic tims for rapacious adventurers and treacherous natives these Special Tax honds were created. ; They were concocted in fraud and thrown into market in villainy. This is history and not fancy. No reflecting North Carolinian who knows of the past, VOL. XVI. cannot desire or favor the payment of these bonds of iniquity, i. The 'Raleigh -Jiegister takes the proper view. We . lay before our readers an instructive paragraph , or two. "It says: - "Daring all this time only such tax payers and property-owners as had permis sion from the military authorities were per mitted to vote, while in 1867, 70,000 igno rant negroes were turned loose to plunder the property of their late masters, the aforesaid disfranchised tax-payers and property-owners, under the lead of I a cormo rant band of carpet-baggers protected by Federal bayonets. This plundering they sought to accomplish by means of the Special Tax Bonds issued by the Conven tion and Legislature of 1868. '. ; t f -, . "Ouroeonle deny that thev are in' anv manner bound by the acts' of men thus put over utem bv the ieaerai troops, i ny wnom they were then being held in military' sub jection alter a bloody war oi i iour Jong years. - -x- t- "No person could have brought" these Donas supposing they baa any validity.. save that given to them. Dy tne bayonet No sane person could for a moment have supposed tbat the people of North Caro-. una would Dear tne snacKies tnus Torced upon them an instant after they bad ct. quired the power to shake them off.' Every purchaser had fall notice of their pedigree.: A STOCK LaV FOBNEWBANOVER, Many of the oounties are! having a stock" law passed for, their benefit; "New Hanover is - interested in this law. We do not doubt . in the least that a decided majority of the fence builders and land owners favor such' a law. We believe , that if an elec tion was held restricting the right of ballot to fence builders that the no- fence rlaw would be carried over whelmingly. Why should not the wishes of . those interested be V con- suited ? Why should men fwho do not own a foot of land and who do not have the expense and trouble of building fences have a voice in a matter . of so much importance to others. If the .Legislature j would give heed to what the. Stab says it would pass the stock-law bill now be fore it.-'. This bill authorizes a stock law when':'' majority'; of the fence builders shall petition to , the County Commissioners for such a law. Why is not that fair? What ijust man will say nay ? ! , Hob. O. JP. RIearca. . ,- : Mr. Wade H. Harriss, of the Charlotte Observer, pays the following handsome and deserved compliment to Judge Meares: "Of Judge Meares we can scarcely speak too highly. This writer, in the capacity of a reporter, has had opportunities to learn considerable in regard : to Judge Meares and his manner of dispatching business. and has learned to loos upon him as one of the best Judges in the State. His rulings and decisions are of the most impartial character, all offenders against the law be ing regarded by him as on an ! equal foot ing' and on tne same level. Whether they are rich or poor, white or blacki ' He is un fettered by a feeling or obligation to an; one and his luderaeat is untramrueled. iB is what may be called a just Judge, and we know that he will give satisfaction to out -people, who will have an opportunity of forming his acquaintance on the second Monday in next April." .' ; Another Old Citizen Dead. I! ' Capt. John GrifBth, one of;. our oldest and best "known citizens, died yesterday, shortly after 1 o'clock, after a brief illness, in about the 80th year of his age. Captain Griffith came to Wilmington from Pitts burg. Pa., when quite a young man. and has nearly ever since worked at his trade of sail making. He was for a number of years Foreman of the Hook and Ladder Company,- and during the administration of Mr. A. H. YanBokkelen as Mayor he was captain of the police force. It was also through his hands, under commission from Mayor Dawson, that the city was surrendered, to the federal troops on the 22d of February, 1865. He had many friends who liked him for his genial dispo sition, lively temperament and unimpeach able character. Peace to his ashes. The B1U Passed. .The following private telegram, an nouncing the good news of the final pas sage of the Wilmington & - Onslow Bail- road bill was received yesterday: - "Raxbigh. Feb. 271885. "A. H. YanBokkelen. Chairman of Com- . mittee: - . - ii ! "Wilmington, Onslow & Fast Carolina Kaiiroaa cnarter passea noin nouses unan imously to-day. VV. H. uhadboubit. ,How we hope to see immediate, steps taken towards the speedy construction of this road. It is one thing I Wilmington must have, and the sooner it is built the bet ter for all concerned. - Chairman Stephen C. Rowan, of the lighthouse Board, announces the follow ing alteration of lights in Cape Fear river: Notice Is hereby given that on and after March 1st, 1885, the present range on Oak Island, entrance to Cape Fear river, North Carolina, will be changed so as to intersect the Cape Fear range and guide to the new Smith's Island range, which will be ex hibited on the above date. The rear bea con of the Smith's Island range consists of four piles, upon which is built an open framework for the support of a river lan tern. The light will be fixed white, with its focal plane 20 feet above mean low. wa ter. The front beacon consists of a trian gular structure of three piles supporting a river-lantern. : The light will be fixed red, with its focal Diane 15 feet above mean low water. To enter the Cape Fear river by means of these ranges, stand i in from the Sea-Buoy on the Cape Fear (Bald Head) range until the lights on Oak Island are nearly in range, when change course to follow the Oak Island range, care be ing taken to make the- turn when to the westward of the point of intersection of the two ranges; keep on the Oak Island range only until the new lights on , Smith's Island come in range, when change course to starboard to follow the new range until Cape . Fear (Bald Head) main light bears E8E, when good anchorage, in about four fathoms, may be found to the northward. Beyond this point the following river lights will be exhibited from day mark structures near the placesnamea below:; JBeaconJNo. 