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CHUB USlfi BSS OH riiOOK. '
Th Northern commercial papers,
,re beginning to discern, as they
think, signs of returning prosperity.
Wi'.lii" a few days we have noticed
trf o'l-'-rve such encouraging specula
tjiins .mil 'e must trust that ', they
are w'!l founded. We have seen it
stated that there were ; indications of
retu-miiiij activity in the South and
YVe.- We are constrained , to say
tha' we have in vain looked to see
the foundation of such an 'encourag
ing iew. We liave conversed with
(reiiiffmen who have visited Western
citi, even to the : Pacific sho're, and
have met commercial travellers and
all tell the same story" of ,: trade
pro-tr:itiou and hard times. The
faihtns ea.ch ' week . show a most
ciiiiJiitous condition -and these
fail irjs are not eoufined to any. one
biit extend throughout- tbe
Uii.i.
- S i!
;m the papers that give; spe-
.oion to cuinmerci:il and
finar.ciil nutters.
seem enc
urasred
bv 1 lie v look aud prophesy t hat
bet
inn
are near at liaud.ve
hand
- v-
heir forecast of the fu-
tnrt-. The- New York Ftnaricial
Chr,.i::U of the 14th of March
thinks ti.at there is a forward move
ment and that tbe country is getting
' put of.ihe threatening difficulties. It'
gap thai the threatened European
war h is affected nearly eyery inWresU
Bui ;b-s is not necessarily a hopeful
, sign ::t the next hour or day or week
.'may bring the intelligence that peace
prevails and all "is. well. There can
be nge'nuine and certain revival of
biwue-is upon rumor merely. .The
'mi'furiuiies of" other j people may
bripg prosperity to our country; but
this will only come iwheh - there
: is war and not mere rumors of. war.
The Financial Chronicle says that
there is something of a revival in
commercial affairs. It says: "
' "This is observable not only in the East,
but in almost all pans of the country. ' It
miitit he called a temporary spurt and at-'
- tri!):it1 to the lifting of the snow blockade
iu ti.t- Xbitb nd lo tbe better' weather in
t ibr H..u!b, were it not that it was apparent
a'l tfiroKh December and January," and
ouh iattrnin ed bv the nnu&nal aeveritv of
the r.-a:iitr in February.- We do not
rac"! t.i te iiDdtrstood as affirming that we
are : f the woods or that every industry
U fully or profitably at work again - Noth
ing of the kiod enn be said,1 for shortened
pruflijc'.ion and in many departments nn
remrtier(itive frti.3-8 arc - still the rule; yet
f the sigaiScnt fad is. that previous to De
ceni'iier we were going backward all the
tin-e, while now there is an opposite move
ment in progress a growing demand for
goo is wbicn. if it continues to expand as
in ine p-tst. must
pur difficulties "
gradually lift us out of
tiqHT SPBEADIIjfl,
Rhode Island- has always disfran
chised a very considerable portion
of its male population over twenty
one years of age. But the light of
civilization and the influence of gen-1
nine Democratic principles have pen
etrated that little corner of the ooun?
try, and there are now signs that if
the "sun do move" that also "Little
Rbody" also is in motion. In ,- the
Legislative House a bill has been in
troduced to so alter the Constitution
by a vote of the people as to allow
soldiers and sailors of foreign -birth
,who served in the late; war against
the South to vote Heretofore this
Wass who helped to suppress the
" rebellion" were regarded as good
enough "food for powder,' but not
good enough to exercise the right of
suffrage. . The Washington . Post
tbink the election of, Cleveland the
Teal eause of the progressive- senti
ment in one branch of the Rhode
Island Legislatures It says: ?
. "As the law now stands no naturalized
citizen can vote unless possessed of certain
real estate qualifications, and so doubtless
"would have continued to stand but for
tne impulse given to reform by the election
j an administration based upon advanced
aeas and pledged to the largest liberty of
e people." . ., , :, : Vi , ; . ,.
It will be a most benign influence
the election of a Democratic Presif
dent should send to the benighted of
New England the light and principles
a genuine republican government
in which the people are the source of
all political power. If "Little Rbody I'
should be so warmed under the gra
cious diffusion of Democratic ligh'tas
J .give to her -veterans of foreign
, forth the right to help choose their
jn public servants, we . hope that
. Ma8achusetu will I feel the ; reflex
influence and that the tens of thqa
eands of disfranchised inen may be
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VOL. Xyr,
auowea -to .e-crciae the right that
BtKHiu feeler tp all American male J
I jit is now Yepoi . I that it - was the
earnest desire of president Cleve
land to Put ilen.Geor ere B. McClellan
1D th. WnVbil was prevented
trom wwgffc because New Jersey
xJemocrata were sa Insistent in urging
.i . :. ,-
Mr. Stockman (zf Secretary of the
Navy, The TT-.shington eorrespon-'
dent of the Jjqc xra Jst writes: -..u
; The President now feels it his duty to
give uen. McClellan tbe first choice or the
English mission. Gen. McClellan .Is very
reticent, and refuses to say whether, or not
he will accept tbe office which has been
tendered him." , '
New v Jersey', got . nothing.. This
shows' how it is not the most urgent
States that get the .best, v Virginia
clamored for a place and got nothing.
North Carolina clamored- for a Cabi-
net. omce ana thus tar nas not a
crnmb of comfort of any kind. Gen
McClellan ought to have been'made
Secretary of War. He is a most ac
complished - soldier, and would have
made a War Secretary of the very
first rank. .The country desired his
appointment,? and I those of Judge
Thurman and ex-Senator McDonald.
If Gen. McClellan should be sent to
England he will be a most accepta
ble minister, as he is a mad' of let
ters - as well as a soldier. and has
the manners of a well bred gentle
man....,,:, - . . I X .
EIIIGBilTION FBOII CAROLINA.
AND VlfteiNIA. ;. j
. The New York; Times has an edi
torial on . the - reported exodus of
whites from a section of North Caro
lina and Virginia, i It thinks that
this emigration is owing to the unde
veloped condition of those States and
some how slavery is. responsible for
it. It holds the spirit which slavery
fostered responsible for the fact that
immigration is a failure apd emigra
tion a success. ; It thinks that there
will be less immigration in the fu
ture than in the past. It is because
the- natural advantages of Carolina
and Virginia have not been improved
that the whites go ' away into other
States. It is pleased to describe the
i
condition of things in the two States
as a sort of
unambitious
"helpless, hopeless, and
mode or iiie. ' it is
because of this that the whites
moving away. I . -. .. :,...! .;
are
.To all this it may be said: first
that there'is actually less emigration
from North Carolina and Virginia
now than , there was before the war.
