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" PROGRESSIVE IDEAS."
There w one paper in North Caro
lina that openly advocates, as we
learn from an exchange, the oblitera
tion of all State lines, the abolition
of State Governments and a Consoli
dated Government of. the most ap
proved plan. It proposes openly to
give the Federal Government full
sway " throughout the whole land.
This is not surprising. The teaching
of some of the ablest writers in the
country is that way. You will meet
in the foremost periodical publica
tions of the United States strong
government ideas. You find such
ideas in the leading papers. You find
them in public addresses. And what
is far more significant and dangerous
than all these you find the acts of '
Congress giving color to sucn tneo
ries. -The Constitution is violated in
spirit and letter every session. This
is true or the great expounders in the
past, and the ablest expounders
among the living, are ignorant of the
intent and meaning of the organic
law that governs.
The Blair bill, and other bills that
vote away the public moneys under
the pleas of distress or of benevo
lence or what not, is just one of those
violations of the Constitution that
opens up the way for Centralization
and for the destruction of the inde
' pendence and autonomy of the sev
eral . States. So the Appalachian
Philosopher (for such is the name of
the Ashe county paper) is only bold
er and more open than other ene
mies of ' the Constitution. It seeks
to do by cleat and frank advocacy
that which lsfbemg done u&der more
specious forms. The Constitution is
being destroyed gradually but cer
tainly. ' Only last week Northern
Democrats and Northern Republi
cans in the Congress "protested"
that is the word they used yes,
'protested" against having the
Constitution pushed at these om
nific Representatives and Senators
when, they sought to do, what they1
desired to do. Doubtless a law that
limits is offensive to usurpers and im
perialists. Such persons the world
over are restive under restraints and
like to govern with despotic ideas
and without limitations or curbs of
any "kind.
We do not see the Appalachian
PhUosopher, and do not know who
edits it or whence it comes. It is
not the doctrine it advocates that the
Stab has favored, favors now or will
ever favor. The sentiment under
which the Stab has fought and will
fight is the noble sentiment of Daniel
Webster the greatest man'of New
England "The Union and the Con
stitution, now and forever, one and
inseparable." . :
The Stab has but recently called i
attention to the new Quarterly pub- i
lished in Boston entitled . Political
Science. It is edited -by a corps of
Professors in Columbia College
New York. In its first number there
ia nnnn. L T T? iTH. -
American Commonwealths." He
ventures to declare that the tenden
cy is steadily towards a Strong Go
vernment. His words are that in
the coming century oow near at
h fl Tin nAmmAnnraaltli mill vn
cupy a much lower place in our po
litical system, the Nation a much
higher, and the municipalities a much
more distinct and independent
sphere." The Nation is to become
everything, and the cities more po
tential because they will, hold a much
"more distinct and independent
sphere." But Prof. Burgess goes
farther in his vaticination, v He
says:
' ' 'It seems to me that we shall then, (in
the next century) if not before, be compel
led to reformulate our 'cardinal doctrine,
and that it will read: the Nation, sole and
exclusive sovereign, distributing the powers
and functions of government between cen
tral organs, commonwealth and municipal
ity $ and denning, guaranteeing, and de
fending the fundamental principles of the
civil right in accordance with the dictates
of the Nation's political and juristic policy,"
There you hare it. The old Re
public of the fathers is to be swept
away. It is no longer to be an
Union of States of independent,
. sovereign Common wealths, but a
great and 'puissant Nation "sole
and exclusive sovereign" "distrib
uting such powers and functions" as
it may elect to distribute and always
in accordance with in harmony
'with its exclusive sovereignty, and
especially with reference to "the dic
tates of the Nation's political and
juristic policy." E :
Such is the trend, and when the
(Jongress in 1886 violates the Consti
tution under any plea whatever it is
only hastening the day foretold by
the Northern. Professor. Is. the
South ready to see the States wiped
out and a Centralized Despotism set
up at Washington?
Augusta, Ga., is now having a caLis to enter noon this I business in the
war between two rival companiesT
Gas threatens to be very cheap. V.
A BLOW AT CIVIL SBKY1CB,
The opposition to th Civil Service
humbug ia steadily widening. The
Mugwump papers of both sections
try to make the opposite appear, and
they are engaged n trying to over-;
whelm ' the -anti humbug advocates
with ridicule, bnt it will be all in
vain. The true peiuocrais do uot
desire ifaat Republicans should hold
office when it is possible to get rid of
them. They do
President should
not ask mat me
violate! law, but
they do object to bi
is declaration that
he favors the humbug, and its con
tinuance after it p made still more
obnoxious to orilioism and antagonis
tic to . Democratic inieresls. ; J The
elections in the West have opened
the ey es of many, although it is said
the Prfebident J
not shaken in the
least in his devotion to Civil Service.
Representative Howard is reported
as saying in a recent interview:
Tbcrc is do" use tilberin trying to hood
wiuk the constituents or oppose Ihem.
They don't want the fcivil service reform of
the Admicstration, and it is no good try
ing to convince them !that it is the proper
thine, and that they eught to want it. Tbo
TeBresentatives of the people recommeod
to the heads of the departments men
who are worthy and capable, t and
if any . of "them are afterward found
to ha wamina letj "the heads of- the
departments remove them from office.
That is the civil Service reform that
is ' warned, but when the people elect a
Demociatic Executive all the offices are
wanted for Democrats. The only way to
rally the party, and the only way in which
it can hold its own in the coming elections,
is for the members of the 49 h Congress
8b d the candidates If or the 50th to admit
freely that things are not as they ought to
be; that the Administration is a disap
pointment. It is noj. what' we expected,
let ua sav, but we are passing gradual.y to
a better "state of things.l This is only a
period of transition through' which we pas
to a genuine Democratic regime. That is
the only stand to take."
The Democratic State Convention
has been callecl to meet at - Raleigh
on the 25th of August, 1886. The
object of this Convention is to select
candidates for. the Supreme , Court
and Superior Cpurt Benches. Of
course a platform .will be adopted.
The Convention should be very care
ful how it commits thejDemocracy of
North Carolina, jso far as sounding
resolutions can commit tbem,to any
doctrine that antagonizes a strict and
fair conKtructionfof tile Constitution
of the United Sxates. . It Bhould be
very careful not to attempt to pledge
the - Democracy of the State to the
support of the Blair.bill or any other
measure that tens of thousands of in
telligent voters Relieve to be uncon
stitutional, impolitic, unwise and de
structive. If the Democrats are to
succeed in the apprpaehing campaign
there must be urjity, barmonya pull
altogether. Wj publish elsewhere
the list of Di&t jict Committees. It
will be teeti thai the several Judicial
Districts are requested to hold Dis
trict Conventions for the purpose of
recommending jL-andidates for the
Judgeships of the Superior Court.
