North Carolina Newspapers

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Some people in' North ' Carolina g-i rtBtive or are loo lazy, to work lii'l'iHtrinuRly and move to . : other Stoics m search of a home where I fiirtunvs are made.- without toil, and4 ih. y come back disappointed or live: nut thfir days in their homes wiih htviiiw accomplished the resnlts lvy nought and hoped for.' t VV he ..licye that North Carolinian.", with jxia rare exceptions, make a mistake win n they "pull tip stakes" and go far a ay to again upitcb their tents." Tlie same patient labor and economy 'required to succeed io any State to the south; of -ins s wiH bring;5 good re.iili.- in North Carolina There are just as thrifty farmers in North Car iolii,a as can be foond inany Slate. We know men lhat inake from $500, to 11,000 to every band they omploy We have 1 not seeM Hl Arps letter H from Ti-xas, but the following from the Atlanta , Constitution ;gives2 :a hint as to what part , of " the South is jtul i'if most desirable: : - i ..ji.1 "F..r the whole moral o? Bill ArpVTexas letit r is i hat there is haruly a spark of home life iu ibe agricultural reghius of. that Statu, Solar as his nbserratioDS extended. : Petipie live ibrr of course, and frequently; the t-ri.NV rich there,' but w bat amount of rich- e-tii C"mpensaTe for the lack of home : life ? Pdv ttj is , generally niderstood ta ; ioit ly a Uck uf . money ' and the comforts that uiout-y brings, but there is no more " deplorat le condiiion of poveity than the lack of those influences' that are a part of ' the farmer's home tife.M. ' ' This reminds us of what occurred in Grakville county" in 1870. "Two , broilur: by the name of Knott vis--ited LouictiaDa anoTTeraa to proV pect. They had no idea of breaking up and removing without first seeing .for themselves. There was a con siderable number of farmers await ing their return and : report upon which depended whether there should be an exodus or not. -When the Enotu returned their neighbors and " friends gathered to hear what they had to say, aud it was in sabbtan'ce this: "We have visited ' sections in . Louisiana on the Red River and els- , where;-. we have seen, parts "of Texas ' and Arkansas; we have seen many fine plantations,, many largeT planta tions with large outlays in the way . of buildings,- maohineryV vj&o.; -we have not seen m either of the three States a single man that, made as murh as we do according Xo outlay, acreH cultivated or hands worked j we -have better school facilities, ' better church facilities, better water, better bacon, more milk and batter, more health, more advantages generally, and' we do not mean to leave Gran ville." This was the judgmentbf two industrious, thrifty North: Caror . ltna farmers. '- !-?:Tf.Jf What was the sequel? ? Tbeyre4 mained and all of their neighbors 're mained. Since 1870, Fielding Knott has grown rich.' His tobacco .crop alone has some times fetched: aff liigh as 127,000. His , brother :. has ; pros- pered. They were both laboring men) before the war andT Field ing ? was, ao overseer and perhaps his brother also; He knew, how to work how to save, . how to make wheat; corn,' tobacco raise hogs, cowp, &c.,-and he is now a rich man. 'r r We knew another farmer toy the name of Avery to try to sell his little farm for 1,300. ' lie bad the moving mania. But he could not find a pur chaser and what was the result ? He went to work, and with the help of a 1 4-year-old negro .he'sold: his! tobac co crop alone for $1,400, besides feedr ing and taking caie of his f amiljy He got $100 more tor his tobaeco for one crop than he "offered his .whole farm for. The moral of all this, is Ref main in North7 Carolina '-Zmtimori and save. : ',::'': ft31 TOBACCO IS HOBTH CABOE.19IA. The Savannah discuisin the profit in tobacco- growing, bai this to say: ; ' r,;y ; "It is stated that the progress of tobacco culture in north Oaroona baa been marked by a steadv imnrovemeat Im the financial condition of the farmers, whose profits are said to ran re from tloft tn 6400 tier are. The figures lotk unreasoBable. but there Is noi mucn ooubt that tobacco is end of the most profitable crops that can be raised by Southern farmers. The prosperity of the tobacco planters of Virginia, Kentucky tod renaessee is proverbial, though it seems that thenartial exhtmatinn of thm londa tt the former Bute has considerably reduced tte profitableness of the crop there.-; West Virginia is now producing Considerable quantities of tobacco." - ttn ( The development in North Caro lina has been very , rapU rand greatt VOL. XVI; Within a few years the cultivation of tobacco has extended from some fif teen to twenty, counties to probably fifty counties. . North Carolina has grown the finest tobacco on the con Unent and as far babtt as 1853 or54 Before the war th$ commission mer chants of t Peterebtirg and Richmond were accustomed to offer prizes for the finest tobacco crep they : sold du ring the 'year.' It . almost invariably happened that the tobacco growers of Granville county, .North ' Carolina, took the premiums. ! This was before 1 8t$ 1. Since the war ended the cnlti aUon of the: fine tobacco has greatly videned, anS many counties are now raising the weed in great perfection, andf hundredsof farmers Bell their crops annually for highly remunera .tive prces, realizing .from $20 to per-; haps ; $75 per hundred x pounds-f or theirlcropH . klf rtt It is a faot that inany of the best farmers obtairi very ; high prices 'for their, barns,. . We have known, nine teen tierces to average more' than $1 to the pounds cWe have known more than f r,O0(f to be made; to the hand. We have known as liish as $600 to be received for tobabco grown on one acre. : We have known a farmer to planVten acres for three consecutive years, realizing $12,000 for the whole or an average or $400 to the .acre. We- have known men to grow rich rapidly m'akingi'tobacdo,' and' in "the same county, we have - known others to grow -poorer daily anid finally lose' f arm, home ali..wJ.i,-;g;y:?;.t How-is this ?The man .has yery mucU to.' stflh" with success , A good farmer 7- inddstrious, " wide-awake, eoonomical, pushing will pile up his thousands ' annually and at fifty be a rich man, while a neighbor can. hardly make a : support and is always bor- rowmg. : ...r,;';.. - . -. -; . Tobacco & it better croo we thmk tnan cotton and for two reasons; other things .being .equal make more 'clear money- ! you can land there are fewer mortgages among tobacco growers than cotton planters. : '. One more point. -For. thirty years the fine tobaccos of ; North Carolina have been sold a great deal in other States and they have had the credit. The so-called fine Virginia tobacco was grown in North Carolina. THB NEW-OBI.EAN8 EXPOSITION. It is a matter of regret' that ' the Newr Orleans' Exposition t ha not been a financial success.! r