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AUSTBIA'S 8BABIB. v
Tbe published correspondence be
tween the State Department and
Austria puts the latter in a very em
barrassing attitude and vindicates
fully the course of the Secretary of
State.. The demands of Austria in
regard to Minuter Keiley were feall y
very offensive, and Mr. Bayard did
precisely right when he took the firm
position he did and threw upon
Austria all of the odium of the Minis
ter' rejection. In one of his letters,'
of date of the 15th of August, the
Secretary of State said:
"By co act of mine, nor with my con
sent, can the Government of the United
States be placed in an attitude of supplica
tion for favor, or become a petitioner for
recognition on terms prescribed by aay for
eign power, and this expression meets the
full approval of the Executive. There is,
therefore, and can be, no suggestion of ex
postulation or protest by us against the un
precedented, action of the Government of
Austria-Hungary. All that has been said
and written by us has been designed to make
it clear that as between the revocation of
Mr. Keiley's appointment by this Govern
ment and his rejection as an envoy by that
of his imperial and royal Majesty the re
sponsibility of the final decision must rest
with the latter, which, having now signified
its determination and accomplished its ob
ject, must abide , the result. While this
Government concedes as freely as it exer
cises the right to refuse an envoy, yet when
the right is so exaggerated and expanded as
to become a virtual claim of the function of
selection, as well as rejection, we must de
mur.". . J . ;
No nation can justify the action of
Austria. It was unspeakably mean.
in dMlininr in- rpppiyp 9. irntlpman
-of unblemished character, of high
sifts and fine -culture, because Italy
had declined to receive him on ac
count of j words spoken in a speech
twelve or fifteen years ago, and be
cause of the nationality and religion
jof Mrs. Keiley.- In Mr. Bayard's
management of his Department in
dealing with foreign powers he has
been verv successful thus far.
THE INOCULATION THEORY. "
There is a great mad dog excite
ment in tbe North. Inoculation as a
remedy for hydrophobia, if advoca
ted just as inoculation as a preven
tive for small-pox is practiced. The
celebrated M. Pasteur, of France, it
ia claimed, has had . some astonishing
successes in this experiment of inocu
lation. Recently four lads in New
ark, New Jersey, were bitten by a
mad dog. They have been sent to
Paris to be treated by Pasteur. The
eminent Dr. Holt, of . New Orleans,
is a convert to the theory that inocu
lation will Drevent the vellow fever
-
scourge. ! Experiments on an extend
ed scale are now being made in South
America. It will be a blessed thing
if. the final tests should prove satis
factory for yellow fever in an awful
scourge.!
As to inoculation for rabies the
following is the plan as briefly tele
graphed to the New York Herald:
"He inoculates the patient with the vi
rus of the disease once or twice a day for
two weeks or fifteen days, the vaccine be
ing inserted on the pit of the stomach. In
no case has he failed to prevent rabies from
developing. After treatment the patient
may be bitten with impunity by any num
ber of mad dogs for a year or more. Du
ring the treatment the person goes about
the ordinary affairs of lire in tne usual
way, the inconvenience being very slight.
80 successful has M. Pasteur been that the
- French government has placed at his com
mand one of the public hospitals for the
sole accommodation of hydrophobia pa
tients. Persons bitten by mad dogs seek
bis office irom all quarters or tbe globe,
and be treats them all freely and . without
price." -- '
One of the boldest, sauciest of
"writers for the American periodical
press is Joaqain Miller, the poet. He
has been for some months publish-
' ing a long poem in Literary Life
called "The Sword of the South."
How much, merit there is in it we
cannot determine as we have read
only . a j few pages. It is - written
partly in the stanza of In Memoriam.
The notes that accompany the poem
. are the most striking for they are
personal and bold beyond compari
son. He handles some of tbe North
ern heroes " without gloves. We
copy elsewhere a part of a long note
in the December number. But here
we will quote a paragraph, that Ms
significant. He says:
"And you must preserve your States if
you are to preserve tne Union. Obliterate
your State lines by letting 'heroes' trample
them down, and where is vour Union?
There will be nothing left to Unite. ; He
TXVl f Imomnna sn an nit lanAon tuitnvafla1
and pillaged, and then be forgotten is a
-dreamer indeed. Bach a land passes from
that hour into the possession of the Poet.
It is thenceforth his realm. You may; try;
to reason, you may try to excuse, yon mayi
iry 10 cast the blame on tne lnvaaeaana
prostrate land with all the indignity that
goia or influence can command, but ail una
weighs not a gossamer's weight with the
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dramatist, the poet, the lover of the peo
ple, ror me wnoie warm heart or tne great
good world goes out always - to sueh a
vanguished land. - And the only . 'hero' is
the man who defended his home."
Arf INTERESTING I.BTTEB..
Yesterday's mail brought ns a let
ter from one of the best appointed of
the younger jurists of tbe State. The-:
etter contains both sound opinion.
and instruction, and, although it-oo-;
curs in a private letter we venture to.
reproduce a part. 1; He says! ; -
"I was glad to seel the public set light
about the young Judges. I felt that much;
was being said unadvisedly. The truth is,j
that for the past twenty-five years young'
men have not been exerting as much influ-.
ence as formerly. The average age of the .
Justices of the Supreme Court of the
United States has beep much higher for the
last iwemy-nve years than for the same time
previous. Judge Story was only 32. : His
son Bays 'party animosities were then very:
bitter, and .among his political opponents
his appointment wai ridiculed and con-:
demned. Bigoted in their prejudices, some
honestly thought thai none but a fool or a
knave could entertain Republican opinions ,
ana others, from At youth, augured a mm
titudeof evil conseaueacea? So far as his
&Vu wuxswas wssaj niw VrVMVV UbU v
aer tne towering influence 01 Marshall, ne
soon snook them off. , it is a little singular
that Story went on the Bench as a Demo
crat and became the jdisciple of Marshall.
while 1'aney began life as a Federalist and
became the political exponent of the other
school. I am persuaded that Marshall did
more to fix the trend of construction
towards centralism than any ; other mind.
While Jefferson and jhis school controlled
the Executive and Legislative departments.
the Supreme Court, under the influence of
the great Chief Justice, was planting deep
ana nnmy tne seeds i of Centralization. 1
think you are wise in dwelling daily on the
dangers to the institutions of our govern
ment from advanced Centralization, I am
in all respects for "Home Rule.'"
