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the Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT I L M AT x TGAB, IN iDTAMOE. gSS5S555SSSSSSS3 ...mom! SI I eoP rfggoggggggggggggg 1 gggg8SS8S8S8S83 8SSSSS88SSSSSS88S mW f SSSSSoSSSSSSSSSSS SSS888SSSSSSSS88S gS8SSS2g3S88S83 i o e" x jj jj jo jj jg aj gj jj sg g j SS3 SS888SSS88SS8S 2 f ; Entered at the Post Office atTWTlmtagton, N. C 1 i i as Seoond Class Hatter. SUBSCRIPTIOK PRICE. The subscri6tion price of the Wkkxt.y Star is as follows : ,.. . Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 6 months .00 .60 3 months. E I.L1SH IN THB MDTH ARB THB 'ircDiror LmniTTiK. In a recent issue of the New York Nation there is an instructive, and admirably written communication by resident Henry E. Shepherd. , of Cn.i'rlfston College. He writes of "The Study of English at the South." He shosvs ho far reaching was Thomas ft Je erson. : v nen ne organizea tne III - a U" versity of Virginia , in" 1825, he ha j a uiiair t)i ngio-isaxon creau-u. i very remarkable. - At -that tun 'the historical and philological s'a-fiy of English was. utterly un- kno ami in southern institutions," as D. Shepherd states. In fact, the comparative study of philology and a Critical study tifi English dialects were but in their infancy even, in the literary centres of England. Dr. Shep herd mentions the interesting fact that MrUfferson prepared an Anglo- Saxon grammar which was published in 1851, by the Trustees of the TJni- VH rsity of Virginia. - We would like to! quote from Dr. Shepherd's article but we may not mutilate the copy be fitfe us by clipping. (The University of Virginia was far ahead of all of its rivals in the South in this department of human learning in many others. Since 18Y0, Ran as! dolfih Macon (Methodist) and Wash i ngton and Lee University, both in Virginia, have made progress in the stil ly of the English language. ; The olur-r day the Legislature of North Carol in 1 made an appropriation to esLahl'iHli a Chair of English, and a I month or two hence the per son tT-ftll it will be elected. We simem-ly , hope he will be a full, tit I'r'xigh scliolar, apt to teach, lov- in l Ins nrotesMon, an entnusiast -in letters ami havinsr a wide knowl I . - ... -: edge of the literature of England th greatest by far sir.ee the masters among the Greeks "fell on sleep."' Heretofore English at - Chapel Hill has about amounted to nothing. Itl wan "merely an annex," as Presi dent Shepherd says, and 'the Pro fes-or was required to give 'instruo- ti!i in three languages English, French and German.". What a farce! L)r. Shepherd, a native North Carolinian, saye, and we hear tily voho the sentiment "Lefr as ' be grkifful that so deplorable a condi tion of affairs in one of the oldest'and mil-t jnflii niial colleges of the South will forever pasa away with the prj-Nciit session." - - In the College of Charleston the distinguished and scholarly Presi dent has charge, we think, of ' the Chair of English. The instruction "is coniiuuous tor tour years 01. tne co legiate course." 1 This is . as it should '-be: "The 'writer has never met a dozen men in his life who could bej Raid to be conversant with English literature. lie has met "many , who hail read well in some departroent-- ln jhist'ory for instance. - But he has met out very tew who showed - any familiarity with the wide field of belles lettres. I Among the lawyers he has known the late Judge Gilliam, Hon. Abram W. Venable, Henry MillerJudge . Eerr, Moutford McGehee, and Wil ham E itbn, Jr., 1 of " Warren, Im pressed us as beiug the best reaat in Me literatures of te word. Jadge Gilliam was - singularly well- read in! ography and history, apd specially wieiucu a . guuu uuyci. JUI, illlUCI , . - J a-- mri- lJ''' ".L! t " proiuuna; siuueuu in vue uuu-i osophy of politics, and was very ac- curately informed in- the politieal history of ' England and the United: Stato. l iti v. -.v:-J 1 - . - , ... veil acquainted with the more can-' nent authors, i Mr. Venable had read very widely, had a prodigious! memory, and conversed at ease, upon: almost every topic. He talked a great deal but be talked most : in structively and entertainingly. Mr. garner, of Oxford, is by odds the uio8i learned lawyer we have ever known learned in and . ont of- hiss 1 rofession. He is not a great student a DolltA lifjiratnpo Wa tn Mr ' A . wa w v amaw ww am . adger personally, and he had the reputation of being well np in the best fiterature, but of that we know bat little. We have often heard; him. palk by the hour and he was by fari greatest conversationalist we ever heard. StanTi an . A TIaiimIb. was an excellent talker. Of the clergy we have . known but" very i few who impressed us as being speci ally familiar with the ., great litera tures of the worldand particularly with the broad range of English literature. There may be many we have met who were great readers in letters, bat it has bo happened that we failed to make the discovery. But we. have rambled, from ; the main theme as we have dropped into a bit of recollection;? the fault of those whose sun is westering and the shadows' are growing, longer, We shall have something to say of Eng lish . in . the ' schools of -. having more English and ' less Latin and Greek. Dr. Shepherd gives the redicu- lous- pedagogic theory a - slap the theory that runs "English ia beet learned through the study of Latin and Greek."- Dr. S. says very point edly that the 'differences : of : idiom, or characteristics, of .idiom, through which r the inmost' life of -speech., is reflected, are all ignored." . Again, he say s, fit :- is" theconviction";of most teachers of the classics that a mere acquaintance, often imperfect, with the structure of the ancient tongues is of itself sufflcientoto invest the pu pil with the mastery of his own lan guage." s Well taken that. .Let the ancient languages be taught, but not tp the exclusion of the tongue of .the student. c " - -' ' "TTJRIf TUB B ASOALS OCT. We have copied from to time arti cles, mostly short, that complained of the slow, pace of the Reform Administration-in getting rid of obnox ious Radical tools. We publish sev eral more articles in the same vein f rom , Democratic : papers in three States.' We do this that the readers of, the Stab may see what the lead- ing papers are saying. The papers copied from to-day are the foremost in their respective States and are De mocratic - ' - i - . - One "of the, most specious state ments made at j this time - by Mug wump papers, and some of their fee ble Democratic - echoes, is to say that the spoilsmen are doing the com plaining, whilst the people are well Satisfied . with what the Administra tion is: doing. , - This is plainly deceptive. The politicians in the Democratic party:: - who - complain of dilatoriness and a wrong applica tion of the Civil Service law are gen erally men - of character, who, like our own able Senator,. Zebulon B. : Vance, did more than others to give their States to Cleveland in 1884. The papers that have . complained have been of the class that did the most efficient service in - the cam paign. It