It is ad mitted that it is as a show a very great success. The New York Times said the other day, editorially: The ExhibiUon itself, in Its most im portant features, far excels anything ever before seen on this continent, and suDassea in interest, lor - Americans anything in the shape of a world's fair ever held. While ft -does - not equal some other expositions in tne oisplay- ox works of art and of the high-, est technical skill from : different countries, it is far, in advance of all others in the ex hibition of the natural resources, the capa- Duitie&j and the maostnes or the American continent. - In these lie its highest value aoa us jrrate&t interest. . : -Why ; have not the Southern peo ple more generally attended? It is a fact that . pn; Mississippi -Day there were $i ewer Mississippians .present han there yere Wisoonsiniana pres ent-on Wisconsin Day.i - Think- of that. ,: , We suppose that more people from i the South attended the Phil adelphia Centennial than, have at tended : the great - New ; Orleans Exposition. 'vit" Hi a fart ihat'eren :nowlhe average attendance, is only about 10,000 visitors a- day and at first it was very little better. So the receipts are less than $5,000 a day when the crowd is largest. : We be lieve the Exposition closes on the last of May, so there ; is less than' two months remaining. ' Wei. wish every body could see it, ;nd especially the editors in the Soath. North Carolina makes a most creditable exhibit. " A New Englander tells be rather thinks that" it beats any Southern State, but Minnesota leads. 'J&i 2 " ' A BBVOI.T IN THB SCHOOI.S. Our neighbor of ; the '.North Caro Una, Fttkbyterum has published re cently two very interesting contribu tions on the introduction, of ; "More English, in our Schools. With much that is said we are glad to be in nar mony. - The discussions in the North to no longer make the ancient clas sics the test Cf a liberal education is another, indication of the trend of the age. Then Harvard College,one of the .oldest and best, no longer makes a study of :: Greek : essential to being graduated, t Then one of the numer ous 'Adamses (John ; Q4' we think,) has within a year made . a strong as- aalt npou the study of the classics. ;And now a scholarly divine of New Havei),:Conn.f writes a letter to the New: York .IXmesiho burden of which.1 is:'Throw '; Grammir to the DogS. -t-r t -a-'-' -" . -.rWbet4xei the l Btudy; of Greek and lAtin shall -continue or not it is very .' certain 'r that more attention mast be given to the study of Engt lish and to the natural' eoiences. - Ger man : especially, should be made a part of the -curriculum in every col lege.' The fact that there is so muoh nearness of blood in the English and Germans' and so - much , strong .- and even great literature concealed in the I German tongue - are' reasons enough t "" - - l "I 8B;jjj f. 1 ; ' It. . ' " - ""-- 3 " H ' " 1 ' J i ' I i for its " study. We can never be a party to an assault upoa the ancient classics that shall slm to drive them f romv the ,: curriculum, r We would be , glad to see' two thir3: to see them taught diiTerentl 7 ia tbis counv try, and to see them ii to !ndi vidnal ' studentr as tof whether? thly are 10 be pursued ornot and now far. The scholarly .. Dr,; John E. Todd, of ;New ;HaTep,yWho,:stirred upa small borqets. nest when he attacked x ale College.some time ago, in a: let- ter dated : the 18tb of February in the times;';. TBays lidwe baye;np doubt correctlyr'id l"tf'i 9:.;.rtf : "If the noble and beauoful literatures bf antiquity had been properly unfolded to stu- f aenu,' iauu ana ureeK, m some respects the' first of laoiruas. embalminir works of world wide faiua and occuDvinz bv Dre- senptive right the first place in every curri culum; could not even now . be deposed.' The classicists have themselve to thank 'if classical education has lost ground. JnBtead 01 imparung laciuty m the use or the an cient languages and acquaintance With their literatures they have chosen to teach the minutiae of grammar and etymology and to make the -lives of students miserable with efforts of memory upon stuff that was per fectly useless to them ; and this within Bight of pleasant fields of literature. Let them not deceive themselves.", ,l, ' r ' i . What we gave from Prof. Lord, of Dartmouth ' College, recently showed bow defective is the manner of teach ing - the ancient languages', in ; this, country, and; how few. men can- use them with ease. - De Quincey; at eleven years of age, could nave: h ar raigned a Greek .crowd in that lan guage. 'John Stuart Mill had read much of- Latin when , only , six: or seven years of age. la this oonhtry but few teachers of ; Latin could fol low a speaker of the language,; either - -Y1 !. Ll .' - . : - V- -.11 coiioquiaiiy or in pupuo aaaress,. vr. Todd says: - "Nor let it be thoueht that the revolution will stop wbere it now is at Harvard, or will be confined to that inatitatioD. - Unless there is a great change in the methods of classical instruction the time is not far dis tant when not even one of the ancient lan guages will retain its place as a required and prescribed study, .or will be . studied even as an optional, except,by the very few who purpose to , become . professional philologists. -'XtiSij prvt t s-'n i" In the great schools in - England,' some of them six Or eight hundred years old, there is a growing senti ment against the excessive time con sumed in the Btudy of ancient ' lan guages. The head master at Eagle House School thinks that the . gram-! mar should be very short and ex tremely simple." jHe says his pre decessor, who sent seven pupils to be head-masters of ; the great schools, Eton, . Winchester, ; Harrow, - .- &ct lamented Mtbe necessity of making little,' boya learn: by heart a mas.of to them . almost nnmeanine; rLatin rules, adding, "I consider this sys tem to involve a loss of two years in the education of. a little boy. ? These are not the only signs - of a revolt in England where there is so much- scholarship and wealth ' and leisure. A leading' English ' journal is quoted by Dr. -Todd as saying: ? "So long as Latin and - Greek are taught as no other language, ancient or modern. has ever been taught, in ; a .fashion which may be excellent for producing a few gram- mariaoa and elegant scholars and a multi tude of baffled duneea, but which will never make an ordinary boy understand a Latin book, so long will our public schools be splendid examples of fruitless perseverance and wasted labor. . It is ; not the competi tion of other subjects that -is -endangering classical or literary . education ao -mach as the vitality of an ancient superstition and a vicious niewodvTwifsftst ir'..i'.V't t -i.: The plea of the writer in the lVe- byterian has a 'great deal of - force, and we expect to refer more at length at another time towhat he says. We may just here-ponclude. with one re mark we think true: ther best' mas ters, of style have 'not . always 'been classical ' soholars. "The best writers of English have not generally been grammarians. . "Rebel Generals' are to . the fore just now. a Gen; -Jackson, Gen. Law ton, and perhaps other of the fBnga diers" are chosen for ; foreign mis sions.' ', But ; they J!aref not worse 'rebels" than Longstreet, Mosby and Key. were.'