As to young men we have no
doubt that a careful examination of
North Carolina history would show
that in all the past years young men
were recognized . for their, worth and
promoted accordingly. . Our duties
have been too exacting to allow ns to
go over the books, j We believe that
Judge Potter, of Fayetteville, was
quite a young man . when he was
made a Federal Judge. Our corres
pondent is doubtless correct in his
opinion of the greai influence of the
illustrious Marshall in strengthening
the Federal Government by his
decisions. It is not very difficult
to make this appear.' The whole
tendency now, both North and
South is to centralization to a strong
consolidated Government. This will
be easily perceived : in reading ; the
newspapers as in the votes in Con
gress. ' The Northern periodical press
fairly teem with the .National idea,
and people who tenaciously - cling
to the Jeffersonian and Jackson
iart theory of .; strict ' construction
of the Constitution
are ridiculed
by the exponents
of high Ro
publican ideas. .The time was when
an old-fashioned Democrat anchored
right by the Constitution. But it is
not so now. . Only comparatively a
few stand by "the Sold landmarks."
Local self-governmept is completely
lost sight of in the iNorth, and it is
only now and then you hear a howl
from some lonesome defender of the
rights of States when usurpation does
its work and plants its iron heel upon
all reserved rights and privileges as
guaranteed in tbe organic law.
At the formation of the Constitu
tion it is clear that the influence of
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Hamilton dominated;
He did not
wanted a much
get all he sought. He
stronger Government than was set
np, but after the States had accepted
tbe Constitution, and when he became
Secretary of the.Treasnry, he went to
work to stretch his powers to the ut
most, and by this process gave a di
rection to 'the system that was not
expected or designed y the . mod
erate members. Some, few Tiad seen
dangers ahead. The
Constitution
was framed in distrust; of the people.
Afterwards, Jefferson and his co la
borers ' so stirred the public intelli
gence as to cause the twelve Amend
ments to be adopted, and these were
constructed in distrust of the Fed
eral Government the i creature of
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of the people. - !
-,-, DAKOTA. !
Will the Congress admit dismem
bered Dakota as is asked? This is a
question of some importance. . It
would make " another .Republican
State, and it would bring into the
Union a State whose people are not
of a very desirable kind according to
accounts. It is - very doubtful if it
has enough population to entitle it to
a member of the House, but if ad
mitted it could s Veil the Republican
majority in the Senate by two mem
bers. Congress cannot admit a State
unless it has enough population to
elect a .Representative.. The whole
matter rests with Congress,
The Baltimore American says that
a State may, however, sometimes
facilitate its admission by showing
its capacity to begin at once its funo
tions as a member- of the Union.
Tbe State of Michigan did this a
half century ago, and its example
has been followed by other appli
cants for , admission . This may be.
accomplished by organizing a terri
torial government, and electing rep-
resentatives to the House of Repre
sentatives and the Senate,.and send
ing them to Washington to apply for
admission. This is what the Legis
lature of Dakota baa prepared tor.
-1 On next Tuesday the Legislature
will i meet to eleot two. .United
States Senators." A big fight may
occur over Dokota, or : it may be ad
mitted as a matter of course. .
BCITEB, A KIHeDOH FOB BUT
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Counterfeit butter . is all the go.
Some startling disclosures have been
made before the National Butter,;
Cheese" and Egg 'Association. The
artificial butter business is pimply
Immense, and she is indeed a very,
very wise woman that knows she is
putting butter in her cake, and he is
a i prodigious son of Solomon who
knows that it is butter he is spread
ing on hiB bread or buckwheat cakes.
The New York Star says: - ?
"In New York citv durine November
42,000 packages of counterfeit butter were
handled, while in Boston during the same
month 14,847 packages were received, as
against 7,827 a year ago. The decrease in
the quantity of genuine butter handled in
both cities has been in exact proportion to
the increase in the bogus article, and these
proportions, we believe, are about the same
ltl .nra jtito tm- til. 1 l.fnn 99 .
Imitations rute the day and bogoa
articles have - full swiy. The real
qaestion now is, "Is there any gen
uine - butter in the land ? Is pure
butter from pure cream a lost art ?V
Who knows. . Then the articles sold
as butter are absolutely so delicious
See the nice "compound: "One pat
ent, issued in 1875, specifies sour
milk, animal fat, lactio acid, peanut
oil, almond oil and olive oil. An
other enumerates animal fat, soda
ash and salt. A third, in 1878, in
cludes bicarbonate of soda, pepsin
and coloring matter.- A - fourth, in
1882, mentions lard, buttermilk, tal
low and . pepsin. Others, all - issued
between 1882 and 1885, have cotton
seed oil, slippery elm bark, saltpeter,
borax, boracio acid,' salicylic acid,
benzoic acid, caustic soda, butyrio
ether, glycerine, annatto, orris root,
stearline, mustard oil, sunflower oil,
and, in fact, everything but cream.
Senator Hampton's bill to shut off
members of Congress from' patron
age will hardly pass, however needed
and meritorious. Congressmen will
not be swift, we apprehend, jto pro
hibit themselves " from using their
places in behalf of their personal and
political friends in the way of ob
taining offices. It is true they grant
and groan under the great burden of
office-seeking,and declare they would
gladly be rid of it, but they will not
be vociferous in behalf of the Hamp
ton bill. - There - would he but little
need of such a law if the British sys
tem of life-tenure in office were ex
tended to all officials. ; ' : ,
It is sickening to hear a Demo
cratic paper call those papers that
believe in turning out Republicans
"spoilsmen." Pray what is it? It
plays into the hands of "its friend,
the. enemy." A paper should be
something either Democratic or In
dependent or Republican. But do
not try to tote your water on both
shoulders. If - you wish to retain
Republicans cease talking Demoo
racy. . ' - - - -' - - :-"'v
All the Presidential nominees are
to be printed in the Congressional
Hecord hereafter. . The motive is to
advertise ail removals and it is a
trick of the Republicans. A Repub
lican Senator is reported as saying:
"We do not. propose to place - any ob
structions in the way of the President in
dispensing the patronage of bis office. We
will not refuse to confirm any of his nom
inations when they appear to be fit ones,
but there is a disposition to permit tbe
country to know as much as is proper of
the character and qualifications of the men
he appoints to office, as well as the grounds
upon which he makes removals.