8, Battery Island, red light; beacon No. 4, opposite Price's Creek, red light; beacon xso. 0, Jttaren Island, white light; beacon No. 6. Drum BhoaL red light: beacon No. 7, below Old Brunswick, red light; beacon No. 8, Old Brunswick, -white light; beacon No. 9, Orton's Point, white light; beacon No.. 10, above Orton's Point, red .light; beacon No. 11, Campbell's Island, white lieht: beacon No. 12. end of first lettv. white light: beacon No. 13, end of second ' lettv. red lieht: beacon No, 14. end of third jetty, white light; beacon ' No. 15, end of tourtn letty, red light; Hospital Point, red light beacon No. 16, 171 THE LATE EDWARD KID- 1 r. '. . DER, - - i meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Resolutions Remarks .." of Presi dent YanBokkelen ; and . Sir. W Calder. &e. - . . A called meeting of the Chamber of Com merce, to which ex-members of the organi zation and merchants generally were in vited, was held at the rooms of the Produce Exchange at noon yesterday. There was a large attendance. . '"" . , Z Mr. A. ILYaaBokkelen, President of the Chamber, called the meetingto order, and stated the object of the meeting to be to pay a tribute of respect to the memory of Ed ward Kidder, who at the organization of the Chambers .of Commerce, was ' among the members who remained so up to his death. Mr. YanBokkelen spoke in eulogy of the deceased, his strict, energetic atten tion to business, 'his careful consideration of the interests of others, his kindly sym pathy for those who met with reverses and loss, his firmness in .adberance to his con- rictionSkhis jasejfjh interest of the city, and bis loss to the com munity as a counsellor and a public spirited citizen. "'. 'x-'. a r - :3f-. .' On motion of Dr. A.. J. DeRosset, sec onded by Mr. Donald McRae, a committee of five was appointed to draft suitable reso lutions upon the death of the deceased, and Messrs. A. J. DeRosset, B. F. Mitchell, Alfred Martin, B. G. Worth and George Harries were named as that committee.' . .The committee, through Dr. v: A. J. De Rosset, reported as follows: , Testimonial in Memory of Edward Kidder. Adopt ed oy tut uiamoer of commerce. Feb. 7w, 1885: Our whole oommnnltv. after more than a week of-painful anxiety and suspense, occasioned by the announcement of the dangerous illness of Mr. Edward Kidder, has been thrilled in every member with grief and sorrow by Its fatil ter mination on the night of Wednesday, the 25th Inst.- - -- - : - Born in New HamDshlre. A. D.. 1805. he removed to this c.ty in 186. and for nearly three-score years has been always among the foremost in canning ana promoting every enterprise wmcn as been andertaken for the advancement of the material orocTeas of our city, and for the educa tional, moral and religions (rood of onr people. Hi sound Judgment and wonderful energy in the management of his business have secured to him a decree of success to which few have at tained, and his ananestioned Integrity, larae- hearted chaiitv and unostentatious benevolence have won for him the respect and admiration of alL High as was his position as a business man and a citizen, those who were most Intimately con nected with him can testify to the loveliness of character which adorned him in his orivate life. it is. therefore, eminently fit and oroner that this assemblage of friends and members of the Chamber of Commerce, with whom he has so lone been associated, have been called together to Rive expression to their sense of the great loss which has been sustained In the death of such a man. and It is unanimourty Betotned, That this testl .oonial shall be recorded in the books of this Chamber, and that a blank pace of tht same shall be appropriated for the record of the name of Mr. Bidder and the dates I his birth and death. " Resolved, further. That aoo-vrof these oroceed- iags. with the signatures of the President and Secretary, be transmitted to the family of the de ceased, with the assurance of our sympathy and Borrow in their bereavement, and of our high estimate of the precious legacy he has left them in tne memory oi ms lire ana cnaraoter. The report on motion was accepted by a standing vote.. In seconding the motion to accept the report Mr. W. Calder said Mb. Chaxbmah: In seconding the reso lutions presented by your committee, 1 can add but little to their truthful estimate of the life and character of our deceased mend, ms ; contemporaries for . many years, their testimony is the highest evi dence we can have of the great public and private virtues that mado turn so estimable a citizen. . r.j',: : c: For the younger portion of our com munity, I am sure I but echo their senti ments when l say tbat to us he has always appeared a tower of strength, and a living example of what great energy, untiring in dustry and unassailable integrity may ac- compii8n. tie won his means and position by no meretricious methods, and without resorting to those hazardous ventures by which men in these modern days attempt to get rich fast leaping before they walk. ine means ne used was bard work, di rected by an intelligent will, and the ends be attained redounded not only to his own good, but also to the advancement and happiness of the community at - large. While. many Know how to make mooey. few know bow to spend' it well, but he possessed the rare combination of knowing how to make, to save and to spend, and in all of these to benefit those among whom he lived, as well as to advance his own for tunes. The business and manufactories be con ducted and aided, the public works he founded, the hospitality he dispensed, have all added to the wealth, the comfort or the happiness of those among whom he lived. H ot his active industry, bis correct bust ness methods, his open handed hospitality. his wise and unostentatious charity, he will long be remembered as a worthy example to the rising generation, and long regretted by the community his citizenship has bene fited. , On motion of Dr. A. J. DeKosset it was voted that a copy of the proceedings of the meeting be furnished the newspapers of the city for publication. ;'. On motion of Mr. J. H. Chadbourn it was voted that business be suspended this afternoon, and that the members of this Chamber will attend the funeral, and that merchants generally be invited to join in the attendance upon the obsequies. . ' The Chamber - of Commerce and . mer chants were notified to meet in St. James" Churchyard at half -past 2 o'clock in the af ternoon, and CoL J L. Cantwell was de signated to act as Marshal for the occasion. Adjourned." -!