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-LAW AND TALK IN UTAH.
The news from Utah is that physio
administered under . the Edmunds
Kill' - w ' Ttttvinrr flAm a o r?t-tst nrwn tKa
M"rmfmS It iB said that prosecu
tion- for treason against the leaders
wisl h" begun. The ground taken
wi:l be the attitude of the Mormon
ci niiu aim me uiieiaui;t o ui vue
v a . l . . . f . t
iroh'tK of that concern, President
Joliii Taylor especially. Judge Zane,
in
recent , charge "Mo the
jury, went for the Mor
leaders : and urged the
to do their duty without
grand
mil
jurors
"malice, hatred or ill-will" and with
out "fear, favor or affection." The
interpretation placed upon the Ed
muiiils law ly Judge Zane appears
to h ve excited profound fears among
r.i . TL. J.l. T.L. V.V J J-
tf.lV ' "... I .--. . u. I . H . W .W. W J
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T 1 1 . 1 L" 1 I r 1 I U I ,u 3M I . . I I V ft SI
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nnr.nm. a uietuuuiHL DSDer. Ravi: -
"The interpretation that Judge Zane has
placed upon the jsdmunda law, now in
force, has produced wis result. In em
panelling bis juries, the test question he
imposed is not merely whether they ; are
not polygamic, but whether they believe
that polygamy is right, thus constituting
not only tbe-practice, but tne belief In
polygamy a disqualification. A large
number of indictments for polygamy and
Grand Jury, and among tbcm Angus Uaa
non. President of the Salt Lake Stake of
Zion This state, of affairs has produced a
panic among the polygmists, and they are
leaving tne territory in numbers.
Iu the mean time some of the
leaders are talking
threatening way..
John Taylor, has
in a somewhat
The President,
been indulging
talk that is violent and incendiaTy.
uc icickcu ui a icucuu tain, iu wo
it r 5 ..11. .u
Tabernacle to Federal authorities as
' "sneaks and tramps," accused them
gave uoiiue mat tnere, was a umiu io
this business of persecution" and
that forbearance would cease to be a
virtue. He exhorted his people "ta
treat the officers of the law as ser
pents and crocodiles," and that the
'Mormons would never give up-"the
ordinances of God," meaning their
polygamous and other practices alike
repugnant to the laws of God and the
interet-tH of society. ; Taylor said that
the Edmunds "law had been declared
cousiuutional, but it was "in viola
- tion of religious liberty and the rights
if American citizens." We suppose
.ne construes the "rights of American
citizcMih" to consist in violating the
laws of the country, defying public
. : ! j . " 3
ntfiu;ii:t-iii ; ami ouiragiu - ueceucy.
What has "religious liberty" to
do with having two, uve or a
dozen wives? In the beginning
even Mormonism did not counte
nance polygamy. . The lust of the
saints afterwards ingrafted the poly
gainous practices . upon :the tree of
their 6o-calIed religion. Taylor said
ne aid not countenance open vio
lence and bloodshed, but intimated
that the perpie would not obey the
Edmunds, law.
W e learn from the Advocate that
a Young Men's Democratic Club,
composed of Mormons,, has : been
formed in Salt Lake City, the object
.oi h men is ioT -"aniaeonize ; tne vwo
fundamental principles of Mormon
ism priesthood rule-: (or. the Union
of ftlmrofi fttii Rt.ot. anil AAlvaamv
and against tbeso it i bas entered a
strong protest. The leaders of this
movement are Professor Rawlins,
son of a polygamist, and Alfales
Young, son of Brigham Young." -
They will publish a daily paper.
When the fight begins among the
young men of the Mormons and the
battle cry is reform then there is hope
that after all polygamous practices
may be rooted out. W by sbould a
set of men ' calling themselves Mor
mons, under the plea of religious
liberty, practice polygamy and
openly violate the laws of the land?
So bitter are the old Mormons to
wards the United States Government
that the young are taught that " ours
is a persecuting Government and that
they are the people of the Lord,and un
der His special guardianship and pro
tection. George Q. Cannon, the poly
gamous delegate from Utah who was
wwtiu a seat in me u, D. xlOUse Ol
Representatives, edits a paper for the
' instruction of the children. As a
.' specimen . of the poetical pabulum
upon which the young Mormons are
fed we copy some lines . from a poem
cuuueu. .j. ne ijord God Omnipo-
4eigneth.'i The inspired singer,
as we suppose they would call him,
7.
VOL. XVI.
thus instructs
mind;
the young Mormon
'The day of 1 redemption so near is at
hand.
We can sing in despite of oppression; .
But never, to meet even a nation a de
. mand, .
Will we feign even fear or depression.
Proscribed, for opinion, in liberty's land, .
Face we bondase. misrule and disaster: .
Yet e'en onto death, by the truth may we
siana, -
And be led to our Lord and our. If aster.
Shall we barter our souls for a nation's ap
plause, :, - -
That denies us fair representation ?
Are we traitors T Kay, verily, last is oar
cause;
Twill survive e'en unjust legislation.
The faith of the Saints shall astonish the
world, i .
And nuzzle the wise to explain it: .
uosanna I hosanna ! Triun e nag is un
furled:
And the Lord God Omnipotent reign-
. eta."'
-.EVOLUTION.,.'
Rev. Dr. Woodrow, who.
was re-1
cently forced to resign his position
in the Preebyterian-Theelogical Sem
inary at Columbia,' S. C, because of
supposed heresy on the subject of
evolution of y man's n descent from
the monkey ,is to be put on trial soon.
His views are - not more advanced
than those of some of his brethren
and there are many divines in other
churches who have accepted Darwin-'
ism. If t Dr. Woodro w is i right in
his views he is not guilty of heresy.
But is he right? That question may
or may not be settled at his trial. If
the doctrine of evolution is true it
will have a great effect in under
mining the confidence of the common
people in the truth, of revelation.
Darwin himself 'was a positive scep
tic, and it will be a shock for the
theory of such a man' of science to
supplant the old Bible account as
explained by the Christian te ichers
and apologists' through the centuries.
The South, as -yet, is not a good
field for new-fangled ideas, for new
theologies and fine-spun theories. The
Southern people have never been ad
dicted to "isms" -'and "ologies" that
undermine society and sow the seeds
of doubt and infidelity. A teacher of
ne w ideas that really or seemingly an
tagonize the plain and simple teach
ings of the Word of God would do
well to seek New England, as Prof.