Tbe Attempted Brtdce-Barnlngr at
- FayettevUIe. , r
The Fayetteville Bun of the 16th says
that the . attempt to destroy the county
bridge over - the Cape Fear river at that
place (as mentioned, in the Stab of Wednes
day last) threw the citizens of Fayetteville
into a state of excitement rarely witnessed.
Quite a large quantity of kerosene oil was
strewn over the bridge and fire applied.
The attempt was made late Saturday night,
and only failed on account of the dust
which had been accumulating on the bridge
for years, and which formed an excellent
fire protection.. A. piece of a Wilmington
Stab picked up near the place of the fire,
saturated with kerosene oil, and an address
on the 'margin torn in two, was the only
clue found. With this to work upon, the
Sun says, "evidence has been fast gather
ed until at last the name of the culprit is
almost certainly indicated, and a warrant
has been issued for his arrest; and we learn
that a telegram has been received stating
that he is now in custody."
Foreign Exports.
The foreign ' exports yesterday com
prised 2,740 bales of cotton, valued at
$113,000, and shipped to Liverpool. . Eng.,
by Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son ; and 152,-
559 feet of lumber, 100,000 shingles, ten
barrels of coal tar, six barrels of pine tar,
and six barrels of pitch, valued at $2,725 25
and shipped to-Aux Cayes, Hayti, by
Messrs. Northrop & Cumming.
Cotton Beeeipls. .
The receipts of cotton at this port for the
week ended December 10th, 1885, foot up
4,630 bales,. as against 8,593 bales for tbe
corresponding period of 1884, an increase of
1,037 bales. The receipts of the crop year
to date foot up 74.372 bales, against 79,110
for the eorrespondinr -date in 1884, a de
crease this year or 4.7S9 oaies.
Forelcn Export.
The foreign exports yesterday - com
prised 3,941 barrels of rosin, valued at
$4,158.52, and shipped to Oranton, Scot
land, by Messrs. Robinson & King, 186,-
-943, feet or lumber ana 1517&U shingles,
valued at . $3,702.55, and - shipped by
Messrs. is. Kidder as . tion to fort au
Prince,' Hayti. Total- value of exports,
$7,861.05. - .
Weekly
WILMINGTON; N-i C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25,
.' JED UCA Tl ONAL MA TTEJZS. j
Crowded Pnblle Beliools-iAdvance-
auslf Teaenera aad Scholar b
Past Tear Balanced Balltflnc and
ereater.'FaelUUts Demanded. : , , :i
At the recent meeting of the Board of
Education of New Hanover county, the
Supetintendent of -. Public Instruction,
Walker Meares, Esq.,- submitted his ait
nual report, from " which we glean . the
following items of general interest: :
The number of public schools taught
in the county during the school year is
twenty-three: nine for whites and four-r
teen for blacks. Total number of pupili
enrolled 793 whites, and, 1140 blacks; the
average- attendance was;, whites 583j
blacks 784. -
The number of children in the county
between the ages of six and twenty-one
years is as follows: Whites males 1,147,
females 1,314; : totals 2.461. Blacks-
males 1.852, females 2.824; total, 4,176 A
large number pf children of the school age
attend private schools..:. The; Dumber of
teachers institutes held 'during the; year
was- sixteen. '' ". .. 'r ": I
'The Superintendent "says in bis report
that the condition of the-schools harim-i
proved during the year,' particularly: in
Districu No. 1 and 2, fin the city There
has been a great awakening to the impor
tance of education among the -parents. of
pupils, : and as - a, natural consequence a
great increase in both tbe enrollments and
the .average attendance.' Tbe children
seem anxious to attend school, tardiness,
that bane of the school-house, is fast being
checked; and now,' after years. of labor, the
committees and teachers can" jpompare re
sults with cities boasting the best educa
tional advantages in their public schools.
In the selection of teachers, the Superin
tendent says, the most competent of those
who have applied have invariably received
the appointment.. The teachers have been,
impressed with the . sacredneas of their
duties; that not alone are they to develop
tbe brain, but that : their duties extend 'to
that of the high calling of the missionary,
and that the moral development of the
children is more important than that of tbe
intellectual. In visiting the sick children,
and by keeping up constant intercourse
with the parents, ' a lasting influence has
been attained, tbe beneficence of which can
only be appreciated by these whose duties
keep these great aims. constantly in view.
Each of the four schools (in the c'.tj) the
Superintendent says, are now literally over
run with children. 'In another year there
surely will not be standing room. Already
some of tbe teachers have a daily attendance
of over one hundred pupils. : To meet this,
great responsibility devolves upon the
Educational Board, the committees and our
citizens duties of the highest order which
affect the prosperity of our city.
The Heminwsy School (white) has no
space left on the lot to extend the building;
and besides, there is a deficiency against
this school, with a certainty that this de
ficiency will increase during the year. The
Peabody School (colored) can be extended.
and that school has ample funds. The
Union School (white) is. carried ont in a
dilapidated building totally unfit fr the
school purposes of that districts The sur
plus to the credit of this school will be suf
ficient to purchase a lot and commence a
building. The Willistoa (colored) School is
in first class condition as to a building,
and has over $1,200 to its credit.
In the country districts the rssults are
good giving general satisfaction. Both
races have good buildings and competent
teachers. There is a pressing necessity for
maps, books, black-boards and other mate
rial, and it is recommended that the com
mittees be allowed to supply these necessa
ry articles to the extent of fifty dollars for
each district, the sum so" expended to be
taken from or charged to the general school
fund. ' - V.. ;'-, ';
In conclusion, tbe Superintendent says
"I would impress upon our citizens the
great the vital importance of fostering
these schools. They are the only avenues
left open through which the children can be
educated- and. fitted for those high duties
which in a few years they will be called
upon to perform. Our people, financially.
are not able to avail themselves of other
sources of education. It is, therefore, the
duty of all to make them fit places, both
mentally and morally. Elsewhere, .these
schools have superseded, almost entirely,
the private schools. '. They have come to be
regarded, and justly so, as part of our great
republican institutions. They are essen
tially democratic in their form and tenden
cies, and as such, under proper manage
ment better calculated to imbue children
with those high ideas . df independence,
the Drooer appreciation of the blessings of
liberty, and a firm determination to per
petuate these blessings.
Ballroad Notes.
The Carolina Central is diligently at
work extending the road from Shelby to
Piney Mountain Kidee, from whence the
road may ' run to Cranberry or Kuther-
fordton, as the company may determine.