is not true that the disap pointed Democrats are the disap pointed office-Beekers. . There " are tens of thousands of Democrats in every State in the South, who expec ted in 1884 that all Radical office holders in the South, would be driven from office if the Democrats succeed ed. t They will not be satisfied if this is not done. - The best papers in the South are those that have ex pressed a decided conviction that the Radioal officials of all classes in the South, big and little, shaUgo. v - Perhaps Mr. Cleveland - intends that they shall go. We must hope that he does. In the mean time the people ar waiting.. A Reform Dtm ocralic Administration : can not be carried on with Radical office holders who for twenty years have served as an army for keeping the corruptest party known to civilization in power. The sentiment of the people in the ? ......... South the unfaltering Democrats- is ?turn the rascals out." ' : RERATOBIAL BRIBERY. Mr. ' James D. Houston is credited in the papers with being the manager; of the Louisiana Democracy. He has. brought a serious charge against Ken ator Randall Gibson and ex-Senator Jonas. - The gravamen of the charge is that these two worthies have been doing some bribery on a scale that was quite successful. They are pooh-; poohing the accusation but their sac-: ! cess will be more than doubtful Mr.- Houston reiterates the 'charges audi says they were carefully and deliber-f ately made by . him: ' He. proposes if they shall deny to produce nameej dates, and even the amount of money paid. A speoial Irom New Orleans of the.Sth instif saysf J : ; .- : , . . "There ia an outside feeling - that Mr, I Houston's position as manager of the Lou- I" Democracy in the last two campaigns; nu OTVen him the DOSsesBton 01 msme facts I which he is about angry enough to give away, ' vWe regret these' charges; or rath er, we regret a state of ; affairs that - - - -v seems to anthorize such charges. " In the South elections to office have not often been secured by open or secret corrupt, methods, among Democrats. But while this is true, it is also true that bribery is not an altogether un common thing in the election of United State Senators in Northern States, .if the ' frequent charges. were based on facts. The; Chicago Cur rent, referring to this very bribery business among . men either now in the United.States Senate or who have been, says; ' "Once upon a time. In Kansas, the mat ter of the bribe actually - obtruded on the 1 - ;- -. '3; . I I t - . A.. regular - proceedings of a joint convention, andmaue the candidacy of the leading party's man impossible. . 'Less scandalous but disturbing; discloBures have been re ported from the Pacific State Capitals, and from Denver, New Orleans. Frankfort. Al bany, and Lansing; therefore the present sen-investigation of - the Ohio Legislature will not come as a shock of surprise." Our institutions are not : yet perfect. To the aged Senator who recently became the choice of the Ohio Legislature, the admis sion of " his electors that thev mav poesiblv have acted dishonestly (although they hope ; to discover that they; did not so act) must : be one of those bitter experiences from ' which proud-spirited men are glad to be : spared.- . v Senator Payne isr the "aged Sena-: tot! referred to. j ' V' We are glad to see it announced that Dr. Edward Warren does not , stand much chance of 7 getting 4he 6,t)00. consulship, to raris. Ha '.is not the right sort -of man for Rev form Administration handle. The 1 Unariotte JJemoerat says: "Dr. Warren ia not entitled to the place by any means, and especially Is he not en titled to it as hailing from North Carolina. He left the State aooa after the war,jtnd has lived abroad most' of the time aiacei - He did not stay to help as throueb the day r of reconstrucUon, nor has he been here to help 'turn the rascals out' He should not now be turned in.' A Sertona Cnaxa Yesterday morning one Willis Morrisey, a young colored man, aged about 20 years, was arrested and lodged in jail on. the charge of , having attempted a. - criminal outrage on Friday night upon Mag. Young, colored, aged about 18 years, a daughter of Peyton Young, a well-known livery stable driver. 5 The father : and mother of the girl were both absent at ,the time, tthe former on a business trip to the sound and. the later at the bedside of her, sick Bister, The. case came-up for preliminary exami nation before J. C. Hill, J. P., yesterday, and at the conclusion of the testimony the defendant was required to give: a .Justified bond in the sum of $500 for his appear ance at the next term, of the Criminal Court, failing in which he was remanded to jail, f Morrisey -. Is said to be a South Carolinian, and nas only been living here some eight or nine months. !- ? i , a a ' " ' Forelcn .8Ipaaata ' TJ:: Messrs. D. R. Murchison . & Co. cleared the Norwegian brig Congal, yesterday; for London, with 500- catka Spirits turpentine and 2,240 barrels of robia, valued at (9 595; and Messrs. Edward . bidder & Son the schooner Harry White for Port-au-Prince, Hayli. with 164,008 feet of 'lumber and .600 shingles, valued at $2,896 83. Total $11,991.83. "Vary Like a Whale." The Signal . Service, observer at Cape Lookout reported last - night that ' Capt Kilby Guthrie captured a large whale in the "hook" of the Cape, at 3 o'clock yes terday morning; and has anchored It near the beach, ready for cutting it up. - The marine monster measures' forty feet-in length, and is valued at fifteen hundred dollars.- -.- Cotton. ... .4 . The receipts of cotton , at this port during the past week footed up 28 bales, as against 109 bales, for the corresponding week last year, showing a decrease of 71 bales. - - The receipts of the crop year from Sep tember 1st to date foot up 93,654 bales, as atrainst 91.396 bales- for the same period last year, snowing a net increase 01 z.zoo bales in favor of 1885. Svleldo of Bev. J, BV iMur, m Fov icr Wllmlncton Paatar Our readers are famuiar with the cir cumstances which, ou or about the 22nd of May last." led Rev. Jonathan H. Dally to Surrender his parchment as pastor of Trini ty Methodist Episcopal Church in Jersey City, New Jersey.' The following extract from an article in the - New York Herald of Friday gives the aad seqneL Rev. - Mr. Dally was Tormerly a member.of the North Carolina Conference, and was stationed In this city shortly after the war, where he was very popular: : "After his retirement Mr. Dally went to live with his aged father, a prominent resident of Woodbridee. a. J. - He was stricken with illness, and a physician was furnished him or Mr. Seaue- aad" the stewards of the Jersey City church, who deeply sympathized -with the unfortunate man. - He was ill for sir months," when his Dhv8iciao recommended that - he trav el in the hone: of regaining" his health. Pastor Dally entertained the hope that bis lone and excellent" service in the Church would be considered when the Conference was apprised of bis fall and they would mete out some mild punishment and not dismiss him from the ministry. ' - "The". Conference resisted the influence' brought