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The Weekly Star; PUBLISHED AT L Ml NO TON, N..C, AT '- - TEAR, IN ADVANCE. i SSS3&SSSSSSSS3SSS - SSS8S3SSSSS3S3SSS sssssssssssisissi ;- - 8SS8S3S8S888SSS33 SSSS3o33333333333 ,.!,. i SJ5S:55SS!SJ8SSSSS8 S38888888S8S88S88 - gSSSeSS22S88S8888 3SS3S333S3S3S3333 -t.-.iV I Mnio(-aorjia S5J? . a .... , I " - '0; .-"-"if: : :;:::;: ;t : s : 3 J;; !. ; n:iiereJ at the Post Office aOVTlmtngton, N. CL, I as Seoond Class Matter. s The aubscriGtion price of -the Wkkki.t jJtau is as follows : .' . . .' . ; -' Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, -$1.50 6 months. .00 .50 S months.: TSE VIRGINIA OAhEStlN COURT. lr bably iQ;.,opinioir-c(t"TqiAt l. n sL lias been delivered by the Su- 11)1' tVmrt of the United " States in some yeare io mat on me v irgiuia ("..upon cases. It ia an opinion that i . .-.L. -'..V- TTZ 5 .1 not affect Virginia alone but may sifiously affectn other States, worth considering at "1 lie caso is SO; tie !t' ugth. - ' ' The Court holds that lu-n a tax is made a tender of coupons -Wiiir. h i- the interest on the bonds i., i v.i collector that he is not bound to j iiy jilie tax in some other way if the coupons are declined but he m iVrt-U securely in the fact that-he iiis made a full and sufficient tender ami that a tax collector who shall at-tt-iiij.i. to collect by force afterwards Hy lt;vin On the tax-payer's pro perty (Iocs it at his - personal peril and will not be protected by any' leiUfioii of tbe State. . i. . ... - ; - . ' . . Tins looks like a Tiorliteous dema- ...... 1 r . , ion. A State issues bonds and prom-: m m to pay accruing interest. ' It does seem fair that when that interest, in the bl) ape of coupons, is offered in p uim iit uf taxes that it nhould be vaii! pajnicnt. and tbould relievo thu Ux-payer from' all subsequent lihiims. , V - , ;.- , . ., I he Siipri-me Uoort, in Us decis ion, ieclares ia effect that the acta of ihe Virginia Legislature aimed to' .il-stroy the tax-paying power of the omiiioiis are null aBd 7 void. It sa tht- coupon are valid and the : bon Jjoiiler.s are protected and sustained. Four of the nine Judges dissented. Tii'-y contend in their opinion that "the eleventh amendment is not in-; tentled as a mere jingle of words, to be slurred over by cunning7 subtle ties and artificial methods of inter-prtauiin.-' Now this eleventh amend niffa forbid- that a State should be Biu-d by an invidual. It eavB: shiti cot in; construed to extend to any suit in law or equity commenced or prosecuted .agtiUHi nue of the Uoited States by citizens of airiiLer Stale, or hy cftizens or subjects of ar; forrign State." ; .... y'he iiifscntients are Chief-Justice Waite ami Justices Bradleyj : Miller ami Gray. The opinion just deliv ery I i-t ihou"ht. bv some to contra diet a previous "opinion of the Court; delivered in 1883. The New York Times discusses the matter elaborate ly, and says that the case previously; decided "involved practically : the same issue" as the recent cases. - In the decision of 1883 the State was sustained. The Times saysf "The decision seems in its essential prin ciple to be a reversal of that of 1883, and viewed in that light tbe only member of the court who appears in an inconsistent posi- tion is Mr. Matthewt. i f ' - " ' Matthews a corrupt fellow at best . l :j rtrz - mno. nasyu lueoiuBoi v irgiiua ia iqoo, he now delivers the opinion adverse to Virginia. The Times further says: ji - "Notwithstanding Mr. Matthews's opin ion of two years ao, the decision which he delivered yesterday declares that the suit agaiust a collector of taxes is not a suit against a State, and that he cannot substi tute the state in his place or justify his ac tion by its authority for the reason that the law under which be bas assumed to act is void. Tbe State cannot pass a law which is torbiddeo by the Constitution of the United States, and any one assuming to act under such a. pretended law ia personally liable for bis acts in violation of the rights . of citizens." Hut aside from- the legal aspects of the question, what will .be the effect upon Virginia ? The Governor will at once call the Legislature to gether. Some say that the com mons schools of the State will have to stop. But this is not . absolutely certain- or necessary. ' Even the judicial and administrative machinery may be imperilled, as some seem to think. But this will not follow. The revenues of the State are said to be some f 3,QoO,OOQ. s The interests re quires $ 1,400,000. This will leave $1,(500,000 to carry on' the State -fv.,n,UP KUICU U UlUbU IUVIB than North Carolina bas. There is nothing in the situation that is alarm-pg- Virginia is abundantly able to meet her honest obligations. . She is ma prosperous condition. Her peo ple, if necessary, know how to make sacrifices for the maintenance of the "edit and honor of the State. " Re pudiation of any sort on the part of a great Common wealth 'is a bad busi ness. . - , The decision may affect - other States. It may compel other -States to meet obligations ahey have been aisposed to ; shirk. How it will VOL. XVI. operate as to the future of parties in Virginia we may not undertake"- to anticipate. . ; ; ENGLAND AROUSED. ' " ' ' For the first time in two weeks we are inclined to the opinion that there will be war between Russia and Eng land. . . Russia has grown so- insolent bo pugnacious, that i England, is simply forced to fight. If she -will not fight now, after the overbearing and warlike attitude of Russia after an . overt act that means war or means nothing, then indeed has Eng land fallen from her high position as one of the great Powers as a nation as great in war as . she is ' in peace. Russia not only refuses Xo disavow what General Komaroff haa done.m attacking the1 Afghans and ' seizing Penjdeb, but refuses to make any ex planations whatever. Not only this, but as the New York Times saysr : v . ' "Moreover." comnlaints are " made of the size of Sir Peter Lumsden's escort, of Lord Berts' euroar at iiawalpindi, and of menacing speeches. If England does not fight upon this it is a fair inference that she will not fight at all, and that Rus sia may advance to Herat or to Gandahar without effective opposition. The news from London of the last two or three days is more warlike than before, The peace-loving Pre mier has asked for a war credit. At last he realises that - England is humiliated,- and now he thinks that there must be war He asks for $55, 000,000.; The! forces In the'Soudan will be at once taken to India if war is declared against Russia. : We like peace and - dispise war; , but we are tired of seeing the insolent Musco vites tweaking the nose of our Eng lish progenitor, and we will be satis fied to know that John Bull will hit back sharply and quickly. But : what a war . it will be if it comes! - Russia is a tremendous war power. She has the best of soldiers. They fight far better now than in the Napoleonic wars or even in the Cri mean v war.