It is a well known fact that Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Tennes
see, Louisiana, Florida, Missouri and
Arkansas were settled io a conside
rable extent by North Carolinians
and Virginians. Go where yoq will
in most of these: States and you meet
with many V settlers who went out
from Virginia and Carolina. Even
Indiana' and Kentucky received a
great -many immigrants before - the
war from the two States named.;
The truth is the ' emigration from
either State is not large. It is to be
regretted that any leave, but fewer
go now than in the ' days of slavery.
It is not because the other States
really offer larger inducements that
emigrants : departs We know that
in North Carolina farming is "as pro
fitable as in .any of the - Southern
States. We know ' that tnere are
cotton planters who are as successful
in this State as are those of I other
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States. We know that there are
tobacco erowera in North Carolina
. f . i - - j " -.
who make . more money to the acre,
to the mule i or -: to the hand
than any planters to be found in the
United States. !
. Men prosper or otherwise as they
are . industrious, intelligent and eco
nomical, and men who cannot suc
ceed in North Carolina in agriculture
will hardly succeed anywhere. Men
are ' credulous and have always been
so. English history; tells ; us how
Englishmen went out from that land
in search of El Dorado. The history
of all peoples and times shows how
men are -always miirratine. Thous
ands go and would gladly return if
they could. We tell the" Times that
many -North- Carolinians who have
emigrated since 1870 are now back
in the old State and are delighted to
be back. " j
, In the North there is great devel
opment and - wealth. New England
and the Middle States are generally
prosperous and riches abound J Rail'
roads cover the States as with a net
work. . And - yet the - fact
that there lis a constant emigration
from New England and men from
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other
States are constantly leaving for tbe
West and not a few for the South.
Why do they leave?
; The Southern Methodist Church
has lost. seven Bishops in less than
eight years Paine, Wightman,Kava-
vaugh, Doggett, Marvin, Pierce and
Parker. . Since tne Conference met in
Wilmington last November s two of
the attending ministers have died,
and physically among the strongest,
Bishop Parker and Rev. B. C. Phil
lips. Another member of the Con
ference, Rev. W. L Hull, has died,
but he was sick during the session,
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The Northern papers announce the
death of Miss SuBan Warner of pa-
ralysis. She was a native of New
York City, and became very famous
by a story she published in 1850, en
titled "The Wide. Wide World.?'
We "well remember 'how' widely it
was read both at home and abroad.
It was not a work of renins or of
rare literary merit, but it had an ex
cellent moral.' No novel by an
American woman.-' exceDt -Mrs.
Stowe's "TJhcl6 Toms Cabin,' was
ever so popular. The jNew York
Time&t in its editorial upon tbb death
of Mies Warren, says of her most
famous book,f or she 'WToteQueechy"
and others: - . . . - .
"The more literarv the neDle are the less
likely they are even to have heard of it. It
appeals to an audience much lower and also
much wider than that by which the fame
of authors Is determined. The success
which it had on its first appearance in 1850
and for Some ten years thereafter recalls the
remark of a British theatrical agent upon
the project of a lecturing tour in -England
lor tne Kev. ur. Tannage. lio you Know,
sir. said the astonished agent, after an in
ve8tigation of the question, that two bun-
area tiiousana copies of . that man s sermons
are printed and read ; in England every
weea. - and ' no respectable person ever
heard of him.' The number of readers at
tributed to tbe divine in question may not
be accurately given, but the implied deduc
tion is none the less valid, the deduction
that it is not necessary to be famous in or-.
aer to be very popular."
'The Hon. Jacob Thompson, who was
Secretary of the . Interior under President
Buchanan, is lying very ill at his residence
in the southern suburbs of Memphis. Tenn.
There are but faint hopes entertained of his
recovery." Utnetnnati Enquirer.
North Carolinians will feel inter
ested .in this announcement. Mr.
Thompson was born in North Caroli
na, and either in tbe county of Cas
well or Person probably the former
-and at Leasburg, within oqe hun
dred yards of the line dividing the
two counties. He is, we would sup
pose, at least 15 years of age. He
has one or more brothers living in
this State. j
Secretary Manning is evidently re
solved upon finding out something of
the past methods, in the book-keeping
of the Treasury Department. It
has been for good reasons long sus
pected that there was -very much
crookedness in that Department;
The evidence heretofore brought out
showed that the Treasury under Jno.
Sherman was anything else than a
model institution. Let the light be
turned on and . let - the - true inward
ness be exposed.
In a discussion before the Hazen
court-martial now . being j held" in
Washington City, ex-J ndge Mackey,
appearing for the defence, got in a
well directed blow on. the soft pate
of ex-Secretary Bob Lincoln. He
said that "such was : the heat and
temper of the Secretary of War up
on questions relating to Arctic work
that even upon the subject of ice,
upon the question of an iceberg, the
honorable Secretary of War could
not keep cool." I
The Concord public library committee
deserve well of the public by their action
in banishing Mark Twain's new book.
"Huckleberry Finn," on tbe ground that
it ia trashy and vicious. Springfield He-
pubuean. :-v..fe..'i :-i-.-'--':;-
We could but be astonished that
so excellent a magazine as the Cen-
tury should have devoted so many
pages to the publication of so much
of this poor stuff. ' The humor - was
verv thin, very far-Tetcbed and the
workmanship was far below the stan
dard of the Century. .
The United States Senator elect
from Arkansas, Berry, to succeed
Secretary Garland, has been Gov
ernor of that State as Garland had
been. He was vigorously opposed
by several candidates, but as . he
triumphed we may conclude that a
maioritv of the members ot tbe
qualified of any. .
Russia wishes
Mr.' Gladstone to
say, it , Jingiana
has supplied the
Emir of Herat with . arms and am
munition. The general officers and
chiefs held a council of war in St,
Petersburg last week and they urged
an immediate advance upon Herat.
This of. course means war. In the
meantime Bismarck offers to act as
mediator.
We heard Gen. Grant say in 1865
that if this country was to get into
a foreign war and a million of i men
were to be put in - the field that he
knew no man be would sooner see
command them than Gen. Sheridan.
Cotton :
' The receipts of cotton at . this port
during the past week footed up only 199
bales, as against 603 bales for the corre-
snondinz period last year, showing a de-
create of 804 bales.