-- ' First Presbyterian Church. A meeting of the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church, was held Thursday night, according to appoint- ment, to consider the request of Rev. ' Dr. Wilson, their pastor, with reference to hi proposed withdrawal and connection with an institution of learning at Clarkesville, Tenn. After deliberation it was regretfully decided to unite with Dr. Wilson in asking the Presbytery of Wilmington to dissolve bis pastoral relations with the church. A very touching letter was read by Dr. Wil son, and resolutions of regret at the action he considered it his duty . to take were read and passed by the congregation. Resolutions In regard to the death of the late Edward Kidder. ' a ' trustee ' of " the church for a number ; of years,-were read, adopted and ordered to be published,': 1 RevV Dr. Wilson's request to the Presby tery fixes the first Sunday in April as the time that his pastoral relations shall cease. Rev. J. W. Primrose, of the Second Presbyterian Church, presided over the meeting. " ' Another Fire In Dnpltn. . .. The residence of Mr. Calvin Bradshaw, five miles from Kenansville, Duplin county, was destroyed by fire on Monday last. Mr. Bradshaw was away" from home at the time,: Mrs. B, heard a crackling noise on thereof and rah out into the yard to see what it meant, when she found the roof in flames. She returned and got the children, by which time the building was a mass oi names. Nothing was saved but two quilts which Mrs. Bradshaw bad snatched up as she was escaping from the burning building. ! Judge Gudger, it is said, .preside at our next Superior Court. - will WILMINGTON," N. C, FEIDAY, MARCH 6 1885. A BRUNSWICK DESPERADO 1 Captnre of Joe Goodman a noiea Branswlek Desperado He Escapes and Is Recaptured After An Exciting Chaw. &c For some time Joe Goodman,1 colored, was a sort of terror to the people of Bruns wick county. , It was known that he was concerned in various depredations, and that he belonged to a gang, the other mem bers of which were as bad as he was; if not worse. He Was captured two or three times," and escaped, but about twelve months ago was finally brought before the Superior Court at Smith ville, when he turned State's evidence and upon his testi mony Jhree of his companions in iniquity were convicted and sentenced to the peni tentiary. Judgment was' thereupon sus pended in his case and he was released. - . Recently information was received that Joe was at his old tricks again. It was known that he. had stolen a Qua r.ijrom Judge Russell's place and a lot wrfronv , a thrifty Colored ; woman named Saroline LofUn,. OaTuesday nTghjL last a posse of six or eight men surrounded his house, captured him and turned him over to Sheriff B. W. Taylor the following morning. Then he showed that he .was still ; proficient in :; the performance of another of his old tricks. He .made his escape with his wrists handcuffed and his legs shackled. Sheriff Taylor sent out another posse after him, and they chased him over fences and ditches and through swamps and branches until- finally, after running him about a mile, and shooting at and wounding him more or less three times, be was recaptured and carried to Smithville and lodged in jail. He fought desperately when captured. One. of bis hands being loose from! the shackles he could use it with considerable . effect, . Dr. Barnes, of Smithville, examined the wounds and announced that they were not serious. Ten shot entered the flesh in various locali ties, nine of which the surgeon succeeded In extracting : The Brunswick people seriously suggest tbat the prisoner's name should be changed to Job Batotan I ' .' r ". lee Works and Cold Storage. ' We learn from Messrs. W. E. Worth Co., that they propose erecting an ice machine and cold storage buildings at the intersect! in j of . Second and Campbell streets. They have contracted ' for the same and expect to begin operations on the first of May next. The ice "machine will be of the latest and most improved pattern, and of sufficient capacity, they inform us, to supply the demand from the city of Wil mington. The cold storage buildings will be large enough to meet all requirements and so constructed as to be easily enlarged if necessary. i; This machine makes ice di rectly from steam. The steam being con densed and the condensed water frozen in to clear, pure ice, in blocks 14 inches thick, 22 inches wide and 37 inches long, weigh ing 200 pounds. The cold storage rooms will be kept at a temperature of from 82i to 35 degrees, at which temperature butter, meats " of all kinds, fruits &c., can be kept for months. If these cold storage facilities are tafen ad vantage of, Messrs. . Worth & Co. inform us, the citizens of Wilmington can have as good butter and as sweet and tender beef, as the citizens of any city in the United States, and the rates for cold storage will be such that every grocer aad butcher can well afford to take advantage of it. Opera tions preparatory to the erection of the buildings will begin about the middle of March, or a little later. Stealing; a male, &c Frank Hill and John Tate, both colored, have each -a . mule, and tbey keep them stabled in the neighborhood of Fifteenth aad Princess ; streets. On Tuesday night Tate's mule was stolen and carried off, and Frank Hill's harness was taken with him. His mule got loose and the thief could not catch him, or he would very probably have been stolen also. Upon discovering their loss Hill reported at police headquarters. and Chief Brock, told him he had better take the road at once and he would proba bly come up with the mule. He did so. and when at a distance of about twen ty miles from this city, on the . old New Berne - road, he came upon a man driving a mule attached to a cart. The mule the man was driving was not his property, but the gearing was recognized as his own.' Upon: seeing : Hill approach ing, the man and a companion who was with him left the mule and cart and It was taken possession of by Hill, who, after some investigation, found that the thief had traded Yates' mule for another, and that was how his gearing came to be upon a strange mule.' . He finally succeeded in recovering the stolen mule, as well as the harness, and returned home with the same, but tbe thief escaped. . The Funeral of Mr. Kidder. The funeral of the late Mr. Kidder took place from the First - Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, Rev. Jos. R. Wilsou. D. D.. officiating. Members of the Chamber of Commerce and merchants generally, headed by Mr.'Eduard Peschau, Vice President of the Chamber of Com merce, and Mr. J. H. Currie, Vice Presi dent of the Produce Exchange, with Col. J. L. Cantwell as Marshal,met in St.James' church yard and assumed the badge of mourning in the shape of crape on the arm, and proceeded to the late residence of de ceased, where, with" open ranks, the body was received and escorted to the Presby terian Church, where the same ceremony was rerjeated. both on the entrance of the hnriv and its return to the hearse: after per fnrminer which latter dutv they " dispersed. fh remains were then conveyed to Oak- dale Cemetery for interment, followed by a large concourse oi relatives ana menus. The following gentlemen acted as pall bearers: Dr. A. J. DeRosset, Dr. IS. A. Anderson, and Messrs. Geo. R. French. A. H. YanBokkelen, Alfred Martin, J. H. nhadbourn. Donald MacRae. and B. G. - Th flacm over the Custom House. Signal nffiA the various Vice Consulates, and