- The Chicago Current says pertinently: . "The Russians fought terribly at Plevna. With the weapons now in the hands of nearly all the soldiers of the world, war be' t ween 'civilized' peoples comes near enough to butchery to confuse most people's ideas of the two things. More men were killed at Plevna on both sides than either Turkey or Russia was willing should be written down in history. Accordingly, the ac counts of the siege were -not only written 'officially,' but the bones of the dead were eventually: dug up : and used for various commercial purposes. Scientific war has become so destructive of life that it is not r-safe to disclose the facts to patriotic popu lation." , Alt ADYOCATB OF A STOCK tiW. During the session of the Legisla ture the senior editor of the 'Ashe ville Citizen wrote from Raleigh' an instructive . letter some points of which we noted at the time. He gave an account of our j old friend Sanderlin (not . a Doctor as called) who is a Baptist minister . of parts and a large - and '-. successful farmer. Mr. Sanderlin ' was before a commit tee of ; the , Legislature; and he was allowed to address it on the subject of a "stock law," and the editor of the Citizen represents him as making an effective talk of nearly an hour long. - He was much .in favor of a stock law. It had been .tried with satisfactory! results both "to farmers and farm laborers." He referred to the cost and labor of erecting and keeping - up- lawful fences - and is then quoted as saying with reference to some of the good results that have followed a test of the stock law: "Hew breeds of cattle and hotrs are in troduced and there is wide-spread, crowing and marked improvement in this particu lar. 1 remark, parenthetically, that one oi the fanners present stated that last week he had killed 140 hotrs and had on hand. ready to kill, 175 more, all raised ' on pas ture under the stock law system. . And it was demonstrated that under the old sys tem it cost and will do jt everywhere more than the value of stock running at large to keep fences in repair. Dr. Sander lin said that the proper person to take care of stock was the owner himself. If he had them on pasturage he could look after them. If they ran loose, -then everybody else looked after them, often to the owner s loss. He combatted very successfully the claim set ud for free pasturage, lie had no objection to it if its advocates would build fences to keep their stock off of his own land. : The law forbids no man to build fences if be so wished; but he pro tested - against being compelled to build fences for the convenience of other people. Mr. Sanderlin has farms in Lenoir and near Elizabeth City, and he is one of the most intelligent and pro gressive farmers in North Carolina. Being unusually well educated and of decided intelligence, his testimony is of value. ' Judge mearea. - I , , The Charlotte Observer of Friday says "This gentleman, the presiding judge of our newly erected Criminal Court, by his dignity, patience, learning and ability, has fully sustained the selection of our Gov ernor. His varied experience on the crimi nal bench enables him to dispose of cases as rapidly as Ifee circumstances permit In a word, he, according to the unanimous verdict, fills that ideal of a criminal judge that, tried before him, the innocent have nothing to fear, the guilty nothing to hope. He carries with him to his home the best wishes of our entire community." f :-t Cotton. - The receipts of; cotton at ' this- port during the past week only ; footed up 56 bales, as against 80 bales for the corres ponding week last year, showing a de crease of 24 bales. . -. , , " The receipts of the crop year from Sep tember 1st to date foot up 93,567 bales,, as against 91,431 bales for the same period last year, showing, a net increase of 2,186 bales in favor of 188fily r,' y Tiiev - Norwegian barque Nbja, Capt Henricksen, was cleared from this rtort for Rim. Rnsaia. vesterdav, bv Messrs. S. P. 8hotter & Co., with 3,420 barrels of rosin,- valued at $4,853.55. ,. . . . . vrr-Tr-r A TTE3IPTEI S UICIDE.' Another nan, Tired of Lift, Attempts to Kill nimaeirwltH Irfiadaaum I ' The community was startled yesterday by the announcement of another attempt to commit suicide, which, it is understood, is likely to prove a successful i one. Mr.1 1 George A. Poppe is a German resident of this city, aged' about 43 years and unman ned.. He has been engaged for some time - past in driving a beer wagon. He has been occupying a room over the Carolina House southeast corner of. Second "and Princess' streets,- kept by Mr. H. Hintze. ? Tester- day, about II o'clock' he drove by the sa loon, but shortly returued on foot, having left the wagon in the care of the boy who accompanied him. He asked toe propria- tor for a piece of paper, and it was given him, when he started qp stairs, saying he would take a little nap. - The singulari ty of his action attracted Mr. Hintze's : at tention, and he finally said to his clerk, Mr. H. Koch, "Wonder if Poppe is up to some such eeheme as that of his friend, McCollum? Mr. Koch immediately went up stairs and found-Poppe's door fas tened There was a To w pari Won between the room of Mr. Poppe and the one OC; cupied by -Mr. Koch. , The. lalle? got on a chair and "looked over, when he saw Poppe prostrate on the floor by the side of a lounge, leaning on his elbow ' with his head slightly raised and resting on his hand. while upon the lounge were six two-ounce bottles bearing the inscriptkn' 'Zodan77.' He shouted "Poppe, : have you ta ken poison?" He replied that he had. Mr. Koch then hurriedly forced the door oyen, raised Mr. Poppe to his feet, got him down the stairs and exercised him as best he could for some time, when the sufferer finally gave out and begged to be allowed to sit down. - Mr. Koch then mixed some mustard and water and gave It to him, but without effect, and he soon afterwards be came speechless and unconscious, in which condition he was still lying at a late hour last evening. As soon as possible after the discovery of the would-be-suicide messengers were dispatched for physicians, and finally Dra. Pigford and Storm responded, and did everything they could to restore the man to consciousness. On the lounge near where Mrt Poppe was lying were found a receipt book, an account book, a letter from his old home in Hamburg, dated , October, 1878, a with drawal card from the Osderof Knights of Pythias ; a motto,' inscribed ; "Gotl sel mit dir" God be with you; a badge of the Howard Association of Memphis; and the paper obtained from Mr. limtze, upon which he had written the words: C4TT t "My ring must be given to Mr.