The gifted Washington- correnpon
dent of the Augusta hcironicle thus
graphically andj most interestingly
describes FraiikjllurdjV speech in the
House on his cob tested election case:
"HuTd, eletmtlj drcssi-d, advanced from
tb.i Democratic dusk room, and limped to
wan! old seat wfhere he bitd;"m sever!
menioriibit; ocea&i'ibsi, Ukt-n the lious by
storm -vuli hw "J.H)C7liKir ioielWtunl gifts
and magnetic e" qiruc :. He never speaks
without ntift-usty litchir)i-.at hia gold
wa-eh :ha't". a fj copcentrate himself
by this hat.it, ul his left hand eagerly
sought that talisman whiin he began the
oratorical fii lor jihe seat of a rival. wb-
is to htm as itie buzzard to the eagle. Ois fir-t
fe ? teau nce were ; veryj low, almost io
aurlili!.' bo n however,1 tbe n.sou&ut,
beautifu', fiiU-tuijoaied -voice began to
BWril iiae that leapr i..te which 'soothed
the eo'iis in purgitbrvi . lie cever fallen d
ia logics ;Tecifcin. never hesitated for
word or phriwM", auil ibid way the sub'le
stAtenieiii. of co'.ii faeis or ioeusous quota
tioa. hs deate-ousiy lujeeted UinSIing sen
tituenU that whirl! men's uimdu io'o tu
mult and t;i ir htuils iut-i movemen's of
applause And sol for one hour he played
the eQChdter, reviving the clones of he
olden titne whed he swayed hi8 hearers to
and I to as ttiB tdlajpsst wantons with the
leaves Aa he c
rently triumphant
cheers." 1
ose.i. radiant atn appi
there wan an uproar of
THE VIBWSfoF A VIRGINIAN
- VI ATKK:TIAN. ' .
Mr. John llku(iilph Tucker, of
VirifnJ, ic a jarinl and statesman of
whom his State may w-ll be- proud.
He ranks with thei first men in the
llousr, ami there Arc few men in the
Senatt- ho are piers in learning,
accoinpIishmeDt?, ability and genuine
statesraacship. S It ia believed that'
-p !.- I " - I-
be wiil be appointed to tbe Supreme
Court of the United $tates upon the
"first vacatiey. Of
course Mr. Tucker
is of.posfeil t ail measures of known
uucoii6iitiiuopal
L.I'arlAf A. I'to-lliA
B!air bill.
lie also! invariably an
I,
-I --!:
tagoftiZoS with a consistency that is
admirable all ! measures of . doubtful
expediency or that are even of gues
tioiiable cop.-tnuuot'ajlity.
Ho made a fpef'oh quite recently
a f pef
?e oil!
on tb Hou
providing for Fed-
eral aihiiralin bei
ween common
carriers ar.d their.
i !
sh'jn ed i bat bts wai
employes. ' He
jfor abiding by
the clear teachings o the Constitu
tion. 'There are! two inen in the
House you will never find favoring
under any plea, hjowcjver earnest or
specioustj any measure 'that invades
the right of States: and increases
Federal power at their expense.
These two are Tuoketvi of 1 Virginia,
and Reagan, of Texas. They can be
always trusted to preserve the Con
stitution, and in ' doing this to pre
serve the rights and liberties of the
people. : ,
Mr. Tucker favors arbitration of
tbe right kind and' believes it to be
very desirable and necessary. But
he does not believe the Federal Go
vernment should undertake the job,
bat ' the States themselves. It will
not ha oaf a for i th& State, ia verv
(Tvertain if the Federal Government
future, for the bayonets will soon
begin to play their part and then the
necessity for-a large - standing army.
will be urged afresh by men of the
Logan type. MrTnoker'n argument
deserves to be studied by all people
who are jealous of Federal interven
tion and would preserve their liber
ties while maintaining" intact the re
served rights of sovereign Common
.wealthy. - " ' - "
Mr." Tucker does not believe .it is
Constitutional - for Congress to em
power boards of 'arbitration to com-
- i .
pel the attendance of witnesses and
the production of .books and papers.
He; says, and it is with exceeding
force: - '
"'This bill," in eslahlwhiog thislwardof
arbitration, either creates a legislative or a
judiciui tribunal. As Coogreis cannojt cre
ate a legislative tribunal to act- for it in such
cases, because this would be to exercise
judicial functions, then it follows that this
board, if constitutional, must be constituted
as a quasi judicial tribunal as a substitute
for a court. Arbitration of a controversy
let ween parties is a substitute for public
judicial trial, and award is a substitute for
a public judgment. If Congress can, there
fore, c Dstitute this board of . arbitra
tion, . it can- constitute a court for
which the board is a substitute, and give it
power to pronounce a judgment for which
the award of the board is a substitute... If
the Constitution gives Congress power to
establish a board of v.- Iuntary arbitration,
it can make it compulsory, or authorize
either party to implead the other before an
inferior court, established by it under the
Constitution. It seems to me perfectly
clear, therefore, that the power proposed in
this bill is in its essence a judicial power,
and if Congress can pass this bill it icon Id
vest in a circuit or district court jurisdic
tion to decide upon the countroversies or
differences referred to in the bill." j .
He argues the question at length
and with great clearness and cunclu
siveneey, but we cannot follow! him.
His, many objections urged arje 'ex
tremely difficult to answer aa any
one will find who will seriously un
dertake the job. He shows, in
the course of his argument.
that
the much relied upon .
ral w el fare" clause wiil not
gene-
serve
the purpose of those in search
of constitutional power for sueb an
unwonted exercise of authority , He
objects to the bill for many reasons.
One objection - U that the 3bard
would have power to make contracts
between the contending partie i and
without their consent. He says fur
thermore that the Board woulc have,
the powers pf commissioners of
courts. . .