The , Atlantic Coast Line's "newslink to
its chain of railways" the Albemarle &
Raleigh Railroad attracts attention - in
many quarters. The survey of the road
from Rocky Mount to Nashville has al
ready begun: At Williamston connection
will be made with the steamers running
through Albemarle Sound to various points
in northeastern North Carolina and south
eastern Virginia, thus cutting into the bu
siness of tbe Seaboard & Roanoke road,
and giving the Wilmington & Weldon road
access to a new region of country.
l A meeting was held at Rutherfordton on
the 15th inst to consider the building of a
railroad from that point to Asheville.N.C,
by a route that is considered entirely prac
ticable, by way of Reedy Path Gap. The
Massachusetts & Southern Construction
Company werb represented at the m eeting
A Northern visitor says that the fast
trains on the W. & W. R. R. are a surprise
and wonder to him for the' ease and com-
fdrt of the travel, 'surpassing in this res
pect many other roads in the country.
A New York merchant ' who recently
called to see us, , was warm in his' praise
of this hotel, which he says is kept as
well as the Fif th Avenue in New York,
and deserves " richly to be - mere widely
known, c-, A lady from the North said that
she bad rarely in her travels seen so neat
and well . kept an . establishment. These
are' voluntaryand cordial endorsements of
The Orton Wilmington's sew and elegant
hotel. '
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FORTY -fN IN TB. CONGRESS. I
j , FIRST SESSION. -
SENATE ' "
Washihgtou. - Dec. -17. After reading !
the Senate Journal.Mr. Dolph presented the .
creaentiais of John li; Mitchell, the newly !
eiecieu uniiea states senator from Oregon,
which were read. Mr, Mitchell was then
sworn in.- - utV .ri.U''--r -V '
Mr. Hoar, from the Committee on Privi
lege and Elections, reported f avorablv a
bill to fix a oav for the meeting of electors
for-President and Vice President, and to
provide for and re&ulate. the countinirof
tbe vote for President and Vice President,
and the decision of questions arising tbere-r
irom. jur. ioar saia he would can op
this bill for action ' immediate! v after the
disposal of tbe Presidential Succession bill
and the bill fixing the salary of United
States District Judges. - The bill, went to
the calendar, u ... i-.ssrt?
The Chair, laid before the Senate a reso
lution of Mr. Butler, calling for a commit--tee
to inquire as to the alleged organization
of the Territory of Dakota into a State and
tbe alleged election of U. S. Senators. -
t - After further debate the matter went over
till to morrow, and the" Presidential Succes
sion bill was taken up. and Mr. Evarts
addressed the Senate on it. : Mr. Evarts took
the ground that tbesuocesEion provided for
by the bill now before the Senate was only
a constitutional exercise of a very limited
power accorded by tne Constitution to Con-;
jrross. air. Hearts spoae about an hour and
was listened to with the utmost attention,
both on the noor and in the galleries. After
a few words from Mr. Edmunds in reply to
Mr. Evarts and differing from hlm-M to
the, "very limited power" of Congress, Mi
Edmunds' amendment was voted down "
yeas 21. nays 31. :...-.--f-j. : -y.
.: Mr. Edmunds amendment was one strik
ing out the clause of .the bill that dispensed
with a new election.
The bill was then passed without division
as reported from the committee. -
'- The bill increasing the salaries of U. 8.
District Judges was then laid before the
Senate, but that body went into executive
session, and when the doors were reopened
adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina, asked
leave to introduce a joint resolution, pro
posing a constitutional amendment. It
provides that in case of the removal from
office, by death, resignation .or constitu
tional inability, both of the President and
Vice President of the United .States, the
office of .; President : shall devolve on the
Second Vice President, who shall be voted
for in distinct ballots, at the same time and
in like manner, and for the same term, as
the President and Vice President, by the
electors appointed by the several States.
The Second Vice President shall preside
over the Senate, m tbe absence of the Vice
President or in case the office of President
shall devolve upon .the Vice-President.
. Mr. Randall, of Penn., said he had alike
.measure, which he would like to go with
tne proposition or the gentleman from
South Carolina.
Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, saw no reason
why these measures should have any prece
dence, and he objected to their introduction.
The subject of tbe Rules then came up
for discussion, Mr. Morrison, of 111., stating
that he would try to close the general debate
at 4 o'clock to day.
: Mr. McMillan, of Tenn., did not believe
the. question presented was one of confi
dence or want of confidence in tbe integrity
of members of the House. Tbe question
was whether the House should have a
committee supervising the expenditures of
the government, and he would oppose the
distribution of appropriation bills for the
same reason that he would a proposition to
divide the duty of the Committee on Ways
and Means to give the subject of the tariff
to one committee and of internal revenue
to another. If the report of the Committee
on Rules were adopted, instead of saving
time, as was claimed fcr it, it would result
in one-third more time being consumed in
consideration . of appropriation bills. But
a proposition more dangerous than this was
one which proposed to repeal the third sec
tion of tbe 21st rule. This was the section
which had been adopted in the interest of
economy, "and bad resulted in great saving
of money to the people. He regarded the
proposed change as one which would per
mit amendments increasing expenditures
and rule out those tending to reduce them.
Mr. MacAdoo defended the appropria
tion bills; to the committee which had stood
before the doors of tbe treasury and resisted
raids upon it was to be attributed the fact
that the Democratic party was now in
power. Was it to be the first act of that
party when it had attained power to dis
grace the Old Guard at the treasury T A
Democratic House was asked under the
leadership of -the gentleman from Maine
(Reed) to break down the Appropriation
Committee. He feared the Greeks, even
when bearing gifts, and he was supremely
suspicious when ' be saw a gentleman who
had sat mute when they were in power,
converted to an assault upon the Appro
priation Committee when tbe Democrats
were in power.
Mr. Kelly, of Pa., said he was a conser
vative man and bis habit was to bear the
ills he knew . rather than fly to those he
knew not of: but patience and long expe
rience had taught him that no rule the
majority could - adopt could be worse
than those it was proposed to
amend. He earnestly denounced the
habit pf adopting riders as a source
of more legislative measures than any other
cause. He cited instances of evil resulting
from placing legislation on appropriation
bills, and asked the House to prevent the
recurrence of such evils. He criticised the
working of the Holmtn amendment, and
concluded with the declaration that wis
dom and a just sense of economy, and above
all purity and honor in legislation, invited
the adoption of the report of tbe committee.