to tear fa his behalf. His parch ment was accepted and his services were forgotten. "The - Conference adtourned a few days ago and Mr. Dally was acquaint ed witb tneir lodgment, tie was at we time, studvins medicine - ia New Orleans. His retentive memory and previous knowl edge enabled him to complete bis course in a few months, i On April 2T he wrote to his wife at Woodbridee. that he would that day start for St Louts, where ne Intended; locating, and be expected her to rejoin him there. ; He-stated that he would write asj soon as be arrived at St Louis.' Mrs. Dally and her father waited Impatiently tor in telligeoce- from her husband, but none came: until: Wednesday a letter was re- ceived from the captain of Mississippi nver steamer plying between New Oneana and Bt Louis. ' :. ... .. rs ; "Mr. Dally had been a passenger: on his boat . : He noticed : mat ms passenger was an intelligent man and evidently in great mental distress. He feared he contemplated miirfde. and the cantain made him share his1 spacious stateroam. He always locked Mr. Dally in at night so strong was hissus-l picion that" he i intended drowning him-) self. - On last Friday -night while the car tain was absent lor a short tune, Mr. JJauy forced open the door, and before he could be interceDted ran to the decs: ana lumped overboard.- The. steamboat " was stopped and all .the small boats were promptly lowered and manned.' He was seen to rise to the surface jonce. then sank and did": not again appear. From the letters round in Mr. Daily's - writing desk the . captain learned the address of his relatives. The sad news a shock so severe to Mrs. Dally that her condition is critical . She has no children. The officers of the Jersey City church have' arranged to have the body when !recovered ' forwarded; to that city, They have offered a reward for its recovery.! "The ' Unfortunate man - was bora -In Wnndbrfdre on October 7th. : 183a He was a graduate of the Wesley an University and was admitted as a preacner ny -:-?ayrB!-.&-: the North uarounanierenww-Mio-aieui dint Enismal: Church In 1863.' Desiring to labor nearer home, 'a he waa transferred to the "Newark Conference la 1871. He m mniimed to- the church at Mount Horeb in Somerset county. His later ehamrea -were at Washington. Warren conn ty; Bosevine, Essex county; Market Street Chnreh. Newark : Market Street Church, Paterson, and Tnnlty Church, York street, v V 1J WILMINGTON, N.C., FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1885; AttBial neetrnar of the Stekli6lder of tbe Carolina Central Rallraad Com pan r. " The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Carolina Central Railroad Company was held at the Company's omce in this city yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. Oa motion, Mr. H..S. Tucker was called to the chair. " " - ' ' Upon examination it was found that 6,415 shares of stock, being a large majority, was Tepreaented in person. . An election for a new Board of Directors resulted in the choice of the following: J. 1L Robinson, R Tucker, J. L. Minis, - Severn Eyre, C. H. Roberts. 0. Goddard, "V7m. W. Chamberlain, R. C. Hoffman, 7. S, Whedbee, D- W. Oates and M. P. Leak. The reports make a very encouraging ex hibit "The earnings of the road for the fis cal year ending March 81st, 1885, foot up 528, 121.88,-while the expenses for the same period,- which includes betterments, (amounting 1. to $133,217.31 aggregated $45a40L20; leaTug oet earnings at $71,720.68.' : Isaac Bates, Esq ,- was , elected one of the directors, buV declined .to .serve, when it was "too Ute to supply hisjpjace with a rep-.; resentative "of Wilmington, hence the old' board, with the. exception of C. Goddard and - Dr. C. H. Roberts, were reelected. Maj. Winder and Maj. Stedman going but IT. 8. District Court. In this Court yesterday sentence was passed by Judge Seymour on . Ben Allen -and Louisa Allen, both colored, who were convicted on Wednesday of counterfeiting: silver coin of : the United : States," the first named to be confined for ten years at hard labor and the latter for six months at hard labor. The woman .sent a letter to the Court daring .the afternoon, stating that she would prefer to go to the Albany Peni- tentiary to remaining ia jail here, if allowed to take her baby with her.' It has not been decided as yet where they will be confined. The man and woman used very; abusive language, we understand, towards those who were instrumental in securing their arrest and conviction, especially Detective: Carr. This was after they had .left the Court room. . - . The only other case which claimed the at tention of the Court waa that of the Petrel Guano Company, of New York vs. Jean- nette Harriss and the three vessels, IoLanHxt. Emerson tmi Elsie, la a matter of freight Messrs. Marsden and J. D. Bellamy, Jr., appeared for. the defendants, and. Messrs. Russell & Ricaud for the plaintiffs. Judge Seymour reserved his decision. Court adjourned for the term yesterday evening. Confederate Penaioaa Abo at BlanU Forma. A letter from Bute Auditor Roberts, in response to a, request from Mr. S. VanAm- nnge, clera 01 tne tsuperior uourt, ior more widows' pension blanka,says the forms are not to be distributed to applicants, as in that event a fresh supply will have to be printed! but the law requires both soldier or widow to make his or her application before the County Board of Examiners, composed of the Clerk ; of the Superior Court the Sheriff and County Commission- era. it te not necessary, ne says, to use.. tne " . a a forms at all until the application has been passed on favorably by the county board. The Board of Examiners for this county meet in the room of the County Commis sioners on Friday, May 23d, at 3 p. m.. and no more pension blanks will n issued until that day, when those entitled to them will receive them. Death of a Former WUmlnatonlan A telegram was received here yesterday from Brunswick, Ga., announcing the death in that city, . at 11 o'clock a. m., of Mr. J. N. VanSoelen. formerly a well known resident of this city, where he acted as U. S. deputy marshal, as a detective.and in other such capacities, for several years after the war. His disease was consump tion, and his age was about 48 years. His sister, Mrs. Margaret Lane, received the telegram ; ' - For the Star. HONOB THE DEAD-HONOR THB ' X.1VING. With the return of the sweet flowers and the glad notes of the birds comes afresh the memory 01 our martyred dead, and already the loving, sympathetic- heart of Southern womanhood is preparing to- commemorate their death.': Boon we shall matte our an nual pilgrimage . to the Mecca of our dead; and, - standing upon that con secrated ground. - the : man of God in tender tones will : supplicate -. Hs mer cies,! the voice of song will be wafted upon -j. the gentle winds, : the . orator wm proclaim tneir neroism, loving nanus will scatter bright no were, tne military, in holiday attire, will fire salutes,, martial airs will Quicken tbe patriot's heart, and all will be over: and tne cauant aeaa, unconscious of the tribute ana unnundiui 01 tne pa geant - will I- slumber on in - their sweet dreamless sleep forever. But it is well that we nosor inem. and sname oe upon nun who would displace one leaf from the chaplet of their lust fame. They fought And they died for what they believed to be the right and their achievements are tne pitest prooia 01 meir sinveriir. . i .