- G. Bau- mann On his bed, also, were found clean under garments, which he had taken out of his trunk, as is supposed to be used in his In terment " - 4 " Mr. Poppe went to Memphis during the yellow fever epidemic of -1878, in company with - Messrs ; Baumaan and McCollum as stated by us. He has Bisters living at Ham burg. P. S. Mr. Poppe died about 10 o'clock last night. nuitary convention. A convention of delegates of the Second Regiment, N. C. 8. G.," was held at the ar mory of the Wilmington Light Infantry yesterday morning." The following compa nies were represented. ; . Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry, by Sergeant Ed. Pemberton, who also rep-' resented the Lafayette Light Infantry of the same place.' W - - , Shoe Heel Rifles, by Capt. W. S. Black. Sampson Light Infantry, by Lieut. J. T. Murphy and Sergeant Partrlck.1 , ' Wilmington Light Infantry, by Col, Jno. L. Cant well and Lieuta. F. A. Lord and F.' L Meares. V Capt W. 8. Black was made Chairman, and Seigeant Partrick Secretary. - The meeting.'.in accordance with its ob ject, took steps to bring about a similarity of uniforms for the Second Regiment We understand that the trimmings' of the uni forms of the different companies will be changed sufficiently to accord with each other. Tbe Shoe Heel and Sampson companies have heretofore .not had epaulettes, but have now decided to adopt them, both for officers and privates. - The proposition to go to Asheville, was discussed, and the importance of making the best possible show seemed to be fully realized by the' members of the different companies present; The delegates all returned home yester day and last night, . ; -i Fatal Railroad Accident. ' We learn from a special dispatch to the Charleston f Nevu and Courier that the northern bound freight tram of the Wil mington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad collided with the material train at Eastover Thursday evening about half past 8 o'clock, running into the material tram, which had side-tracked there for the night, the switch having been" left open. : Engineer S. C. Jepson, of engine No. 72, deserves much credit for his action. On finding he had left the straight line and entered the side track be 'Immediately blew brakes, ' re versed his engine and pulled her open, re taining his seat and displaying much pres ence of mind. His fireman jumped. Capt T. FI Toon is, conductor of the freight train. : ' Capt Griffin, conductor of the ma terial train, states positively that he had the switch closed when he finished his work and entered the turnout, and he is satisfied that the switch was opened by par ties unknown to him. One of the material hands, Nelson Brown," was' killed imme diately and the leg of Paul Coleman, of the same train was broken below the knee. Engineer Ham was In his shanty, saw the train coming and jumped,, thereby saying his life, as the three shanties were com pletely wrecked. Engine No. 72 is entirely disabled and has to be hauled to the shops. One of the fiat cars loaded with , sand was driven half way into one of the shanties. point tne River. Mr. J. A.' Gray,' of the C. F. & Y. V. Railroad, Mr. G. M.: Rose, of Fayetteville, ifar t f- Mnrrhifton. of New York, and a number of our - nrominent citizens, in- H. Currie. Wm. Calder, G. W. Williams and others, went down the rfmr vAatArrlav. on the steamer Louise, to visit and insoect the government w0rka and other points of interest below. : . ; T7ILMINGTON, "N.: C, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1885. c. f. & t.. r. JiAIUZOAD. Y loTeeUns el ClUaena ax. the Prodnee Exchange - to Consult with' Vrtnl dent Gray nnd Others in nferenee to the Pronoaed Connection vcitn WilmingtonPresident Clrav's Pro- poklflon IXow it wu Received Ap ointment of Committee, j&c. '7 Yesterday, shortly before 12 sclock, a meeting of our business men and citizens generally was held at the room? of the Produce Exchange, for the purpose of con ferring with President Gray and others of the syndicate ' authorized - to act 1 for the Cape Fear & Yadkia Valley Railroad Com cany, with the view ot ascertaining' upon what terms and conditions an extension of said road from Fayetteville to Wilmington could be brought about Mr. J. H." Currie, President of fhe Pro duce Exchange, in calling the meeting to order, took occasion to read a letter from Hon. Thomas J.; Jarvis, in response to a request from our business men, expressed in a publio meeting recently, fo the effect that he would visit Wilmington vbefore 4is departure on his mission to Brazil,and give our citizens an opportunity to consult with; him on certain matters connected with our commerce with that country, stating that he would comply with their' request, and would notify the " committee by telegraph when he would be here. Ml Currie then moved that Col. Wm. L. DeRosset be called to the chair, and that Mr. Herbert Smith . be requested to act as secretary. - - ; . - I Mr. Currie introduced to the meeting Mr, Julian A. Gray, President of the Cape Fi and Yadkia Valley Railroad. President " Gray, whose commanding presence and snow while locks and beard impressed in advance the large assemblage of Wilmington's men of business, then ex plained very thoroughly and succinctly the object of the visit of himself and ' brother members of the syndicate. 1 He was glad to see such a large number of our people present Spoke of the long desired con nection between the east and tbe far west Said he knew nothing -certainly as to tbe probable extension beyond Mt Airy, but was of the opinion that it would not be long before it would be extended to Cin cinnati, from which Wilmington would be its nearest outlet bv one hundred - miles, Alluded to the completion of the road to within easy reach of Mt Airv. and said the company - considered a connec tion with Wilmington as an absolute neces sity. They were anxious for su;h connec tion. The company, however,: did not feel disposed or able to assume the entire bur den of connection, but thought Wilming ton ought to be willing to bear her snare. He said the sum of $803,000 would be re quired for a completed road between Fay etteville and Wilmington, and he thought our city ought to feel sufficiently interested to subscribe $250,000 of that amount He thought he could make a proposition which would insure the building of the road and that Wilmington would get back the whole amount of her expenditure in a few years; and his - propositton-.iw.as this: If Wilmington will subscribe $250,vj 000, the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Rail road will give her second mortgage bonds to the amount of $250,000. and also give her stock to the amount of $250,000; this money to be