Shall Congress ' or the Stat ss ap
point that is the vital questio a. Of
cour.-e that ' class . who spur i ; the
Constitution,like the Representatives
who "protested " Against the limita
tions pushed at thein as exist ng in
the sacred instrument, will ss.y the
Congress. The more power it exer
cises the weaker the .Constitution is,
and the stronger the. Central G
Overn-
ment is. Reed, of Maine, is
found
based
'ucker
sneering at objections that are
on the Constitution. Mr,
belongs to another school, II
e is a
profound student of the Magna
Ciiarta of the liberties of tbe people,
and he! ban not embraced the popular
id a in the North, and the rapidly
growing idea in the South, that the
war dt-slrotd the Constitution in to
fur as it limits the MNational" pow
ers. He feti 11 isold fashioned enough
to abide by tbe wise teachings of the
wixeKi of Americans, and to regard
the Cont-utution as the guiding prin
ciple, as well as the sheet anchor of
i
the Republic. Mr. Tucker said, and
we commend it to our readers for
careful consideration:
. '"It is unfashionable 1 bu w, to stickle
for tbe Cocntitulion. It is an idea too
prevalent tbat we have outgrowtl the writ
teu Cftostilutiun f our faltfers, and that
tbe will of tbe ptople expressed tbrouab
th Government is the Constitution of our
future. - It is somt limes said that the Brit
ish Cobsiitution has grown whyj should
not ours T The answer is obvious The
constitutional monarchy of England has
beeo evolvfd by centuries of popular strug
gle tth inberiud prerogative; and Liberty
ha-j hi last emerged from the precedents of
its victor its thiougb the centuries, iind has
erecied the trophies of its-triumphs on eve
ry battlefield as at once the monuments and
the muniments of its organized i power.
The freedum of England springs from its
institutions, as organized forces in the me
chanism of the government itself and we
have but embodied in our written Consti
tutiou the institutions of freedom; our fa
thers brought with them to tbe New World
British liberty is institutional; American
libtrLj ia constitutional. To violate the
CoUilu'iit bj utirpiog power; is moie
disa&Uotig to the public gcod lhau ail the
p st-ib'e good tbe uturpatiou can promise
to tbe people. When labor or capital, when
private or personal interests seek to obtain
a benefit through unconstitutional methods,
they obtain it at the expense of the surest
guaranty that any can have for right and
justice by destroying the integrity of tbe
.Constitution as the safe-guard of all."
" That is ; a yery profound passage.
Only a singularly able student! of the
Constitutions of tho two countries
could have so mastered the distinc
tions as to present" them in the ele
gant and lucid style conspicuous in
the passage quoted.
. i AO 8XTOII STATISTICS
. A gentleman at Fayetteville writes
on 16th:
"I would feel much indebted to you if
you would furnish me with the' number of
soldierifrom Nrrth Carolina killed ia the
principal battles of the late war."
We would be glad, to oblige him,
but it is not in our power to do so.'
As far as we are informed no such
statistics are available. It is impos
sible in 1888, we suppose, to ascer
tain the North Carolina loss in any
great battle of the war. We once
believed that North Carolina ' had
more troops than any other State, and
it may have been so, but it will not
do to build your faith on that Hoster
that has been published. We have
no doubt that North Carolina lost as
many killed and wounded as any
Southern State lost, and the proba
bility is it lost more. We heard Gen.
Hood's. Yarborough House speech in
Raleigh in 187?, we think it - was,
which this writer reproduced imme
diately after it was delivered and
published it in the Raleigh Sentinel,
which he was then editing. In that
speech Gen. Hood declared first, that
North Carolina had more .troops
fighting Virginia's battles on Vir
ginia soil than Virginia had troops of
i - - i - - .
her own. He said, tbat if he had to
bestow the bouquet on that State that
bad Ihe most, troops and the best
troops in the war he would be com
pelled, from a - sense of justice to be
stow it on North Carolina. ..
Now if North Carolina had more
troops than any other State in all
probability it lost more men by the
casualties of the war, as her soldiers
were always to the front. , But it is
impossible to arrive at the facts now.
Iri the battles around Richmond the
North Carolina loss was very severe.
It is probably a fair estimate to say
that ' 5,000 - men were killed and
wounded. A pamphlet was pub
lished some weeks after the battles
containing the North Carolina
wounded in the Richmond hospitals,
and they numbered 3,300, we think.
Those in Brigade hospitals were not
included. If these, were added, and
the slightly wounded, many of whom
had gone home, and then the many
dead, and we take it that the total
loss could not fall much below 5,000.
In the Spotsylvania battles the loss
of this State was extremely heavy
and we have heard it estimated at
5,000. ' But nothing is certain about
it. What a pity that the exact facts
and statistics ' were not gathered at
the lime and preserved. It is too
late now.' .
Judge II. E. Jackson, who suc
ceeds Judge John Baxter, deceased,
has a Circuit composed of the States
of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and
Tennessee- comprising sixteen Uni
ted States Courts, held at Memphis,
Jackson Nashville and Knoxville,
Tenn.; Paducah,L6uieville,Frankfort
and Covington, Ky.; Cincinnati, Co
lumbus. Cleveland and Toledo, in
Ohio, and. Detroit, Port Huron,
Grand Rapids and Marquette, Mich.
Tried to Drown Himself.
A young man, dripping with water, and
withal very nervous and excited, was taken
to the City Hall yesterday afternoon by
Policeman Pugh, who said that bis prisoner
had just been hauled out of the river near
the foot of Nup street. Dr.. Potter, city
physician, was sent for and made an exam
ination of the case. He questioned the
man, who said that bis .name was, A. N.
Bell; that his home was in Warsaw, but
that be bad been engaged for some time
past in making turpentine at Banner man's
Bridge, fie : bad been in Wilmington
about two wetks; bad been drinking, but
bad drank nothing in tbe last two days.
Dr Potter decided that Bell .was Buffering
from mania a potu. and ordered that he be
sent to tbe city hospital.
A Bad Prophecy.
Piof Foster, of Leavenworth, Kansas,
predicts that during the irreat storm period
from April 25th to 29th, a hurricane will
organize on or near tbe Gulf and sweep up
the southeast Atlantic coast, and that about
the same time a cold wave will appear in
the Northwest and run down into the South
ern Stales, followed by heavy frost, and as
far south as Tgnnesee and Southern Kan
sas. - ' ;
The steamer Governor Worth, formerly
running on the Cape Fear between Wfl
miugloo and Fat etu-ville. has been sold by
Mef-srs. Worth & Worth of this city to tbe
Jacksonville. Tampa & Key West Rail
road, and will be run on Indian river in
-connection with that road Capt R P.
Paddisiiii. formerly of this section, will
commaud (he steamer.