thnsA of the shiDDine in Dort. were at half- mast during the day out of respect to the deceased. WUminctoa and Onslow.' . .We are glad to learn that no delay will be suffered in the way of pushing the Wil mington, Onslow and East Carolina Rail road scheme, and that already preliminary atona am beimr taken with the view of opening books of subscription to the capital ctnnir m nnn as practicable nnder the char ter, t Everybody under8lands, the impor tance of tne enterprise anu whwuuh good speed, j FORTY-EIGHTH CON QRE8S. SECOND SESSION. - ,' SENATE. WASHTKGTOir. February 26. Mr. Hale. from the committee on Appropriations, re ported with amendments the regular annual Naval Appropriation bilL Placed on the calendar and ordered, to be printed. . The bill was accompanied by a report, which was also ordered to be printed. Mr, Hale said he would endeavor to call up the bill to morrow morning. - . At 12. o clock Mr, Ingalls said a short ex ecutive session was desirable. and moved that the Senate proceed to the considera tion of executive business. - ; : . The Democrats opposed the motion and called for the yeas and nays..-" v. v v . me can resulted yeas 81, -nays 23; so the motion was acreed to. and at 12.05 the Senate went into executive session. After forty minutes spent in executive session the doors were reopened and legis lative business resumed.! The Legislative Appropriation bill was passed and the Sil ver bill was then taken uo. , Mr. Sherman took the floor. vThe.discussion was further participated in by Messrs. McPherson, Dick, Hill and Coke, and without action tbe bill went over. The Senate at 6.05 D. m. went into 'exe cutive session and at 7.20 adjourned.; - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ' - Mr. Fornev. of Ala., submitted the con ference report on the Army Appropriation bill, and it was adopted, i Agreement was reported on all the amendments except that relative to the hours during which courts martial may bold their sessions. A further conference was ordered, i The Postofflce Appropriation bill, with Senate amendments, was taken from the Speaker s table and referred to tbe commit tee on Appropriations. - The committee on Appropriations re ported the Fortifications Appropriation bill and it was referred to committee of the Whole. - Mr. Ellis submitted a substitute for the bill, which took the same course Mr. Randall moved to suspend the rules so that tne sundry Uivil Appropriation bill may be considered for four hours, which time shall be occupied in debate on clauses relating to tbe suspension of silver coinage and the World's Industrial and Cotton Ex position; three hours to be devoted to de bate on the first named item and one hour on the latter.' The. bill shall be subject only to amendments to strike out or amend clauses, after which the previous Question snail oe considered as ordered. Mr. Bland demanded a second : The motion was seconded 105 to 89. The half hour s debate, under the rules, was not asked for, and tbe House, proceeded immediately to vote on the motion. Mr. Randall's motion was lost yeas 118, nays li'j. l ne. result was received with ap plause from the silver men. - r Mr. Randall then rose and said: "Recog nizing the significance of the vote just taken, and knowing that the issue was dis tinctly made as against the silver clause. and being aware tbat tbe majority has de clared against that proposition, I therefore assume, myself, the responsibility beuev- ing that the members of the Appropria tions committee, if tbe ; opportunity were ouerea, would unanimously sustain me in the. positionof moving to suspend the rules in the manner stated in the resolu tion with everything connected with coin age eliminated both from the bill and the: resolution." - ..: , : ... Mr. Randall then moved to suspend the rules so as to take up the Sundry Civil bill and consider for one hour the clause re lating to the New -Orleans Exposition, This was objected to, as not specifically eliminating tbe silver question, and there upon Mr. Randall asked unanimous, con sent to strike irom the bill the silver coin age clause, but Mr. Hepburn, of la., ob jected, Then Mr. Randall modified his motion so as to move to i suspend the rules and pass the Sundry -Civil bill (with the silver clause - stricken out.) After two hours debate on the New Orleans proposi tion, without an opportunity being onered to amend tbe same. Anally Mr. Kandail s last proposition was agreed to and. the two hours debate under it began. The debate having closed, the bill went over until tomorrow, and the House at 7.05 adjourned. I . ; SENATE. - Washington, Feb. 27. The Senate took up the Naval Appropriation bill and its reading was proceeded with. At one o clock the unfinished business, being the Anti-Silver Coinage bill, was laid before the Senate, but was temporarily laid aside and consideration of tne JXavai bill was continued. . In the discussion of the bill Mr. McPherson favored the build ing of larger cruisers than were provided for, and on tbe suggestion of Mr. Miller, or. Cala., without objection by Mr. Hale,; the limit of maximum tonnage for tbe two new cruisers recommended by the Senate Com mittee was made five thousand, instead of four thousand tons. I - I An amendment offered by Mr. Hale was agreed to appropriating $112,000 for the purchase of Ericson's torpedo boat "De stroyer." With this exception the bill was then passed substantially as reported from the Senate Uommittee on Appropriations. At 2. 15 p. m. the senate went into execu tive session. At 8.40 p. m. the doors were reopened and the legislative business pro ceeded witn. ; Mr. Cameron, of Wis., moved to resume consideration of the House bill limiting the time for presentation of claims against the United States. -- t Mr. Morrill called for the regular order, being the Trade Dollar bill. Mr. Morrill said that "After demonstrations made else wherre," there was no probability that the section repealing tne standard dollar coin age act would become a law. He thought, therefore, it would be! well to take a vote on that section without debate, and then the Senate could dispose of the Trade Dol lar bill as it might choose, i f r Mr. Cameron's resolution was agreed to yeas 34 nays 21 but the Claims bill was temporarily laid aside and a number of pension bills were disposed of. The House substitute for the River and Harbor bill, appropriating a gross sum, was laid before the Senate, and having been read once. Mr. Cameron, of Wis., objected to a second reading. - So the bill lies on the table, not having been referred to com mittee. I - - - . Mr. Morgan asked unanimous consent to take up the bill for the relief of Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter of the late Presi dent Tyler. -Tbe bill would give ner a pen sion of fifty dollars a month. The lady named, Mr. Morgan said, is now blind and dependent on tbe charity or w . yv . uorco- ran. in the citv of Washington. . . Mr. Riddleberger objected. He saw no reason for pensioning Presidents' daugh ters. Mr. Cockrell also objected. Hi thought it a crime against the- people to pass such bills.' It was the beginning of 'a civil pension list. I Mr, Morgan cited Instances of Presi dents widows and daughters who had re ceived pensions. He-thought it would ffratifv the neoole of the United States to provide for this poor : blind lady a lady who in her dav had been the lady of the White House and had filled that place with credit to the' people of the country. A vote on , the bill i resulted yeas 11. nays 17.