.; No man has -been' more in favor than Billy Mahone and ; he fit? amseuest f government on the planet." Captain Jarvis.5 is another ."rebel' who' finds favor.. Re port says he will deoline. We sup pose he is not anxious to die . of ; yel low f fever" ?fat , the court ,of . Dom Pedro' . Sheriff Manning has taken ; up his quar ters In bis new office, oh the opposite side of the-paseage from whe ;he.Was formerly located. . It has been handsomely fitted up, and is neat and stylish, as well as light and pleasant . The old oflice is' now being fitted up for a room for'Tthe grand : Jury to hold meir dellDerauollail!J.l5:j"; : The painters ,are . now - at work in the . court; room upetairs, ; which has already been' transformed 7 so completely, .that Cne would hardly trecognize it--certainly not from Its ; general - appearance. ,. The entire room is receiving coats of paint, including walls. ceDines. wainscotUne. etc -,bo whitewash or calcemine being used as for merly. The prevailing tints are gray, blue and straw colors, altogether maxiag a very pleasant enect. ' yyv :-", I ': ;r ' ?v -.'; Beeo.very''Boy'i'iL-?5t-r ,'-i. . The body of a drowned woman was found floating In the river opposite the city yes terday aiternoon,.anO: tronex:i aeons was notified of tiie fact.: The; body was secured and the remains viewed, whentheyproyed to be those of JKitty 'Harvey, the' colored stewardess of the- ill-fated steamer Woto, which exploded her boiler and sunk on the west side of the river some weeks ago.' She was identified' by anlatrfrom Fayette vol le who' kneW'her.-r The remains were not badly disfigured, considering the lengthtof .tune mey naa peea m me wnm - in quest was held. The body was buried by the Coroner. - ' r 1 1 . ! A Joint meeting ot the Board of Mae-- lstratea and Board of county Com mlflaloners . In Beferenea to an Iron Bridge Aeroaa" Smith : CreeK-Tfce . . - . . -..) Bride to TBallt, Ae.. ;-..". :s fVi. jv n;"accordancI -Svlth previous hotlce joint m'eeung of the 1 Boards "of- Magistrates and Board of .' County Commissioners, at the Invitation of the latter, was held itt the C5ty , Court "room yesterday ,' morning, to take into i consideration r-''. proposition to build an" iron bridge 'across Smith's Creek., Oh the county road."., V i'M iii Chairman Bagg, of the Commissioners, explained the matter to the meeting.tweny-, seven .juBtices beings present, J. the ; maii points being that an ;,ironbridge would be Cheaper in the end - than a wooden one, and that the work could be done without enpj pling the funds of the county pr interfering with the taxeav.' The' stream to be bridged, he state""1 was" about' one hundred aid twenfy-fivj j w one" hundred "Juthirtyeet in width:,i-d Cie stnicturs was to be sixteen feet In' width. - In conclusion he said that. there was a bridge contractor present, and introduced Mr,' W. H,; Twiss, of .New Mr. Twiss stated' that he had not had time to make an estimate as to the cost of the proposed bridge since the matter had been called to his attention. - - Mr. H. Shaw, by request of Commis sioner Bagg, read several letters from vari ous contractors in reference to the approxi mate cost of such a bridge as was wanted, the average estimate being about $3,250, without the abutments, which would amount to about as much more. - i Justice Meares thought estimates of the cost of a wooden bridge should also be had; in order that a choice might be made be tween them. If the difference in cost was not; much, he should vote ' for the Iron bridge, but if the difference was to be con siderable he thought it a matter of interest to the county, that it should be known.' He thought the matter ought to be left to a committee to secure the proper estimates. Justice Manning coincided with Justice -Meares. - I , . ,u - -r. . Other remarks were made by " Commis sioner Moore, Justice Cant well and others In reference to the economy of building; an iron bridge instead of a wooden one, which' latterthe Commissioners had never had in contemplation, when the following resolu tion, offered by Justice E. D. Hall, was unanimously adopted:! :";-; Bewloed, That the Justices of the Peace, a majority being present,. concur, with the recommendation of the County Commis sioners of the necessity of constructing an iron bridge over Smith's Creek, and hereby give to the County Commissioners all the authority vested in the Justices of the I'eace Dyxiaw tor tnai purpose. The bridge matter 1 being, thus' settled. Chairman Bagg called, the attention of the meeting to the fact that on the 23rd ult. the Board of County Commissioners made a levy of taxes under schedules B and C, and asked that the same be confirmed by the lolnt boards, which was done after the reading of the levy, and thaw meeting then adjourned.. Iaaweat Over tha Keaaalna of the Stray Infant Tne Body of Anotber Infant Fonnd.Vi"t-;,,; . j;;---.-;-'. -i Coroner Jacobs held an inquest yesterday over the remains of as infant found in the Walker lot by ? Amos iTalley, colored, 4 an employe of the city, an account of ..which was published in yesterday's paper.- It was at first pronounced a mulatto child, but Dr. Potter was unable to decide whether it was while or colored. . The jury returned- a verdict that "the deceased came to her death by some foul play by some party or parties unknown to the jury." "There have been no further developments tending to elucidate the mystery surround ing the appearance' of the infant at the spot mentioned. ' . I '- - The body ' of another dead infant was found yesterday, -about 1 o'clock, just be yond the Fourth atreet bridge,' over the O. C. Railroad, fh a ' box scarcely hid undeH the earth. On tho lid of the box appeared the ' same . of "Polly Hawkins, . Harnett street 'SNear one corner'of the box Were the figures 16, intended, if is supposed, to denote the weight of the box. , The remains were in such a state of decomposition that nothing ' could be ascertained about the: child. Chief of Police Brock having been notified, sent an officer out to guatd the re mains until thearrival of the Coroner, whom he notified: ..No inquest was held m this case, a Both bodies were, buried by the Coroner at the expense of the county. 1 Porelcn '. Kxporta. W5' The'Norwegian brig Ban Juan, Captain Basch,' was cleared from this port for Bris tol, England, yesterday, by Messrs. Alex.; Spruht & Son, with 770 - casks spirits tur- pentine and 1,682 barrels of rosin,' Valued at $12,800; also the schooner C. S.Macittn hear, Capt. RumiU, was cleared for Marigot, St- Martin's, W. I. Iby ? Messrs! f Northrop & Cumming, with 104,000 feet of lumber. 