A PawtbcrCaU
Mr. W. F. Robitzsch, of Ashlon, N. C,
writes to the Stab from ibat place, on the
19th lost, n follows: ;
''To-day. while my boys were at work in
the woods near my residence, they heard
the dogs bajing something in the branch,
and going tbeie found it to be a panther
cat. One of the boys shot it. It measured
three and a half feet in length. Enclosed
find one of the animal's feet. It is not a
graveyard rabbit's foot, but perhaps it
will do as welL"
State Board of medical Kxaaalners.
The State Board of Medical Examiners
meets in Newbern on the 18th of May next.
Every practitioner graduating since 1880
has to pass an examination before this
Board, which is composed of Dr. Wm. R.
Wood, of Scotland Neck, President; Dr.
A. N. Knox, Raleigh; Dr P..L Murphy.
Morganton; Dr. Frank Duffy. Newbern;
Dr. J. A. Reagan, Weaversvilie; Dr. Wil
lis Alston. Littleton, and Dr W, J. H.
Bellamy, Wilmington. ;
Forthe8tar.
EDUCATIONAL. MEETING
- At a public meeting held at Teach -ey's,
N. C, April 16th, 1886, to take
into consideration the establishment
of a female school at that village. '
On motion, A. H. Morris, Esq , -was
called to the chair and M. W.
Teachey, Esq., was requested to
act as secretary. After explain
ing tbe object of the meeting,
the cairman introduced Prof. B, F.
Grady, the Superintendent of Public
Schools of Duplin county, 'who gave
one of his able addresses cm the sub
ject of education, after which, on
motion, a committee of three was ap
pointed by the chair consisting of
Capt. J. C. McMillan, J. Savage and
A. F. Bland,Esqs., to draft resolutions
to express the sense of the meeting.
During the absence of the committee
Prof. S. W. Clements, of the Duplin
Road High School, was called upon
and responded in a short but instruc
tive address The committee through
their chairman, Capt. J. C. McMil
lan offered the following:, -i
Whbrhas, Professor B. F. Grady,
in response to an invitation from tbe
citizens of this vicinity having hon
ored us with his presence, and also
an able address on the subject of
Education, therefore be it,
Resolved, That the thanks of this
meeting be tendered to Professor B.
F. Grady for his interesting and in
structive address.- ;
The , following ; gentlemen being
called r ; upon . made : interesting
speeehes: Capt. J. C. McMillan and
A. H. Morris, Esq. "
: On motion a committee of seven be
appointed .by the chair to consider
the matter of establishing a female
school at Teachey's N. C.
On motion the secretary was in
structed to send a' copy of the pro
ceedings to the Goldsboro Messenger,
Wilmington Stab and Wilmington
Review with a request that they be
published. ; ," . -. ...
On motion the meeting adjourned
subject to the call of the chairman.
" -.- A. H. Mosbis, Chairman.
M. W, Tpachkt, Secretary,
WASHINGTON:.
Arraoaements for.the Better BJapatcb
or Bnalneaa In the Senate-Poatmaa-tera
Confirmed Dr. " Trenholm Aa-
: aaaaea tbe Office of Comptroller. .
: . ,B Toleirraph to toe Uornlni; buu-. - -
Washington, April 19. Several Repub
lican Senators, haviug in charge certain
leading measures of legislation., have- re
cently been in consultation with members
of the Republican Caucus Committee with
a view to putting an end to the clash Df
competing interests and consequent-loss of
time which has been a feature of the pro
ceedings of the last two or three weeks.
An understanding of a somewhat indefinite
and preliminary nature has been reached
which will, it is believed, secure harmony
and dispatch for the present. It is proposed
to-coalinue work upon tbe Foreign- Rela
tions Committee business in secret session
until it is disposed of and then to take up
unobjected private' pension bills in the
morning hour and the loter-State Com
merce bill after 2 ottock. The General
Pension bill and the Bankruptcy bill are
next in order. While this programme
is liable to change, it is proposed
that-whenever one o the measures named
shall be taken up . discussion upon it shall
proceed until it is acted upon. . It is- agreed
by both friends and foes of the resolution
for open executive sessions, that tbat mea
sure shall bave its day in court bo boob as
the special orders already made shall be
disposed oft The plan has been submitted
to the Democrats, who, in caucus, this
morning, approved it. . ':';-.:-.;v-v's;
The Senate has confiimed to be postmas
ters. W. W. Herbert, at Alexandria, Va.;
JA-R. Yarney, at Lexington, Va.; B.
Gibson, Winchester, Va.
' William L. Trenholm has given bond in
$100,000, and to-day assumed office as
Comptroller of the Currency.
. The Treasury to-day received a certifi
cate of deposit for $25,000, the amount of
forfeited bail of "George Q. Cannon, Mor
mon apostle, -j- ;, '
v Washujqtoh, April 20. The Secre
tary of tbe Treasury, this afternoon issued
a call for $10,000,000 three per cent bonds.
The call will mature June 1st. r - -
The following confirmations. by the Se
nate of Presidential nominations have been
announced: "Postmasters in North Caroli
na A. H. Boy den. Salisbury; M. Manly,
New Bern; J. A. Young, Charlotte; J. H.
Allen, Durham; W. J. Barrett, Kinston;
1. Bennett, Reidsville: W. M. Gay, Wilson;
G. , CI. Gregory, Greensboro; J. H. Hill,
Goldsboro; O. G. Parsley, Wilmington;
Mrs. M. F. Pender, Tarboro; J. B. Smith,
Fayetteville; 8. H. Smith, Winston; J. H.
Taylor, Oxford; W. J. Avery, Ashe ville.
The Senate in executive session to-day
rejected tbe proposed treaty to reopen the
Weil and La Abra claims against ' Mexico.
The object of the pending treaiy is to re
open the case, in order to give Mexico a
chance to prove that the claims were fraud
ulent and that the original treaty was pro
cured by fraud. The mney claimed has
been paid by Mexico and a portion paid to
claimants, but a large part is held by tbe
Stale Department to await the result of the
effort to reopen the case. ,
Proceeding to the calendar of confirma
tions, a considerable number of cases were
disposed of. Among those confirmed is
Zach Montgomery, to be Assistant Attor
ney General for the Interior Department.
Washington, April 21. Among the
confirmations made by the Senate to-day
were tbe nominations of -Wm. L. West, of
Ky , to be Governor of Utah, by a vote of
45 to 15. and D. C. Bradley to be Collector
of Internal Revenue for South Carolina. The
latter gave rise to considerable discussion;
Bradley beinir charged with "moonshin
ing" predilections Mr. Edmunds is said to
have led the opposition to Bradley in par
son, but he had been favorably reported by
the Finance committee, and was confirmed
27 to 16.
GEORGIA.