Toy, of the Baptist Church, did, for
there he will find j more receptive
minds and a wider field for his intel
lectual exploits as a destructive force.
We have no "doubt that Dr. Wood-
row is sincere. : lie has learning ana
ability,' and it is unfortunate that he
.was a teacher t whilst entertaining
views that are, to say the least, not
orthodox or clearly established. Many
of the ablest men of science do not
accept the Darwinian theory as estab
lished and some hold it to be false
and absurd. - i f :
It looks like war. Russia has be
gun her operations against Afghan
istan and England regajds this as a
declaration of war against her. We
have no doubt that Russia from the
first intended war; and all of her pa
cific talk was meant to gain time.
We do hope ' that ' England '. will
trounce her well, for the aggressive
movements on her part are really
without justification. Russia already
owns possessions that make her ter
ritorially vastly ! greater ; than the
United States, and she seems insa
tiate. She is trying to play the part
of modern Alexander. If India will
only remain loyal to the Empress
Victoria, Russia will have all that it
can attend to. Ireland will be apt
to revolt. England will have to ex
ert herself as she has not done in an
hundred vears. ! ' "
Among those to be dismissed from
tbe Inspection Bureau of the Postof-
fice Department is J. G. Hester, who
about 1869-70 made - himself quite
infamous in North Carolina by rea
son of his connection with the Holden
dynasty. He is a native of Gran
ville, and has had quite a career
During the wari he was a red-hot
Confederate; after the war a blazing
Democrat; and lastly a cantankerous
and unscrupulous Radical hounding
down the people' of his own State.
He has been cared for by the Gov
ernment for the last sixteen years,
and now he must get out and earn
an honest living.! f
-Mr. Richard Battle has declined
the Judgeship tendered him by Go
vernor Scales. . i The declinature of
such an office is so uncommon that it
is worth ' specially, noting. If there
is any one thing the soul of the Ame
rican citizen hankers after it is office.
Mr. Battle ; is a i gentleman of pure
character and good ability and would
have made an acceptable, upright
Judge. ' Some years ago our distin
guished townsman, Mr.' George Da
vis, declined a seat on the Supreme
Court Bench of the State, which he
would have adorned. - 1
uen. it. x. v ance has been ap
pointed Assistant Commissioner of
Patents. Gen. V. was, a candidate
for the first place, but failing gets
the second. He is a reliable, intelli
gent "man, and has already some
knowledge of the duties of his of
fice. He is the right kind of man for
a. Civil Service Reform AdminUtra-'
tion to appoint sober, honest, truth
ful, honorable, gentlemanly.
Lid
Dthb FOLireAExisTS APPEAL.;!
.lhe Mormons have just met in J
Conference. The extreme men the
polygamist element completely con
trolled. The result of the delibera-
tions is seen , in the issuing of a sort
of general epistle by President John
Taylor and exJDelegate Cannon, to
the Mormon Church. It is a loud
and vigorous protest against the ex
isting laws aimed at their polyga
mous practices. The purpose is to
keep the Mormons united whilst try
ing to manufacture some public sent
iment, if that be possible, in behalf
of a practice that is alike repugnant
to the Christian religion,' to decenoy",
to the safety of society and to the :
laws of the country. . It is simply
monstrous that any people should be
allowed to openly defy the laws of I
the country by practicing polygamy. I
The; Mormon elders complain both
!;th$ai3jj
manner oi exeonuon. it is cnargea
that it is impossible for a Mormon to
have a fair trial in the courts. It is
urged that both Judge and ; jury
are on : the same - side, and then
to justify their; course ; the -Mormons
go back nearly four thou
sand . years and point to practices
they say were j as t like their own. All
this is impudence run mad. Has there
been no progress in four thousand
years ? Are women - treated in the
United States as they were treated in
lands where Christianity had never
penetrated ? Is the slavery of the
Romans, of the Egyptians, of the na
tions of other times and countries to
be perpetuated in the United States ?
Would an appeal to such examples be
regarded as sufficient authority for a
defence of chattel slavery? The Mor
mon elders are not living in Arabia or
Syria four thousand years ago. They
are in the nineteenth century of the
Christian Era and in free America,
and, they must conform to the cus
toms, usages, principles and laws of
the country.
rre8ident Cleveland gave out a
distinct note of antagonism when he
delivered his inaugural - address. A
Mormon Commission has visited him
and Secretary Lamar, but they will
find in the son of a' revered ' Presby
terian minister and in ' a fervent
Methodist no friends to vile poly
gamous practices indulged openly in
the name of religion and with an . ap
peal to Abraham- for justification.
The descendants of Abraham in the
United States have' but one wife.
The only plea the polygamists can
make that the President can listen to
is that which concerns the fairness of
the Courts. Even a polygamist when
on trial is entitled to a fair and ' pa
tient trial, if tbere nave been any
abuses the President may look to ap
plying a correction.
The Washington Post places the
matter of tbe Mormon appeal in a
clear light when it says with force:
'But President Taylor is a man of too
much intelligence and sense not to know
that polygamy or plural marriage, which
he describes as 'a contract ol tbe most
sacred character: being V for time : and
eternity,' is not one of the contracts the
sacreunesa ot wnich is protected by tne
Constitution. ;? '
To argue that the establishment of poly
gamy as one of the cardinal tenets or prac
tices of a religious organization because not
expressly inhibited by the Constitution of
the United estates is therefore a 'power re
served to tne people ot tne territories, is al
most too absurd to be even sophistical.
"Tbere is but one issue involved in : the
whole question. It is not whether poly
gamy is a constitutional contract, - but
wnetner polygamy, being an institution
wbicn no civilized government can con
sistently or , with honor recognize, can
fortify itself against the legislative enact
ments of tbe Government under the alleged
sanctity and superior authority of the Mor
mon unurcn corporation.
)
AN
EMINENT CAROLINIAN'S BE-
j COLLECTIONS.
We notice that Gen. Clingman is
credited with saying that William
C. Preston was the greatest orator he
had ever heard with the exception of
Henry .Clay. We remember ; quite-
distinctly that in 1875, Gen. Cling
man tol the writer, in response to a
direct inquiry, that PrestOn was the
greatest orator : he had ever heard,
and that George McDuffie once told
him the same thing! W asked him
if Preston was greater than S. S.