60,000 shingles, .8 barrels of : pitch and 4 barrels of tarrvaluedj at $1,684.92; and the schooner 2Won, Capt Maloney, forPort- ' an-Prince, Hay ti, by Messrs. Northrop & Cumming, with 150,200 feet of lumber and 20,000 shingles, valued at $2,135.40: ;Total $16,610.82. . : I ' . - . - 1 AnAttaer Bodv Beeovered. . ' - . . ' The body of James Btedman,; colored. another of that victims of the late disaster to 'the1 steamer Waie, was found floating; in the river in the immediate vicinity rbf the 1 wreck yesterday morning. It was towed to fhe'dockfoot of Molberry street, where It was viewed by the : Coroner, and identi fled by persons who were acquainted with the deceased as the remains of Stedmah;'an employe on the boat. The body w as not disfigured by the explosion, so f ar "as could be perceived, i y An inquest will be heldV but the Coroner postponed ' the investigation until next Wednesday,, in order to procure the attendance of witnesses from Fayette- VfflfcSH '.The explosion in which Jim Stedman and jtty Harvey lost their -lives occurred on the 5th of Marchl The body of Ned Jessup is still missing, Worelsin Export. The schooner .'JC.. Uryman, Captain TTorrevr was cleared from this port Tor Port-u-Prince, Hayti, yesterdays by the master, with 181,693 xeet or inmDer.ana Kf ono hinirli: t valued at'$2,89&, t Also the schooner Charles IS. Paige, Capt. Bif ford, for tha aama- nort by Messrs. .North rop? & Cummings, with v 207,000 feet. of lumber - and 55.500 shingles, . . valued - at $2,850..-! ' i - r ;" 4 ; - , 1 I -tSfi-i f-vitig' i n." ( UNITED STATES SENATE, -I ? J f. EXTRA SESSION..-, ; ; ', ''"WASHraaTOlT. Anril 1. After tha'rean- ing of the Journal; bulletins 'relating to Gen. Graut's health were read- from- the Clerk's desk- .j ,(. . Mr. Morgan offered the following resolu tion, for which he asked immediate consid-' erationt ' 'ji.' .tinoui .a - Resolved.Tha.t the Secretary of the Interior be And he ia hereby directed to furnish, for the information of the 8enate, copies of all papers and correiDondence filed in his office since the 4th. day ot March, 1885, relating ttne eppropriatton $300,1)00 lor the unerokee jn ation 01 Indians, and tne alleged misappropriation' of a portion thereof. Mr:.Ingalls objected to its present consid- upon.mouoq or jar. bherman, tne senate at 12. 10 wen t into executive session,' :.."- s At 4 o'clock the doors were reopened aid, the Senate resumed its . legislative session. Mr. Saulsburv's resolution . to .suDDresS the spurious report from- the committee on Post Offices and Post Beads, was called p and adopted. z?t -.,., it':.--.'; r ----.; ; At 4.20 Mr.r; Sherman moved that the Senate adjourn sine; die. Carried.' , ! 1 VxrQXjfTMAti AMERICA. f';..t i -.i ' . . -..., ... .t ...... ' A Speek ox war fr-tlJnltd A JHarlne . Force to be Sent, to Aspln vrall to Protect American Interet Excitement in Navy Clreiea, ' ' ; , WabHihgtoit.' Anril B.--In answer "to a telegram sent last night by Secretary Whit ney, to the President of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., at New York,-relative to the number of men the Company's vessels' can take to Aspinwall without -delay, 'the . following reply was received this morning: "We can carry 2UU men in the City of rara to-morrow at hqon.and 600 in the Acapnlco next axonday.w-'''-' u,? . Secretary; ( Whitney replied: MWe.''.wlll ship 200 men by your steamer tomorrow nooriwith tenta and camp equipage.- .The Tenneesee, with' Admfral Jewett, will leave New Orleans,1, probably to-day, with an ex tra complement of marines for Aspinwall, and with extra provisions.' This will place four ships and between 400 and 500 availa ble men at Aspinwall for land service. : As to Monday's Steamer will, communicate hereafter." !w.--.-r;, The men;will1e taken from the Brook lyn 'navy. yts.i','itnj; ,.,t. i-s-u-jii.-iV in . reply- ,to a -telegram, . sent . to , Com mander Kane, of the Galena, the following was also received to day: ' "r: r ; .. " lTansit is closed, v The steamship pro perty is aafe and in my possession; also the railroad property at the north end of the island. It is advisable to send another Vessel" rMi.iKTy tip:, i.Ji iiUv.lrfi?it i j; , s When it was ' learned in the Navy De- partment-thla iffiorning-that the Secretary had determined Ja protect American inter ests on the isthmus by iorce, tnere was considerable excitement among the many officers on duty here. A number of them immediately volunteered their services to go to AspinwalL, ;The selection of the offi cers, however, has been left to the Board of Detail, which convened at 11.30 o clock. - ' It is understood that1 Major Chas.! Hay wood. 'of the Marine Corps, . .who is in charge of the Marine Barracks, at Brook lyn,' will have immediate command of the marines. A naval offlcer of Tana. How ever, will probably be detailed to command the expedition. - . . i- :; - LA Lebkbtad. via. Galveston. April 4. Hostilities between Guatemala and the allied Republics have been suspended, and an armistice of one month's duration is an nounced. The Legislative Assembly of Guatemala has annulled the decree promul gated by President Barrios on February 28th, in which a union of the Central Ame rican KeDublica - was proclaimed, and iiar- rios announced as ' dictator and supreme Mllitarv Chieftain of all Central America. ' JEbe gold-hilted sword of "President Bar rios was - found on . the ".battle, -add . of Chalchnapa. broken According to tne latest intelligence re ceived here President Barrios, of Guatemala, is -dead. "No particulars have been re- ceived. . . . . . .. Panama, via Galvkbtoh, April s 4. Communication between- this city and Co lon remains interrupted. The news is meagre and untrustworthy. There are rumors tnat looting is going on along the line of rail way. VIJ&Q1SIA. V. S. marshal Hacbcs Held for Trial The Norfolk Bank Failnre Meet ing of "Depositor. , Richmond, April S.TJ. 8. Marshal R P. Hughes, of - this- district.' who was ar rested in Texas on -the charge of . appro priating government , funds, arrived here early this morning in tne . custody oi an oi- ficer from that State.' He was taken be fore U; Commissioner to-day but waived examination and was held m $5,000 to await the action of , the. United mates Grand Jury. - ' ' j: ' ; " . , " Nobfoix' April "3.1 Depositors of the Exchange National Bank which closed its doors yesterday held a meeting this after noon to consider what action it might be necessary to take to protect their interests. A committee was appointed to take charge off the matter .and to report after an investigation of . the affairs; of the bank shall have been made, whether it will be better that a receiver 'shall be appointed or that the Secretary Of the Treasury; shall be petitioned to. allow -the bank to go into voluntary iiquiaatioa. -i? an. ; ?. -, IjTiicu3rao;April 3."