Trouble In tbe Anguetm Cotton inula
Refusal or managera to Consider
Petitions of Knigbta or Labor mill
Operatlvra Decline Overtures from
the managers,
Augusta, April 20 Two weeks ago
the executive board of the Knights of Labor
petitioned presidents of cotton factories to
abolish the "line or pass system," that no
Knight be foiced to take the place of a dis
charged Knight until investigations by the
executive board of the Knights; that all
machinists receive three dollars for twelve
hours' work ; that fif t? yards shall constitute
one cut, tbat where One mill pays one dol
lar and thirty cents daily for card grinding,
and another pays one dollar and seventy -five
cents, the average price be one dollar
and fifty two and a bait cents; that the
average price thus obtained be raised fifteen
percent, this advance to begin May 1st
The executive board asserts that operatives
have quietly submitted to from thirty to
thirty five percent, reduction during tbe last
two years. They ask an advance now because
the mills can afford it They desire a con
ference with the superintendents and over
seers on any vacancies or discharges that
they may fill vacancies They ask for a
holiday for tbe employes on May 1st, when
they will discuss the labor question and
kindred topics, aud invite the presidents of
the mills to attend and appoint two speak
ers to address them. i
There are eight cotton mills in Augusts,
employing about 3,000 hands. It is thought
the most of them have joined the Knights
of Labor.
Tbe presidents of the mills held a meet
ing to-day and issued the following circu
lar letter to their employes in the mills, not
noticing the Executive Board of Knights
of Labor:' ; 11
"Tour attention ts; requested to a calm
and careful consideration of this paper.
We bave received a ; communication pur
porting to come from an Order known as
tbe Knights of Labor, and signed by the
Master Workman and Executive Commit
tee of that Order. This communication
pretends to set forth certain grievances
under which you .are suffering, and de
mands their redress. This Order claims to
' be acting at your instance and in your behalf.-
If this be true, we decline most
positively to recognize any outside
interference between our employes and
ourselves. We are always prepared to con
fer with you as employes; but ia no other
capacity. Wc recognize that the rate of
wages is a fair -subject of agreement be
tween employer and employe, and that the
right to, work or quit working for another
belongs absolutely to every person who
is not a convict or a slave; and the
right to employ or not employ an
other is absolute and incontestable.
Tbess rights can only be limited; by the
parlies themselves. - We shall, therefore, be
glad : to receive and fairly consider any
communication from our employes, as
such, but we will not allow any outside
parties to manage our affairs. In conclu
sion, wo would call your attention to the
fact that at present the mills are earning
very little more than expenses, and that up
to a recent period they have for several
years been run at a heavy loss, their stock
holders receiving no dividends, while during
the same period the employes bave at least
received a living."
; AtGusta; - April 20. The Knights of
Labor held a meeting here to night which
was largely attended, and the -following
preamble and resolutions were adopted:
Our Executive Board has been positively
-ignored by the mill presidents," and as it is
positively contrary to our constitution for
us to adjust any grievances other-, than
through our Executive Board; therefore, be
it resolved, that we, operatives and em
ployes of mills, do absolutely and positively
decline to confer with presidents or any
other persons, except through our Execu
tive Board; that we endorse fully the action
of our Board; that we forward to each of
tbe presidents whose names appear on the
circular distributed through the mills to
day a copy of these resolutions.
POLITICAL POINTS.
An - Executive Committee of
Democrats has been formed in Philadel
phia in opposition to Mr. Samuel J. Ran
dall and his methods of party manage
ment The address of. the committee,
while expressing confidence in Cleveland's
administration, denounces Randall's me
thod of using the power over offices and
patronage which the Administration has
, conferred on him. Phil, Record, Dem.
r Attorney General Garland's
frank and straightforward statement in re
gard to his connection with the Pan Elec
tric suit will convince everybody but the
Bell Telephone Company and its organs of
his entire honesty and purity of action
PhO. Rtcord, Dern.
Four thousand copies the first
edition of the "Life of Longfellow" have
oeen soia.
- J THE LABOR TROUBLES '
Congressional Inquiry Into tbe' Dlffl-
ealilea In the - Sooth vrest Grand
' Master Workman Fowderly of tbe
; Knlgbte of Labor Examined His
; Statement of tbe Case &c.
Br Telegraph to the Horning Star.i -
Washington, April - 20.--The special
committee of the liouse of Representatives
to ioauire into the labor difficulties in tbe
Southwest held its flrstrpublic session to
day. Owing to thedillculty or obtaining
the use of a convenient room in the Capitol
the committee bad to hire one in an adjacent
"building Concessional? Hall at which
accommodations were very deficient . Tbe
hour of meeting was fixed .at 12 noon, but
it "was half past one before tbe committee
got to work. It consists of ex-Governor
Curtin, of : Pennsylvania, chairman, and
Burns of Mlesouri, Crain of Texas. Outh
waite of Ohio. Stewart of Vermont, Parker
of - New York and Buchanan of New
Jersey. All the members were present ex
cept Stewart who ia absent by leave of tbe
House. ? Among the prominent persons in
attendance were as representatives of the
Knights of Labor T. V. Powderly, Grand
Master Workman ; J.- W. Haves and Wm.
O. McDowell, members of the' Executive
Board, and Frederick Turner, Grand
Secretary. As representatives of the rail
road interests; Wager " Swayne, counsel ;
and as. representatives or tbe women a
Lieague of. America. Mrs. Charlotte smith
and three other women. A corps of four
stenographers was on band to make full re
port of the proceedings for the . railroad
companies. --v- -'.' ' ' ' . . - -'
Powderly was tbe first witness, and as
such was sworn by the Chairman. Pow
derly is very far from filling, at least in
outward appearance, tbe typical idea of a
hornv-banded son Of toil. On the contrary.
he appears to be a quiet, reserved! delicate
looking gentleman, who has spent , some
fifty years of existence, in any easy, con
tented way. tie dresses plainly, la closely
shaved except as to a long drooping mous
tache, wears spectacles and has a high, in
tellectual forehead. : ''
Tbe Chairman, addressing Jiim, said :
"You understand that this committee is
raised by the House of Representatives for
the purpose, if possible, of getting down to
the reasons for the disturbances which now
exist in tbe country, and especially as to the
conflicts between labor ana capital and be
tween employer and employed. This com
mittee is fully sensible of the course you
have taken in your previous life, and of
your disposition to reconcile the unrest of
the people; therefore, we call you as the first
witness. : Be pleased now to give to the
committee, in your i own language,, your
impressions as to this matter. I know you
well, and I know that you bave intelligence
enough to go on and give this committee
the information it seeks. : - -
Powderly When your message came to
me I did not understand it, and I came here
without papers and without any knowledge
of what would be required of me. The
field which you bave opened up in your
question is so broad that I have not given it
the consideration which it deserves in order
to answer it properly, because it takes in
the general question that is now being dis
cussed" by the working people and the busi
ness people of tbe country. So that I
would rather answer your questions as they
are put, and then, if necessary, I will meet
the committee again, after I bave procured
my. papers. .