Prentiss; His reply was an emphatic
yes. He then gave us a description
of the two, and showed wherein the
South Carolinian surpassed Pientiss.
He said that Mr. Clay was the great
est party leader he had ever known.
That his power over men. was most
astonishing. He told of how he con
trolled the masses and the enthusiasm
his presence excited. . Not long be
fore the Whig Convention' assembled
that' was to nominate a candidate for
the Presidency, when Gen. Scott was
chosen, there was a great gathering in
one of the theatres in Washington for
some purpose we do not now recall.'
Gen. Clingman said that when Mr.
Webster, who was a candidate for the
nomination, entered there was a de
monstration of applause in many
parts of the building. A little after
this Gen. Scott's tall, imposing form
was seen to enter,, and as he marched
down the aisle a loud clapping - of
hands was heard and the demonstra
tion was unmistakably lively from his
admirers. But it was only when
"Harry of the West, who was not a
candidate, entered that the house
rang with the loudest applause
WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1885.
and the whole very lare assembly
joined in. J -
Gen. Clingman said ta us that of
all the men he had known id pulslio
Hf Mr. WArRter
He said as he got away farther and
farther from him his grand intellect
ual proportions became still more co
lossal, and that this was not the case
with any other man' he had known.
He spoke also of Calhoun, McDuffie,
and others. ' " -
"When Gen. - Clingman is in . J.he
right mood he'is" a highly entertain
insr comnanion. ' His .talks about
what heBaw in Europe and hisTem-
inisoenoes of the great men of the
past are full of interest. . He is him
self one of the most gifted of-North'
Carolinians within the last fifty years,
during all of which time he has been
a prominent figure in our ptate noli-
ics. lie is not an orator, - but be is
an interesting nd vigorous debater
and lectures with nf "ongraalifjT of .
thought but rarely equalled.
Here is the latest concerning the
murder of Miss Madison. Damaging
discoveries are claimed bv detectives
who are working up the caseA Rich
mond special of the 9th says: :
"They claim to have discovered in the
cast twentv-f our hours evidence of the
highest importance. Since this information
has come in tneir possession tne omcers ex
press confidence in their ability to convict
Thomas J. Cluverius of Miss Madison a
murder. They decline most positively.
however, to indicate the character of. this
recently "discovered testimony. An v old
man arrested in King and Queen county
vestcrdav. who was suspected of being the
old man who was present in the parlor of
the American Hotel on the - night of the
murder while Miss Madisou and Cluverius
were in the room, was brought to the city
to-day. The porter declared he was not the
man, and he was discharged. '
Excitement on tne Wharf. .
Deputy Sheriff Holmes, colored,. was
sent to levy on the goods of a party going
off on one of the Fayetteville boats yester
day afternoon. , The goods were already on
the boat, and the deputy had them put on
a dray to be carried to the Sheriff's office.
Some parlies on the boat sought to inter
fere with the process of the law and pre
vent the goods being carried off, and quite
a scrimmage ensued, daring which the
Sheriff's officer admitted that he received
two or three bad knocks, and
finally, in defending himself, returned one
or more of them with interest. He also Bays
that one man drew a knife on him. The
disturbance was finally quieted down, how
ever, and the deputy departed in triumph
with the captured goods. A" crowd of two
or three hundred persons had collected in
the meantime to see' the fun, as excite
ments are so unusual in Wilmington that a
very small one will gather a regiment of
idlers at the shortest possible notice.
Jury oflnqneat.
'The iury of inquest in the case of the ex
plosion of the steamer Wave, and the conse
quent loss of life, continued in session
from 13 o'clock yesterday until nearly
dark, and then took a recess until this
morning at 10.80 o'clock. The material
points in the evidence are taken down by
the secretary, Mr.' C. 8. Love, and each
witness, upon the conclusion of his testi
mony, subscribes his name to the written
evidence, after it has been read to him.
This accounts for the length of time taken
in examining the witnesses. The legal
gentlemen in attendance upon the sittings
are CoL B. R. Moore, Solicitor of the Crim
inal Court, and Mr. Frank H. Darby.
BIcFlan.
A large fish, of the species known as
striped bass, was caught out of Smith's
Creek by a colored boy yesterday with a
hook and line. It weighed about twenty-
five or thirty pounds and measured about
thirty inches in length. .The boy says he
caught a larger one than that last week.
Two boys went through the streets yes
terday afternoon with a huge rock fish
dangling from a pole between them, for
which they wanted $1.75. It was a fine
fish, weighing about thirty pounds.
Tbe cue of the Explosion . of the
Steamer
The jury of inquest in the case of the
Wave finished taking testimony yesterday
and adjourned from the. City Hall to the
County Commissioners' room in the Court
House, - to enter upon their deliberations
preparatory to returning a verdict. It was
understood that a verdict was found after
nightfall, but as the jurymen "observed
strict reticence," and the coroner could
not be "foiind," the reporter was unable
to obtain it. - j
HI Movements. - 'I'". .
We now learn that Rev. Dr. Wilson
stops at Columbia about a week, where he
was to meet Mrs. W. He then goes to New
Orleans, where he will remain for awhile,
and then proceed to the meeting of the Gen
eral Assembly at Houston. Texas, which
convenes in May. Not until some time in
September will he enter upon his duties in
the Southwestern University at darks-
ville.
A Handsome Bonq.net.
We saw a very handsome bouquet yester
day. It was composed of twelve large
Myrtle drove oysters in a cluster, all at
tached together, and came from the garden
of Geo. E. Green. What grand possibili
ties are open to those who will undertake
pn a large scale the business of oyster culti
vation on our coast,
Fire anA Narrow Escape at Smith ville.
A dwelling house at Smithville, the prop
erty of Mr. Bryant Morse, and occupied by
a Mr. Lewis and her daughter, was de
stroyed by fire on Thursday nignt, and tne
inmates narrowry escapeo who iubu uvea,
being rescued by Mr. Jeff. Piver, who
burst eoen a door for that purpose. Loss
about 500.
Track Farming.
As an indication of the extent of the
business of truck farming in the neighbor
hood of Faison's Depot, Duplin county, on
the W. W. K. R., we are informed that
four hundred bushels of snap beans seed
ham heen delivered at that deoot for plant
ing the ' present season: and it is further
stated that these seed cost (4 per bushel.