The receipts of the crop year from Sep
tember 1st to date foot up 92,83(3 bales, as
against 89,906 bales for the same week
last year, showing a net increase of 2,180
bales. .
The British schooner Victory,
Capt. Thompson', was cleared from this
port for Nassau, N. P., yesterdsy, by
Messrs. Geo. Harriss & Co., with 23,840
feet of lumber, 213,500 shingles, 8 barrels
of pitch, 8 barrels of tar, etc., valued at
$1.610.80. ' . '
The foundation for the new ice
manufactory of ; Messrs. W. .E. Worth &
Co.. U about laid, and the building will be
pushed forward to completion. It will be
about the size of the one occupied - by
Messrs. Worth & Worth, near the foot
of Mulberry street, ' '
WILMINGTON, N. C, FREDAT, MARCH 27, 1885.
A raaTM Boat for Hunting Fnrpoaea.
"We saw yesterday one of Osgood's port.
able folding canvas boats, to be used by
Gen. 8. :H. Manning as a ducking boat.
It is constructed altogether of water proof
canvas, except the ribs, gunwales and hot-,
torn, which are . of a light wood.; . The
whole arrangement; including boat, oars
and paddles. A only weighs fifty pounds,
while her carrying capacity is .six hundred
pounds, in four inches of water. , She ; sits
so broad it would be almost impossible .for
her to tip over. 'The boat is put up in sec
tions,, as well as oars and paddles, and - can
be taken apart and packed in a trunk, - In
fact, she came .here from Battle Creek,;
Michigan, where Gen. Manning purchased
her, in that condition, being first placed in
a canvas bag and then packed in the trunk.
She is 13 feet long, 83 inches wide and. 13
inches deep, being designed for two per
sons', - This is the first boat of the ; kind
ever introduced into this section of
the' country.' and will no doubt prove a
irrfint mnvpnunM in hnntintr rtircka. . 1
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.Criminal conrt. - - ,3t
The i case of A. W. Kivenbark, charged
with falsa pretence, in having obtaified
goods from certain merchants of this city
on false representation and just before
making an assignment, occupied the time,
of the Criminal Court yesterday, and at
tracted much attention, the court room be
ing crowded during nearly the entire day.
Solicitor Moore was assisted by Maj. C
M. Stedman nd Mr. Darby for the
State, while Messrs. Russell & Ricaud ap
peared for the defence. The arguments on
both sides were very able.
About 8 p. mJ the jury returned into.
court with a verdict of "not guilty," and.
the defendant was discharged. The an
nouncement of the verdict by the foreman
of the jury was received by the crowd in
the court room with an outburst of ap
plause which was sternly rebuked by Judge
Meares.
Criminal Conn. .
Another case ngainsA. W. Rivenbark,
who was acquitted of false pretence on
Friday, was continued until the next term
of the Criminal Court, the defendant, with
security, being recognized for his appear
ance.
State vs. Mary Hill, charged with slander,
was found not guilty and discharged.
State vsl D. Holm. Chas. McLean, and
James Powell, charged with ; larceny.
Found guilty and sentenced tc thePeniten
tiary for three years.1; These are the three
tramps heretofore referred to in the Stab
who were alleged to have been ciught in
the act of stealing hoards from the fence of
a citizen to make a fire with. ' They had
previously been convicted of vagrancy.
'State vs. MosleyNixon, changed with
false pretence. . Defendant, with security,
recognized in the sum of $50 for appear
ance at next term.
State vs. Henry Pollock and Benj. Pol
lock. Case on trial. ';
A number of young men were arraigned
on the charge of disturbing a religious con
gregation. AH submitted but ; two, who
stood their trial, conducted their own cases
in-aerv creditable manner and.were-ac-
quitted. f-'f J "
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Fell Among FnlllaUnea.
Yesterday a man named Daniel Camp
bell went to the office of Justice Millis and
made affidavit to the effect that be came
here from Laurinburg, on bis way to Geor
gia, and that upon getting off the train at
the depot, yesterday morning, he was ac
costed by a man who. volunteered to show
him to a cheap boarding house. He con
gratulated himself on his good ' luck' and
was conducted by his self constituted friend
to a house on Nutt street; that after awhile
he was shown to a room, where be pro
ceeded to divest himself of his coat and
vest and indulge in a siesta. Arising suffi
ciently refreshed, after a short time, he re
sumed his cast off clothing and discovered
that he had been robbed of $14 in money,
and that his valise, 'with its contents of
clothing, bad also disappeared, tie ac
cused Daisy White and Fannie Elmore, two
white women, with having perpetrated the
robbery, and warrants were issued upon
which they were soon after arrested. Upon
their preliminary examination," however,
the evidence was deemed insufficient to
convict, the defendants were discharged.
and the Laurinburg man departed a wiser
but a poorer man.
-The schooner Isaac L. CZarJfc.heretofore
reported ashore at Stump Bound, Onslow
county, has been gotten off and was re
ported cominz up the river yesterday after
noon, in tow of the steam tuff Blanche. She
was bound from Fernandina, Fia., to Phil
adelphia loaded with lumber, - and went
ashore in December last, being abandoned
on the 18th of that month, off Hatteras.
She was raised by Captains Deery, Skinner
and others, j Captain Cranmer, of the
wrecked vessel, has been here for some
weeks, awaiting developments. The dam
aged schooner is owned in Philadelphia.
The extent of her injuries will be an
nounced after an examination.
Foreign SblpmenU.
The Norwegian barque Isbaaden, Capt.
Jorgensen, was cleared from this port for
Bristol, England, yesterday, by Messrs.
Paterson, Downing & Co., with 2,495 bar
rels of rosin, valued at : $3,163; - also the
Norwegian barque Moland, Capt. Hansen,
for Fleetwood, England, by Messrs. Alex.
SDrunt & Son with 8.090 barrels of rosin
and 770 barrels of. tar, valued at $5,100.
Total $8,268.
Personal and Otlaerwlse.
Mr. A. D. Brown, of this city, returned
Thursday night from 'Raleigh, where he
has been in attendance upon a meeting of
the Board of Directors of the State Peniten
tiary, of which he has recently become a
memoer. rne noarq was in session uu
18th and lflth. The old officers of the in
stitution were all re elected, with the excep
tion of the" book-keeper, Mr. Stedman,' who
resigned, and Mr. Roeer A. Kingsbury, of
this city, was elected to fill the vacancy.