Chairman What in your judgment and
opinion' is the cause of tbe disturbances
now existing in the localities referred to in
the resolution T
Powder y Tbe men who are now en
gaged in the difficulties in the West have
drawn up a bill of grievances and have
presented them to . the Manager of the
Missouri Pacific Road at St Louis. That
bill of grievances presents the views of the
laboring men. - It has been stated that the
cause of the present strike on the lines .of
the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
was tbe discharge of a man named Hall
from tbe employment of the Texas. Pacific
Railroad Company, and it. has been stated
that immediately following his discharge
and ref -isal to reinstate him, the employes
of all other railroads struck. This state
ment the employes of the railroad system
known' as the Gould system, claim to be
untrue; they say that the discharge of Hall
was one and only one of the many causes
of action .taken by them. Here is the offi
cial statement drawn up by the committees
of District Assemblies No. 101 and Nq, 78
of the Knights of Labor, and with your
permission I will read it.
Powderly thereupon read the statement
of grievances referred - to. and which has
already been published in the newspapers.
Chairman What knowledge have you
as to the truth of the facts stated in that
paper other than the statement itself ?
Powderly I have never given the matter
my personal attention When it was first
brought to my notice. I was engaged with
the General Executive Board at Philadel
phia, where we were holding a session. I
saw through the newspaperslthat there was
a strike on tbe Texas Pacific Railroad, and
that tbe strike on the Missouri Road had
followed it; but I beard nothing from our
men there and heard nothing official on the
subject until I received the dispatch from
the Vice President of the Missouri Pacific
(Hopkina, of N. V.) asking some questions.
Immediately following tbat we telegraphed
to the West for particulars of the strike,
-and we rceived an answer somewhat similar
to the statement . which I have read just
now. ' ' . -
Chairman From whom did you receive
that answer? .
i Powderly We telegraphed to a - man
whose name I saw in the papers Martin
Irons but the dispatch in reply came from
another man, Page by name. Then some
mortgage bondholders of the Texas Pacific
Railroad came to see us and asked if we
could not do something to end tbe strike.
We then telegraphed to the receiver of that
road. "..
Chairman Can you give the names of
those bondholders who came to see yout
Powderly I kaow the name of their
lawyer Dickson.- We asked of Governor
Brown, one of the receivers of the Texas
Pacific Railroad, whether he would con
sent to meet with a committee appointed
by our Executive Board- for the purpose of
arbitrating or settling differences on the
Texas Pacific road. His reply was that the
road bad no trouble with its employes, but
that it had had some disturbance with for
mer employes, or something to that effect
The telegram that was sent to Brown was
sent at the urgent request of the people
whose money was invested in bonds of the
Texas Pacific Railroad, and who were anx
ious to have the matter settled. Failing in '
that attempt I went West and there I met
with committees of working men, including
men employed Jon the Union Pacific Rail
road and on several lines constituting the
Gould system, and I heard them make sim
ilar statements to that contained in tbe bill
of grievances which I have lust read. Then '
I telegraphed to Mr. Hoxie, asking for an .
interview for the purpose of endeavoring
to arrange some . terms of settlement.
He refused to meet me in my official
capacity, but said : he would meet
me as a citizen. I had no authority
to act as a citizens in the matter, and of
course I did not meet with him. ' I came
back East and a few days after that I went
to New York. The history of what took
place there has been published so exten
sively in the press that it not necessary for
me now to go over it ; While I was in the
West I heard from the men of little abuses
which I do not think the manager of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad knows anything
about V Along the Iron Mountain Railroad
they have a system of , taking 25 cents a
month from the wages of a man who re
ceives $t a day and 50 cents from the wages
of a man who receives $3 a day, and so on
in proportion, for what they call the hos
pital fund. Then, the men claim, as
soon as they are taken sick, they are dis
charged and are denied the right of enter
ing the hospital. Then there are instances
which can be proved, where men have
made contracts to buy land from the com
pany on regular yearly instalments, and
when, having paid all but the'last install
ment, they were discharged from the em
ployment of the company. In that section
of the country it is different from the East
Men cannot go into the next town and get
a situation; and the consequence has bean
that in at least one particular case, the man
was obliged to remain idle so long that he
lost his s property. The men claim tbat
there are several instances of that kind.
Mr. Powderly stated that in his inquiries
he had found that causes of discontent
actually existed as described, and that' he
could have witnesses called to testify to
them. , ;
! Chairman Will yon state the purposes
of the organization of the Knights of La
bor? Whether its purposes are protection
of the interests of labor, and whether it is
peaceful in all its actions ? '
Powderly The aim of the organization
of Knights of Labor is to benefit the la
borer and to secure better feeling between
him and his err ploy er. All our. methods
are peaceful. . We never counsel anything
of a violent nature - A member of the
organization may, once in a while, commit
acta of violence. We cannot help tbat It
is a matier beyond our control; because,
when men feel that they have endured
wrong, there is no law which can properly
restrain them,
Chairman Do I understand tbat the
Knights of Labor, as an organization, do
protect labor, not only on railroads, but
also in mines and factories - s
Powderly We attempt to do that Our
association is intended to be an educational
one. i We aim at having our members study
the conditions by which they are surround
ed;! uot only their own conditions, but
those of the men for whom they work.
- Buchanan In order to pave the way to
intelligent action ? . -; ; rf .
Powderly Yes, sir. I have claimed that
it is no more than right for both to meet on
equal terms, and to have a thorough under
standing of the wants of each other; and it
seems to me tbat until they do they cannot
properly fix up their differences,
r Chairman In your ; letter to me you
spoke of difficulties in respect to receiver
ships of railroad companies.
Powderly ices. When a railroad com
pany does not pay, and wheaMt gets into
the; bands of a, receiver, we find it to be
true that if we ask for a redress of griev
ancess or wrongs -we are referred to the
court, the receiver saying that he .has no
power to remedy them; but when there is
another matter desired to be rectified the
receiver can do so without applying to the,
court - v -V
- Chairman Do you know the particulars
of any wrongs of that kind?