expended under the manage ment and control of a; committee to be ap pointed by the citizens of Wilmington; and, before the citizens are to be called upon to spend one dollar of the proposed subscription, the Cape Fear & Yadkin Val ley Railroad Company will obligate itself to buy the iron and pay for it themselves and place it in the hands of the committee, so that in case there should happen to be any failure on their part to comply with the terms of the contract, the committee would have the iron to lay the track from Fayetteville to. Wilmington In conclu sion he alluded to the great importance of the connection to Wilmington Mr. B. G. Worth was called upon and stated that he did not come to make speech. He must admit, however, his sur prise at the modesty of others. He said everybody Wanted to see tho road built The only question was whether the security offered was adequate. He thought if Wil mington contributed one quarter of the amount necessary, the company ought to give us first mortgage bonds. That was a vital question that must be settled before the proposition is submitted to the people. Mr. Currie thought the connection so im portant that he would be willing to .accept the proposition as it stood.; ' He spoke of the great benefit j it would be in bringing back to us our lost trade. ; Said we wanted a road to do for Wilmington what the Bal tlmore & Ohio road had done for Baltimore, the Pennsylvania road for Philadelphia, etc. He showed the importance of a great trunk line running through to the West The connecting line with Cincinnati would certainly be built He also alluded to the great importance of a road, which would necessarily be run in the interest of Wil- mington. He spoke briefly, but enthusias tically of the trade that might be estab-: lished between Wilmington and the South American States, and through Wilmington by the proposed line with - Cincinnati and the great West,, especially in the articles of sugar, coffee," molasses, &c. . ; He spoke of the great improvement to Fayetteville which the Cape Fear and Yadkia Valley Railroad had been : instrumental in bringing about He further alluded to the certainty of the Bpeedy completion of the road to Mt Airy, and the building of the twenty eight miles necessary to the western connection, Mjr. Worth said he agreed with Mr. Currie as to. the importance of the road, but could not think the terms liberal." People would not believe that. second mortgage bonds would amount to much. ' . . A further discussion of the matter was continued by Coi. Roger Moore, Mr. Worth,. Mr. Wm. Calder, Mr. R. Ev Calder, Major W. L. Young, Mr .W. A. French, Mr. Love and others, all favoring the road, but argu ing for better protection- and guarantees to the interests of Wilmington. Mr.Wm. Cal der wanted better terms, and said it was as important to the road to have deep water communication as it was to Wilmington to have a connection through the mountains, and thought that fact ought to be taken into consideration by the company. He did not think, the proposition as it . stood would be acceptable -H. .Mr. Gray contended" that the .company was independent Other points were open to them. They wanted a North- Carolina road and desired a connection with. Wil mington, bat the idea would be abandoned if Wilmington donl offer suitable induce-7 ments in the ' way. of aid in building the connecting link. - "v" " " . - Finally, on moliohif Mr. C H. "Robins soD.lhe.Chairman was authorized fb appoint a committee to consult with the syndicate and report at an adjourned meeting.: 7 The Chair asked until 3 p. m. to name the committee. J'when. " on motion. ' the meeting, at half past,l o'clockadjourned.: Messrs. J.: H. Currie, B.-G Worth, Roger Moore, C. H. Robinson and Herbert Smith,, the committee appointed under tbe above motion, request us to; state that they will make their report of their jconference. with the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Rail road Company on Saturday, at Hi o'clock to a meeting of the citizens , to be held at the Produce Exchange." r- ' : ' meeting of Cltlzena tol He Iteport of Conference A; Long Ptac'aMion A; Snbstltnto for ': the Committee' There ; was a limited 'iattendanceat the meeting of business men and 'citizens gen erally, at the . Produce Exchange rooms, yesterday morning, to hear the report of the committee appointed to confer with the syndicate of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Val ley Railroad in relation to a proposed sub scription on the part of the city of Wil mington to secure an extension of said road from Fayetteville to this place. ; Col. W. L. -DeRosset was' in the chair and Mr. G. H. Smith acted as secretary. ' Mr. C. H. Robinson, for the committee, submitted a verbal report, which was sub sequently changed to a written one, as fol lows: , . Tbe committee appointed to confer with members of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad syndicate, report that the syndicate will submit- to the directors on the 6th of May any proposition made by the citizens to day. and after consultation your committee . report - that the syndicate would probably accept the proposition for the city to subscribe $250,000 in money and take in exchange therefor $150,000 in first mortgage bonds. $100,000 in second mort gage bonds and $100,000 in stock, and re-" spectf ully submit this proposition for your' consideration. - ," .!; ' C. H. Robinson. : ; B. G. Wobth, ' -.' ! Roger Moore, - - ' J. H. Ctjubie, ' ; , G. H. Smith. Mr. D. L. Gore was opposed to any sec ond mortgage bonds, and he supposed the meeting would be. " ' Mr. DuBrutz Cutlar was opposed to sad dling the city with any further debt Said this addition would' make the city indebt edness equal to sixteen pes cent of the assessed value of its property. . In New York, he said, an indebtedness in excess of ten per cent ; of the assessed value of its real property was hot allowable. He would rather the city should give the road $50,000 absolutely than to subscribe $250,000 on the terras proposed. Several other gentlemen made remarks. ' Mr. Jaa. H. Chadbourn offered a resolu tion to the effect that it' was the senti ment of tho meeting that the. city of Wil mington is' not' in a condition to add $250,000 to its present debt- . At this stage of tho proceedings the re port in writing (as above) was presented. Mr. J. H. Currie made a ringing speech in lavor oi tne proposition to suDScriDe $250,000.' He thought it would be a Bource of lasting regret to Wilmington if she let this opportunity pass of securing connec tion with the great West - ' '.' Mr. R. E. Calder opposed the $250,000 proposition in a very practical and sensible speech. ' " - '' ' -: '- Mr. F. W. Foster offered the following Besolved. That whatever aid may be ex tended to the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad be a donation, payable' when the same is completed from Fayetteville to Wilmington. Tabled. ' . , " - Mr.. W. H. Green moved that the com. mittec' bo instructed to confer with the Directors at their meeting on the 6th ' of May, and get a definite proposition to sub mit to the meeting. " Tabled. Capt A. L. DeRosset moved to amend the report of the committee to make a sub scription in bonds, not in money. Accep ted by the committee. -: ''1 Mr. W. F. French moved that it is the sense of the meeting that we shall not sub scribe exceeding $150,000 in city bonds in exchange for $100,000 in first mortgage bonds. Lost ' Mr. H. A. Burr moved an amendment to strike out second.