Deatb at Clinton.
We learn bv a private telegram received
here yesterday that Mrs. Sue J. Murphy,
a daughter of Mr. J. R. Beaman and sister
to Mrs. : O wen Fennell. of this city, died in
Clinton, Sampson county, yesterday morn
ing, about 8 o'clock. Mrs. Fenneli left
for Clinton on the morning train. ..
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Burned to Deatb.
J Information was received here yesterday
to the effect that about three o'clock in the
morainff a small frame dwelling was de-
iimiui WfiMii RhM TTabL Robeson
county, and that a negro man, named Gus
McQueen, pensnea in tne names. .
UNITED STATES SENATE.
. EXTRA SESSION.
Delaware's New ; Senator " Sworn In
Mr. VanWyefc Florida Land Grant
Resolution Called np. t , ,
Washington. March 19. Mr. 3aulsburv
presented the credentials of George Gray,
elected to fill the vacancy caused by the re
signation of Mr. Bayard. -'
The credentials were read,: after which
Mr. Gray was escorted to the President's
desk and the oath of office was administered
to him.
Mr. Van Wvck called dd the resolution
offered by him last week, relating to the
sale of lands granted to the State of Florida
to aid in the building of railroads. - Mr.
Van Wyck moved that it be referred to the
-committee on Public Lands, and it was so
oraerea.
After the transaction of some other un
important -- business the Senate went . into
executive session, and when the doors were
reopened adjourned.
WASHraoTON, March so. The resolution
offered yesterday by Mr.Manderson.provid
ing for the appointment of a committee of
five Senators to proceed to Alaska to investi
gate matters relating to the Government of
the Territory, was laid before the Senate.
Mr. Mandereon moved that it be referred to
he committee on Territories. Mr.Mander-
son s motion of reference was agreed to
after a long discussion, and the Senate at
1.30 p. m. went into executive session. - At
8.20 p. m. the doors were re-opened and
the Senate adjourned. - -
WASHraoToir, l. v.. March 21. The
committee . on - Rules, to which was
referred the question of order raised by
senator Jfry, as to tbe operation of clause
3. Rule 86. reported in executive session to
day that it extends the Injunction of secre
cy to each step in consideration of treaties,
including the fact of notification ; that no
modification of this clause of the rules
ought to be made; that secrecy as to the
fact of not location of a treaty may be of
the utmost importance and ought not to be
removed except by order of the Senate,, or
until it has been made public by proclama
tion of the Executive. The report was
adopted and the injunction of secrecy was
removed therefrom. ? j if.... j -
Me Hawley. rising to a question of privi
lege, called attention to the omission from
tne vongresitonai ueeora or some oi tne re
marks made by Mr. c Van Wyck yesterday,1
derogatory to . members , of the South
American Commission, which omissions,
he said, rendered the subsequent remarks
of other Senators somewhat unmeaning.
Mr. Van Wyck explained - that he had
stricken., out some parts of his remarks
after consultation with Mr. Vest, as a mat
ter of kindly feeling, and not because he
thought he was wrong in his assertions. :'
A. very, nveiy aeoate ensued, during
which Mr. Van Wyck introduced a formal
resolution directing the official reporter to
republish the proceedings of yesterday. -
Mr. Teller made a spirited defence of
his administration which was incidentally
relerrea to yesterday by tne benator rrom
Nebraska. - He had decided not to pay any
attention to the remarks of yesterday, since
the Senator had told him he would strike
them from the record, but now the Senator
reiterated them. He said the Secretary of
the Interior was required to execute the
law, not to listen . to demagogues. The
Secretary of the Interior had been fortified
in the action which was criticised, by the
opinions of Attorney Generais who were as
much superior in acquaintance with law or
morals to tbe Senator fiom Nebraska as it
was possible for one man to be superior to
another. - : - , "; ' p . i -'
Mr. VanWyck's resolution was adopted.
Mr. Frye reported a resolution from the
committee on Rules, directing that com
mittee to prepare an official seal for the
senate of tbe United States. .Lata over.
Tbe senate at 2.40 p. m. went into exe
cutive session. At 3 o'clock the doors were
re-opened and the Senate adjourned until
10 o docs Monday
NEW JERSEY;
Particulars of tbe Bornlng of
tbe
State Home at Trenton.
"(By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Tbenton. March 21. The fire in the
State House seems to have been caused by
the explosion of escaping gas, wbich ignited
in some unexplained manner. Two explo
sions were heard about 3 a. m. in the Quar
termaster General's office, on the first floor
and at the northwest corner of the State
House. The explosions were followed by
names that shot tnrough tbe windows.
In ten minutes all tbe apartments were
in rums. The flames followed the steam
pipes to the floor above, and Quickly set
fire to tbe offlces oi the cierK in (Jhancerv.
From these tne connagraiion extended to
the Geological Mnseum on the third floor.
In this museum were many valuable State
relics, but the most valuable were sent to
the New Orleans Exposition a month ago.
There was a lot of battle flags which were
rescued by firemen at the risk of their lives,
The sword and saddle of Gen. Kearney
were destroyed. , . rne nre men moved
back toward the ; dome, - and it
Beemed as though the Supreme Court
room, the Chancery - Court room and
the Legislative chambers would have to
go. Books and .documents were hastily
removed from the offices of the Comptrol
lers. State Treasurer and Secretary of State.
At 7 o'clock the fire was finally checked.
although engines continued playing on the
ruins so that access might be had to the
chancery vaults,' where very many valua
ble papers relating to thousands of estates
are kept, 'xnese vaults are not burned.
The loss will not fall much below
1 100. 000. The part destroyed is the fa
cade of the original State House, built in
1795. It was altered and improved in 1848.
The building contained the Quartermaster
General's office, and offices of the Adjutant
General,' Comptroller, Ulera in Unancery,
Clerk of the Supreme Court, Secretary of
State and State Treasurer, and the Museum.
Only the Museum and Quartermaster Gen
eral's and Chancery officers were complete
ly destroyed, the other departments were
somewhat damaged by water. . i ne unan
cerv and Supreme Court rooms and the
Senate and Assembly chambers remain in
tact The enure building is wortn isuu,
000, on which there is liberal insurance.
PENNSTL VANIA. V
Tbe Situation at tbe End of tbe Second
Week of tbe Coal miners Strike A
$T5,O0O Fire at Bellefonte. ' .