- No quorum having voted, no de cision was reached. .? The Senate then, at 6.40 p. m. adjourned. f HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. On motion of Mr. Dibrell. the Senate 1oint resolution was passed, authorizing the Secretaries of War and Navy to loan cer tain flags and bunting to tne committee on tbe Inauguration Ceremonies. . s'r" ,. ., - Mr. Reagan-asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table ' the Inter Statu Commerce bill, for the purpose of non-concurring hi ' the Senate. Amend ments thereto, but MrJ Reagan objected. Mr. Rosecrans. from the committee on MiHtftTv Affairs, reported a bill for the re tirement of Gen. H. G. Wright, with the rank nf Maior General. Private calendar. Aa the reeular order of business the House proceeded to" the further considera tion of the Sundry Civil Appropriation hill I - Mr. Horr, of Mich.,' offered an amend ment, providing that; the money appro priated to aid the New Orleans Exposition shall be used first: in the payment of the indebtedness now outstanding of the Ex position, which is due to persons livinir outsiae oi juouisiana, including debts to foreigners or foreign nations, and such as are due to States and territories; and, sec ond,, in tne payment or . all premiums awarded by the: Exposition. Adopted yeas 206. nays 58. . - Jar. .rotter then moved to strike out the entire clause, which motion was lost yeas tasa, nays io. - . . Mr. White, oi iy . demanded the read ing of the engrossed bill. - , A short debate arose as to whether it was necessary that the engrossed bill should be read, the practice of : the : House beings to nave tne mil reaa a intra tune by its title, without its having been engrossed. - The Speaker expressed some doubt upon tne question, out made no decision, as Mr. Randall informed tbe House that he had taken the precaution to bave the bill en grossed in advance, v ue moved, . however, to suspend the. rules, bo as to dispense with tbe requirement of having the bill read at length. - .. Mr. Randalls motion was agreed- to yeas 224, nays 64 and the third reading of .the bill. was dispensed wun.;-: The bill was then passed nays 168 yeas 107.: v.- ? The Senate ' amendments to the .Legist a- tive Appropriation bill, were non-concurred in, and Messrs, a Holman, Hancock and Cannon were appointed conferees.-tKs.: TTTS11- IT . J " J the rules and pift mpon its ..passage the bill appropriating $5,000,000 to be expended under the direction and with the approval of the Secretary of War for . the continua tion and completion or the works desig nated in the last River and Harbor law. Mr. Willis briefly explained that it had been thought best not to allow the present works of the government to go to waste and ruin on account of the lack of an appropri ation. For this reason he had, after consul tation with a number of gentlemen, brought in a bill appropriating $5,000,000, or one seventh of the amount which the corps of engineers had stated could be properly expended during the -ensuing year. The bill was submitted as a compromise because he knew that the discussion of the other bill -would consume valuable time and might endanger the passage of other ap propriation bills and cause an extra session, After some debate tne motion was agreea to and tbe bill passed yeas 1U0, nays 88. Mr. Turner, of Us,, caned up me con tested election case from North Carolina, in which the vrima facie right of J. C. Skin ner to the seat is involved, but the House refused to consider it The committee on Appropriations re ported the Post Office ? Appropriation bill with Senate amendments, witn a report re commending . concurrence in some - and non concurrence in others of those amend ments. In order to prevent Mr. Turner, of Georgia, calling up any : contested election case, the Republicans demanded a separate vote on each amendment, and though the recommendations of the Appropriation committee were in each case agreed to (the clause relative to ocean transportation was not reached) they consumed the time till 5 o'clock, when a recess was taken until 8. the evening session to be for the conside ration of Pension bills. . .SENATE. WASHDiGTOir. Feb. 28 The Chair laid before the senate a letter from the Attorney General, stating that the Deficiency bill, as passed by tbe House, ' insufficiently pro vides for the expenses of juries in. connec lion with U. S. Ixrarts, not more than ball of the estimates having been allowed; and further stating that there will not be money enough to carry on tne courts dunng the coming lour montns unless innner provis ion be made. Referred to the committee on Appropriations. Mr. Hale submitted tbe . report oi tne Conference committee on the Agricultural Appropriation bill, which was agreed to.. Mr. Hill submitted for reference to the committee on Public Lands a resolution expressing the opinion of the Senate that ho patent should issue to tne assignee oi the New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Vicks- burg Railroad to lands granted said com pany, until tbe senate has acted on tne pending bill relating to the subject. Re ferred as desired. . The substitute for the River and Harbor bill was read a second time and referred to the committee on Commerce, which, on the request of Mr. McMillan, got permission to sit during tne session oi tne senate. Mr. Mitchell offered the following pre amble and resolution Whereas. The commercial value of silver has so far depreciated that the stan dard surer dollars coined under tbe act of 1878 are now worth but 82 cents in open market; and, whereas, continued coinage of such depreciated dollars, now amount- in ir to nearly two hundred million, serious ly threatens the suspension of gold pay ments bv tne government from necessity and the consequent , banishment of gold coin from active circulation ;tnerei ore "Resolved. That the committee on Fi nance be.and is hereby instructed forwith to prepare aad report to - tbe : senate, a pro vision to provide for tne immediate suspen sion of the coinage