- mortgage , bonds and make it $250,000 in first mortgage bonds. Lost. . " Finally the following substitute for the report of the committee, which had once be fore been offered, but declared but of order at the time, was submitted to the meeting by Mr. Wm. Calder, and adopted : - Resolved That it is the sense of this meet ing that in no event should the commission ers that may be appointed by the Board of Aldermen ana uoara or Auait ana f inance to confer with the Directors of, the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad, agree that the city shall do more than subscribe to SlOO.oou in nrst mortgage Donas oi tne Railroad, payable in $100,000 of city bonds. Carried. - " t ; - On motion the same committee was in structed to notify the syndicate of the ac tion of the meeting. The meeting then adjourned : I tmay not be amiss to state in this con nection that the sentiment of the meeting was one of entire friendliness to the road. and it was evident that , every one present looked with favor upon the proposed con nection. All opposition : hinged upon the fact,' in the judgment of the majority, that the city is not in a condih to contract such a debt at this time, even to insure such a desirable connection. - " From Smlthvllle. . - ... . A correspondent of the Stah sends the following: V' :' '- "Some of the members of the Smith ville Guards, assisted by a few citizens and Sig nal Officer Chaue. gave a aeiigntiui vanea entertainment in the Court House, on the evenings of the 23d and 24th inst, the pro ceeds from which were devoted to the Company's "funds.; Every one: was, well pleased . and : many compliments were passed on the good and effective acting of the narticiDanta. 'ine troupe, unaer . tne directorshio of the gallant' Capt 8. S. - Drew, is thoroughly organized sun der the name of tbe "Cape Fear Minstrel -Troupe,' and if arrangements can be made may possibly ravor wummgion wun an entertainment The object is to obtain a sufficient amount for new dress uniforms.', The distillery of Col. McPhaul, at Whiteville. was destroyed by fire Friday morning, entailing a loss of $450, with, no insurance. -. ... :-;. - t 'WASjiiirGTOir.' ITIatl Service Ret ween Key Weat and unt- . ahuiui Attorney Gen eral BleCammon Realxns. WASmHGTOlI -ADril -23 "Rejinninir May 2nd next a semi-weeklr mail service wilt be established between Key West and Havana, Cuba. This mail has been car ried by the Morgan line steamers running U01.WWU aew vueana ana Havana... via Key West, but the quarantine rules of the State of Louisiana forbid the continuant of direct mail communication with Havana alter the 1st of May, and it has been 'the custom to send Cuba mails direct from NewYorfc. . The new service will be- fur nished by the Tampa Steamship Company. Joseph H. McCammcn. Assistant At torney General for the Interior- Depart ment, resigned yesterday, to take effect on the 24th f prox He wai appointed from Pennsylvania in October. 1871." as. snecial counsel for the; Government before the Court of Claims, and remained in this no. sition until May,, 1880, when, at the request of Attorney General Devens and-Secretary Schurz, President Hayes appointed him an Assistant Attorney General, and he was immediately detailed as law adviser of the Iatertfif Department Mr. MeCammon re tires to engage in private business. It is unaerstooa no wui practica law in wash ingtqn,, r,-h ; - : -'. . ,.WASHiGTOii, - April 24 The President today appointed ificnrv Pi Kerncrhan. of Louisiana, to be -Naval Officer at the port of New Orleans. -' - : , , .- President Cleveland has refused to exer cise the power of executive clemency in behalf of Gen. D. G. Swaim, Judge Advor cate General of the army; After the sen tence of; the -court martial which recently tried him was approved by President Ar thur and after the new Chief Executive had assumed the ' duties of. bis office, Gen. Swaim appealed to - the latter for pardon, on the ground that be had not been allowed a fair trial. -The sentence of the court was suspension from duty for twelve years on half pay. ; "Half pay"; will . amount to about $3,000 a year. . , : ' No further action has been taken in the case of Collector Craig, of Virginia, who declined to resign at tbe request of the Secretary of the Treasury. It has been re ferred to the President and it is under stood he will : order the suspension of Craig. ::-:y-y:--'ri W. M. Lauders,;: of .Atlanta, Ga.. was arrested here to day by a postoffice inspec tor for conducting a fraud through -the mails'.' r - . ' :,u-y Richard T. Merrick and Attorney Gene ral Garland fin his capacity as counsel for the State of Virginia in the coupon , tax cases) will, on Monday,' May 4th, ask the Supreme Court for a rehearing of the case, with a view to securing a reversal of the opinion of the Court given last Mondays, snouid tne uourt grant tne request, the counsel for the State will make a strong fight for a reversal of the decision, upon the ground that the Court was in error in deciding that a suit brought against officers of a State to compel them to receive cou pons was not a suit against the State itself. Washxnoton. April 25. The President to-day appointed James Q. Chenowith. of Texas, First Auditor of the Treasury, vice R M. Reynolds, of Alabama, resigned by request The new appointee was- born in Kentucky, but has been a resident of Bon ham, Texas, for many years. He was an omcer in tne Uoniederate army and has served several terms in the State Legisla ture of Texas. ' He is a lawyer by profes sion and a staunch Democrat He has for some years been a law partner of Senator Maxey. At different times he has been advocated as a candidate for Congress and for Governor of the8tate. -: ' . : j Judge Andrew Wylie, Associate ' Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, to day tendered his resignation to the President to take effect on the ap pointment and qualification of his succes sor. - ,, . ' - ; r .