-Report8 from nti merous points show j that the abandoned wheat fields which were about to be plowed np for othes crops have come out so finely since the. warm weather as to change entire ly the crop prospect reported earlier in the season. ' -i . -At Long Branch, Franklin county. John Thompson and Thomas Lemon became in volved in a auarrel and came to blows; but an apparent settlement of the difficulty was effected and Thompson started o go away, When he . had. ; gone ; about thirty yards Lemon seized a' rifle and ordered him to stop, which he did. Lemon -then ordered him to go ahead, -and . when Thompson turned ; to do so Lemon shot him in the back. -- - i'. . ' -C'-' -l One circumstance in the case of the Hon.' Isaac Bell. Jr.. of Rhode Island. minister to the Hague; should not be for gotten..? He. is a rood man, and he weighs orrrt i nr-ir- - ... . -j. The Herald has it on good ; au thority that the new Minister, Mr. Phelps, of Vermont. BDeakB 'English With the. for eign accent.' wears a'-Piccadilly coat and sometimes parto bia ,hair.: in , the middle. Chicago Merqta, ;? :ui'J (' .-rMrs.' Madison's complexion was not the result of cosmeticB, says a possessor of her miniature on ivory-.. Even after' she was- eighty the delicate,' beautiful ' color came ta ber -cheeks and her complexion was like a child's. . ,-- . , . f 4 is, Aj notorious - fact that nobody connected with Wall street, directly or indirectlv." believes that Ferd Ward iB a criminal or that he ought to be in jail; This speaks volumes for Wall street morality. Atlanta wmtnKwt.- -;r i - ; - Gen. Bea)ene6ff5enOrinta personal fnenda, suggests in an evening pa ner that Gen. Grant should be buried here, in the centre of' the circle between the White House and the Washington Monu- menu, rrusiunyujj fjpxtu.r t - . , , j "-r' The whirlTgig'' of ' time brings Mut some strange: situations.-:7Tne men who refused to hear Henry' Ward Beecher lecture in Tennessee are Republicans. The audience was made hp of Southern . Dem ocrats and ex-slaveholders. 3faM. 2W- -r A. Haller Gross, . bf Philadel nhia. who goes to Greece as Minister, in fine voung man. engaged -In ; politics. "He is a son of Professor Gross.: who was wel' known in Pennavlvania. Gross is an in telligent manyswhose family 'have been-long intimate with the. B&y&rtls.-B08ton Travel ler.- . -s . - i ' r ... - ! ' , r V " ' ' ' r t V :-.-,'7 i i WASHINGTON. .1 ,C. 1 Tbe President' Z,at vBIsace to tbe Senate Nomination ,- Confirmed Tb Iithmm Tronble The Nation al . Bank Failure in Norfolk Rea aona Tor the Vltndravral "of - Gen. r.awton' Nomination Activity in Navy Tarda. . ' i Br Telegraph to the Morning Star .1 : -..Washiroton.: April -2,-jrThe last, mes sage received bv the Senate from the Presi dent was as foUowsr . -:'--.' :-.V-4- h - "To the Senate of the United. '8taoe!--l hereby i withdraw . the .nomination -which was delivered to the Benata on March 80th,' 1885, of Alexander R.' Lawton. ' to be En voy Extraordinary and Minister" Plenipo-'' tentiary of ttnyTJmted "States to Russia, i t ; :ine Denaxe to uay connrmea , tne ioi owing nominees : Henry Gl Pearson Post- niaster .-atlHewi.York,MacoB a Borman, Postmaster at Washington, N. C. ; A. Leo Knott, . of Maryland, Second Assistant PostR' "master General; A.' M.' Eeiley, 'of Virginia, , junister to liaiy; it.) magr, oi Indiana, Minister to 8weden;;Tr J. Jarvis, of Nprth Carolina, Minister to. Brazil: C. W. Buck, of Kentucky,Mlnister to Peru; R.B.Ander- son, of Wisconsin,- Minister" to Denmark: Isaac Bell. Jr.. of Rhode Island, MiniBter tosThe Netherlands- W"n- !luwelL Sur veyor of the port of .Cincinnati: David "Settler-Unitea- StateySdarshal &orNthe . Western District of north Carolina :,Jed-r erick ,,Raine.t Consul -General at . Berlin Germany; "Norman J. Coleman, Commis- sioner of Agriculture; T. SL Walker,-. Consul General at : London: England ;iEd- mond Jusseu.: Consul General at- Vienna! Austria; Joseph E. Johnston, of Virginia Commissioner of Railroads; Edward Parke Custis Lewis, Minister to Portugal ; Gep W. Merrett. Minister to, the Hawaiian. Is lands;-Alexander McCue, Solicitor of the Treasury : Wm. K. itooerts. Minister to Chili;' Clement Dowd, Collector of Internal Revenue Sixth District of North Carolina; John G. Searcy, Collector of Internal Reve nue. Third 'District of Texas: Nathan GreggCollector of InternarRevenue Sec-l ond District ot Tennessee; ana it. ,i uoya,ri Collector Internal Revenue ruth District JM.. X ;Lewis McMillan, Collect or of the port of j Hew xors; w, vv.ijong, Texas, uonsui atj Hamburg; Charles T. Kusseli, Connecticut, Consul at Liverpool, England: A' H. Gross, j Pennsylvania, Consul at- Athens; E. P Howell, Georgia, ; Consul at Manchesterd Henrv P. Jiernscnan, . JLomsiana, xtavai Offlcer at New Orleans; John T. McGawj. West Virginia, Collector or internal Kef venue for the District of West Virginia; James O. Henderson, Collector of Internal Revenue for the 11th district" of Indiana; and three nostmasters of New York; Penn' Bvlvaniaand Vermont.if:as!'ki yi krtS. w-.'-In regard i to the Isthmus troubles,, go vernment officials are of opinion that transit will hot continue closed for any length of time.- it wiu aepena npou tne iniormauua derived in the meantime whether any ad ditional force is sent to Aspinwall Monday. Commander B. H. McCall and Lieutenant Ti B. McMasbn. on duty here,left for New. xors inis aiiernoon vo aium trauaieinug the marines to the City of Para. - After the departure of 200 men to-morrow, about an equal number of marines will remain in the vanous yards.. - , ;if ,iy When the comptroller oi tne currency waa to-dav informed -of the suspension of the Exchange National bank of Norfolk, -Va., he detailed , James C. Blown, -;of his offlce, to take charge of the banE ana ex amine ' its affairs; and directed Bank Ex aminer B. U. Keyser to assist in the exam ination. .