Ptttsbubg. March 21. The Railroad
Coal Miners Convention held here to-day
was largely attended. Reports from dele
gates were very encouraging to the strikers.
Of thirty seven pits along tbe rauroaos,
twenty-two are closed on account of the
strike, ten are in operation at the price de
manded bv miners, and five are working at
a reduction. To day ends the second week
of the strike, and it Bee ma no nearer to a
settlement than when it commenced. There
are 10,000 men idle and it is estimated that
they have already lost in wages f luu.ouu.
Coal is getting scarcer every day and a
number of manufacturers have been com
pelled to close for want of fuel.
: BBXtHFOHTB. March 21. Fire broke out
last evening in the Brockerhoff House, near
the centre of the town, and alter burning
half a dozen buildinsrs was supposed to be
extinguished; but about 10 o'clock it broke
out airesn in a Erocerv awn wuiuu mu
not previously been on fire and a dozen
more email business nouses anu tne upera
- -. .
House were destroyed. Loss about $75,-
000; largely insured. , -
ARKANSAS.
f. W. Berry to Succeed Garland In tbe
- IT. S. Senate.
Little Rock. March 20. In the Legis
lature to-day. before balloting, a letter was
read from Poindexter Dunn, withdrawing
from the Senatorial contest. The fifth
joint ballot was taken and" resulted in the
election of James W. .berry to succeed Mr.
Garland in the U. 8., Senate.
, The Shenandoah county bank, at Wood
stock. Va.. suspended pavment yesterday,
The shortage will reach $29,000. Deposi
tors will lose nothing.the stockholder mak
ing good the deficiency.
Star
WA. SHINGTON.
A Number or Nominations Treaties
Batlfled by the Senate The Central
American Trouble Complaints of
Naval Officers Arcbblabop Gibbons
at tbe Wblle House. -
Washington, March '19. A number of
nominations were sent to the Capitol to-
day, but arrived too late for delivery to the
Senate, as that body had adjourned a few
minutes, previously. 1 it is understood that
they consisted of appointments under the
state Department, but the narticulars are
not disclosed. Prominent Tennessee Dem
ocrats assert, however, that ex-Congress
man Atkins was named on the list as Com
missioner of Indian - Affairs, and it is ru
mored that John B. Stall, of Indiana, was
named for the position of Publio Printer; -.
it is reported that the senate, m execu
tive session yesterday, ' ratified the . treaty
with tbe Khedive of Egypt and the con
vention relating to the boundary lines be
tween this country and Mexico. In the
absence of any rule affirmatively providing
for giving the fac's to the public, Senators
and executive omcials of the body do not
feel at liberty to answer any questions on
tne suoject. i ne treaty witn the Khedive
of Egypt extends to the United States com-:
mercial privileges which Great Britain en
joys by virtue of the treaty between Egypt
and Greece made- about a year ago. .The
-treaty with-Mexico recognizes theprinci-
ples oi international law In the settlement
of disputes which ; may occur over the
changing of the bed of the Bio Grande
river, which stream forms a portion . of
the boundary between the-United States
and Mexico, vwii .s.f-:sS. tr:
Rear Admiral: Jouett, commanding the
North -i Atlantic I Squadron,; t now ' at
New Orleans,, to-day telegraphed to Com
mander Clark, of the Alliance, instructing
him to proceed to) Carthagens and Baran
quila, United States of Columbia.-and pro
tect American interests fin that ' coun
try during the present disturbed , con
dition of affairs. The dispatch informs Com
mander Clark f that vessels : belonging
to American citizens, which have been
seized by the insurgents without compensa
tion, may be forcibly , recovered, and says
that the United Magdalen a Steam jNaviga-
tiea Company,! of New York, has called
attention Of the Secretary of State to tbe
seizure of their f steamers by an armed
force. ' - ii v ;;; ': -i : : -
A regular meeting of the Cabinet was
held at noon to-day; all the members were
present. It is understood that the trouble
in Central America was considered. ?
More than a hundred naval officers have
applied to the new Secretary of the Navy
for revocation or the orders assigning tnem
to duty during the last months of Secre-'
tary Chandler s administration of the Navy
Department. They assert mat tbey were
for personal t reasons assigned by the late
secretary to disagreeable positions, and
they ask to be, detailed to other duty.
Some of the older officers declare that boys
in the service have been recognized in pre
ference to them and have been appointed
to lDQDortant Dlaces.
The President! this morning signed the
commission of Kdward V. Clara, to be
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Depart
ment.
Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore.called
at the Executive (Mansion by appointment
at 5 o'clock this afternoon, in company
with R. T. Merrick, and ws by the . latter
presented to President Cleveland, who re
ceived them, in tee blue room. Alter a
pleasant conservation of half an hour, the
ArchbiBhop took his leave,-receiving from
the President a cordial invitation to repeat
thecal!. . -K', . ;
Washington, March 18. In the execu
tive session to day of the Senate Mr.' Sher
man offered a resolution providing for the
appointment of two Senators .to wait upon
tbe President and inform him that, unless
he has some further communication to
make, the Senate is ready to adjourn with
out day. It lies over until to-morrow.
secretary vr mtney nas declined to take
action upon the report of the Advisory
Board, recommending, the acceptance of
the new dispatch boat Dolphin, until he
shall have had an opportunity to examine
the contract and all of the details of tbe
vessel s construction. The contract price
of the Dolphin was $315,000; nine of these
payments have been made with the excep
tion of $8,000, wbich is to be reserved as a
guarantee fund 1 for the period of three
months after acceptance or the vessel,
Washington March 26. The President
sent the following nominations to the Sen
ate to-day t
James D. Porter, of lennessee, to be As
sistant Secretary of State.
jno. u. J. Atains, oi lennessee, io ue
t . . . - a nn ,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Second Lieutenant Samuel W. Miller.sth
Infantry,-to be First Lieutenant
Revenue Marine service 11. T. Blake,
Maguire, of La.1 to be First Lieutenant ; and
Orin D. Myrick, of Massachusetts, to be
Second .Lieutenant.
Washington. March 20. The Senate,
in executive session to day, confirmed the
following nominations; ; Martin V.' Mont
gomery, of Michigan, to be Commissioner
or patents: Milton J. Durnam, oi ivy., to
be First Comptroller of the Treasury; Mal
colm Hay, of Penn., to be First Assistant
Postmaster General; J. u. V. Atams, or
Tenn.. to be Commissioner of - Indian. At
fairs; James D. Porter, of Tenn., to be As
sistant Secretary of State.