- - '. -J-' C. N. Jordan, ." the newly appointed Treasurer of the United States, says it H the purpose OH the Department to-pubhsE: a monthly aebt statement in two forms up to the first of July, after which date the new form only will be used. The new form of statement will include "reconcilia tion," first introduced into the new state ment last month. ; Secretary Whitney sent the following telegram to-day to Admiral Jouett, at As- pinwall: "While deprecating an unneces sary interference, you will exercise your best judgment frem time to time after con sultation with the American Consuls and others. The general scope of your duty has been heretofore sufficiently defined and to what extent military interference is ne cessary from time to time to carry put former instructions. .- xou must necessarily be the judge, always keeping in mind that the necessity is regretted here." ' Late this afternoon the following tele gram from Admiral Jouett was received at the Navy Department : "It was absolutely necessary to occupy Panama to protect the transit and American property. The safety of Panama and American interests are se cured by this move. Your instructions were published in the Panama papers. No misunderstanding will result Govern ment officials will arrive soon, when every thing will be turned over to them and we will withdraw.". A. M. Keiley, recently appointed Minis ter to Italy, arrived in wasmngton to-aay and bad a conference with the Secretary of State. It is generally understood that he has declined tbe Italian mission, and that his visit to the Secretary of State was in regard to his appointment to the Russian mission. - - - ' . . : - manTtoba. A Battle with Rlel'a Rebels The Ca nadians Driven Rack with Severe Loss. - IBr Telegraph to the Xonung Star. mm . .. a l n i i m 1 WASHINUTON, April so. vousui i ayior, at Winnepeg, Manitoba, has telegraphed to the-State Department that Gen. Middleton, commanding the Canadian forces, had a battle witn 'Kiel s rerce oi rebels at o? isn Creek, which lasted all day Friday. The Canadian loss was twelve killed and forty- seven wounded, uen. Miadieton retired about a mile to an open space near the east bank, of the oaskawachau river, tie was reinforced by a column from the other side of tbe river, but tbe. number or troops still does not exceed six hundred. : The rebel force engaged was probably three hundred, but there are rumors of hostile Indians in the rear of Middleton. The situation is very grave. The rebel loss , is unknown. but is probably small, on account of their advantageous position on Fish Creek, in a .wooded ravine. The insurgents were led by Gabriel Damont ' Their fire was most deadly; nearly all who were killed were shot through tbe bead or heart The News' dispatch from Clark's Crossing. Northwest Territory, gives a detailed ac count .: of Gen. ' Middleton's fight with Riel's men yesterday, but adds but little of fact beyond what is contained in Consul Taylor's report Capt Clark, of the 90th Canadian Militia, was among the ainea,ana Lieutenant Swinford.of the same regiment, was mortally wounded. About a dozen of Riel's men were ' captured. The attack was made by Biers men and was. some what of a: surprise to Gen.. Middleton. Riel's men were in strong cover, and Gen. Middleton accroached over - the open prairie. The first notice Gen. Middleton had of the presence of the enemy was a volley from twenty to thirty rebel scouts,. UDon his advance. . Gen. Middleten's men behaved well , He reports his intention of pushing forward: to attack Riel's . head quarters., - 22 ON., A. M. KEILEY. ''. . Reported' Resignation of the Itallai ' . ; mission. - -.v Washington. April 25. The Republican nrints . a snecial-' from - Richmond, "saying that Mr. Keiley left there last night ior Washington. : and when : he reaches here will rftBicn his rtnnitinn aa Minister to Italy. and be appointed Minister to' Russia, in place oi uen., iiawton. Tne report, now ever; cannot as yet be vennea. :q- Mrs. Lanetrv has now mort-" gages on New York real estate costing her. : $140,500.1.;; W::- .--: -Z;:-. NO. 27 KANSAS. The Heaviest Rainfall Ever Known Rnmhec or Lives Lost andPro- perty Damaged and. Deatroyed. St. Louis, April 23. Dispatches from southeastern Kansas report the heaviest rainfall that has ever been known in that part of the State. The storm began on Tuesday and over twelve inches of water la said to have fallen. All the level coun try is submerged. Traffic on the M. & T. It R, for many miles each way from Par-' sons is suspended, and the passenger train wnicn lert rarsons yesterday ; on the Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad v was wrecked, not far from town. ..A large number of hogs and cattle in the stock yards alone Tabette river, one mile from Parsons, have been arownea, and it is said hundreds, ..perhaps thousands of animals, have perished in tbe 8urronndingcountry.4 A great destruction of crops ' and moveable property has- also -occurred.- The Marmartoa river has overflowed its'-banks' and inundated a settlement of from 600 to 800 Inhabitants, known as North Fort Scott. Ihe water in the houses is from three lo five feet deeD. All the neoDle were-rescued The Missouri Pacific Railroad track is bad ly washed out both ways from Fort Scott, and no trains - have moved since Tuesday. There are also bad washouts on the Wichita ' Railroad.- A freight train on this road went through a bridge at Clear. Water, und jrranx jucuaniei,. tne engineer, was drown-. ed. At last accounts the water was sub siding, but it will toko several days to run Advices from Kingman confirm previous reports of the flood there. " Ten Jives are reported to have been lost at that place. Traffic on tbe Wichita & Western Railroad, between., Wichita and Kingman, is sus pended, and the bridges on this road, and on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail raad,' at Cherry Bell Plain' and Clear Water, have been washed away.' x TEXAS. ' .' '' tlt?Cr' y- Terrlfie Cyclone Several Houses De molished, and a Number of Persons Killed. ": . r-S;C ! GAlvebton. Anril 23. A snecial to the News, from Mexia, Texas, says:- "The Prairie Grove neighborhood, ; eight miles south of Mexia, was visited about 2 o'clock yesterday by a severe cyclone, causing seri ous damage to life and property. - A two story school house, in which were about ntty children, was blown down and torn to pieces, killing one child and wounding seve ral children. . The casualties were as fol lows: Fourteen-year old daughter of J. P: Swing, killed: Eatelle Cook, lee broken: . two children of E. Herring, leg and arm broken; two children of Mr. O'Hara, leg broken and injured internally. The house of Mr. J. McKinnon was blown down, se riously injuring the owner. The store house and . postoffice, owned by - J. D. Hughes, were demolished and the goods promiscuously scattered The residences of M. B. Cox, TL: Thompson and' T. J. Williams, were demolished. Larkin Gen try's house, some distance from the vlllaee, is also reported as demolished and himself, wife and child killed. Other serious results are probable as the country is thickly set uea in me direction ot tne cyclone. GEORGIA. Th Cue of Dr. Woodrow Before Ad- gueta Preabytery.