- Abraham Lincoln, standing uoou' the field Of Gettysburg, out of the fullness of Ms great warm heart, said: 'I am proud to claim as -my countrymen mo men wnq charged up these heights.". . An d as th rancor of war gives place.: our foes in war our friends in peace, our brothers always, will feel ; just pride in the glory of their deeds.. . .. j:-,-''-:-7, K But notwithstanding their failure, 'the recollection of their deeds will live as long as patriotism finds a home in the human breast, and the bright " flowers scattered by loving hands 2 upon their graves will in dying exhale sweet incense to their memo ry.' But while we honor the, dead let us nnt fnrmt the living. The dead wrapped in their gray Bleep well and are beyond the Tearh of harm, but all over our dear South land are to be found relics 01 tne . juost Causa" who bear as many honorable scars as did the toughest veterans of Wellington, in disease and penury.- The cause for which thev fought being lost there are no coffers to which . they may go for help; and bo they stand and - xnoca at tne great -heart of humanity,: asking aid as a rightful charity. , r 9- -While . the : South has ; -commendably honored the memory of her dead she has alast been sadly remiss in her duty towards thtt .. nnedv livincr ones. Pageant and panegyric are well enough for the dead, but they are unsubstantial . 100a ana vesture for the living. These men by their courage and fortitude wrought the . brigntest pages of hT hlntorv and in the pantheon of im mortality their niche is high and endur ing. . They deserve aid and sympathy and Hif aneonle grown eoulent will not in. the tf,JSi't.tZ nf onen their hearts and their purses to their necessities, then the South -was unworthy of freedom and un worthy the sacrifices and memories of he roes living and dead, j 8. W. Cobbbtt. Charlotte has reduced the police force and trimmed the : salaries. -1 he Mayor gave part of his salary to the Graded School. J - - ; , -. ' - . 7 A WASHINGTON. AppolntmentsIIeelster Brace of (be Treasnry to Beslcn minister Kel lej'a Departure for : Austria Four Colored Men Drowned, '?.".-'-;-'- IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. . WASHDSGTOir. Mav 7 The President has appointed J. Parker Veasey. of Balti more, to be postmaster of that city, to suc ceed Postmaster Adreon, whose term ex pired Tuesday. Veasey is a lawyer, part ner of ex Judge White, brother of ex-Sen ator jrinaney . wnite. ine xresiaent also appointed -G.-W. Thomas postmaster of Canton, Miss., vice F, .B.-Pratt commis sion expired:- and .Eugene P. Svkes inter nal revenue collector, District 01 Alissisaip- -1 pi, vice James Hill, suspended.; ... , - senator Jiiancne K. liruce. register 01 the Treasury, has tendered his resignation. it is reported that the resignation was re quested. . v t, . A. XL, Keuev. the newlv appointed U. B. Minister to Austria, accompanied by his family, sailed for Europe to day on the steamship Wieland, of the Hamburg Amer. lean packet line. - - j , five colored men.who had been working till after midnight unloading a coal boat near Great Falls, started across the Potomac to their homes in Virginia in a. small boat They lost their way in the darkness and were drawn into , the rapids, their . boat upset, and four, were -drowned.. The fifth man clambered upon a rock from which he was rescued. All were industrious worthy mpnunn nil Ipava fflmilipn : " Washington, May 8. The president to day made the following appointments: t Geo., V. N- Lathrop. of. Michigan, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary of the United States to Russia. ., : Jioyd W inches ter, ot ny.. to be Minister Resident and Consul General of the United States to Switzerland.-., i ; ,r hS"":.4 John E. W. Thompson, of N. Y.. to be Minister Resident and - Consul General of the United States to HaytL. ,-..-1: ; The President has declined the invitation; to visibAtlanta during the session of the Commercial Convention, to be held there the latter part of this month. . -His official duties will not permit of his leaving Wash ington at that time. ..... t . ; . . t- ' Washington: May 9. Robert E. Lee Camp. Confederate veterans, of Richmond. Va., to the number of -125, - called at the White House this afternoon and , were in troduced to the President by - Representa tive Geo. D. Wise, of Virginia. Mr. Wise remarkeded that the delegation had called to pay their respects. "I am glad to see them," replied the President - Gen, J. R. Cook, who served on the Confederate .side during the war, was at the head of the dele-.' nation. The ex soldiers wore Confederate nr. jbatnrop, appointed Minister to .Rus sia, is 60 years of age and has been promi nently identified with the legal profession. His residence is at Detroit . Shortly after Cleveland was elected to the Presidency. Mr. Lathrop, with other Michigan gentle men, called upon - him at Buffalo. The President was greatly pleased with Mr. Lathrop, and so expressed himself on his return to Albany . The appointment to Russia was unsolicited. Mr. Lathrop has never held official position and has declined nominations to Congress. i - The son or a distinguished lawyer was prominently mentioned in connection with the Commiasionership of Patents. His father wrote to President Cleveland, in forming him that his son was an attorney,' and as a lawyer had become interested in matters pending at the Patent office, and, for this reason, he thought the appointment should not be made. . Lathrop: it is understood, will accept the appointment tendered to him to day. - Dr.-John iU. w, ihompson. who was to day appointed Minister resident and Consul General of the United States to Hayti, was born in Brooklyn, -N. Y., and is at present a resident of New York city. He is a grad uate of the medical department of Yale tJoUeee. Alter leaving x ale ne pursued his medical studies in Paris, where he be came proficient in the French -language, which knowledge wilt serve htm in his new sphere, as the Haytiens are French speaking people. Thompson is a young colored man, and was highly recom mended for the position by the faculty of .Yale, as well as by many leading citizens of bis native state. He is said to have been a life long Democrat. Bovd Winchester was recently appointed U. 8. Consul to Nice. He declined on ac count : of the small salary, it being but $1,500 per year. The annual salary of the new position is $5,000. Washington. May . 