. The annual meeting of the Caro
lina Central Railroad Company will be held
at the office of the Company, in this city,
on the 7th day of March, at ll o'clock.
WA. SUING TUZT.
The Monument struck Three Times
Jr Lightning Advices from Panama
The Nlearagaaa War Barrios Cei
talnly Dead Ait Alliance Between
Mexico and San Salvador A Beeelver
Appointed for the Exchange Bank
of Norfolk,
Washington, April 9. While a heavy
storm was passing over the city late yester
day aiternoon, tbe Washington monument
was struck three times by lightning without
causing tne least damaget uoi. uasey ex
amined the aluminum tip this morning
with a powerful telescope and found it as
snarp and bright as when it was placed on
its summit some months since.
Cant. Norton, commanding the Shenan
doah, informs the Navy Department that
he has landed about 150 men in Panama,
for the protection of . American interests.
Secretary Whitney replied to him: "Tour
duty is confined to protecting the Railway
and Bteamsbip Company s property and
the lives and property of American citizens,
and so far as your force permits, to keep
the transit open. In conflicts between local
forces you must not participate nor show
(avor or disfavor to either."..
Secretary Whitnev to-dav' received the
following message from Commander Kane,
at Aspinwall : , "The Alliance bas lust ar
rived. The situation is unchanged. The
Colon (Pacific mail steamer) sails, to-night.'
secretary Whitney also, received the
following dispatch from Commander .Ma-,
bon, of the Wachusett dated- La Liberlad,
Han Salvador : "Have been here two days,
trying to communicate with Minister Hall.
The telegraph line between San Salvador
and Guatemala is broken. Zoldivar sent my
message by courier to the nearest Guate-
maian buiuod, out no answer nas oeen re
ceived. . 1 intended to leave at noon for
San Jose, Guatemala, but will wait your
reply. I can cable only from La Libertad.
I have difficulty in getting coal. Tried
Corinto; there is none between Panama and
Acapulco except belonging to the Ranger at
La Union. I took some from the Ranger
against Clark's protest, but have none to
spare for running about. San Salvador is
quiet. : Uamos. is certainly dead. Tbe
Nicaraguan troops, entered : Honduras,
routing the enemy, who retreated in disor
der towards Guatemala. A telegram from
Zoldivar to the authorities here says that
Mexico will make a formal alliance with
San Salvador. I expect this will end the
trouble without another shot. Probably
both armies' will march on' Guatemala
City."
Lieut. -Col. James J.Dana.oi the Quarter
master's Department, was placed on the re
tired list of the army to day. His retire
ment promotes Msj. Chas. A. Reynolds to
be Lieutenant Colonel . and Capt. G. C.
Smith to be Major, and creates a vacancy
in the grade of Assistant Quartermaster
with the rank of Captain. A large num
ber of applications for the position have
been filed. The office can be filled from
the army or from civil life, and much
anxiety is evinced by army officials to know
the policy of. the President in relation to
filling positions in the army from civil life.
M. ireralta, Uosla mean minister, to day
received tbe following cablegram from the
President of Salvador: . .- :
"Santa Anna. April 9. 1885. We con
firm a complete victory at Chalchuaha, the
death of President Barrios and of his son,
Don Venancio. - . k
(Signed) " Zoldivab,"
The Comptroller of the Currency to-day
appointed wm. 11. deters to be receiver
for the Exchange National, Bank of Nor
folk, and T. F. Garnett. Jr.. to be attorney
for the receiver. Both appointees are resi
dents of Norfolk.
SenorBecra, Minister from the United
States of Colombia to this Government,
has - received an official despatch from his
Government, dated Bogota, the 8th insL,
in which it is stated . that tranquility pre
vails throughout the Republic, except at.
Manama, oabanuia and DantaJuarta. wmcn
it says are in the hands of the rebels. The
dispatch also states that the Government is
organizing in the State of Cauca, which
adjoins Panama, an expedition of 1,500
troops which will be sent to Panama as
soon as possible, to suppress the revolt in
that state. - .
Washington, April - 10. Secretary
Whitney to-day received the following tele
gram from Commander Kane, of the Galena :
"Our lorces are now guarding both ends oi
the transit. Relief trains are running, but
much uneasiness still exists. The news
from Carthagena to-day reports no change
in the situation. The arrival ot the bwa-
tara at Aspin wall is reported." '
The state Department is informed that
telegraphic communication between Colom
bia and tbe United States, which has been
interrupted for the past three months, has
been reopened. . ';-;;v !-"'
The Navy Department has directed Com
mandant Mayo of the Norfolk Navy Yard
to restore Commander Terry to command
of the Portsmouth. The latter was re
cently suspended on the charge of not
promptly obeying orders. Upon an in-
' vestigation by the Department ltwas found
that a misunderstanding existed between
the two officials over the Commandant's
order, and the suspended officer was ordered
to be restored. ; . -
The Secretary of the Navy Juts issned an
order requiring all clerks In the JXavy De
partment to remain on duty until 5 o'clock
daily, when the work assigned them each
day is not not completed by 4 o cioca. c
The President to-day appointed Robert
B. Vance, of a. C. Assistant Commission
er of Patents, vice R. G.- Dyrenforth, re
signed, and W. js. Mcljean, of Terre Haute,
Ind., first .deputy Commissioner of Pen
sions, vice Calvin B. Walker, resigned.
The latter appointment takes effect April
16th. . - .:,rHv:;,V'-r:,:,:-
To reduce the expenses of the Inspection
Bureau of the Fostomce Department with
in the limits of the appropriation, the Post
master General to day- requested -the resig
nations of fourteen inspectors, as zouows
Chas. Adams, of CoL; Fred. De Toverimer,
Tenn. ; J. H. Livingston, H. C. ; J. J. Ha-
mea. O.t tOeo. W.- Sorter, ills.: w, W.
Patterson, Ky.: T. R. McPherson. Ind.: F.
S. Bedell, Ind.: W. D. Wickersham, Ala.;
Chas. Fields. Mass.: J. G. Hester, a. v.
J. J. Murphey, Or. ; Benj. . Simpson. Ala. ;
E. O. Stevens, Me. - Except in the case of
Inspector Adams, who will be dropped
from the rolls on the 15th inst., the resig
nations will take effect on April 80th.