- - j. I Augusta. April 24 The AuguBia Pres bytery, after investigating the question of Dr. James Woodrow's orthodoxy in refer ence to his teachings in Columbia Theo logical Seminary on Evolution, A resolved as follows: First We find nothing that warrants a trial for heresy.. Second. As no one appears or offers to make out charges, no process can be instituted. (See Book of Discipline, chapter 6r paragraph 2). : Kesolvedj l hat our action in this matter is not to be understood as calling in ques tion tne apuon or tbe- synod oi ueorgia held at MarfeUa in 1S84-. ' : - . -i: Wmliuw w4 tuc&eu atbfrBfteotiogaBto, Zm asqay snii ' nniinoii . I iih r-nntii itnt i I niiiniKiit Presbytery that he would complain of their action to the Synod of Georgia. .. VIRGINIA. O Instructions to State Officers Concerns lng CftnpoDi and Taxes. - - "IBy Teleeraph to the Xornlng Btar.l -Petebsbubg. April 23. E. W. Coach City Treasurer,' bas been instructed by the State Auditor of .Public Accounts not torei ceive coupons in payment for license or taxes, as the supreme court has not yet rendered its decision in the licenso cases j and if tbe tending.party feel aggrieved, let him apply for a mandamus, and if be does business without license to prosecute him for violation of law. Mr. Couch "was fur-. ther instructed to refuse coupons if ten dered in payment of taxes, but not to levy until further instructed. Trial and Conviction of Two Negro r -V:" j '-f is'.." i. Stturftsrera. -.: ' CnABLOTTESVTLLB, April 25. The trial Of the negroes Horace Terrell and Presley Crawford, for the murder of Mary Foster, was ended this afternoon. Terrell was found guilty of murder in the first degree,: and was sentenced to be hanged: (jrawiora was found guilty of murder in the second degree) and was sentenced to ine peniten tiary for ten years. A Tillage Nearly Destroyed by Fire. ". Lynchburg,' - April 25V Grundy, the. county seat of Buchanan county, on the ex treme western limn oi this state, nas Deen burned. The court house, with the county records, and nearly the entire village, were destroyed. SO UTJCAROLINA. Supreme Court Decision Concerning the State Railroad Commission. . (Bv Cable to the Horning Star.l Chableston, April 24. The decision of the Supreme Court, in the case of the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad Company, now published, confirms the decision of the lower court, that the State Railroad Commissioner has no power to regulate charges for freight shipped from this city to points in other states. rANAMA. Americans Take Charge of tho Town 1 ; and Prevent a Fight, Panama, via Galveston, Texas, April 24. This afternoon, while a strong barri cade was being erected, entirely closing in the Central and squtn American uaoie Co. 'a office, and great preparations were being made for a fight, the Americans ar rived, knocked down the barricades and took charge of tbe town.' The insurgents were recalled to their barracks By the Dugie, - ALABAMA. . : - A Wealthy Planter murdered. - IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. - - St. Louis. Aptil 25. A Chattanooga, Tenn . snecial says: -At uortiano, Ala. last nisrht Thomas Little.' a wealthy plan ter, was called to his door about dusk, when some one sprung up in front of him and fired twenty-four bucasuot into his oreast. Samuel Livingston, his brother-in-law, is in jail charged with the crime. Much excite ment prevails. . ... . THE ISTHMUS. Everything Quiet at Panama Cour- . ' : . testes of Telegraph Lines. . Panama, via Galteston, ' April 25. Everything ia quiet here. Lieut T. B. M. Mason is in charge of the Panama Railway, The Superintendent of the Cable Company bas just received the lonowmg irom tne New York office: : - - "Inform all United States military and naval officers that the Central and South American Telegraph Company, on Sunday, April 26, will transmit from Panama their family and social messages to places in the United States, free of charge.; nope you will arrange with the Panama ; Hallway to extend the free use of its wire for this pur pose, ia behalf of the United States officers at Colon. The Galveston - manager has been instructed to accept replies free." Spirits . Turpentine. Tarboro Southerner i Easterp Carolina farmers are" more backward in pitching their crops, than they bave been ' in many years. : Winter oats have been -' almost universally destroyed . In fact the ' - ' past has been the most disastrous season for ' - small grain known in the cotton section.' ' Albemarle Enquirer:. :At. 12 o'clock Tuesday night the jail at Winton, ' ' Hertford county, was burned down. Three ' prisoners, recently committed to jail by - Judge Shipp, Blount Perkins. . Whitmel ' Thompson and Thomas Work, were in tbe -V jail. -: Perkins -and -Thompson were res- . ' cued and-Work was burned up It-is be lieved that Perkins and Thompson set the jail on fire., r Work refused to aid them and lost his life. v , j, v - - Correspondence of the Raleigh Register;' Nowwoon," N. C," April 20. -Last Friday Mr. L. D. McS wain undertook to cross Rocky river at Crump's Ferry, six miles from this place, with a loaded wagon. Just as he was driving into the boat, the chain which held it to the shore broke, and it drifted off with the team, pulling the wagon after it into the water, where it in- . stantly sank. One of the mules attached to the wagon was drowned, and the entire load, consisting of corn, bacon, &c, was ' lost "Mr. Zach Wallace, aged . 65 or 70 ' years of age, was in the wagon when it r aank, but was fortunately drawn into tbe . . boat, in . time1 to save his life. The loss amounted to about $200'.." . ... - Raleigh Visitor: The most en couraging accounts come from all sections in regard to the fruit crop. So far but very little damage has been done. - Mr. E. MV Robinson left this afternoon for Wash- ington City to accept a position with-the : , United' States Fish Commissioner. 