- The Senate to day ratised tne addiuonai
article of the Mexican treaty extending
until May 20tbl loso, the time for approval
of laws necessary to carry into operation
the commercial cor vention : netween tne
two governments concluded at Washington
January 25th,1883, and removed the injunc
tion of secrecy therefrom. The Senate also
removed the injunction of secrecy from tbe
treaty relating to tne boundary line bill
between the United States and Mexico,
along the Gila liver, which was ratified tbe
day before yesterday,
The secretary ot the Treasury nas ap
pointed Assistant secretaries Fairchild and
Coon and Assistant treasurer uraves, a
commission, with instructions to make an
examination of the Treasury Department
with special reference to simplification and
improvement or tne metbods ot doing Dusi
ness and to a reduction and rearrangement
of the official and clerical force. They are
further instructed as follows: "You are
also authorized to call before you and ex
amine officers, clerks and employes of the
Department, to call for such statements as
may seem to you necessary, and to inspect
personally booss, accounts and records,
You will report to me from time to time
your conclusions' and recommendations.
You will be provided - with the clerical as
sistance required to enable you to prosecute
your inquiries promptly and tnorougniy,
In any recommendations which you may
make for the discharge of employes you
will be guided solely by their fitness to per
form the duties assigned to them, having
due regard to the provisions of section 1758
of the Revised; Statutes, and of section 3 of
the Act of August 15th, 1870."
(Signed), j , D. Mahntno, Secretary,
WAsmnQTOH, March, 21. Gen. Hatch
telegraphs ; the War . Department to-day
that about 500, Oklahoma boomers have
congregated at Coffeeville, Kansas, on the
southern border line, with the intention of
moving into the territory. He has. sent a
force to intercept them. : T
The Comptroller of the Currency to-day
received a telegram - from Bank- Ex-
amer Shelley .1 saving that be had taken
possession of the Cholarie County National
Bank of Cholarie, N. Y and ascribing its
present trouble to an unexpected run made
on tbe bank.
The new Assistant Secretary of State.ex-
Go v.James D.Porter.of Tennessee, assumed
the duties of bis office to-day,
Attorney General Garland to-day issued
an order reducing the force of examiners in
the Department of Justice from seven to
four. In his letter to those examiners who
are notified that their services will be dis
pensed with after the 81st inst., the Attor
ney General savs that his action is based
on the belief that the interests of the Gov
ernment ;. do. not now & require as many
examiners as are at present in the employ of
the Department, and in reducing tne nam
ber he has concluded to retain : those who
are of longest service in the Department.
, in accordance with bis expressed, mien-
NO. 22
tion of reducing the force of postoffice -in'
8pector8, i'ost master ueneral Vilas to-day
called for a number of resignations among
that class of emrjlovea. ' n -
.The newly elected Representative from,
lennessee,! J. a. Richardson, has the
honor of securing the first appointment
made by Postmaster General Vilas. Upon
his solicitation JLN.- Taylor was to day
appointed Postmaster at Lynchburg, Tenn.,
to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation
of the late postmaster. - . s
- The postmaster at St. Paul.; ! Neb.; has
been - arrested by postoffice inspectors; a
shortage of $800 having been discovered in
his accounts. ' - - i :
VIRQ1NIA ; '
Argument In tbe Coupon Cases In tbe
V, 8. Supreme Court A 'Destructive
Fire at Petersburg The .Alleged
murderer of Bliss ffladlaon in Jail at
Ulebmend An Absconding 8,
marshal. . v-.-- : ".'.',
tBy Telegraph to the Horning Star..
WASHiNGTON.March 20. Five of the cou
pon tax cases from Virginia came up for
argument in tbe U. . Supreme Court this af
ternoon. They all present the question of
the effect of a - tender for taxes of coupons
of tbe State of Virginia of March 30, 1871,-
and tne ngnt or a Virginia tax-payer to
bring a. suit for damages affainst the tar
collector for levying on his property after a
tender oi sucb tax receivable coupons. In
the first three cases the State collector of
taxes pleads in justification of his levy the
act of tbejGeneral Assembly of January 26,
1882, : and the 18Ul section of, the act of
April 1st, 1882; , and ,in the fifth case he
pleads in addition the third section of tbe
act of March 13, 1884. None of the cases
are suits to compel directly the receipt pf
coupons by the tax collector. They are all
suits to . recover damages for levy upon
property after a tender of coupons.
wo. Jj.- Koyan, wno opened tbe argu
ment to-day for the bondholders, stated tbe
points at issue as follows: "While the State
of Virginia admits - that she cannot repudi
ate her coupons outright, she claims that
she may. temporarily suspend their tax-
paying power whilst she makes enquiry
and satisfies herself that the coupons
offered are really ' her coupons and not
simulated coupons, and that pending Buch
period of suspension she may compel the
tax-payer to pay his tax in coin, to be
returned to him when she is satisfied that
the coupons offered are ieally hers. The
creditor denies, this. He . insists that her
contract is not a contract' that she will
receive axoupon ten days after it is offered,
or any other number of days after it is
offered but that she will, receive, when it
is offered." .
Mr. Royall maintained that by the lan
guage of ; the State's contract, by fonr
decisions of her own Supreme Court, and
by two decisions of the U. S. Supreme
Court, the coupon was a legal tender for
tax. - - ; .
F. S. Blair, Attorney General of Vir
ginia, who followed for the State, main'-.
tamed nret. tnat the declarations and
bills ' in all cases ' were insufficient in
law; sna, tnat ne courts below . bad no
possible jurisdiction of any of them : 3rd,
that' it is a fundamental principle in all
sovereignties that a state cannot be sued at
all unless she consents to' be sued, and that
the State of Virginia had not consented to
be sued in any of these cases or in any of
the courts in which they were brought:
n, tnat tne subject matter of all suits is
tne collection ot tbe public revenue of Vir
ginia and the receipt of her coupons there
for, and for this, additional reason the
courts below should not have entertained
them; 5th, that writs of error and appeals
in each of these cases should be dismissed,
as the amount in controversy in each is less
tban so,uuu, tbe jurisdictional sum neces
sary for this court: 6th, that ' the parties.
plaintiff and defendant, are ail residents of
the same state, and no such constitutional
questions arise in any of the cases as will
justify the interposition of this court. r
. . :i I i - J . . j
arKumcnt wui ue guuuuueu JJiuuuay.