9. The President has appointed the following Board of Visi tors to the united states Military Academy : John Bigelow, of New York, Charles it Cod man, of Massachusetts, Fitzhagh Lee, of Virginia, George Hoadley, of Ohio, James C. Tappan. of Arkansas. Prof. Ed ward 8. Holden, of Wisconsin, George L. Miller, of Nebraska. - : i 6 ; The President to day appointed - Hamil ton C. Jones, of North Carolina, to be U. 8. District Attorney for the Western Dis trict of North Carolina; William A. Seay. of Louisiana, to be Minister Resident and Consul General of the " U. S. to Bolivia. To be Consuls General of the United States Ephraim B. E wing, of Missouri, 7 at the City of Mexico r EL Clay Armstrong, of Alabama, at Rio De Janerio. To be Con' sul of the United States Peter Staub, of Tennessee, at St GalL John H. Oberly, of Illnois, to be Indian bchool Superin tendent vice James M. Haworth. deceased, Secretary Manning to-day requested and received the resignation of Captain T. N. Burrill, Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.' -The resignation will take effect June 1st, and Mr. E. O. Graves, As sistant Treasurer, ' has been appointed to succeed ' him. 7. Mr. Graves entered the Treasury Department in 1863 as a $1,200 clerk.- He has served as Chief Clerk of the Department, as Superintendent of tbe Na tional : BanK .Redemption Agency, and as Assistant Treasurer. He - was also Chief Examiner of the Civil Service Commission under President Grant, and in 1877 was a member, of the commission appointed to reorganize the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. HV this .- reorganization tne ex penses of the bureau were decreased several hundred thousand dollars. .The appoint ment is ' a promotion for Mr. Graves, the salary being $900 per year more than that or Assistant Treasurer. ne voteu : ior Cleveland. -- The bureau of Engraving and Printing has about: 1,200 employes, only twelve of whom come nnder the provisions of the civil service law; all the others being appointed by the Chief of the Bureau. ; A A Kearro : Bavlsber LTnebcd tl TOt- -"- -." cnmbla. ; . '.' Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.J. Cincinnati, May 9.-rA - special to the limet-Star says: At Tuscumbia. Ala., last night a neero named Jordan, who had attempted a criminal -' assault upon Miss Davis, a .daughter of. a farmer,, but -who jumped from a . window as Mr. Davis shot at him: was caught and lynched by a moo. it was found that XJavia' snot had wounaeu him in an ear.- ? - - v- .- . --v:-.. Baleish News- Observer ; " Mr, HaL Worth has been appointed to. and has accepted the position of Chief Marshal at . the next State Fair, j Maj. Wi W.Vass. of this city,: has, perhaps, the honor of be ing the oldest railroad treasurein tne worm. Will it be believed that the "Official Rail way Guide" left out the name of Maj. Vass as Treasurer of the Raleigh & Gaston Rail road, and didn't correct the error of omis sion until la the last issue. . For forty years the Maior has been Treasurer of that road and has filled the position faithfully and ably. ; Gen.r scales has ordered a spe cial term of the Superior Court of Haywood county, to be for the trial of civil causes only.- The term begins. July; 13th: and Jodge Graves will preside, j - ;v v; .- , We have not advocated and do not propose to advocate any man's claims. but as a Democratic paper we, while loyal ly placing the utmost -confidence in tne ludgment of the Administration, do reiter ate the urgent need of a complete change in the Federal omciais of this ai&te.rrom deneeR. J.) Mail, Dem. --v i fS 'tf "! : ajjARaha. , :- FOREIGN. Defeat t tbo Araba by tbe British ; v Troops-Reported Bes'saatloa ot Sir Peter Lomtdtn-Tbt , Brltlab. Press - and People Angrily Complain of tbe ' Government's Arranaemeat -vlth Bassia-Death of a Rated Informer V Baron Flussarald. Appointed . lord I Cbancellor of Ireland, k . , ' London, May 7. Other accounts from Suakim say one hundred and fifty" rebels were killed and two thousand head of cat tle captured. The advance waa- skilfully conducted. The British carried the ridges in a capital manner. It is believed that this defeat will dispirit the Arabs and pre vent them from making further attacks. "London, May 7. Dispatches from India renew the statement that Sir Peter Lums dea has resigned his post . as British Com missioner on - the . International Frontier Commission--"- - -' "t- I ' The opinion Is gaining ground, here and in Europe, that, the government's arrange- - i - 1 1 . . ., . . uicut ia, jiu a wwsu, a eompiew sorrenuer to Russia of all the points she has demanded. Though the more moderate of the Conser vatives condemn Lord Randolph Churchill's endeavors ito? opposethe war- credit the probability of a defeat for the government is talked of in many quarters. The Morning Pott agrees with Lord Churchill about the' urgent need of ousting the Ministry, and sava:. "Eieht indetendent members might- - nave turned olk Gladstone's ' tualonty of. 14 r into minority.' After the' terrible: events -of the. past week .win they; be forth-: coming TimJi Th Standard says that the dignity and powers of .Russia and. England were em bodied in Gen.' Jiomaroa and Sir Peter Lumsden, and that M. Da Giers will take care that Russian prestige, in the person. of Uen. HomaroH, shall not be dimmed. while the English ministry has already de cided that in the person of Sir Peter Lums- oen tne prestige 01 jungianq u to be ex tinguished. "A further misfortune," says the Standard", "is that we are by no metms assured that even tor an hour tne necessity ofnsing force has passed." -2- r - -j The Iseue-tfreie itcsse.ol Venice, predicts that Italy will become estranged from Eng land by the latter's indecision of policy and; auitude.v?J:i- vui) An unconfirmed rumor , is current that the Indian Department have been ordered to cease their war preparations. - it is reported that Geo.; Selonoi wiu e either to St : Petersburg or to London,. to assist in tbe delimitation of the frontier.' London. May 7. Joseph Smith, the in former,: who testified agamat the men who were hanged for the assassination of Lord Frederish Cavendish and Under Secretary Burke, in Phosnix Park, Dublin, and who had ever since the execution been an exile from- Ireland, and: was supposed to be living incognito somewhere, has just died in London. He had been for a long time a hopeless - drunkard,- and his death was caused by intemperance. London, May 7. Baron Fitzgerald, John David Fitzgerald. P. C, the Globe under stands, will be appointed Lord Chancellor. ot Ireland. The opinion has prevailed that this appointment would fall to Mr.' John Naisb. the present Irish - Attorney General. Baron Fitzgerald's a liberal, and; has been Solicitor General and' Attorney General for Ireland, and Justice 01 the Queen's Bench. , He is 70 years of age, and was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1882, with a peerage for life. London, May 8. Rumors are current in' Paris of a steady and continued Russian ad vance in Afghanistan, but it is Impossible to trace, them to any authentic source.' They have probably originated from the news of the Russian occupation of Pen jdeh. The utncial News - Agency t in Pans, which is supposed to represent the views of the French Cabinet publishes a London dispatch dwelling on the fact that through out the dispute Germany nas given no in dication of the attitude she intends to As sume regarding the controversy. . The dis patch savs that