Powderly I cannot give particulars
now, sir; but I will do so. .
Chairman That is to say that parties
wreck a railroad and have it put in the
hands of a receiver for certain purposes.
Powderly I do not know whether they
wreck it or not . - t
Buchanan They run , it ashore, at all
events, whether they wreck it or not
: Powderly Yes,, sir. There are a great
many persons who express the opinion that
if the United States Government can ran a
railroad after its being wrecked it should
certainly be able to run a good railroad. '
. Chairman That is a logical conclusion.
. Mr. Powderly stated that in the general
office in Philadelphia were papers which
would be valuable to the committee, and
the; chairman replied that the committee
would require all the papers that throw
light upon the subject under investigation.
"So far," said he, ' we have a very good
starton what you say to-day. I do not
ask you to divulge any of the secrets of the
Knights of Labor; but you have stated that
the objects of the Society are to protect the
labor of the country, so'far as 'possible,
against the exactions of incorporated capi
tal." -
Powderly To protect not only the labor
of the country, but to protect manufac
turers as well. We desire that manufac
turers shall be in such a condition that they
will be able to pay good wages. We have
no quarrel with legitimate enterprise.
Chairman The aims of your society are
entirely peaceful?
Powderly They are entirely peaceful ;"
butithey are liable, of course, to be mis
understood even by members of tbe asso
ciation once in awhile. If you discover
that members of the Knights of Labor
along railroads have violated the laws of
the land or its own laws, (and the commit
tee will discover that fact) we will be as
ready to assist in punishing them as we are
in upholding their rights. . c
Buchanan Your public utterances have
shown that
MURDEROUS WORK.
The Blabop of Madrid Sbot Down on
tbe Catbedral Steps by m Revengeful
Priest. '::.'.
j By Cable to the Morning Star.
- Madrid, April 18. This morning, while
the Bishop of Madrid was ascending the
steps leading to the entrance of the Ca
thedral, he was shot with a revolver by a
priest standing at the top of the steps, the ball
entering his abdomen. This was followed
by another shot from the same source,
which wounded the Bishop inside, where
upon the wounded man fell on the steps.
The priest then descended the steps and
fired still another 'shot, which took effect
in the Bishop's thigh. The priest was then
seized, putting a stop to his murderous
work; and his victim was borne in an un
conscious condition to the private chamber
in the Cathedral, where the last sacraments
for the dying- were administered to him.
Being Palm Sunday the Cathedral was
more than usually crowded by worshippers,
and when the fearful work of the priest
was realized , a furious mob followed the
carriage in which he was conveyed to pri
son by gendarmes,' whose presence alone
prevented the lynching of the would-be
murderer. The motive for the crime was
revenge. '
CA.NADA. -
A Flood at Montreal The Greater
Part of tbe Business District Under
Water. . '. " ;
' Montreal, April 19. About 12 o'clock
Saturday night the river again rose sud
denly and continued rising. The greater
part of the business district was under
water. The whole west end below St
Anne was also flooded. - The walls of Mal
son's rolling mill have given way. Victo
ria Square and parts ef Craig and Juror
streets, together with intersecting streets,'
are under water. The--whole country on
the south shore as far as St John's . is
flooded and all communication stopped.
VIRGINIA.
A Negro Lynched for Bobbery and
, J -Attempted Murder. J
Dahvillb; April 19.--On Sunday; near
Axton Station, on the: Danville & New
River Railroad i nninvttiiinint TTollia Vaav.
man by a forged note induced Mike Ma-
Vi nnn a arrtita man sv -
hnilRR In nlftV o. mama nf narrla IfoVtAna
took a small sum of money with him, and
va vuo way aioorman Knocaea manone
down and robbed him ' Itfahnno wu ttorllw
Stunned, but recovering niifTtaiAnt.lv tn toll
what had happened, a party of men soon
mntipMil - 3 1 i s , i
iuuuounu auu jyncneu mm last
night Mahon'e's wounds are thought to
be fatal.
; COTTON.
N. Y. Commercial and Financial Chronicle !
nril 1 fi. TTia mnvo- '
ment of the crop, as indicated by our
telegrams from the South to-night,
ts given oeiow. .c or me wees end
ing this evening (April 16) the total
receipts have reached 56,305 bales,
against 41,392 bales last week, 59,-
wao Daies tne ; previous week, and
64.328 bales three weeks sin? TTlalr.
ing the total receipts since the 1st of
Sept., 1885, 4,954,929 bales, - against
4,624,818 bales for the same period of
loo, snowing an increase since Sept.
1, 1885, of 330,111 bales.
The exports for the week ending
this evening reach a, total of 81,177
bales, of which 53,037 were to Great
Britain, 15,501 to France and 12,-
od to tne rest ot the Uontinent.
- To-dav an e&rlv rienliriA was mnra
j j
than recovered, on a demand show
ing some revival of speculative con
fidence, fostered by the reduction in
stocks at interior towns and a partial
recovery at Jjivernool. I Jottnn rm
the spot has been dull, except that
on monaay a considerable line was
taken for exnort.' Prices were nomi.
nally unchanged, and at . the close
uiiuuiing upianas were quoted at 9c.
The total sales for forward delivArv
for the week are 341,700 bales."
A BIG THING.
FIrat Bessemer Steel Converted In tho
South-North Carolina Orea tho Ma
terial Used. , ;
- Chattasooga, April 20 The first Bes
semen steel converted in the South was
made here yesterday by the South Tredegar,
works. The experimental ; cast of ; two
gross tons proved excellent steel or rolls,
under all of the teste applied. The mate
rial used was pig iron, from the Cranberry
ores, "North Carolina, . and. shows that
ore to be excellent steel material. The
5 lant has a capacity of 85 tons per day.
'he success of this experiment has caused
much gratification among Southern iron
masters, -
Spirits Trapentine.
": About, thirty-five women, em
ployed as bag makers in Parrish's tobacco
factory, in Durham, demanded an advancp
of wages, saying if they did not receive it
they would quit work. They were told to
quit, and did so. . :
John Devereux, Esq., went to
Yancey ville last week and made applica
tion for an injunction to prohibit-lhe towb
of Durham from issuing bonds for Durham
graded school, for building said schooTor
improving the property. .