--I'' f.A ; The nomination of Henry G. Pearson, to be Postmaster of New York City 'was con firmed without count or division. Con siderable discussion took place over the nomination of Alexander K. Lawton, to be Minister to Russia. The committee on Foreign-Relations had reported it adversely, a majority being oi. tne opinion mat al though ; Gen. Lawton rhad received, full pardon and amnesty from President. John son In JTebruary, io7, yet oy tne u our teenth amendment to the constitution he was ineligible because his political disabili ties had not .been removed by Congress. The committee reported this as the only obiection to the confirmation ef General Lawton. . In the Senate it was contended by some of Gen. Lawton s friends that the form of oath prescribed and taken by him, when he entered the Military service of the united States, did not include the require ment to. "support the' Constitution' and that therefore it did not require any act! of Congress to enable him to hold, the posi tion of Minister. I During the -discussion, a message was received from the President asking that ac tion be suspended, and later the nomina tion was , j withdrawn. t This action was taken on account of the committee's ad verse 'report; the Administration being of opinion that President , Johnson a pardon rendered Gen. Lawton eligible.. - , Although the Republicans ' in caucus failed to agree upon the party policy re garding the proposition; to make an issue witn tne Aaministraiion upon the question of removals without cause from offices " which are .not cover ed by the tenure of office act, ; they seem to have been unanimously opposed to such removals; for, when .the nomination of Mr. McGrow.to be Internal Revenue Col lector of i the .West , Virginia district, was reached. ' the point was made that tne in cumbent was an ex-Union soldier and ; that he had not served four years. It was argued that though . the omce had no nxed term. the principles of the tenure of offlce act were ' nevertheless applicable, and Re- nublicans . expressed themselves as lop nosed to E making a ..removal of the kind ' proposed upon -political grounds alone. - A motion was made to post- none- action until . after ; the. : pending nominations had been gone over, and upon a vea and nay vote was carried by a Btrict party vote. Several other ? nominations were temporarily laid aside upon the same ground, and wnen tne list naa oeen com pleted the subject was further discussed. There being no prospect of an agreement without a long"" debater it was decided to nostDone action until December.- " The Senate adjourned without electing a President vro tempore. irftj:.f,-lJ -k Dispatches from Philadelphia. Brooklyn, Boston and - Portsmouth," N. H., report great activity in the navy yards, preparato ry to the move for active service. Detach ments started to day from the Philadelphia, Boston and Portsmouth navy yards, i and from the naval station at Newport, R. L, to rendezvous at Brooklynwhence a draft of men will be sent to Aspinwall in Satur day's Pacific Mail steamer. . . , , i T .' WASHTSGTON, Apiil-; 3. The Sectetar Of the Treasury has appoi nted W. D. Brat ton, of North Carolina, and R. B. Wat- kins, of Conneticut; Assistant Surgeons in .the Marine Hospital service. : Orders have been issued by the Treasury Department-to -have ?the South Atlantic. quarantine stations at Sapolo Sound and the Gull quarantine : station at snip lsiana, nlaced in readiness for the summer season. - A statement prepared at the Treasury Departmen. based on latest rumors, has the excess of available assets over1 demand of liabilities of the government to be $16, 418.092. Accordingito this statement the net cash is $208,863,684 and the net liabili ties $189,945,572. This statement is pre pared under a new - form from which the fractional silver coin is omitted as an I asset and $100,000,000 reserve la treated as Ha-, bilities. ' " - .-'- - - - -"'! v The ComotroUer of the' Currency said today that -while-the failure of the Ex change National Bank of Norfolk, ; Va., is a. most t serious . one. the . Government ts amply protected, and will suffer no loss ; in consequence. W: f -. :?- f '. v;: ' a: The Secretary Of the "Navy lias received applications from nearly all the naval offi cers who are availably located, to be sent to AspinwalL -The Secretary says that if all who have applied were, permitted to go he would have more officers than men. He re ceived the following dispatch' from Com mander Kane, the of Galena, this morning:' hold two of the most prominent insurgents. who assisted in firing AspinwalL" , 'I do not think it la safe to deliver them to the Co lombian anthorities, who would permit their escape. Application has been made by the Pacific Mail Steamship- Co. and by the Panama Railroad Co., to the War Department, for ''r-.. i" i. ; -i-r i 'i .,'" ".'; i-r '. -.'-' r r s: ' .'' j 5 rf v " t either the loan or purchase of army hospital tents for the purpose of sheltering destitute people at Aspinwall.- it was decided that they could not be sold except at publieauc- tion, as required by law, but in considera tion of the probable destitute condition of American- citizens' at AspinwaTL the War Department has placed in the custody of the admiral oi tne neet tney being sent by the City of Para fifty hospital tents, to be used only in such case of existing destitution as would justify their employment for-the pro tection of Americans at that point. ' These are in addition to the tents needed for Che marines. , , ' . ; . i - Admiral Jouett telegraphs from New Or leans that he left that city with theTennes-' rJ&.-J.rhemsvthe' recentiv: appointed u. S. Minister to England, qualified ye8ter:: day, and was at ' the State Department to day receiving his credehtials. -'-"51 j " A. M.' Keiley, the new Minister to ltaiy. :v CJommaader.! BC Hv- McCaU "haa '. been or dered as commanding offlcer of the force lo be sent to AsoinwaUV ,'' '.," -'''" Assistant: Surgeon . Frederick N Ogden 1 has been detached from duty . on board the St Louis,' and Crdered to duty with a' d'e- tacnmentoi marines for Aspinwall. m ;i - juommoaora w. u. rruxton nas peen or. dered to command the navy yard at Nor- folkv and also, to perform . the duties" (pon?, nectea witn orioiKnaroor. i i . Commodore Wm. K. Mayo has .been' ue-. tached from command of the navy yard at JNortoiK .and placed on waiting orders.,: ljieut. JLi. a,. Mason , has been detached from duty in charge of the office of naval intelligence, and:, ordered to command : a field battery to be organized at New -York for service on the Isthmus of Panama. : The order relative to a detail of officers to go to Aspinwall will not gointo. effect unless information shall be received making it necessary to send an additional force to that place. , -T . " . , Tne total number or nononauons sent to the Senate by President Cleveland was 173, Of these, I59--were confirmed; 2. were re jected, and 12 were left : unacted upon by tne Benate. Tne name oi. Ueorge a. Mor gan, to be .First ,Meulnani;Third,TJ, 8.1 Cavalry should be added to the list already published of the. nominations which were not acted upon. With, una addition tne list will be: correct.; .The . nominations re jected were those of. James F. Simpson,, to be Captain Third.. Cavalry, and an , Arkan- BaB.posimaster, .5.,. ? vv,.ii-' i Owmg to the critical condition of Gen Grant, the President has postponed indefi nitely the general evening reception to the public which was to have been given next Tuesday. : , , "... , ; '. i .. Washington. AprD. 4. It is said to day that ex-Representative Talbott, of i Mary- lana, wui oe appointed solicitor of internal Kevenue, to succeed Judge Charles Chesley, resigned by request. i ! , :-' r. !