Applause.
Mr. Randall, in closing the debate in
opposition to the majority report, said if
memrjers or tne tiouse wno naa neretoiore
held seats on tbe Appropriations Commit
tee were to consult their ease, he did not
doubt but they would yield up the duties
which it was proposed to take from them
without murmur, but there was a graver,
more far-reaching effect in the proposition
as presented here than mere convenience
of the member or his ability to perform tbe
labor. He knew, and the members who
had served upon the Appropriations. Com-
muiee &dw, mat id me euork 10 return
undue appropriations they have been en
gaged in a thankless task, but he had never
known that there would be those in public
station who would rise up and condemn a
man or a set of men who were engaged in
the laudable purpose of saving the expend
iture of public, money. The committee
had met condemnation, and that had been
meted out here in a large degree; but he
trusted that tbe representatives of the peo
ple would rise above any thought of bias.
He was quite aware that the pet measures
of many members bad been interfered with
by tne rigid alertness oi passing appropna
tion bills before adjournment could take
place. He had been criticised for asking
the House at the last session to pass the
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill under sus
pension or tne rules, nut tne issue at that
time was whether tbe bill should be passed
or whether an r extra session of Coneress
should bejcalled. He had desired to prevent
an extra session, because be leit that no
greater wrong er injury could be done the
country. . . - -. r -' ...
Mr. Burrows, of Mich., closed the de
bate with an argument in support of the
proposed change. He iavored distribu
tion of the appropriation bills because he
believed thev would then be better consid
ered, and because an enlarged membership
of the House would be familiar with their
details. -
' The proposed revision was then read by
clauses for amendment.
Mr. Springer offered an amendment for a
division of the Committee on Railways and
Canals into two committees, and this pro
position was favored bv Messrs. Henderson.
of His., Murphy, of Iowa, and other. of the
advocates of the Hennepin canal protect.
who contended that the interests of rail
ways and canals were so antagonistic, one
to the other, that they should not be com
bined under the -Jurisdiction of xne "com
mittee. The House, r however, refused to
order a division by a vote of 94 to 133..' -.
AR.
1885.
The proposition to create a eonstltntinnul
amendment f committee presented by Mr.
Bayne, of Pennsylvania, haviog been
defeated through the vigorous oppo
sition of Mr. Randolph Tucker, of
Va., an amendment was offered by -Mr.:
Payne, of New York, to give the Commit
tee on Revision of the Laws iuriadictinn
over tbe proposed amendments to tbe con
stitution. In a humorous speech be sarcasti
cally depicted the hard "work which had
devolved upon that committee during the
last Congress, asserting it had at least de
voted six minutes bard work to one bill,
and the only one before 'it, and had suc
ceeded in enacting it into a law. ' But his
-speech was of no avail, and tbe. House re-
rusea to give : the : committee ' additional
jurisdiction. - ,:v -. - . - - r - y
me membership of the Committee on
Accounts was increased to nine, -lf---r
'" 'r SENATE. " : " J -
Washington. . December : 18. In- the
8enate, Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee
on Pensions, reported favorably a bill
granting a -pension to the widow of Gen.
want, and tne bill was at once passed
wituuui. ueuaie. i
' Mr. Hampton introduced a bill making
it unlawful for Senators or Representatives
to recommend or solicit appointments to
office. - '- ro' : :'r-- -: j , .. -.. .. "
Mr. Hawlev inquired of the Chair wheth
er this bill was retroactive ia its operations.
t,Liaugnier.j - - : ; .
: The Chair replied that in his oninion it
was not- Renewed laughter.
" Mr. Butler called up his . resolution of
Inquiry relating to the alleged organization
of the territory of. Dakota .into a State;
wmcn wasueoatea until 2 oTclock when.it
again went over. ; The Senate then pro
ceeded to ithe - consideration of the loinf
rules.: After a short-debate, resulting in
some amendments of detail, the rules were
nnauy agreed to. -t;- ---- . -t
At 2.40 p. m. the Senate adjourned till
Monday. v .: - ' ..
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. : ;
On motion of Mr. Wilson, of W. V., the
Senate joint resolution was passed, to pro
vide for filling vacancies in the Board of
Regents of the Smithsonian Institute. - -
The consideration of the report of the
Committee on Rules was then resumed, the
pending amendment being that offered by
Mr. Springer, of 111., to abolish the various
committees on expenditures in the different
departments, and to concentrate their du
ties in one committee, consisting of fifteen
members. In. advocating the. amendment
Mr. Springer stated that during the past ten
years the clerks of these committees had
been paid $250,000, while as far as he could
remember but two of them had made re
ports the committee on expenditures in
the War Department in the Forty-fourth
Congress, and the committee en expendi
tures in the. Department of Justice, in the
Forty-eighth Congress. .
. Mr. Herbert, of Ala., opposed the amend-,
ment, asserting that the House should
always stand ready to investigate abuses
which had grown up in the administration
of the government. He did not think that
the Republican members could afford to
vote to abolish these committees. , -
Mr. Hauk, of Tenn., stated that the Re
publicans would not vote to abolish them.
It was true that when the Republican party
was in power there was little necessity for
them, but the prospect was that they would
be very useful in the future, t Laughter.
After further debate the amendment was
rejected. . " i .
Mr. Morrison, of Ills., thought that much
good had resulted from the work done by
these two committees. During the - last
campaign he had heard it proclaimed
everywhere in Democratic speeches, that
the Democratic party wanted to see the
books. Now, that it had an opportunity
of seeing the books, be hoped it would not
close its eyes.
"I hope you wont, "; remarked Mr.
Brown, of Ind., "you will, have some
books of your own in a few years."
Another long and lively debate followed,
participated in by Messrs. ' Hammond,
Blount, Hiscock, McKinley, Holman.Reed,
Cannon, Ryan, Morrison and Bingham. In
its - course a. number of amendments were
offered, some of which were withdrawn
and others defeated." Finally,' Mr. Ham
mond offered an amendment to strike out
the distribution feature of the report. This
brought the House to a square vote on tbe
question, and the amendment was rejected
by a vote of yeas 70, nays 226.
On motion of Mr. Herbert, of Ala., the
amendment was adopted granting the
commissioners authorized by law to report
to the House to report at any time.