'The revival at Person street church is In creasing in interest There were, quite a number of penitents at the altar last night -Up to this date' thirteen persons have con nected themselves, with the cbarch. . A telegram was received in this city-this afternoon by his friends announcing the death- of , Mr. George Heck, of - Brodic, . ' Warren county; this State, which occurred at his residence there this morning. . Mr. Heck was in his 83rd year and was the -father of Col. J. M. Heck of this city. 1 Charlotte Observer: The Crimi nal Court will probably adjourn to-day, as there is how but one case left for trial by jury, and the grand jury have been .. dis charged. J The fruit killing scare is a thing of the past . Orchardmen tell us that . there will bean abundant supply of apples, peaches, cherries and other fruits. . Three North Carolina postmasters have - v just received their commissions, the com missions having been signed on the 18th. Their names are Jeptha M . Long, Catawba ; Azariah Horn, East Bend, and Walter P. ' Brooks, Randleman. A colored man ' . engaged in repairing the gin house of Capt J. M. DaviTyesterday lost his hold on the i roof and tumbled oflV - In his fall he struck i across the top of a wagon wheel on his 1 stomach, and from the wheel he dropped to i the ground insensible. From the eaves of this roof to the top of the wheel it was a distance lot fifteen feet, and the colored man had attained a considerable velocity at I the time he struck the wheel. None of his bones were broken, but he received internal i injuries that may result eeriously. . , Raleigh JTetos- Observer: - Rev. Mr. Foster, of Chapel Hill, who was re ported Saturday as dying, is improving, Dr. K. P. Battle - writes.. A well known farmer here who takes a promi- . nent position as a wheat grower, said yes- " terday to a reporter that, the improvement in the appearance of the wheat is remark able. He thinks the crop will be a fair ; one. ; Yesterday an old white man, a--. farmer in Mark's Creek township, came here and reported to the police that bis son, a lad seventeen years of age, had fled after robbing him of $400. The boy was, by his s. father's account incorrigible. He took the money and fled Monday night - He was , , considerate enough to leave a note on a ta ble, saying that he had taken' the money and gone.-- A reporter was told that a ; party of twelve contractors came up yes- terday from Goldsboro and went over to : Smithfield to. go over the line , of the pro posed road from Wilson to Florence. It is said that thus far over eighty bids for work on this line have been tendered. . Of this -"number seven are for the ejatire line. Work is expected to begin very soon. . . ' L Roekmgham ifocfof ; -The, fruit , 1 croDhas suffered Islury to some exjclii:. but- we hope for enoojp atUVt c&iSvMnoder&te .j want-6 ' tiay- last. pe -Qie: or , . the hands on the plantation of Mr. T. E. Diggs, having occasion to cross the river, found, at the mouth of Jones' creek, on the . Ansdn side, the carcass of an alligator nine and a half feet long. The strange visitor by Bome means had - become inextricably entangled in a net-work of vines near the waters edge and thus perished. -Tbe won-, der is. where he came from. On Fri day, the 17th, a horrible fate was visited -upon two colored children just across the river in Anson county. Emma Sullivan, a . . tenant ? on Mrs. ! Catherine - Livingston's place, was going from home and left her two children- in the bed asleep. To see that they were ! properly protected with , covering she went to the bed before going . out and, it is supposed, accidentally drop ped some fire upon the bed from tbe pipe which she was smoking; - un her . return, at any rate, the house was in flames and the helpless children were beyond the hope of rescue.. The! frantic mother,:: in her efforts to save them.' took fire herself and was badly burned. : ' y -: - Weldon News: There was to be an excursion tram on the Seaboard & -Roanoke Railroad on . Saturday to this place. Tom Ramsay, colored, wanted to come but his wife opposed it and they had a auarrel concerning it on Saturday night. during which Tom was shot with a pistol in the lower part of the abdomen and he died. His wife was arrested on a charge of murdering her husband, but after inves tigating the matter the' jury of Inquest ' came to the conclusion that the shooting was accidental, j The woman said tbe man had the pistol and it fired in the struggle caused by her attempt to get possession of it Ramsay was about 25 years old and hia wife is younger. The protracted meet ing continues at the M. E. church. There have been several accessions to the church and the interest is etui great. On - Tuesday the North bound train from Wil mington had on board an oia gentleman and his two daughters. There was a drunken brute in the car and he made an improper proposal to one of the ladies who - sought her father for protection, ine oia gentleman had his double-barrel shot gun along and levelled at the scoundrel and -would have killed him on the spot but very ' unfortunately the other passengers Inter feted. v:n 1 i ;,;.: . . . , . i'.- Raleigh Farmer & Mechanic; Duplin county' regrets to; loose, two of her best citizens, Rev. Wm. M. Kennedy and son, David M. Kennedy, who propose re moving to Littleton In this state, the for mer to continue his ministerial labor, and the latter to engage in teaching. There was a railroad meeting in this place on -Saturday.. Ex-Gov. T. 3, Jarvis, our hew Minister to israzu, was present. snow urn . Uazeut. ; Yott bet ! The ruung passion la ' strong even in death." , Lott Humphrey : was also there. J, He is reported as asserting that Tom is tbe greatest maa this State ever ' produced. - uockingbam county is in ' luck this year, j it has the . Governor, a . member of Congress, the U. a. Collector, . the U. 8. Marshalship, the Chief Clerkship, two flourishing manufacturing towns, and plenty of; pretty girls. Gen. Cling- man's Tobacco Cure Company has begun . operating at Durham and prepared pack ages are sent by mail for 25 cents. The picture of Gen. Clingman is very good, we think.and the testimonials to the cures by simply wetted tobacco leaves are surprising. - That blatherskite, "Chaplain George W.' Pepper,? who at one time cut up many monkey shines at Raleigh while the Yankee garrison was here, and has since figured on a par with ) "Private Dalzell," "Sergeant Bates,' "Bishop O'Connor" and the Fenian Rossa has printed a three column letter, pretending to give the utterances of Gen. R. E. Lee in relation to Grant, Sherman. Mr. Davis,. and the conduct of the war. It is abominable 1 . Weidid not have much hopes of living to see it but at length . there are some small, slim, slantindicular, ' smoky signs of a railroad to Rutherf ordton. -Rutherford county, forty years ago, voted money to help the Wilmington, Charlotte & , Rutherford Railroad (now the Carolina Cen tral) to enter its gates.4 Judge George W. Logan got control of the county "railroad fund," and for -twenty years the road has not crawled a foot beyond Shelby. Then came strangers from Cape Cod; seeking to start a line and print Bonds t And so it has gone, year upon year, - , V V -M"Wi 1 li 'I 'S ... - . 1 1, j - I - x4
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