The Chief inspector - of : the I'ostomce
Department today received a dispatch
stating that the postoffice at Water Valley,
Miss., has been entered by burglars last
night and robbed of (250.,
A delegation of Virginians, headed by
Representative Barbour, called upon , the
Postmaster General to-day to urge the ap
pointment of Maj. Gilman to be postmaster
at Richmond, vt.
Washington, April 11. It is stated on
the authority of a naval officer that the
Russian Minister to the United States has
endeavored to secure the service of a naval
officer here in purchasing a number of
small vessels, used between San Francisco
and the Sandwich Islands in transporting
sugar. - The vessels are to be used the
officer says, iff preying upon English com
merce in . Japanese and Indian waters,
should -war be declared between Russia
and England.
. The following is a preliminary statement
of resources and liabilities of the Exchange
National Bank of Norfolk Va., compiled
from the examiners report: .- -
" Resources bills receivable, $2,550,172;
over drafts. 150,214: U. S. bonds to secure
circulation and deposits. $275,000: U. 8.
bonds on hand, 8,050; miscellaneous stocks
and ) bonds. $755,230: due ' from other
banks. $53,288: banking: house and other
real estate. 871.873: expenses, taxes and in
terest Mid. t S29.881: redemption fund.
$4,500; cash and cash items, $175,814.
Total $4,068,522. The premium on U.
8. bonds will add about $55,000 to the re
sources. . ' " - - - .
Liabilities capital, surplus and undivi
ded earnings. (604.970: circulation $90,000
individual deposits $2,743,548; due other
banks. $210.291 : due Treasurer United
States and United States disbursing officers.
202.718r bills payable. $100,000: redis-
nmintal naner. 117.000 Total 4.068.
522. Circulation and United States deposits
are fully protected by the deposit of United
States bonds with . the Treasurer of the
United States. ,
Comptroller Cameron makes the follow
ing statement in regard to the examiner's
report: There will be without doubt a se
rious loss on the indebtedness of Bain &
Bro and also upon certain securities which
have been turned over to the Exchange
National Bank by this firm. Serious loss
will also result from the indebtedness of
other large borrowers, including President
Whitehead and Geo. M. Bain, Jr., cashier.
It is impossible at present to predict what
the outcome will be, so far as creditors of
the 1 bank are concerned, but there must
inevitably be a large proportionate loss.
Bills receivable and miscellaneous stocks
and bonds respectively include a large
amount of paper and securities which are
of purely local character, and hence, in
view of the depressed condition; of affairs '
in Norfolk and vicinity, muBt be regarded
as of doubtful value.
The Star savs the Alabama delegation
has decided to ask for the following ap
pointments: Willis G. Clark, Collector of
the port of Mobile: John D. Burnett. Dis
trict Attorney i for the Southern District;
w m. ll. Denson, District Attorney for the
Middle and Northern Districts; A. H. Kel
ler, for Marshal of the Northern . District;
W. W. Allen, for Marshal of the Middle
and Southern Districts: John G. Harris, for
Register of the Land Office at Montgomery ;
air. Jordan, oi buuock, county, for .Re
ceiver of Public Money in the Land Office
at Montgomery ; Frank Coleman, for Regis
ter- oi ine Liana umce at uuntsvuie; J.
Street for Receiver of Public Money at
HuDtsville: Mr. Bookar, of Greensboro, for
vouector oi internal revenue. ; ": ;
4, NEW YORK. IS -T:Z
An Advance in. Stock on : the An
nouncement that England- would
Probably Declare War Before Hlon-
j - (By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
New York, April ll.-itThe stock market
continues subject chiefly to European war
news. -At the opening this morning prices
were firm and in some cases io higher
than last evening. There was a manifest
disposition on the part of the shorts in
Grangers and Vanderbilts to cover. ' There
are rumors that It new short combination
has been formed in Grangers. The market
continued strong but only fairly active,
until the announcement was made near the
middle of 'the day that England would
probably declare war before Monday, when
an active buying; movement set in, accom
panied by a ; further advance in prices
which continued until about 2 o clock. In
the last hour the market was firmly held,
but made no further gains and finally closed
strong near the best prices of the day. To
tal sales 246,000 shares.
TENNESSEE.
Decision In anEJeement Salt Against
I L the W. St A.B. B. Co.
Chattanooga, Aprill 11. In the U. 8.
District Court to-day, Judge D. M. Key
presiding, a negro who was ejected from
the first class car on the Western & Atlan
tic Railroad by two passengers, he having
ignored the request of the conductor to go
into another car, recovered' judgment
against the road for $217. The Judge in
his charge said the road was compelled to
furnish as good cars for colored people as
for other firstr class passengers, and that a
special car for negroes would be as exchu
sive as that for first class white passengers.
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
The Presbyterians of Border-
town; N. J., have commenced a crusade
against the roller skating rink just opened
there. t :::r .y; ;. ;
The Rev. Dr. Cross, after six
months' labor at the. Protestant Episcopal
Church of the Heavenly rest in New York,
has broken down physically, and has gone
to Europe to recuperate. "
' An Episcopal minister at Co-
lumbo has embraced Buddhism. Let him
provide quarters for the reception by his
side of Henry Ward Beecher if the latter
lives long enough for the full "evolution"
of his heretical tenderness. index.
God respecteth not the arithme
tic of our prayers, how many they are; nor
the rhetoric of our prayees, how neat they
are; nor thegeometry of of our prayers,
bow melodious they are; but the divinity of
our prayers, how heart sprung they are.
John Trdbb. . : v - ;
Mrs. C. H. McCormick and C.
H. McCormick, Jr., representing the estate
of C. EL McCormick, have made a further
donation to the Presbyterian Theological
Seminary of Chicago of $100,000. Alto
gether the seminary has now received about
$5UU,uuo from the McUormlck family.
"A Presbyterian minister, in a
letter in the Herald and Presbyter, of Cin
cinnati, Btates that in the State of Indiana
there are 308 churches and 185 ministers;
that of these ministers only 125 are in ac
tive service, and live among their people,
leaving 184 churches dependent on laymen
to conduct their social services."