On motion of Mr. Cobb, of Ind., tbe
amendment was adopted granting the Com
mittee on Public Lands leave to report at
any time on bills for the forfeiture of land
grants, to prevent speculation in public
lands, and for a reservation of public lands
for the benefit of actual and bona fide set
tlers. No other amendments were adopted
to this portion of the report, and that por
tion which proposes to. amend Rule 21 was
taken up. : j '
Mr. Hammond offered ' an amendment
having for its object the prohibition of at
taching general legislation upon appropria
tion bills.' I
Mr. Holman offered an amendment al
lowing such legislation when it shall di
rectly reduce the number, salary or com
pensation of officers or employes of the
United States.
After some debate the amendment was
rejected ayes 69. naya?05.
Mr. Hammond's amendment was then
rejected by a viva voce vote; Mr. Ham
mond declining a call for a division; say
ing, sarcastically, that it seemed preferable
that the other side of the House should
manage the affair. V i
. Mr. Adams, of Ills., thereupon offered
an amendment " which was adopted and
which leaves clause 3 of the 21st rule, read
ing as follows: "No . aooronriation
shall be reported in any general ap
propriation bill, or be in order . as
an amendment thereto, for any expendi
ture not previously authorized by law, un
less in continuation of appropriations for
such public works and objects as are al
ready in progress; nor shall any provision
changing tbe existing law be in. order
in any general appropriation bill, or
m any amendment thereto, -
- Tbe remainder of the report was agreed
to without objection, and the report was
adopted in toto. So, the rules of the 48th
Congress, as amended by the report of the
committee on Rules, are re enacted as the
rules of the 49th Congress,- -
Mr. Morrison, of Ills., then called up the
resolution for the holiday recess, after hav
ing amended it so that the j recess begin on
Monday next and end January o.
Mr. Beach, of N. Y.. opposed the idea.
which he considered childish, of taking a
holiday recess. At this time it was attended
with danger, and he appealed to the Demo
cratic House to go as far 1 as the Republi
can Senate had, in taking the same action
on tbe Presidential succession bill. -The
resolution was adopted
On motion of Mr. Matson, of Ind., the
Senate bill granting a pension to tbe widow
of Gen. Grant was taken np and passed.
Mr Price; of : Wis.J alone voting in the
negative. . - 7
The House at 6.25 o. m., adjourned.
Washington, f Dec. 19.--The Senate was
not in session to day. 4' -r.
The Speaker laid before the House a
communication from the Board of Direc
tors of the New Orleans Exposition, invi
ting the members of the House to visit the
Exposition Tuesday, Dec. 29. Laid on the
table. . . . -.. - - i .-'.: -
The Speaker announced the appointment
of the' Committee on Enrolled Bills, as fol
lows : Messrs. Neece, of His. ; Snyder, of
West Ya.;Jfisher,of Mich. ; McKae.oi Mo.;
Holmes, of Iowa.;. Perkins, .of Ks.; and
Allen, of Mass. - -
Mr. Morrison, of Ills., from the Commit
tee on Rules,- reported a resolution for the
creation oi tbe following selected commit
tees: - . , - - -
On Election of President and Vice Pres
ident of the United States, to consist of
thirteen members, to which shall be re
ferred all propositions touching; the elec
tion and tenure of office of the President
and Vice President, the count of the elec
toral vote and succession to the office of
President ' - "
. On Reform in the Civil Service, to con
sist of thirteen members, to which shall be
referred an propositions touching the cm!
perries, -
. , ' - Spmts Turpentine
NO. 9
On Ship Building and Ship Ownin-r In
terests, to consist of thirteen members, to
which shall be referred all DroDOEitions ie-
lating to American ship building and hip
owning juiert-B'a, wun auinoruy to investi
gate the cause of thedenline of tbe American
foreign carrying trade. . : . '
On the Alcoholic and Liquor Traffic, to
consist of eleven member.
On the Ventilation and Acoustics of the
ball of the House, to consist of seven mem
bers. -
An effort was made to strike out th
clause relating to tbe Committee on Sbip-
ing ana tne committee on tbe Alcoholic
liquor Traffic, but it proved unsuccessful,
and tbe resolution was adopted.
Mr. Findlay, of Md., asked unanimous
consent for the present consideration of the
Senate Presidential Succession bill, but
Mr. Peters, of Kansas, objected. - - - -
mr. jtanoaii, oi renn., suggested that
Mr. Findlay could on Monday move to
pass the bill under a suspension of the
rules, and Mr. Findlay gave notice that be
would pursue tnat course. . . . ;
Subsequently Mr. Peters stated that if
the bill could be brought up and debated
to day, and debated as -a , bill of that dig
hity merited, he would withdraw his ob--jection.-
He did not believe that a measure
of this character should be passed without
due consideration.
Mr. Fiadlav then renewed hia renuent '
and asked that the bill be passed imme
diately. - - -' . -"; . -. -Mr.
Goff. of W. Va. "Is it any more
important now than at the last session T'
Mr. Findlay "It is - lust as important-
now as then."
Mr. Goff "Your side of the House
oosed it then: now vou make an': nnnnnt
ftbat it is important."
mr. JCindlay "All I say. is 4hat -if the
House made a mistake then that is no rea
son why it should make a mistake now.
-J Mr. Goff "Circumstances are changed."
. Mr. Findlay "Circumstances alter the
case, and wise men are governed by cir
cumstances." . .. -. -. r-
Mr. Reed, of Ills., said that by the new
rules an opportunity was offered for the
transaction of business in its regular order;'
and ha could see no reason for stampeding
the House in favor of a particular bill,
even if it was a pill which would receive
the support of the Republican party now
as it had in the past. ' There was no public
exigency that demanded Such a vociferous
display of patriotism, as was now exhibited
oy .gentlemen who were opposed to it last
session. ' . ' ' - . ' . i i -
' Mr. Findlay inquired as to the length of
time which the Republicans wished for de
bate T
Mr. Reed said that the regular course
was for the bill to be referred to tho Com
mittee. . - .. .. : -- ;-
So the bill did not come up.
Washington, Dec. 19. Consent- was
asked but refused, that there might be
a call of States for the introduction of
bills, but objection was made. -
Mr. Hammond however, introduced tbe
following bills: to require the payment of
$35,000 to the State of Georgia for moneys
expended for the common defence in 1777;
to authorize the withdrawal from ware
houses without payment of tax, of alcohol
and other spirits for use in the manufac
ture of drugs and chemicals. .