of silver dollars; and for the resumption of such coinage when ever the commercial value of standard dol lars aforesaid shall rise to within 5 per cent of par with standard gold dollars of the United States." Mr. Mitchell asked unanimous consent to have the resolution : considered at once, and to have read in : connection with the resolution a "very important letter from a distinguished person." (meaning the letter of the President elect just published on the silver Question). ? : Objection being maoe ootn to tne reading of the letter and present consideration of the resolution, the matter therefore went over one dav. - -m. At 5 p. m. the Senate adjourned to Mon day morning at V o clock. -- si HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Anderson offered an amendment to the rules, providing that the Appropria-r tion committee shall report all general ap- Sropriation bills not later than the 1st of ay during the long session, and the 1st of February during the short session. Re ferred. ' Mr. Dibrell submitted the conference re port on the Agricultural Appropriation bill, anil it was atrreed to. -, r The House then proceeded to the consid eration of the Senate amendments to -the Post Office Appropriation bill. v ! " The recommendations of the Appropria tion committee were generally followed. It was voted down, however, on its recom mendation of non concurrence in the amendment permitting single copies of second class publications to be transmitted through the mails at one cent a pound, ana the amendment' was concurred in. The amendment relative to the compensation to American steamships for carrying mails was non-concurred In. ' All of the amendments having been .dis posed of. Messrs. Townsbend, Holman and Horr were. appointed as conferees upon the disagreeing votes or tbe two Houses, ' . - On motion of Mr. Randall, the Naval Appropriation bilL with Senate amend ments, was taken from the Speaker's table and referred to the committee on Appro priations. 1 " '"-'' ' '. ;: ' : -Mr. Hancock moved to suspend the rules so that the House shall go into committee of the Whole on the Fortifications bilLgen- eral debate being limited to two hours. The motion was agreed to, and at 12.55 the House went into committee as indicated, jar. Blount in the chair. Mr. Hancock briefly explained the pro visions of the bill. ' '' " Mr,' Horr, ; of ; Michigan,' supported Mr. Ellis substitute which appropriate f i,v65, '" - After discussion the bill was read by paragraphs for amendments. Mr. Ellis offered several amendments increasing ap propriations for repairs, dec.; oi lortinca tions. - but they were severally rejected. Mr. Ellis then moved to strike out the en tire clause as being useless waste of public inonev. which motion also was rejected. - On motion of Mr. Reid paragraphs were stricken out which prescribed tne calibre of guns to be manufactured and the manner in which thev shall be tested. - The committee then rose, reported the bill to the House, and it was passed. This is the last of the appropriation bills. - Mr. Fornev. of Ala., submitted a con NO. 19 Terence report on the Army Appropriation puis ana it was agTeed to. Mr. Hiackburn. moved tbat the House take a recess until 12 o'clock to-morrow: for the transaction of business other than contested election cases. --.-- Mr. Turner objected, and as the latter part of tbe motion needed unanimous con sent, it was not received. - - -; ; Mr. Blackburn moved to suspend the rules and adopt ' the motion indicated. pending which Mr. Bennett, , of N. C, called up the North Carolina contested case,and pending this latter Mr. Hammond moved to adjourn. This motion was carried, and at 6.40 p. m. the House adjourned until Mondays - ,.i WASHINGTON. ' Nominations Confirmed North Caro lina Internal - Revenue Districts Fobllo Debt-Redaction Enthusias tic Reception of Vice Preal dent-Elect Hendricks. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.J Washington, Feb. 27. The 8enate. in executive session to day, confirmed the following' nominations: George H. Craig, U. 8. District: Attorney if or the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama; and Wm. LV Scruggs, of Georgia, to' be Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Co lunabia. -j.i-.i.iA.i..:- -;s. -:; ; The President has directed that the num ber Of TriternaPReVemie 1 'UElriWS ltr thr State of Noith Carolina be increased from two to three, to be numbered Fourtb.Fifth and Sixth districts. Isaac J." Young has been designated as Collector of the Fourth district, and Thomas N. Cooper as Collec tor of the Sixth district It is not expected that the vacancy in the Fifth district will be filled during the present administration. Owing to the beaw payments . from the public treasury during the present month, ior pensions ana other obligations, it is es mated that there will be but a small reduc tion of the public debt for February. Tbe Vice resident elect arrived in Wash ington at 3 30 o'clock this afternoon on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, two hours and a quarter behind the schedule time. A large crowd assembled at the depot before the hour at which the train was due and pa tiently awaited its coming, receiving con stant accessions as the time passed until when the train arrived the : assemblage numbered several hundred persons. The throng filled the depot waiting room and crowded about on the- sidewalk in front of the depot, and members of the Citizens' Re: ception Committee and of the Indiana Dem ocratic Association, with a few newspaper reporters, awaited the arrival of the train on the platform in the interior ofthe depot. All the Democratic members of Congress from Indiana, except senator Voorhees,wbo was detained at the Senate, and Judge Holman, wno could not leave tbe House, were pres ent as members of the Indiana Democratic Association. Representatives elect Bynum, Ford and Howard, of Indiana, and Col. Bannister, of that State, and Messrs. Niles and Morgan, of this city, as representatives of the Indiana Democratic Association and. the Citizens' Committee, respectively, went up the road as far as Harper s iferry to meet Mr. Hendricks and escort him to the city. It had been arranged by the Indiana Assooiatlon to meet Mr. Hendricks at the depot and give him a cordial -reception, without speech-making or any formality. The committee sent a reception committee to meet , him and escort him to his hotel. Unfortunately, however, there was no con cert of action between the two bodies, and when the train drew up in the depot and Mr. Hendricks alighted, he was seized. hold of by Messrs. Niles and Claggett, of the Citizens' Committee, and hurried through the crowd on the platform towards his carriage, without being allowed to stop a moment, even to