the German AmDassaaor in London still holds as pessimistic a view of the situation as-when everything looked desperate, and that English officials still fear that Germany is unfavorably disposed miwsxu jngiaauBou is nut aojuoua iu juw The xi.met continues to urge the Govern ment to persuade the Ameer to allow , the presence of an English garrison at Herat ' The announcement in the bt Petersburg Official Messenger -, is expected to have a re assuring effect as being the first intimation by Russia that she will send a commission to meet the .English commission. "The cost of the Russian railway from Askabad to Mery is estimated at 16,000 roubles per verst exclusive ef rails and rolling stock, u London, MayJB. A report is published in the morning fost.xoaur, that Jsan uur- ferin has resigned his position as Viceroy of India, but is pronounced by government omciais to be utterly untrue. Paeis, May 8. Mr. Robert M. McLane, United States Minister to France, has ar rived here. 1 'Jr St. Petkksbubg, May 8. The Moscow Gazette, with reference to the submission of the Afghan frontier difficulty to arbitra tion, says: "It was only possible to permit the correctness of our action to be certified by a third party. : Such a course as this is not arbitration in any proper sense of the term, .but simply a respectable means of terminating the incident" ' i The Novoe . Vremva and ' Novosti express great pleasure that Sir Peter Lumsden, who they say made alt - the mischief,' has been recalled to London. v. London, May 9, The continued uncer-r tainty of the political aspect tends tore- strict the amount of business done on the Stock Exchange, with, the result that each small transaction exercises a disproportion ate enect on prices. The greater anxiety is felt about the result of the vote of credit which-will come Up In the House of Com mons on .Monday, although It is unlikely that the result wm be adverse to the Minis try.' especially if Lord Hartington'a state ment of the Soudan policy proves satisfaor tnrv tA iliA TAYvtraa". .- J.' ' ' - ; - The current rumors of the resignation of Earl Dufferin arise from the inference that he disagrees with the Government's policy. and the fact that Earl Dufferin accepted his position with the understandrag that he was to take, the full responsibility of the government in India, 'r It is rumored that Russian dispatches by courier differ somewhat from the summary nrst received by telegraph: but it is expect ed that the discrepancies of statement can - It is estimated that almost half of the vote of credit has already been absorbed in war preparations so far ordered, which are now too far advanced to be rescinded. The work of equipment for 'the' Soudan, how ever, nas almost ceased. . The greatest ef forts are being directed to tbe nayal arma-? ineuta. t . v- " " . ' St. Peteehbtjg; May' 9. The Journal Be St. Petersburg declares that Russia will shortly open negotiations with England for the appointment of a representative of the Russian government at Calcutta. . - . London, May 9. The proposed rahmis slon of the Anglo-Russian difficulty to ar bitration is the prominent topic of com ment in the leading London jdurnals this morning.The wisdom of the government present policy is called m question, and tne success at arbitration is doubted.' Tbe statement : of the St Petersburg : Official Messenger, yesterday, as to the motive and scope ' of r arbitration, and as " to the policy of; the. Cabinets ;of .; Russia and ' England, in. regard; to the frontier negotiations, and the work of delimlnatlon, does not strike the" Standard as calculated to have a soothing effect upon the wounded British susceptibilities. -Far from this, it expresses the -hope that the H 'cruel, patro nizing bluntness" of tbe Messenger lan guage ' may sting Mr. Gladstone to resent such a tone, and quicken " him to make another "speech ".worthy of .the British Minister.", . ...--- In the opinion of the Standard the fate of Herat is now the mam question tnat con fronts England. iThis question cannot be ignored in the present negotiations. - No Russian pledge, ? however binding, which' would only relieve ins of the diplomatic ; squabble,' ought to" prevent us from faking 4 -riJ Zf such action as will effectually forestall any possible eventuality.. .. . - ; - The Time refers to the retort current in! .Vienna, that Heratis not mentioned in- any of the English negotiations with Rua-t si a, and says t "If the government think the late of Herat may be left to the caprice; 01 tne Ameer, tne treachery of the local governor, or the success of the pretender,; they .had better tell the country their ODin- ' ion, and either give place to others who are more' farseeing, or. abstain from wasting; money and prestige in half-hearted meas-i ures, which deceive nobody,- and least of all Russia." . f . . ". . r - st t Discussing . arbitration. . the . lime ex-i documents or dispatches respecting the ' agreement of March 16th, which are suffi-t cienuj aeumte ior tne purposes 01 aroiira-; tion. 1 More than this,, it says: "Such ta: small point as the view each party' took of ; the agreement is in any case an exceed-' ugly duncult one to dispose of -by arbitra- I tion." 1 - " " il .v:--iv:y -' .. m a 1 . . c -..-: : il VIRGINIA.. , t 1 -Soearlng a JTary- lni tbai Clnverlas Caao at. Hlestmoad Ike Supreme State BleeUoa Law-Tall for a Dema.i era tie BtataConvcnUoa T .. (Br Telegraph to the Xornlng Star.l - Richmond, ' May 7. In the Hustings Court to-day . Judges Atkins ; ordered tbe namaotH, C, Adams, one of the jurymen securao: m tne case of i. J. cm verms, on trial forihe.murder.of-. Lillian Madison, to i be struck from the list. This was due to the fact that it had become known that Adams had some court trouble with a ne-j gro, resulting in the latter swearing but a warrant charging Adams.wlth perlury, and) that the case was still pending in Henrico: county court The calling of the talesmen: summoned waa proceeded with, and at 1.45: p. m. lour jurors had been obtained, makings twelve m an. it is prooaDie tnat two more; jurors will be dropped, as - the' common-! wealth expects to be able to show that one: had previous to : being summoned stated positively that be would . not hang a man) on circumstantial evidence, and in the case- of the other Juror that he had some weeks' ago offered to bet- that Ciuverius would be- acquitted, showing that he bad not only: formed an opinion but was ready to back it with ms money, ,1 he Supreme Court of Appeals of Yir- ginia to-day rendered a decision in tbe case , t- - r . mi. 1 made, up to test the validity of the joint; resolution passed by the last Legislature,! providing . for an election by ,that body of: electoral boards for all cities and counties, of the State, and investing ' these boards! witn power to appoint The loint resolu-4 tion was not presented to the Governor for! approval, and in order to avoid any futuri conflict between the political parties in the: State a case was made up .as stated. The) decision is that the act was not a legislative' put a ministerial act which did not reauire the concurrence of the Executive, and was.j therefore, valid. This decision gives the ..1 1. r . . r. . . . . 