Mr. Brown, of Indiana, introduced the
following: Referring to the present con
troversy between the United.. States and
Venezuela in respect to the award of
1868; granting pensions to soldiers of the
Mexican war; increasing pensions of sur
vivors or the war of 1812; granting arrears
of pensions to persons pensioned by special
act -
Mr. Tucker, of Va.. asked consent for
the passage of a bill authorizing the At
torney General to employ additional cleri
cal ' force ' to transact business relative
to the French Spciliation claims, but Mr.
Boutelle, of Me., objected. , ,
The House, then, at 1.15 p. m., ad
Journed. . WASHINGTON .
Nominations Sent to tbe Senate Yes
terday. : fBy Telegraph to the Horning Star.l -.- . :
Washington, Dec. 17. The President
sent the following nominations to the
Senate to-day: .
to be Ministers Resident and Consuls
General of the United States Bayless W.
Hanna, of Ind., Argentine Republic; Chas.
L. Scott, Venezuela. To be Consul General
Jas. M. Morgan, of South Carolina, Mel
bourne. To be Pension Agents Robert
L. Taylor, Xnoxville, Tenn. To be Con
suls of the United States Preston At.
Bridgets, of N. C, at Montevideo; E.J.
Hale, of N. C, Manchester; Beckford
Macbey, of S. C, Nuevo Laredo; George
C. Tanner, of 8. C, Cheumnitz; Wm. D.
Warner, of S. C, Cologne.) And tbe fol
lowing postmasters in North Carolina: W.
T. Weaver, Asheville; Joseph H. Allen,
Durham; James B. Smith, Fayetteville;
John H. Hill, Goldsboro; George H. Greg
ory, Greensboro; Warren J. Barrett, Kin
ston; J.IA; Taylor, Oxford; Oscar G. Pars
ley, Wilmington; J. A Bennett Reids-
ville; T. B. Douthet, Salem; William G.
iewis, Btatesvule: Mrs. M. F. Pender. Tar-
boro ; William M. Gay, Wilson ; Samuel
u. smith, Winston.
Washington. December 18. The fol
lowing is the full text of the bill introduced
by senator Hampton to day to make it un
lawful for Senators or Representatives
to recommend or solicit appointments to
office: :: : .; . "
"Whebeas, Additional legislation is ne
cessary to carry out the intention of the
lutn section oi the act of Congress of the
16th of January, 1883, entitled 'an act to
regulate and improve the - Civil Service of
the United .States;' and, whereas, the re
commending or soliciting appointments to
office by Senators and Representatives is
not only contrary to the spirit of - the said
10th section, but also interferes seriously
with the performance of their legislative
duties. Now, therefore, be it enacted, etc..
That it shall be a misdemeanor for anv
Senator or Representative of the Congress
of the United - States to recommend or
solicit, directly or indirectly, the appoint
ment of any person to an office under
tne government oi the United states.
and that any such Senator or Representa
tive who shall be convicted of making such
recommendation or solicitation shall be
punished by a fine of not more than $1000.
and not less than $500; one-half of which
shall go to the persons upon whose testimo
ny such convictions shall have been obtain
ed, and the other half to the United States.
' ' "Sec. 2. That whenever the appointing
power asks for information touching .an
applicant for office, he shall do so in writ
ing, and such information as may be given
shall be furnished in writing, over the sig
nature of such senator or .Representative,
and shall be filed in the department or bu
reau of the office at whose request it was
furnished. :
: "Sec. 8. Nothing in this act shall be con
strued so as to forbid any Senator or Rep
resentative of the Congress of the United
States from forwarding to the appointing
power any application for office that he
may receive; but any endorsement he may
make thereon shall relate only to the facte
of the case or the character of the applica
tion." .. .-:-;-
To-day's Congressional iZecord contains
thirty-five pages of nominations sent to the
Senate since the beginning of the present
session. They number about 1.200 cases.
Western Senators are receiving letters in
great numbers urging them to oppose the
confirmation of Commissioner Sparks, be
cause of his recent rulings. - Bparks was
commissioned by the' Senate as a Commis
sioner on the 25th day of last March,' du
ring the extra session. -
CALIFORNIA,
An Anti-Chinese Aasaelatlon Orzan-
. - laed In Sacramento.
Sacbahento, Dec 19. A citizens' anti
Chinese association was organized here last
night with a large membership. : The as
sociation has for its objects the furtherance
of legislation to rid California of Chinese
'and the displacement of heathen by white
labor. ' . -- -
j Uold weather -at Asneviue on
last Tuesday. ' Mercury fell to 16 degrees
below freezing or half way to zero,
Jttaieign visitor: Kev. lr. Thos.
oainoer nas accepted ine imrd canto
the
pastorate of the First Baptist church of
I citV.- and on Snndn mnrnina will -
this
preach a Christmas sermon. -
T&aX&sh' Chronicle: A Atmc '
live fire occurred lh Henderson last night,
destroying the handsome new residence of
r l i tt . . . . . .
Mr.
r. tmuue jaunier ana aiso ine residence
Mr. W. H. Walker. - The fire broke out
about 4 o'r.loclr in Mr TTuntAr'a hnnm
of
at
which was not quite completed, nor was it
occupied; It would have cost, when com- -
Dieted, nearlv ten thnnannrl Hnllara tnil '
the finest residence in Henderson. - The
committee appointed by tbe Board of Agri- s
r.iiltnrn Onv RmIm W CI rni(inntl f -
Raleigh, and W. F. Green, of Franklin, to
ascertain the cost of establishing an Indus
trial School, will make their report to the
Board at the Jiinnnrv mpptino. Than tho
fate of the school will be determined.
The Clinton Caucasian tells of
an attempted assault upon a young lady of
SampBoii as she was riding in a buggy by a
negro. Her screams saved her, another
negro fortunately appearing. It says: "She
belongs to one of the oldest and most high
ly respected families of Sampson, Pender
and New Hanover counties. The occur
rence aroused the whole community and
the negro wretch was pursued till captured
in Pender.. . He was committed to jail last
Thursday and he will be tried and proba
bly sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen
years, which is the full - extent of the law
in such cases. . One unsuccessful attempt -
to lynch him was made last Monday night, 1
and be may thank his stars if he is safely ?
ioageu msiue ine penitentiary.
Charlotte Observer: t In " the
Federal Court yesterday morning -Jethro
Almond, the youth who robbed the United
States mail between Salisbury and Albe
marle, was arraigned for trial His guilt
was so clearly established that conviction
was a foregone copclusion, and the only
question was as. to the term of imprison
ment which would be imposed upon him.