shake hands with his In diana friends.. A few of the latter, however, pushed their way through the crowd and shook hanaa with the Vice President elect. . One enthusiastic indi vidual almost knocked Mr, Hendricks over in his eagerness to be recognized and to take his hand. As soon as tbe Vice Presi dent elect was recognized many of the spectators on the platform doffed ; their hats and applauded him. As he pushed on toward the carnage, down the length of the platform and through the waiting-room to tbe street, the ap plause grew until, as " be reached . the street, nt broke into enthusiastic cneering, to which Mr. Hendricks responded by raising his bat and bowing. The commits tee escorted him to a carriage, but here the crowd surged about the vehicle and pre vented it from being driven oil, while a score or more shook - bands with Mr, Hendricks. As the driver finally whipped up his horses and drove off to the hotel the crowd cheered enthusiastically. Mr. Hendricks was accompanied by several gen tlemen from Indiana and a few ladies of his family. An Extra Session of the Senate Called. The Work Yet, Before Congress. Washington. Febi 28. The President to-day issued a proclamation convening the Senate in extra session at twelve noon on March 4th, to act on such communications as may be made to it by the Executive. The possibility of an extra session is again the subject of comment among Con gressmen. Tne senate committee on Ap propriations has before it as much work for the next three and a hair days, including Sunday, as it would undertake to perform in as many weeks if the session were a long one. Members of the committee express the hope that they will be able to present the remaining bills to the Senate in time for action,but to do so they must work night and day. Two of the remaining bills General Deficiency and Sundry Civil are measures of infinite detail, and their careful scrutiny at best by the Bub-committee is held to be an imperative duty. Committee meetings will be in progress all day to-morrow and every night perhaps all mgbt until final adjournment ' For the Star. FROM RALEIGH. The Legislature A Free Ferry to be Established Across Northeast River The New Hanover Stock. Law. Raleigh. N. C, Feb. 27, 1885. ' Mb. Editor: A bill to establish a free ferry across the Northeast branch of the Cape Fear river, at some eligible point near tbe railroad bridge as it crosses said river, passed its flaal reading in i the House to day and is now a law.&This is a great pub lic necessity to Pender and New Hanover counties; as well as to Onslow, Sampson and Duplin, and will add much to the trade of Wilmington. - The law. as passed, leaves it to the County Commissioners of Pender and JSew Hanover, to decide when the new and free ferry shall go into operation, and divides the expense of constructing and maintaining the ferry equally between these two counties. . Petitions, strong and over whelming, will now pour in upon tbe Com missioners of the two counties demanding the early construction of this much needed free ferry. " ' : ' :; -?;:.'--- - The new stock, law bul lor new Han over is in peril in the House, after having passea the senate.- --- . Botb Houses are nam woiking. sober intelligent bodies, devoted to progress and to the development and utilization . of tbe resources of the State. . - - --' - In this relation it is but justice to . say of a talented and high toned, patriotic gen tlemm Senator W. HV -Chadbourn that New Hanover could not have sent any Re- ublican more useful and influential in this legislature than he is. Hs has a high standing with the Democrats of both Houses and a commanding influence in all bills affecting the interests - of Wilmington and the welfare of the cape IT ear section His high bearing commands much respect and admiration, and he has won a - popu larity that renders him potent in measures affecting his city and his portion of the Slate. This is the record he has made and tbe Democrats of both nouses freely ac ' cord it to him. The writer is a Democrat. but truth compels him to say. this of a Re publican senator. .. m ; -. ;r o. A meeting is to be held at Shel by Monday to take steps towards securing . 1 . .V 1 1 ' f1 J , T". ! tne extension oi tne varuuua ventnu nan road from Shelby to Spartanburg, 8. C. Spirits Turpentine. Chadbourn Ztmes.vThe prospect for wheat and oats is not good at all. Mr. fVickery came down from Washington City last Thursday to investigate things in -regard to establishing, a mail route on the Chadbourn Railroad. He came on the morning mail and was carried down to the end of the C. & C. R. R. by MrChadbourn. He established the route and expressed him- : -self as very favorably impressed with the outlook for this section.- Two postoffices have been established, one at Clarendon and one at Mount Tabor. , - : - -f , Raleigh Chronicle: After this issue the Daily Chronicle will ' be merged -into the State Chronicle (weekly). This . step will be taken in order to make tbe pa per better than either ; daily or weekly has - -ever before been, and more nearly worthy of the liberal and increasing patronage that they have received. The career of the Chronicle, in Its various sizes and editions, ' has been a career of steady growth. Sorry to see this announcement It has ' been a very bright, - earnest, newsy, intelligent daily. We are glad that the. weekly Uvea. -Star, .?-..--';.-;..- - - ' f , . ; , ; :.y "V ;-. v. 4- Wadesboro Intelligencer: Good bye small grain crops, especially oats. The hard freezes and excessively cold weather have done the work for you in this region. Mrs. Myers, consort of the late Sbep hard Myers, was last week taken to the in sane asylum at Morganton, her mind . hav ing; again become erratic . On Monday evening last Mr. C. B. Ledbetter was acci dentally shot by Mr. J. A. Rollins while out bird hunting.; Sixteen shot lodged in ' the; side of his head and shoulder. Happily the shot were small and the wound was not serious,--"- Numbers of fruit trees, es- -- pecially peach trees, ' are reported killed in ' this region in consequence of the late hard freezes. - While returning from the Brown Creek Farmers' Club, last Thursday evening, we passed a school house where a ' -colored debating society was discussing the time-honored query r "Which is the mo- - 4herHfthe -cbickenithe,i hen ; that . hatches it or the hen that lays the egg?" A Wadesboro gentleman was attacked with neuralgia about two weeks ago, and tendays was almost distracted. The physi cians who attended him could give no re lief. At last in his extremity he thought of Clingman's remedy, and sending to this office, procured three ounces of leaf tobac- -co. His good wife made a poultice and an- " plied it to his raging head. This was about 