1 1 . ucuuuu uiauuuiery 01 tue state waoiiy intOi the hands of the Democratic party. j xne democratic state. Committee met here to-day and issued a call for a Stater Convention. - to be held in this city Julyl v, to nominate uovernor and other Btata omcers. ne itepuDiican state uonven tion has .been called for July 15, for the same purpose.. . . .. : . , .. . .. -I . , Kichhond. JHay 9.. The case of T. J, Ciuverius, charged with. . the mnrder of Lillian Madison, was resumed in the Hus tings Court this morning. ; Before pro ceeding with a call of the new talesmen,! Judge Atkins announced his decision in the matter of two jurors R W. Larke and 8. Goode to whose retention the prose cution objected yesterday on the grouucLin; Larke s case, that he had said he would not convict a man on circumstantial evidence: and: because Goode : bad, previous to being summoned, offered to bet and had bet that Ciuverius would be acquitted. - Judge At- kins stated that he had concluded, for reasons advanced by the prosecution, that the two men were not competent to serve in this case, and therefore ordered ' them discharged. Counsel for the defence excepted to the , ruling . of the Court in both cases. : William Relnheimer. another of the accepted jurors, was released upon ms statement tnat ne Buttered from vertigo, and was subject to such attacks; The call of talesmen .waa then proceeded with, and out of. 300 examined three Quali fied jurors were obtained, thus making the numoer twelve, as it stood , last evening. Col. Ayiett of counsel for the prosecution. at this point stated to the Court that in his opinion .the time had now arrived for the Court to use the discretion and power con ferred by law to summon a sufficient num ber of talesmen from points outside of the city to complete the panel required six teen. To this the defence made no obiec tion, end the Court ordered a sergeant to make a draft on the city of Alexandria, for tales of fifty, returnable Monday morning; at 11 o'clock. -'--i.- i Richmond. May 9. -Nothing waa done in the Ciuverius trial to-day. The court ad4 lournea yesterday uniu Monday, ;u await the arrival of -the draft of flfty talesmen ' . " THE CROPS, BeportoC tbe Department ot Agrleal- tara Cotton PJaaUna-. J Well Ad- vaaeed Tbe :j Injury to . winter Wbeat. 1 Washington. May 8.The May repoit of the department of Agriculture- relates to the progress of spring plowing and of cotton planting, and to tbe condition of winter" grain,- meadows and pastures. .It also reports the . prevailing rates of wages of I arm labor. Cotton planting, though comparatively late. Is well advanced, fully three-fourths of the proposed area having been planted. The usual proportion seeded on tbe first ol May is probably five per . cent : Last year but two-thirds of the area was in germina- tion at this date. Rains ia Texas . have de layed work in planting; everywhere it was begun late, but progress has at most points been unusually rapid. The plants have been slow in germination on dry areas, and nave not yet made their appearance at many points. Spring plowing, in preparation for plant ing. Is every where late. Last year at this date it was estimated to be two-thirds done. This, year itis scarcely six-tenths. ; The estimated average of a series of years ex ceeds seven tenths. Less than half, of this work is done in the Eastern States and in New York. Ohio and Michigan. "A much larger proportion is finished in the North west where corn, potatoes and other late planted crops are grown in smaller proper- ' Inidrv to the' winter wheat crop was greater than appearances indicated on the first of - ADnl. , The roots were killed in "th h(ntl fvlt even2 worse 'than was ion. posed., . In New York snow protection was ample, except in spots; and in Michigan no material mi ory occurred; out in the Ohio Valley and in Missouri, reports of condition are much reduced. ,. Iq the South a slight improvement in the . prospect has occurred. The average of condition in the principal : wheat growing -States is as foW lows New York. 95: Michigan, 100; Ohio. 59; Kentucky." 45; Indiana, 70; Illinois, 43; Hissouri. 60: Kansas. 62. . The general average is 70. instead of 77 in April a re duction of 9 per cent reducing the indica ted production of winter wheat to about two hundred and forty muhon bushels. " The condition of rye is also lower than reported in April, - yet . much better, than wheat tbe average beinn 86. - The average condition of winter barley 18 83.., .. Mowing lands promise nearly an average crop of hay ; the average of '.condition .being 92. PENNSYLVANIA. Verio ua Accident, at a Colliery. iBy Telegraph to the Homing Star.l Shamokin. May 9. At Luke Fidler Col- liery. this-aftermonratanbroke loose and ran down -the tneimea plane into tne oouer. causing an explosion. : J. i&odoi ussy was killed, Martin Maloney fatally scalded, and TTT-. . n . . V . f ' 1 T , VYiiuam jKomaain. jonn maiose ana aoub Thomas were seriously injured. . .l . . Raleigh yisitorrA. a meetine of the Watauga Club, held last evening, it was decided to tender lion. Thos. J. Jar- vis, the newly appointed Minister to Brazil, a public reception on his arrival in this city. - r Mrs. A. Blackburn, of. Bladen county, made- application yesterday to the -State Auditor for a pension, under the act Of the late .Legislature. -She is the widow oi w. I. lilackburn. of Co. K, 18th Regi- men MI O. Troops. ,, - MaJ. all. Q - Finger, State Superintendent of Public In struction,;- has issued a circular to county superintendents notifying them that all public school teachers in the State must be ' examined on physiology and hygiene at the - wiooer examination. , e Elizabeth CitvjEfconofnisf . The t fisheries in Croatan Sound have cut off and -hung up and the other fisheries higher up : on Albemarle - Sound will follow suit in a few days. The poundnet fishermen will v hang on a few days - longer and then they ' too wul sing the song of the season's close. This has been ther best' season for fish for many years. April 21st was the most remarkable day for the clearness of the day at Kitty Hawk for many years. The tower of Whaleshead lighthouse, which is : 22 miles distant appeared " only 10 miles. - and all the sand hills beyond tbe light were ' 65 miles distant from this station and 75 v from Nag's Head. . was plainly seen. It could have been seen 80 miles away. . .: . w . . , . Asaeviue Aavanct:- l ne tnero kee Indians living va North Carolina have brought suit for lands in the Indian Terri-' -tory valued at about $2,000,000. Col. Connelly ana family returned home yester day from an extended trip in Europe. -: Gen. Vance will address the people to-mor row ia tiie courthouse, during the recess of court, on the subject of the Western North Carolina Fair: - Mrs. Minnie B. Porter, wifeof T. M.. Porter, Esq., and daughter ' of .Mr. Canada Cowan, died yesterday, af ter an' illness of .several months.' .