A lady who recently left Bos
ton, Mass., to labor in India, writes to her
friends as follows: "I am convinced of
the way to reach India preaching and pub
lishing. It needs men to travel through the
country, preaching to the men, and women
following after, preaching to the women in
the zenanas, while translators and printers
and publishers flood the land with Chris
tian literature. The gospel nothing more.
nothing less is wanted." f " ' r
-Dr. McDonald. . nastor of the
Second Baptist Church, Atlanta, says : "I
am not sufficiently acquainted with all the
forms of the modern dance to discriminate
among them, but this much I have ob
served, that dancing has never proved itself
to be the friend of any man or woman who
seriously intends to lead the Christian life. !
I have seen numbers of persons that I
thought were injured- by their, dancing
habits.
The Bible acts like aji all-penetrat
ing and all-transforming leaven upon every
faculty of the mind and every emotion of
the heart. It enriches the memory; it ele
vates the reason; it enlivens the imagina
tion; it directs the judgment; it moves the
affections; it controls the - passions; it
quickens the conscience; it strengthens the
will; it kindles the -sacred flame of faith,
hope, and charity; it purifies, ennobles,
sanctifies the whole man, and brings him
into living union with God. It cannot
only enlighten, reform and , improve, but
regenerate ana create anew, ana produce
effects which lie far beyond the power of
human genius. It bas light for the blind,
strength for the weak, food for the hungry,
and drink for the thirsty: it has a counsel
in precept or example for every relation in
life, a comfort for every sorrow, a balm
for every wound. Uf all the books in the
world, the Bible is the only one of which
we never tare, but wmcn we admire ana
love more and more in ' proportion as we
use it. Like the diamond, it casts its lustre
in every direction; like . a torch, the more
It is shaken, tbe more it snines; liae a Deal
ing herb, the harder it is pressed, tbe
sweeter, is its fragrance. Rev. Dr. H. T.
Hudson in Raleigh Advocate.
That best portion of a good man's life, -
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love. '
v -' Wordsieorth.
Charlotte Observer: It is given
out on the streets that Col. Wm. Johnston .
will run for Mayor. Mr. Maxwell and Mr. -
Vail are both in the field. "What
luck have you had lately?" asked an Ob-
reporter yesterday of a railroad
drummer who had just come in from s tour
of the country- 'Rather poor," was his
reply. --The fact la we nave about gone
over all the ground hereabouts, and raked
up every -darkey , that we could find who
had an inclination to go West, and could
raise enough money to pay for his ticket.
That last lot of one hundred wmcn went
through here last Tuesday, exhausted the
crop of Arkansas fever victims. - There are
Btill a few darkies down the C. C. Railroad
who want to go West, but they haven't
any money to start on, and have nothing
which they can sell off to. raise the money.
NO.-25
VIRGINIA.;..
Another Norfolk Bank Close If Doors
and make an Assignment.
Norfolk, April 9. The Farmers' Bank
of this city did not open at the usual hour
this morning.. A notice was posted on the
doors, stating that the bank had made an
assignment to Walter F. Irvine, for the
benefit of its creditors.- The bank was
seriously affected last spring by -the failure
of H. C. Hardy & Son. of 10 Wall street,
N. Y., but was enabled to tide over that
emergency by assistance from the Exchange
National Bank, of this city, which sus
pended a week ago. ;" The coadition of the
bank's affairs will not be ascertained until
late hi the day. . i . ;
Norfolk,' April 9. Officers of the sus
pended Farmers' Bank make the following
statement? The Farmers' Bank having suf
fered by recent financial disasters and
deeming it best for the interest of all con
cerned to suspend, made an assignment to
day to w alter jr. ltvine. trustee,: for the
benefit of creditors, as follows: First,
expenses attending the making of deed, etc. ;
second, all depositors whose credit balances
on the evening of April 8th exceeded their
balance at the close of business on April 1st,
to the amount of such excess, provided
such depositors be not indebted to the bank ;
uuru, ceruuea cnecKS ana arans on cor
respondents now outstanding. except in such
certified checks as may be held by the Ex
change National Bank of r this city, which
said bank is indebted ; to Farmers' Bank in
a sum largely in excess of such certified
checks: fourth, depositors ratablv. .
-JIhe feeling in this city, Portsmouth,and
ine enure section tributary vr om of deep
expression. x ae suspension oi tne - .ex
change National Bank, the largest institu
tion: of; the kind in .the State, and the
failure of Bain & Bro.,' bankers, of Ports
mouth, was the greatest' financial shock
Norfolk! has ever received. Business is
panicky. Bank officers are disposed to
take a gloomy view of the situation, and
are straining every nerve to restore quiet
and confidence. . Runs are impossible, as
the banks are only paying checks Of $50
except for important business purposes.
. ' Nobfolk,' April 9. A - fire - In Berkley
this morning destroyed the house of an old
colored j woman named - Mary Jones, and
when the ruins were cleared away the
charred ; remains of herself and son were
found, lying dose together. The fire is
supposed to have started accidentally. -
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The
Salaries ' of BaUroad
Commie-
y- ' :-- va'onera.;, -y.
Columbia, April 9. The . railroad law
of South Carolina provides that the salaries
of Railroad Commissioners shall be paid by
the'railroad8, according to their gross in
comes. The Columbia & Greenville Rail
road Co. was assessed under the law $1,065,
which amount was paid into the Treasury
of Richland county under protest. The
Railroad Company then instituted a suit
to recover the amount, and the case was
heard in the Court of Common Pleas yes
terday.! The plaintiff held that the assess
ment was a tax and a double and unusual
one, and'therefore unconstitutional. The
State maintained that it was in the nature
of a license and therefore legal.
Judge ! Witherspoon . charged the jury
that the assessment was a tax and
not a license, and that it .was inequable and
unconstitutional, and' instructed- them to
find for the plaintiff, which they did. The
State will appeal to the Supreme Court.
A murderer Executed In Charleston,
i Chabxeston; April 10. Richard Frazer
was hanged here to-day for tbe murder of
Jack Gethers(both colored), in July last.
Jfrazer confessed his came and died with
out a murmur.
i CROpmREPORTS.