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Bv 4 o'clock ' the pain had subsided; by 6 o'clock it had ceased altogether, and by Tuesday morning he was entirely well and ready to resume his business. The afflicted should make a note of this and thank Gen. Clingman. - Raleigh Farmer and Mechanic: Capt. Sam J. Pemberton, - of Stanly, says his county has adopted the Stock Law with a rush 1 Sorry to learn that Senator i' McMillan is suffering from rheumatic and -heart trouble. Judge Graves is mak ing a reputation as a "Judge." He fined a - juror $25 for being drunk while on duty last week; and fined a well known young man the same sum for a. remark in the courtroom, -Everybody bows down to Office in this country, no matter who . lnUc it - ITU,- - s. - uviuo Xk, X 11 D oiu, OI Its BUUBMlUie, which proposes to create a North Carolina Soldiers' Home appropriates $50,000 for the building. All destitute ex-Confederates, .are to be admitted. If the bill is adopted the ' Exposition building might be made of temporary service. A girl who could admit to her bedroom such a fellow as Sitton ought not to call for tne avenging arm or a reckless, drinking, "revenue raider." Radical. - and eeneral loafer like Tom Shields. . She did not call in his aid, and after the fatal shot, her main cry was for her lover not for her lost reputatationl So the jury (doubtless re- necung that Tom ought io have had clean skirts before sending Sitton suddenly out of existence for a "similar offense) gave sentence of five years. Was it . right? we fear not! Was it wrong? we fear notli During our confinement in Albany peniten tiary, we had to handle trim heel and toe 60 pairs (120 shoes), per day." First and -last we trimmed - at least 75,000 shoes " during our "time." They were ladies? kid. high button, with tasselled tops; the finest quality. Nearly all were sold "out West," and the sizes ran from 8's to 10's. In a -case or box; of 60 pairs, not exceeding 3 pairs would be of less than No. 4's. : . Charlotte Observer .' There was some excitement about the neighborhood of Harrisburg yesterday, over the attempt, K of two colored constables from South Caro- ' una to capture a colored desperado and murderer named John -Walker, for whom there is a, reward of $900 outstanding. Walker has committed three murders, two - " in South Carolina and one in Georgia, the -latter having been committed in Augusta, last May, since when Walker has been dodging the officers of the law. He was tracked from one place to another until he was brought to ; bay at Harrisburg, but though his pursuers got within shooting distance of him and fired several rounds at him, he succeeded in getting; away from them. The first capital case on the docket for the present term of the Superior, - Court will be called . for trial to-morrow, when Robert Cochrane, alias Robert Orr, will be arraigned on the charge of brutally -murdering a little colored girl, t Cochrane's , crime as charged against him, is one of the most atrocious crimes on record, : and if , found guilty he will no doubt pay tbe pen alty with his neck. He is accused of mur- dering the child by holding, it over a hot fire until it was burned to death. The grand jury yesterday returned a true bill against Mr. Leroy Morrow, the young farmer who killed a colored man by the name of Withers about two months . ago, and Mr. Morrow was forthwith sent to jail to await trial by the present term of the Superior Court - The affair occurred at Mr. Morrow's farm, cear Beanie's Ford. In , the vicinity of the stockade for county pri soners, early yesterday morning, the report of a gun was heard, and it was followed by aery of f'O, Lordy, you've killed me 1" Jas. Dos kins, a colored convict, had been halted . by one of the guards, and lay upon the i ground with the blood streaming from bis leftside and shoulder and his head. Mr. - Sneed called to Doskins and told him to halt, but Doskins ignored the request even alter tbe guard veiled "i ll snoot you u don't stop." Doskins was intent upon mak ing his escape at any risk and seeing that he was about to get away Mr. Sneed raised , his gun and fired. - Charlotte Observer: The Ra leigh Chronicle quotes a well-informed State Senator as saying that at least 90 per cent of the important work of the session of the Legislature still remains to be done. Tony Mayer, the young white man who robbed J. Wolf's -store, in this city, some weeks ago, but who escaped to South Carolina and was captured and held there for crimes committed in that State, was ar raigned in court at Lancaster, 8. C, this -week, Judge Wallace presiding. The charge preferred against young Mayer was -vagrancy, of which be was convicted and sentenced to one year at hard labor in the State penitentiary. - Henry Phlfer, colored, lives in Biddleville, but is employ-" ed in the shops of Capt John Wilkes, at the "Trade street depot, and : yesterday " morning, shortly after daylight, as he was ' -walking through a field, on his way to his work, he came upon the i dead body of a colored man - laying by the pathway. He examined the "body - and recognized it ' as that of Charles Smith, . a colored ' man who is well known in this city. After these cases were disposed of, a spec tacle was presented - in court that f ortu- . nately for our county, is but seldom known ; indeed, the scene presented In court y ester- - day, when four ? men , were arraigned to answer to four charges of ! murder, is with out a parallel in the history of our county. : Robert I Cochrane was arraigned in court Tuesdajy on this same charge, or the num- -ber arraigned , yesterday : would have been five instead - of four. Of the four men arraigned, two are white and two colored. ' All plead not guilty. Cases on record . of death by blood poisoning is reported from the Hopewell neighborhood, in this -county. .Last Saturday Joseph La wing, a 12-year-old boy,r died of diphtheria, but before his death he was attacked with a bleeding' at '. the nose. His sister, Mrs. -Samuel Packett, was attending him. ' Mrs. Puckett had recently cut one of her fingers, and the wound was still raw, and while she was waiting upon the sufferer, some of the blood from his nose fell upon her bands, one drop getting into the cut on her finger. The next day, Sunday, she was token vto lently ill, and a physician was summoned . to attend her, but all his efforts to relieve her sufferings were in vain. .Mrs. Puckett continued to grow worse until last Tuesday . -evening, when she died. - The physician; who attended Mrs.' Puckett says tbat she- died of blood poisoning, caused by Jtho drop of blood getting into the cut on her finger. - " v v '-: : -a - 1 r , ! - ,1 " r- ' P. - - !7t - A T -' . . I it " " " . -It .- H', - - :t A -fir- IV- it 11 -'-SS'; v 1 " 1 ' - .1 1 ' V i i