Petersburg. March ' 20. Early this
morning fire broke ont in the Tear of . the
drug store or W. 11. Camp, on Sycamore
street, which was consumed with its con
tents. The flames soon communicated to
the large brick building owned : by John
W. Bradbury, hardware: merchant. ' The
first and second floors of this building, oc
cupied by O. It ltees, photographer, were
burned and the stock of goods on tbe lower
floor belonein? to Mr 4 Bradburv -was badlv
damaged by water. The building belong
ing to Mr. Camp was - valued at $10,000
and his stock at S8,000. The, building
owned by Mr. Bradbury was valued at
$14,000 and stock at $10,000- The total-
insurance is about S30.00U. The nre is
suppoeed to have been incendiary. '
Richmond, March 20. There was nom
vestigation to day into the case of P. J,
Cluverius, charged with the murder of
Fannie Lilian Madison, whose body was
found in the reservoir last Saturday. The
prisoner wss brought before the Police
Court,;but)without examining any witnesses
the case was postponed until the aath mst.,
the Commonwealth s attorney stating tbat
owing to a press of business in his court
next week he would be unable to attend to
this case. ' A colored barber, at the hotel
where Miss Madison stopped last Friday.
was in court and pointed out the prisoner
as the man he saw come to tbe hotel and
leave with Miss Madison the same evening
The prisoner yesterday stated that he did
not see Miss Madison at all during his visit
here last week. , The , court room was
densely crowded and many persons were
on the sidewalk, being unable to get in. It
was with great difficulty that the police
could make their way through the crowd
on entering and leaving . tne court room,
The prisoner was remanded to jail. .
Richmond, March 20.-United States Mar
shal R. P. Hughes, of this district, , disap
peared more than a week ago, and his
whereabouts is unknown." An investiga
tion of tbe books m his omce snows an
apparent shortage of from $4,000 to $5,000.
It is rumored that he has gone to Manito
ba, where he nas an aunt who u in affluent
circumstances, and whom he had visited at
various ; times. - Nothing - in - Marshal
Hughes' actions since his appointment more
than three years ago afford ground for tne
belief that he has done wrong; although
his office business is said to have been very
loosely conducted, and his books to be in a
very unsatisfactory condition, tie came
originally from Mecklenburg county, where
he has a wife and several children.
NEW YORK.
Strike of Operators of tbe Bankers
i . and merchants Telegraph Co.
i New Yobk. March 20.-A strike of. the
operators- ot the Bankers and Merchants
Telegraph Company has been temporarily
suspended, and the men nave returned to
their tables. Receiver Butler, of the com
pany, met the men this morning and they
stated their : demands, which were tbat
twenty per cent.' of the salaries due for
February should be paid on Saturday, and
that salaries for March be paid on the 23d
mst. - Mr. Butler told the men that such
action on his part would bo impossible, but
if they would trust him until the end of
the month, he would see that they were
paid, or be would go out with them at tbat
time. This proposition was accepted and
the men returned to work. -
NEW JERSEY. .
Tbe State Capitol Destroyed by . Fire
: Loss i EnormousValuable Papers
Destroyed.
-I . fBy Telegraph to the Homing Star.l
; Tbenton. March 21. A large portion
of the capitol building in this city was
burned at an early hour this morning.' The
names are scarcely yet extinguished, after
.a four hours' fight. 5 It is impossible to
estimate the loss as yet, but it will be enor
mous. The Chancery office, containing all
the records of the courts of tbe state, deeds.
&c, was destroyed . .' .. : -
,5 r. To any truly Southern heart
there is. in the sense tbe phrases are used.
no "Old South," no "New South." It is
the same South it ever was, with tbe right
of secession and the institution of African
slavery buried out of sight for all time..
Volumina (is. c.) ttegitrer.
Spirits Turpentine.
Scotland Neck Democrat: . Mr. -
B. D. Gray, of Scotland Neck, - made last
year on a , four-horse farm, twenty-four
thousand and seventy-two potfuds of . lint V' .
cotton, one thousand bushels of corn, one
hundred and eleven bushels of wheat, one
hundred bushels' of peas, one hundred '
bushels of peanuts, six hundred bushels of '
potatoes; -and oats in abundance for his -use.
He fattened four thousand five hun- -dred
pounds of pork. He used pot more .
than ten or twelve barrelsr.of corn in fat
tening his pork, it being fattened on what
was leu in ms neias alter gathering his - .'
crop.'---''-''? .-j- .--:.T,f4sf': -
j Kaleiffh f armer and MecJuxnic '
A writer in the Charlotte Observer shows
that Ham. C. Jones, the elder, did not origi- '
nate the Cousin Sally IDillard" story "
(which was not much credit to anybody)
but first heard it from a drunken member - 1
of theVirginia' Legislature named Williams.
1 the stab long ago gaveovewbelmingevi-
dence as to the origin of the story. If our .'
Raleigh friend would copy the late Wm.O.
Gregory's clear and admirable article that
appeared in the Stab, he would give his
readers tbe true history of the story. The . -
late Dr. Thomas V. Atkinson in 1870 gave
us the facts, and Mr. Gregory, an indepen- -'
dent witness, confirmed it in fulL Stab. -
1 Raleieb'Twifor .' The Governor
yesterday appointed O. 8. Hayes, of Shoe
Heel, Robeson county, and Win. S. Halli- ...
burton, Durham, as Notaries Public.
Gov.- Scales has fully made up his mind to
attend the big show at New Orleans, and .-. ,
has made preparations to leave here on
Saturday, the 28th inst: He expects to be.v :f
absent about ten days, spending a week at-
the Exposition. April 2d has been fixed as '
"North Carolina Day." The north -,'
CaroUna State Board of Health will hold a . -session
in this city, on Friday next, 20th
inst., and will proceed to reorganize and
commence operations under the law recent
ly passed by the Legislature.1! "Corres
pondence: Some people, claiming to be the
friends of Gen. Cor, have taken the liberty - ;
in his absence to "whisper" that he is not -in
favor of a primary election to determine - v
the choice of the people for the office of "
postmaster. '- ::,?--'.:
Kaleignv JVews- Qoserneri It is
refreshing and gratifying to note the im
provements which are going onln Eastern
North Carolina The Warrenton railroad
has given an impetus and infused new life -not
only into the town of Warrenton, but
the whole county has caught the inspiration ' -.
of . better times ahead. - We ' nnder-. -
stand Shocco Springs - will ' be reopened. -
Goldsboro is beinz ranidlv rebuilt, . -:
Several contracts have been . let. Borden's , .