Winter Wheat A Greatly Decreased
Area Seeded A Large Seduction In
J - Yield Indicated. - v
Washington, April 10. Returns of
April to the Department of Agriculture in
dicate a reduction of over ten per cent, of
last year's area in winter wheat. The ag
gregate shortage amounts to three million
acres., j A ; decrease is reported in every
State except Oregon. It is 22 per cent, in
Kansas and Virginia; 20 in Mississippi; 15
in California; 14 in Alabama; 13 in Ten
nessee, Illinois and Missouri: 11 in New
York and North Carolina: 10 In Maryland
and Texas; 8 in New Jersey, West Vir
ginia, Kentucky and Indiana; 7 in Georgia
and Ohio; 6 in Pennsylvania and Dela
ware; 5 in Michigan; 3 in Arkansas, and 2
in South Carolina. The present condition
of wheat as reported is worse than in 1883.
It is 77 per cent, against 96 last year and 80
in 1882. In 1881, the year of the lowest re
cent rate of yield, the condition on April
1st ' was .85, and ' serious loss was
sustained afterwards. The real status
of- the crop will i be belter'; shown
a month hence, when the vitality
of the roots has been demonstrated and the
character of the spring determined. On tbe
present showing the reduction of the yield,
on the basis of last year's production, pro
mises to be nearly forty million bushels on
account of reduced area, and more than
sixty million from winter killing and low
vitality, Whether the crop will exceed
four hundred million bushels or fall short
of it depends ; upon ; tbe reliability of
present appearances and on future condi
tions affecting the growth and ripening.
The soil was in bad condition at the time
of seeding, on the Atlantic, coast, from
New Jersey to Georgia, and in ; West Vir
ginia and Tennessee. It was better in the
Southwest and in Missouri, Illinois and
Michigan. In the Ohio Valley it is hardly
in a medium condition. The damage by
the Hessian fly was not severe, though
worse in Indiana, llmois, Missouri and
Kansas, where injuries have occurred in
three-tenths of the reported territory. 4
The acreage of rye has been decreased in
about the same proportion as wheat, but
the condition of the crop is decidedly bet
ter, the average being 87 per cent. -
VIRGINIA.
A ' Pessenger . Coach Wrecked In a
Collision on the Richmond &
Petersburg Railroad llhl -
Pbtkbsbubg, ? April 10. The south
bound freight train on the Richmond &
Petersburg division of, the Atlantic Coast
Line wasjun into to-day by a locomotive at
tached to a pay car, which was following
the freight train. The collision occurred
at Pocahontas, across the river from this
city. A passenger coach attached to the
freight train was badly wrecked. None of
the passengers were injured. The locomo
tive of the pay car was also damaged.
MANITOBA.
Eight Whites killed at Frog Lake
hy the Indians Battleford Sur-
: rounded fey ' One Thousand of the
Red Skins. -
Winnipeg, -April 10. The telegraph
wire between here and Battleford is appa
rently on the ground, and when the latter Is
frozen a weak current ia- established. By
this means word was sent from Battleford
last bight that the Indians at Frog Lake
killed eight whites. These were J.J. Ju
rim; Indian agent, John Delaney, farm in
structor, Mr. Gowandock and wife, Rev.
Father Toffard, and Rev. Father LeMarch
and, and two other men, names unknown.
Mr. Delany is;a prisoner W. Jurrin,
nephew of the Indian agent, escaped from
tbe Indians, and made his way to Battle
ford on Wednesday, tie reports me late
of 'the Hudson - Bay Company's agent;
Cameron, as unknown. :
'- Frog Lake is about 120 miles northwest
of Battleford, and 30 from Fort Pitt. The
reserves there are occupied by bands of
Crees, under Chiefs -Weemistico, Scahwo
sis,Onepowhoy and Pnokeahkewm. " They
number over two hundred, Battleford is
surrounded by one thousand Indiana, but
no attack has been made on the barracks.
Indian agent Roe Aas not been killed, as
reported. 1
-' Mrs. Grant is reported as saying
that the happiest period of her life was
when the General was living at Galena on
a salary of $40 a month. -- - . ,
State Gleanings.
Oxford Orphan's Friend: Miss
Clara, daughter of Mr. Howard Dorsey,
died at the residence of her father last Mon
day nighty aged 16 years..:; ;
: Greenville 'Reflector;' On Sun-
day night of last week a three-year old son
.of Mr. John S. Harris, chairman of tha
Board of County Commissioners, narrowly
escaped being burned to death. The little
fellow wept into a room adjoining that oC
his father, in which was his brother, about
ten years old, and by" some means bis
clothing caught fire. ; His brother seeing:
the fire called -for assistance. The child,
was painfully burned on the back and legs,
but will recovert ',jI,!m z
High Point Enterpriser: Early,
.yesterday (Thursday) morning a distressing
accident occurred at a saw mill a few miles
from Trinity College in Randolph county.
The mill was the property of Mr. N. O.
JarrelL of this place. The saw had been,
running only a short while yesterday when
the boiler exploded instantly killing "John,
Newby and mangling John Hill far -such .
manner that it is thought impossible . for"
him to live-all the top of Newby 's akuU watt
blown off.. They. were both white men:,
and were industrious and respectable. Tha
explosion was caused by the ; boiler becom
ing empty, .:sv IXt'- rritw s-S
. V Xumbertoni Robesonian; Fay
etteville Presbytery convened at Smyrna
Church, in Richmond county on Mondayj
of last week, and was. we are informed. :
well attended, all the ministers save one be-- -ing
present The Presbytery . declined bjr,
a vote of 15 to 17 to strike out the prohibi
tion against wedding a deceased wife's sis
ter. - The next session will be held at Ben
Salem Church, in Moore county.'. , Dr. Mc
Nair, minister, and Mr. McGelvary, elder, -are
delegates to the General Assembly,: at
Austin, Tex.-, ' with ; minister, and
Capt. Wm. Black, elder, alternates. ' With -a
large crowd in attendance, Sunday, Dr.
Hill preached in the church and Rev. D, D.
McBryde, at the stand. ; 4; : - ' . -
- AsHBvnxs, - April 7. The
coroner's inquest into the circumstances at
tending the death on Friday night, near
the turnpike in tfuncomoe counVyy twelve
miles from Aflhevme, of J; P.-Joyce aadi
his daughter Margaret, her child and Miss
Mary Rice, has revealed the startling fact
that the whole family was first murdered
and tbe-house subsequently set on fire to
conceal the crime. The skull of one of the
.victims was found to have been fractured
and a piece of cloth pressed into it Other
evidences were also brought to light of the
murder of the - unfortunate family. Mr.