-. , : ine delegates to the Methodist Protestant Conference, now in session ia Alexandria,' Y a., -visited the White House today in a body and paid their respects to the Presi dent, ' J ' ' j ' The statement that ' the nomination of Gen. Alexander R, Lawton. to be Minister to Russia,- was reported adversely by the Senate committee on Foreign Relations, which statement was' given out through official channels, seems to have been incor rect. - The committee, it is now saldsitn; ply reported the nomination back to the. Senate with the facts in the case but with out recommendation. Before reporting the nomination the committee privately- intimated to the Secretary of State its opinion that Gen. "Lawton, was sin- eligible," for the purpose of affording an opportunity for present attention of any opinions which the Administration, might entertain upon tne subject, or for the with drawal 01 the nomination ; the desire 01 the committee being to avoid the necessity of making an adverse report If possible. It can be said that the Republicans of the Benate were not alone In the opinion that if circumstances were as they understood them to be. Gen. Lawton was : not eligible to the office.- In the committee s intima tion to the Secretary of State, pains were taken to . say that no personal objections whatever-; ' were ? found u, to u General Lawton. By the course i taken by ; the committee and the Senate an opportunity was purposely left for the future removal of. General Lawton's disabilities, if any were found to exist, or for bis appointment during the recess of the Benate, it. upon investigation it should be found that he was eligible. 1 Had he been rejected by the Senate, he could not have been renominated to the position or appointed; during the re cess. - '-----.v The President to-day signed the commis sions of Thomas J. -Jarvis to be Minister to Brazil : Chas. W. Buck, to be Minister to Peru; Richard . B. Hubbard, ? to be Minister to Japan; A. M. ! Keiley,-' to be Minister to Italy; Wm. R. Roberts, to ' be Minister; to Chili; Rufus Magee, to be Minister Resident at Norway and Sweden: Geo. W. Merritt. to be Minister Resident at the Hawaiian Islands ; Isaac BeH. Jr.. to be Minister Resident at the Netherlands; Edward P. C. Lewis, to be Minister Resident and Consul General at Portugal; Edmund Juasen ' to be Consul General at Vienna ; " R B. Anderson, to be Minister Resident and Consul General at Denmark ;"Frederlck -Baine; to be Consul General at Berlin ; Thomas M. Waller, to be Consul General , at London; W m. Cald well, to be Collector of Customs at -'010- cinnatL t.;j; 7 ? tr J i. .-. 3&in The Comptroller of the Currency said to-day in speaking of atf atrs - of the sus pended Exchange National Bank of Nor folk. Va.. that there is a margin of about $50,000 in United States bonds deposited in the Treasury to ' secure : public moneys which may have been deposited with the bans, over and above the amount due ine government and disbursing agents, accord ing to the books of the back at the time of the suspension. ; - :-: t ,. - s"i ILLINOIS. - : ; Troablc . with; Striking Qnarrymen : In- Jollet An : Attempt to ' Blow TJp , tide Coart Houfci'j:. t "-. - IBy Telegraph to the Horning Star.l Joubt, April ' 4.- The owners of the quarries here at which the strike was inau gurated have brought men to fill the places of the strikers, and the ' Joliet Stone Com pany put a squad to work, in one: of their quarries this morntng. A large body 01 strikers approaching, three officers of the company attempted to stay their progress by -drawing , revolvers, but the strikers pressed by them without any shots being fired aud drove away the new men. War rants have been issued for the arrest of three or four of the strikers. ... - f " Chicago, April 4. A dispatch from Jo liet. Ills.: to the Journal, says: An infernal machine was found in the court house this morning. - The machine consisted of a box filled with a composition of giant powder and mtro glycerine. The fuse attacned had burned to the edge of the box.; The placing of the machine In the court . house is as cribed to striking nnarrvmen. but n'o evi dence implicating any' one has been discov ered. :v -:--'-'V--v '"(-.-:-,: VIRGINIA, 5 Report' of the Tobacco Association. 5 r f4 By Telegraph to the Morning star.l ' ; DANvriiLS,: April "kThe report of the Tobacco Association shows that the. sales of leaf tobacco for the last six months were 13.830.000" poundsT" "against 16.660.000 pounds for the same' period of the prece ding yean The Association renews the statement' made in October last' that the crop of 1884 was much -heavier, than that of 1883, and says thattthe shortness of sales for the last half of the year is due to the remarkable unfavorablenessor the winter for handling and marketing tobacco. : :-"D- - - , i ... -$ -si-idl-A. tf;iDENTRALMERiqAx- OfBelal Confirmation of Barrios ;T-' :''': rBy TelecraPh to the Homme Stai.1 '- J . ' ' WASHniaTON, April 4. The Minister of Costa Rica to-night received a cablegram, from Zohdavar, President or Ban Salvador, confirming the report ' that - Barrios, of Guatemala, ha,d beeu killed iq battle. rSpints .Turpentine. Rockingham Rocket: Died, in tbia vicinity, on the 1st, inst, of pneumo nia: Mrs. Elizabeth Hasty, wife of Mr. R. Hasty, aged about 24 years. - ; DvLrh&mXReperterh Bev. - W; S. - Davis, "of Warrenton; has been appointed . td fill the vacancy- made by the death of - Rev. B. C.d Phillips, and he will begin bis work at an early day, , 4 j.-j-'jS r' -.JVl ,C',Iesbjjteriani We learn. from a friend that there is conwderable re ligious interest' prevailing in ther church at Laurlnburg;' Rev. 'Dr." J. B, - Mack is as- . teen persons have united j with the church, and the interest continue, wi k- - , 1 Green vUTefJScior i'v On; last-"--. Saturday morniBg Jadge Gudger sentenced John and marker uaakinsconvieted of the . murder of Nixon Moore, to "be hanged on Fridays May" 8th7-: The counsel for the pri soners gave notice that: they would take an appealtoiliefiupremaCourL na! - , -5 Mi?- Rufus.Fitzjerald, :of Cas well county, N. C.n who died recently, waa 1 no as poor as suppoaea. -1 tiis" orouer. in looking oVeran'old bureau, found $4,600 in vapney oiu in one 01 ine arawers. mere were $300 in ' $20 gold pieces, and thev ' had been there so long that they had begun to rust. f loating ttem, - - "Washingtbii QazittePIATL C. I Cherry informs us that on Tuesday night, -the 24th ult hia, was mill situated on the -JameavUle & Washington Railroad, about . three miles from town, together with, 4,000 feet of; lumber, twas- completely destroyed by fire, it is thought to have been the "Work of an incendiary; loss between $800 and $l,0(Wjno.in8urance.;. ' ... Graham . Gleaner: . A mare be longing to Mr. John W: Fonville, near Big iraus,.:gave birth .to twin colts .last week. They were joined together, - They are both ' dead. Sucn 'occurrences are " very- rare. ' -.Mrs Catharine Holt, relict of the late Rev-.John R Holt, died at her home at Company- Shops on Wednesday evening, , March 25. ;- j -jtf - .