- A drunken row occurred laslSunday in Egypt township? Yancey county, in which Gilbert Hensley waa cut and mortally . wounded by a man named John-Brackins. All of the :-: parties were drinking,' and from what we have heard of lheduaculty.it is hard totell who is mostly to blame. .'Our informant 'states taat Henslev is horribly butchered and cannot live.: . . . , . - , m 'Charlotte Observer: - The . two day trains on the Carolina Central -now i make through runs between Charlotte and :, Wilmington, the break atLaurinburg hay ing been abolished. . - The remains of ? Rev. Alexander Sinclair," who died some weeks ago in Maryland, will be brought to Charlotte for final interment and are now en route. Mr. 'Sinclair was once pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in this city. -A Deauuim little sau boat named 'Nellie," was launched on the placid waters of the Catawba, at Mt Holly yesterday. The boat was built in' Wilmington for. Mr. J. F. Bryant specially for service on the - Catawba, and is said to be a very pretty craft Mr.' Eli Hinson,' who . has been" engaged at-work on the Arlington Baptist Church, in Clear Creek townBhip. this . county, received a fall from ' that building yesterday that came near ..killing ' him. as iv was. his shoulder waa severely dislocated and there were painful bruises on his body. iror some time past the railroad companies have suffered considera bly from the depredations of thieves on the '' freight cars at Salisbury, out the business was . handsomely broken up - yesterday. through the ingenuity ot Capt W.A.Turk. The good people of Iron Station, in - Liincoln county ? were yesterday startled by the suicide of one of Lincoln's well-known citizens: Mr. Mitchell Monday: who ended his career at his home, about two miles from that place at 11 o clock yesterday morning.. At that hour the inmates of the house were alarmed by the report of a pis tol and on making an investigation,, found : Mr. Monday lying on the floor in one of the rooms, in a dying condition, with brains and blood oozing from a bullet hole in his head. r:; New Berne Journal : Mr.' IL C. Canaday, who" arrived - from Onslow last night reports a disastrous nre .near suver Dale on Monday night about 11 o'clock. The gin bouse, saw and grist mill, with 900 bushels of corn and 1,200 bushels of cotton seed, belonging to Mr. G. W. Smith were t consumed. Loss about $6,000; no insu rances -4 Richlands dots: We had a ter rible wind in this section on the evening of . May 1st : doing greatdamage. Mr. E. L. ; Francks's buggy shelter ; was blown down and his buggy broken all to pieces, and one of his tenant houses, occupied by Mr. John , L Jarman, was lifted from the blocks. Mr. -Jarman was bruised a little and one of his children's arms was wrenched. . The track of this storm was about one hundred yards wide, and in its track cypress trees over f two feet in diameter were snapped like pipe stems. . The (farmers coontinue to lose , their hogs, with some disease, they know not what They . are certainly, strange ly affected. .. La Grange ,. items : t apt' Davis :wlll commence work on - his new school building sometime next week, i Tha house is to be 4Uxsu feet and three stories high.: A serious accident occurred in Saulston. in Wayne county, on last Sunday evening. William Ham and wife had been visiuog ana were returning home,, when the cart shaft gave way and the horse ran oft, : breaking the left leg of Mr; Ham and the left leg of Mrs. Ham, both, bones passing entirely through the flesh. - i- Jones county notes: Mr. T. R. Garner, the Bible agent who has completed, his canvass in eur county, informs us that he found in Jones county 185 families des titute of the Bible, and supplied 170. He found 25 who bad no families who were destitute nd supplied them. He sold 348 ' volumes; and donated' 144 In ' canvassing the county he visited 953-families and tra velled 780 miles. .; . Baieigh Nevus- Observer: On r ; Thursday and Friday the Raleigh boys play . the Nationals, of Goldsboio, competing for a prize of S100. We learn from a let-: terfrom Senator Vance to Governor Scales , that he and Senator Ransom presented the Invitation of the faculty of the University f :; to the President and urged its acceptance, u The President expressed a strong desire to accept but said that the state ol the public business is such "that he must take 'time to consider before - answering. The commencement exercises of Oxford Female Seminary of which Mr. F. P. Hobgood : is principal, will be held June 2 and 4. Rev. -Dr. T H: Pritchard preaches the baccalau reate sermon; and Rev. J- L. Burrows, ' D. D., of Norfolk, Vs., will deliver the annual address before the literary societies. - state Board of .Education was in ses- sion yesterday. It is composed of all the State officers. The object of: the meeting ; was principally in regard to school books, ' particularly the selection of the new; text" books on physiology and hygiene, a num ber of agents Of publishing companies ap- . peared in the interest of their respective - ri j r . nouses.' Be matter ol uib uraiuago ui tuc r State swamp lands was also considered. There were two proposals in regard to the body of 800,000 acres in Carteret county. ': one was py a company wnicn proposed to lease the lands for grazing purposes; the : other was by a company which proposed to drain tbe lands, as the phrase goes, "one- ; half for. the other.,'rThe Lt Governor and Secretary of State were the only members of the Board absent The matter mentioned -were fully discussed. The Board finally adopted "Steele's' Hygienic - Physiology." ; published by A. S. Barnes & Co., of New " York, as .the text book for the public ; schools. i'Webster's .: school : dictioiiaries were put on the list . Formerly only Wor- .. cester was used." The proposition as to swamp lands received much attention, Mr. is. Lu Perry proposed to. dram i the land :; for one-half.- The Board agreed ' to give him 10,000 ; acres, to ' drain, 'he to pay i all expenses, : and the , lands 2 to'Jbe - surveyed- by the State engineer. - There was a proposition by Mr. Flyna T. to lease for a few years a part of the Hyde county lands (known as the Bibb & Carrow tract) in case the State bids them in at tiv -. sale to teke place on the 11th inst .- There are 800,000 acres of these lands.': Mr. Flynn's scheme was to lease 15,000 or 20, COO acres, for -the purpose of testing ; r their utility for stock raising. If valuable, -: he proposes to. purchase. . The board post-: poueu action ou tue matter uuui uc meetlg;, twhieh will be after the sale allu- AoA In - Rnjum-rT f!r . - N. Ci.. Mav - 4 Mrf 5". Q. Brown, of Buckhorn town-" ahin.-. Harnett . county. lost; his. dwelling; v house, kitchen, two corn cribs, smokehouse i and a fodder bouse by nre, on tne zymoi . AprlL . Halivax, s, May 5. J ndge ; s Graves" re-sentenced , tbe: negro murderer, -Eaton Mills, this morning at 9 o'clock, to- be hanged on Friday, the 26th day of next 1 dune, utswwccu uis uviubui uuuv a m, -'. and 4 o'clock p. m,'.''. :' !. ' J ' ' U :., mi mm mm '. i : v Hi -"I.! '$.-rZ: '-,v "A : i! .';."-- . . ." .. " . " . : mm 'n ' : "-,1! - V."..?i :::i:':-'?;:'"W . : ':- 5 -