Joyce was known to have had in his house .
previous to the murder several hundred -dollars.
-Suspicion is .directed to certain
parties residing in the neighborhood, but .
no arrests have yet been decided upon.
QolA&iOTO Messenger: Notwith- ;
standing the effective work of our last In- --
ferior Court there are now' sixteen prison
ers in jaiL -At a meeting of tha
Ladies' Memorial Association, last Tuesday,
the following 'officers were elected for the
ensuing year: JPresident, Mrs. T. H. Bain;
Vice-President, Miss Mary Dortch ; Secre
tary, Miss Mary Robinson ; Treasurer, Mrs.
J. A. Bonitz; : Claiborne Hicks, an
industrious colored man. for a number of
years employed at the Atlantic warehouse, -was
painfully - crushed about the breast .
while coupling cars on Monday morn
ing. - - :
The thrush sings on the April bough
- From morn 'till eve note after note
The happy notes just thawing now,
, ; That froze, last winter, in his throat. .
- - : Clingman.
v Raleigh ' Recorder: ? Fourteen
of the students of Moravian Falls Academy
have recently professed conversion. A.
large proportion of the students are now
professors of religion. At the next
commencement of Wake Forest College
Rev. G. W. Sanderlin will deliver the
alumni address; Rev; - Dr. Chas. Ellis, of
Baltimore, will preach the sermon before
the graduating class, and Hon. R. F. Arm
field will deliver the literary address. Tha
commencement exercises begin the 9th of
June and continue three days. J Rev.
Dr. T. H. Pritchard, of Wilmington, N.
C, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon,
and Rev.' Dr. J. L. Burrows, of Norfolk.
Va., will deliver the annual address before
the societies of the Oxford Female Semi
nary at the commencement in Jane 2d, 3d
and 4th. . f .. J;-
Washington Dispatch : The
competitive examination of applicants for
the cadetship at the Naval Academy for
this district has been in progress for the'
past two days at the court house. The ap
plicants are Stephen Bragaw, Jerome Lin
ton and Henry Wingate, all of this county.
The stores of Messrs. J. W. Ricks &.
Son, and G. L. Swindell, at Pantego, were
completely destroyed bv fire on: last Wed- ..."
nesday morning. The nre onginatea in
Messrs. Ricks & Son's store and spread 4
with such rapidity that all attemps to ex-
tinguish it proved futile until both stores
with their contents (except about $1,100 '
worth of goods saved by Mr. .Swindell)
were destroyed. - The store contained a,
trunk belonging to Mr.. A. Carter, a very
aged gentleman, in which was -$225 ia
money. - Both stores and contents were
partially insured. . -. ' ;
: Elizabeth J : City 'Economist:
Rumor says that Chowan county is a heavy
sufferer by the failure of the Exchange Na
tional Bank, of Norfolk. We hear that
Herbert Page had $16,000 and a H. Robin
son, the collector,.. $6,000 on deposit and
others, making an aggregate of $100,000.
We tell it as lis toldus. In the death
of Mr. Meekins, pne of the old landmarks
of Roanoke Island, and a representative of
one of the oldest familes of the place has
-va nnnA ans TTa woo a 'notltro aniT fiari '
0001 Ck VV (J U.0 vv un mm mmuavw .
ved there all his life, dispensing a gener
ous hospitality, and acquiring the respect
and confidence of all who formed Sis ac
quaintance. Perhaps uo man in North
Carolina, not in the public service, was bet
ter known to the prominent men of the
State than Chauncy Meekins, or more re
spected for his intelligence, his information
and his sterling character and manly quali
ties. He was truly one of nature's noble
men, ' ' - -
Raleigh Chronicle: The business
men of Weldon, Halifax, Edenton, Eliza
beth City and other Eastern North Carolina
towns, lost heavily by the Norfolk and
Portsmouth Bank failures. ' It is reported
that one Tyrrell county man had f 3i,ow
on deposit in the Exchange National Bank :
a lady hi Halifax Buffered to the extent oc
ihnnt ta flflO: a vonng man in Weldon.
who worked on a salary; haa been taking
care of his money, and was just beginning
to feel himself able to get married. He bad
wooed his lady love and been accepted, but
while the final arrangements were being
made the crash came and swept away his ,
little fortune. The Pamlico Bank of Tar-
boro had on deposit between $23,000 and
$25,000.. Merchants of Halifax are be
lieved to have had on deposit more than.
$100,000. Those of . Martin .were also
caught. Mr. Dennis Simmons, of Wil
liams ton, had there $23,000. : The Bankjof.
New Berne had $67,000. . . . y -
Charlotte Observer: Those who
do not believe that the colored exodus to
Kansas amounts to anything should have
usn tha nnir at tliA Tnula atrnnt dermt vas-
terday waiting to take the train for the
West. .There were just one hundred souls
in the party, representing all ages, the chil
dren, however, predominating. It was a
curious crowd, to be sure. They arrived
here on the Carolina Central train early yes
terday morning. A dwarf woman, evident
ly about 60 years old, and not more than
three feet six inches high, a palsied grand
father, two K legged boys and a girl with
three thumbs were the pets 01 tne crowd.
The darkies were in tbe hands of an Immi
grant agent, who had raked them from tbe?
fields of Anson county. None of them have
any idea of what they Are going to do for a
living. A rumor has gained circula
tion somehow that Rev. Wm. R. Atkinson
intends to give up tbe management of the
Charlotte -Female Institute. - This ru
mor, Mr. Atkinson states, is wholly untiue.
A large party of colored people were
attracted ta the Mayor's Court yesterday
morning, to witness the arraignment before
the bar of justice of brother Eh Preston,
and sister Rosa Dukes, for a fight at Rev,
Zuck Horton's immersion exercises last
Sunday afternoons The committee ia
this city having . in charge the matter of
raising funds for ..i the new Presbyterian
church at Dallas, yesterday received a do
nation of $25 in cash from Mr. J . S. Carr,
of Durham. Washington items : Mr.
Battle gives way, and Col. Yarborough is
appointed (collector of the FourtHdistrict.
Mr. Battle will be inspector, the place now
filled by O. H. Blocker, of Fayettevilles.
The salary is $7 per day, or about $2,000 a
year. Six appointments of postmasters
have been made in the Seventh district, but
the papers have not been made up. : . ?