Judge Dick gave him three vears at hard
labor in the penitentiary at Albany, N. Y.
Almond is only 18 years of age. His
father, who was held for sanctioning the
robbery, was discharged. Judge.
Fowle, of Raleigh, is' in the city in the in
terest oi.ulenn, trustee or tbe old .National
Express Company,- against the stockhol
ders, of whom there-are unfortunately
quite a number in Charlotte. The suit in
volves a large amount of money, and if
the trustee, is successful some of our citi
zens will be badly hurt financially.
Raleigh News-Observer: A
great deal of complaint has been made of
tbe delay in paving Fayetteville street.
The blocks of stone are now arriving and
several thousand have been unloaded at the
R. & G. depot As soon as some sand ar
rives tbe work will be begun, it is said.
Mr. -H. T. Stickney, of Wake, made
sales at $53; Mr. Joseph Fuller, of John
ston, at $100.50, and Mr. Smith, of Wake,
at $140. . There was a special demand for
all bright grades. Yesterday a hogs
head of tobacco from Swain county was
sold here, at the Farmers'. It was the first
tobacco ever sold here from a point beyond
the Blue .Ridge. It realized handsome
prices. A special dispatch from
Washington, D. 0., states that Mr. James
M. Leach, Jr., has resigned the position as
chief of division in the treasury depart
ment, to which he was recently appointed.
Tarboro Southerner: The peo
ple of Beaufort county are much exercised
over the trial for murder of R. C. Windley,
and two men named Stewart and New
berry as being accessories. They are
charged with killing a poor decrepit old
man named Waters on whose life Windley
had taken out an insurance policy of fif
teen thousand dollars. The trial began
last week and it is not yet over. Over one
hundred witnesses weie summoned. The
number of lawyers for both the prosecu
tion and defence number ten. (Dr. S. S.
Satchwell, of Pender, has been summoned
as an expert in insanity. Stab).
Greenville is growing faster than any place
in Eastern Carolina. In the last year bo
many stores and dwellings have gone up
that the limits of the town were extended.
The growing of Greenville is not limited to
any particular block but is throughout and
all around ! the town. Nearly all of the
new brick stores are three stories high and
have elevators and other modern con
veniences, '.j .
" ' Aslieville Citizen: We are in
formed of a dreadful family tragedy which
occurred in Madison county, on - Big Lau
rel, on Saturday afternoon last . James
Gunter and a son of his, who had been
drinking together, became involved in an
angry dispute. The son went into his
house. The father followed with an axe,
using deadly threats. The son ordered him
not to enter.i The father persisted, and as
he entered he was shot down with a rifle in
the hands of his son, the ball entering the
bowels on the left side, causing death in a
few minutes. The slayer was arrested at
once and lodged in jail at Marshall.
We are also informed of another tragedy
which occurred recently on Shelton Laurel,
in tbe same county. A Mrs. Goslin, wife
of Wiley Goslin, left her husband and took
up with a man named Norton. The two
men met subsequently, and a violent alter
cation took place between them. Mrs. Gos
lin interposed, and as she did so she receiv
ed a bullet from a pistol in the hands of
one of the menf which caused her death.
It is not known who. fired the fatal shot
Goslin escaped;. Norton is still on Shelton
Laurel. '' -'. '
- Goldsboro Argus: Rev. Theo.
Whitfield, D. D., who for the past three
years has so faithfully and zealously minis
tered to the spiritual needs of the Baptist
congregation, in this city, where he has
many friends, has accepted a call to serve
them still another year. The sad news
reached this city yesterday by telegram that
Mr. Nathan Stanly, formerly in business in
this city in the manufacture of cotton
plows, was killed in a railroad accident
Monday night near Atlanta. Latex.
The . above was put in type before the
arrival of the Raleigh train yesterday
evening and now the saddest of all: on
that' train were Mrs. Stanly, wife of the
deceased, and her little girl, on their way
to Kinston to spend Christmas with her
father and mother, and Mr. Stanly's rela
tives. When she got off the Raleigh train
to take the Atlantic, Capt Hancock met
her, and being well acquainted with her,
he saw from her pleasant greeting that she
knew not of the sad accident He asked
calmly after Mr. Stanly, and she replied,
"He came as far as Atlanta with me last
night, but could come no further on ac
count of a press of business, and took the
next train from Atlanta back home, but be
will t come later." "No, - he will never
come, Mrs. Stanly," said Capt Hancock,
overcome . with emotion, and tears brim
ming his eyes as he told her of the tele
gram. O, it was pitiful then I
" Raleigh News-Observer; She
riff Jesse T. Ellington, of Johnston county,
enjoys the distinction of - being the first
sheriff to make a full tax. settlement with
the State Treasurer. Yesterday he settled,
paying in $10,47468. It has been
many months since there was a fire in
Raleigh. - The loss by fire in 1885 is the
smallest on ' record. Raleigh suffers less
damage from fire than any place in the
State of over 2,500 population. Rev.
Dr. J. B. Bobbitt and : family and his son,
Dr. W. H. Bobbitt and family, will all
leave here in a few days, and will make
their home at Baltimore. Rev. Dr. Bobbitt
has received a call to the pastorate of a
church there. ' The acting clerk of
the Supreme Court says the docket is a
very heavy one. -There were about 250
new appeals made to this court, on file at
the beginning of the term, or filed since.
There will be few cases heard at tbe end of
the docket, as those so .assigned are vir
tually ; continued. The court has been
crowded with ' work all the session.
-A young man, Mr. R. M. Berry, of
Currituck county, N. C, who was a ma
chinist at Norfolk, blew out the gas in his
room at .the Mansion House is that city
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Sunday morning. His remains were taken
to Currituck county for burial. Mr. R.
M. Evans, of Philadelphia, is here to make
the final arrangements for the purchase of
the line of-railroad from Jamesville to
Washington. All the papers are ready for
the consummation of the transaction.. It is
said that this road is soon to be extended
northward toward Suffolk. It is rumored
that legal proceedings will follow the sale
of (the Albemarle & Raleigh road to the
Wilmington & Weldon. It is said that
parties in interest claim that Mr. Baltzer
and the other gentlemen who made the sale
transcended their authority in transferring
the road to the W. & W. A week will no
doubt develop some interesting.matters re
lative to this transaction.