-ifi, . ,New Orleans Times-Democrat; A number of prominent citizens called yes terday to pay their respects' to Gov. Scales and party, , who win remain in ine city lor some "days. A-, large -number of North . Carolinians have arrived, and are daily ar riving in the city, expecting to" participate . in the ceremonies of North uaronna nay, , which was fixed for Thursday, but has been postponed. ,t : -..- - Raleigh : News-Observer :., The little ehild of Mr. John W. "Unchurch, who was badly burned about ten days ago, and who was able to walk about shortly after wards, we regret to learn, is now unable to walk. - Rev. F. L. Reid, of the Chris tian Advocate, was called to Wentworth, N. C on' last evening; by a telegram stating that his' step-njother,. Mrs. N. F. Reid, widow of c'the" late 'ReyDr. N. F. Reid, -. Elizabeth City Economist : The fish hatchery, at Avcca, on Albemarle Sound Jhas hot been operated this season, which we regret. Our opinion is that it contributed very much to our" fish supply. Others think it did not and that it was a useless expenditure of money. Shad were certainly hatched out and turned lose alive. No doubt some '-died, and some were de voured by large fish; but an immense nam-. ber must have Survived. .: ; - J Of the 155" new 'doctors turned out last week by the Baltimore College of Physicians and Surgeons, were the follow ing graduated from North Carolina: J. B. H- Knight and A. A. Maynard, of Wake; R. A.,WhitakeTj of Jones ; .W. A. Thomp son, A. G; lerson,- w. T. l"ate, James a. Smith E.' 8.; Ash, J.' Lf, Coleman, J. S. Daniel, MtL, Hicks, Thomas R. Harding, F."A. Jones,- J.' B. Cduncil, Thomas C. Bullock, Thomas B.-Ashby, Edwin Ferre beei J..T. Nicholson, )L A: RoyaU, G. W. Southerland, -F.T. Moore,' P. R. Hardee, George D; Cope, W- B. Crisp, John P., Nicholson, ju. A. Mun,'. John W. Littleton, and others; -jt'-t'c'- -....-J s-x ?$. RaleighFTMtfcwv8 The Rev. Dr. Milburn, the blind man eloquent, is in the ' city, and is the guest ot nr. JSugene uris- som. - Although there nas oeen no of ficial -announcement, it seems to be decided that Gov. r Scales, on his 'return from New;. Orleans, will appomt CoL D.-.Worthington, of Martin county. Solicitor of the Third -Judicial District, and W. H. Hower, Esq., for the Tenth; District.' -r ?The following is taken fronj theTGreenvilleStfieetor of the 1st inst. : Telegrams' received at this mace Monday announced the nomination of our honored: and highly esteemed townsman, ex Governor T. J. : Jarvis, as Minister to ' Brazil.. He has declined the appointment. Fayetteville Sun: Mr. : Daniel McMillan, elder in the Bluff church, de parted to receive his reward on last Tues day. He was 84 years of age. - George . Douglas killed three large wild turkeys at one shot. - Mr. John Buie, one of the ; most prominent gentlemen in the county, is now very ill at his residence a few miles -west of Fayetteville. Capt J.' B Un derwood, of our town, who has already patented quite a number of inventions, has at last ''clapped the climax" by inventing an attachment to a common cylinder print ing press that will cause it to print one por tion .of a column black and another red or any colon -- Capt John T. Melvin, of Bladen county, ceased from toil and jour- . neyed to 'the other shore" on March 17th. Mrs. McArthur, mother of Mr. Sandy Mc Arthur of our County, departed this life on last Thursday "; . -,;; r--j, - j Charlotte Observer: Mr. John Calvin -Knox died, at: his home in Steel Creek township, -this county, on the 26th insWatthe age of twenty-eight years.: Mack Winchester, a 15 year old jon of T. McCombs Winchester, who lives near Mon roe, was kicked on the head by a mule, last Monday evening," and died within three hours afterwards", his skull - being badly fractured by the blow. The mortgage business is powerfully lively this - spring. During the-month ended yesterday,' 609 liens and mortgages were recorded with the register of deeds at the court house in this city. v? An - unpleasaptly large amount of an unpleasant business. Matthews, a small station on the Carolina Central Railroad, will sell this season 1.000 tons of guano, wmcn wiu cau ior oo,uuunext lau. The sales of fertilizers seem to be unusually -large everywhere this year;- . - Some ex oitement was created in the neighborhood of Mts- Holly yesterday afternoon over the news that: Mr. Workman Cherry; a citizen- of that place had been drowned in the Catawba river. Mr.. Cherry who was yet weak: aadf feeble from the ef fects of a .long alege or sicxneas lett nis home early yesterday morning for the banks of the Catawba; to indulge in the sport of fishing. ; Not returning at : the expected time his friends became alarmed and went in search of him. Where he had been fish ing they found his basket with several fish in it, and his , empty boat lay on the water by the batik. The surrounding circum stances indicate that Cherry's body is in the river. : The. people of Wades boro have been considerably , shocked over the brutal murder of an old colored man on the streets of that town night before last,: by an inebriated white man from Polkton named ; Diggs. The " murdered man was named Sandy Cash,- an old colored man who bad long been known in Wadesboro, and who was generally held in respect by his neigh bors. , Sandy was shot down on the streets of Wadesboro by Diggs and died instantly . The murder, from all; accounts was a cold blooded affair, being entirely unprovoked. Dlggs managed to get several extra drinks in Wadesboro. and then made his way to tthe premises of a lady whose husband was absent from home.' His antics alarmed the lady, and she called Sandy and asked him to get tne man out oi tne yard. oanay ap proached the man in a friendly manner, and persuaded.htm to take bis departure. The politeness of the old darkey evidently had a good effect noon Diggs. and the inebriate departed, onj good terms with Sandy, That .night Diggs met sanay on me street, ana -without ward drew his pistol and com mpnppH flrinir iinon tha defenseleaii da.rkfv. 8andy fell and expired instantly. '.Diggs was arrested and placed in jaiL -Washington dots; Major Gay and Mr. Joseph Tvia rn thfl chief nnntPBtunu tnr thn WiV- son postofflce, -Mr; George H. Grego ry, chairman, of the Democratic executive committee. In the Fifth District, will re ceive, the - appointment ; of postmaster at Greensboro., . The postofflce fight at Statesville is lively. The five aspirants are Messrs.! CL ' A. Carlton, W E. -Anderson. W. G. Lewis,. W. H. Morrison and J. K-Morrison.-' Strong influence is enlisted on each side of the contest for the postmas tership at Tarboro. Mrs. Gen. Pender has a fine- Backing, including one or more ot the older members, - .-r-. . ,c: -.