Bank has the foundation - laid: Brother -Bonitz's
new Messenger building is nesting
completion, and when finished will be the
most complete in North Carolina. - The
starting of the rice mill has given aeon- . .
siderable impetus to rice planting, with the
result of bringing into cultivation many
acres of land absolutely non-productive -before
the establishment of this mill. The
first year they milled 2,700, the second year '
7,700, and the thirdyear 10,000 barrels.,
Kaleigh Visitor: ' A Ureech.
Esq., doing business-jon the corner of Fay- -etteville
and Hargett" streets and John D.
Creech tin Co., corner of Martin and Wil
mington streets, dealers in dry goods, &c.,
made assignments to-day. Geo. H. Snow
and Joseph A Creech are the assignees.
Liabilities, of both, about $88,000; assets,
of both, .about $15,000. A; horrible
accident occurred this afternoon at the
North CaroUna depot resulting in the death
of a gentleman named Mac Barber, as we :
learn. , It seems that he came down .on the ' -train
from the west and while the train -
stopped at the station he went to a eating'
house near by for refreshments. - The con- -ductor
called out "all aboard" when he ran -to
catch the train and stumbled over a load
of lumber, throwing him beneath the wheels '
of the second class car, cutting his ten leg
entirely off at the thigh and inflicting a .
severe gash- on the right thigh near the . '
groin and a violent contusion on the top
and back of the head. He lived only about
15 minutes. it is thought he was a citizen
of Johnston county, and it is. said at one .
time resided inthis city. -'': ; -
'- Raleigh Farmer b Mechanic:
On Monday evening next a delightful en
tertainment, by talented amateurs of Ra- .:
leigh will be given in Tucker Hall, to raise :
funds for a monument to tnat gauant ana
long-suffering soul Maj. McLeod Turner. ,
When he so often risked his life for his ;
State he believed that his State would never .
forget him. -Col. Wharton J. Green- - -
owns several shares of the stock of the new
type-setting' machine,- in which Stfison t
Hutchms, ot me Washington iron, ana -many
others are interested. The capital v
stock is $750,000. The suggestion : .
outlined by the Gazette, namely, that the
Democrats who have been deprived or me
privilege of selecting their own officials
these twenty years past, should now be al
lowed to select all local officers (lust as they ; -
select Congressmen), appears to be gaining ,
ground. We notice tbat several articles
have appeared in the Visitor and other pa
pers advising that an extra box be placed
at the approaching city election, and that a
test of public opinion be made. . '
-Charlotte Observer: .The con
test over the Charlotte postoffice seems to
be quite warm It appears to be settled
that a change is to be maoe in tne omce .
here, but who will be the successful man is
as vet a matter for conjecture "only. - .
! Of the three officers for Davidson College.
elected by the Board of Trustees at their
meeting in this city, some weeks ago, only
one has found it convenient or possible to
; accept The professor who accepts his
appointment is Prof. W. S. Graves, who t -i
was elected to the chair of Greek and Ger
man. Prof. Blake declines to reconsider
his resignation, and Dr. Witherspoon feels ; -i
constrained to decline the Presidency so
cordially tendered to him. ' Washing-'
ton letter: - Senator Vance last Friday re
ceived six petitions by express, - while his
mail contained thirty-seven letters, alien
quiring about office.' This is just one .
day's mail, but Friday was an unusually .. .
good day.- In the House of Representa-- -fives,
the seat which Dr. York occupied ia
f the first to the right on entering the main
: door. His name was torn from his desk at -'
the time of our visit, and some' unfeeling -
person had replaced it with a label contain
ing the trade, mark, 'the old " blue hen's
chicken." . I -- - . ; '. .
Raleicrh .News-Observer: From
it appears there are now 903 townships in -this
State, exclusive of .12 created by the
Legislature. , Commissioner McGee
says that tbe news which comes irom new
Orleans now is ot the most gratifying
character.- The North Carolina exhibit
continues to attract a remarkable degree of
attention from all visitors. Mr. J. K.
Balkley opened his restaurant - in October, "
and since then has received from Hogwood -
& Bro., of Norfolk, 53 barrels of shell
oysters and 1,433 gallons of shucked . oys- ,
ters. These cost over $1,800, and the Ex- .
press Company.proflted $223. : Died,at '
Haslin, N. C, after a painful illness, Fan
nie Selby Clark, wife of C. F. Clark, and -
sister of tne late uenry a. ciarx, 01 ureen
ville, N. C- - The Lenoir, Caldwell ;
county, Topic says: Capt. Lovell tells us
that he saw offered for sale, the past win
ter, on the - streets of , Raleigh, cabbage
shipped from Italy. Raleigh is only 200
miles away from. Watauga, headquarters
for cabbage, and yet she gets her greens :
from across the Atlantic. Bring down the
railroad tariff. Over' fifty buildings
of various kinds are now in course of erec-
tion at Raleigh. ; - Gen R. B. Vance '
was . not : appointed Commissioner - of
Patents, but ; we understand some other
office of high grade will be tendered him. '
Last year 5.000,000 pounds of tobacco
were sold at Henderson- During tbe
month of February 853,189 pounds of to
bacco were sold at Asheville for $53,806 75.
Burke county claims to be the richest . .
in the State in valuable minerals. ' It has
valuable mines of gold, mica, garnet and
corundum.! Yesterday the new board
of directors of the Penitentiary held their
first meeting. - Tbe following were present;
Messrs. E. R. Stamps, L. M. Scott, Walter
L. Steele, James L. Robinson, Henry R. -Bryan,
Chas. M. Cooke, F. L. Reid, A. D.
Brown. There was only one member ab t
sent, Mr. Lowe, who is ineligible, being;
the clerk of Davidson Superior Court. The -board
organized be re-electing Capt. E. R.
Stamps as President; Mr. H. R. Bryan a
Vice President, and Rev. F. L- Beid
as Secretary. The board then went into an
election of some of the prison officers, with
the following results: Architect and war
den, J. M. Fleming; Stewart, D. C. Hue-.
ray; physician, Dr. ij. W. McGee; book
keeper, Roger A. Kingsbury, of Wilming
ton. All of these, except Mr. Kingsbury,
who succeeds Mr. J. P. Stedman, reaigned
are the present incumbents. It is a strong
endorsement by the. new board of tbe old ,
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