' ' Goldsboro Argus: There were
thirty-two instead of twenty eight acces
sions to the Baptist Church in this city du
ring the recent revival. About 12 30
o'clock yesterday morning the alarm of fire
aroused our city, and soon the streets were
thronged with people rushing .to the scene
of conflagration , which was the residence
of Mr. WY 6. Burkhead, which was con
sumed. Much of Mr. Burkhead's furniture
was saved, but as be had no insurance his
loss will probably -amount to $200 The
property belonged to Mrs. Mary Borden of
Wilmington, widow of the late Capt. j' c
Borden, and was, we learn, insured to tho
amount of $600 or perhaps $1,000.
Beauf ord Record; The revival
meetings at the Ann Street M. E. Church
closed on Wednesday night. Rev. C, W.
Byrd baptized two carraidates by imraer
sion and Rev. J. W. Jones nineteen b" as
persion. Fifty six persons were, admitted
to church membership. Two students
from the Johns Hopkins University, Messrs
G. D. Haldeman and H. : B. Wilson have
arrived in town, and are now at the Labo
ratory on Front street These gentlemen
are the forerunners of Prof. Brooks' party
; who visit us annually.
' Charlotte Observer: The meet
ing of delegates from the fire companies
last night to elect a chief, resulted, in a
draw. Messrs. J. B. McGill. D. M. Rigler,
W. K Culpeper and J. M. Eeudrick. were
the candidates. - A man named Holts
houser was arrested near Salisbury, on
Saturday, and was . to have been tried in
that place -yesterday, on the charge of
burning the dwelling, barn and outhouses
of Mr. Tobias Lyerly, on the morning ol
the 13th in at. A bloodhound was put on
the track of tbe incendiary, and the scent
led the dog to the house of Holtshouser,
one of Mr. Lyerly 'a neighbors, who was him
self a member of the party following the
dog in pursuit of the incendiary.
- Elizabeth Gity Falcon: M r .
Skinner's bill for the' establishment of a
light house at Croatan has been passed by
Congress.' j On her way down, the
river Monday afternoon, the steamer New
Bern collided with ' and damaged the
schooner Clipper. Capt - Pinner, to the
amount of about $76. . We print to
day extracts from Hon. Tnom&s'G. Skin
ner's speech and regret that our limited
space would not admit of our priniiog it
in full. It is a clear and forcible exposi
tion of the silver question'. While we do
not agree with him, we cannofbut admire
the honesty of his convictions and his abil
ity in expressing them. His views are
certainly endorsed by nearly all the Demo
crats in this district ,
- Goldsboro Argus; The move
ment to establish a telephone exchange in
this city that we spoke of some weeks ago,
is now being actively pushed. The
work of changing the gauge of tbe A. & N.
C. Railroad began at this end of the line
yesterday morning and is now being pushed
towards New Bern. The change has al
ready been made from New Bern to Move
head. We were shown yesterday a
most accurately drawn and artistically exe
cuted map ot the state s Angola my lands,
the work of that well and widely known
civil engineer, Mr. Reddin Pittman, than
whom there is no better in the country. He
executed tbe map from tbe survey co&pi
lations of the State's civil engineer, Gea.
W. G. Lewis, of this city. . fj -
Wadesboro 2nies: On Satur
day Judge Bennett succeeded' in getting -x
life-saving station at Oak Island. Thi
island, as is well known, is at the mouth
of the Cape Fear river, and thus commands
the entrance to our largest commercial city.
Judge Bennett began his speech
against the Civil Service reform resolutions
on Tuesday, and though cut short, after
ten minutes, he made one of the most effec
tive efforts we have yet witnessed in the
House members crowding around him
and applauding him to the echo. Indeed,
Sunset Cox rarely attracted more aitentiou
in his off hand five-minute speeches. . It
was evident that the Democratic members
were sick of the namby-pamby, mugwump
civil service reform ways of the adminis
tration, and were glad to bear a member'
boldly exposing tbe same.
New Bern Journal: This latter
road (Wilmington & Onslow) is and has
been for a long time, one of much interest
to Onslow, the only county east of the W.
& W. R. R. that is without steam naviga
tion of any kind. If Wilmington would
begin the work we doubt not in' time it
would be extended on through Onslow and
Jones, and eventually to New Berne. -
In the clerk's office of the Superior Court of
this county is a roster of North Carolina
troops engaged in the war between the
States. ' The effort to ma fee and preserve -a
a complete list of the North Carolinians
who served the State in that memorable
conflict is a commendable one Qn the part
of th flenp.rftl Asepmhlv tint 4Tio rvroorp
rosier is so incorrect mat il is not really ot
much value. With the aid of this, however,
a correct list or at least one far more cor
rect than the present, of each company can
be made, and should be done while there is
seme one living who can do it
Charlotte '' Observer: Capt. S.
B. Alexander, one of the commissioners
appointed by Gov. Scales to investigate the.
disputed State line between North and
. , ... . . . . . a
oouiu uaronna, yesieraay gave county
surveyor Orr a copy of Spencer's survey,
for examination. It is claimed that South
Carolina now -has a big slice of land be
longing to Mecklenburz county, and Gov.
Scales is making a vigorous effort to get at
tne real Tacts in the case. Spencer s sur
vey was made, we relieve, in 1880.
Capt John R. Erwin, clerk of the Supe
rior Court, yesterday made a transcript of
the proceedings for divorce in the case ot
Mrs. - M. A. Robinson against her hus
band; Rev. D. P. Robinson, former pas
tor of Sharon church. 'This transcrint is
for the use of the Mecklenburg Presbytery,
shortly to convene in Shelby, Mrs. Rob
inson, it will be remembered, sued for
a divorce on the ground that her husband
brutally misused and illtreated her. and the
divorce was granted. Anthony &
Brvrifi'A. mahinA -vciTl lv ohinnl tsv
1 arboro to-morrow, and will manufac
ture ice for the people of that town during
the coming summer. At the next
term of the Federal Court to be held in
Statesville, Gaston Church, aged 17 years,
will be called upon to account for the loss
of hundreds of pounds of Patent Office re
ports,:. Congressional Records and other
public documents. Church was the mail
carrier ' between Wilkesboro, in Wilkes
county, and J effersoi in Ashe cou d ty.
Asheville-icfoance.- At the ap
proaching term of Swain Superior Court,
which begins on the 7th of June, Jack
Lambert, now confined in jail at this place,
will bo re-sentenced to death. He was
convicted of murder at the fall term of
a : f . . m . i i i
owaiu vourii, auu seuiencea to ue nautuu.
An appeal was taken, but to no avail. The
judgment of the lower Court was affirmed.
We learn from private letters received
in this city the news of a fearful and de
structive tornado which sweDt over por
tions of Rutherford county, last Thursday
evening the most violent wind storm that
nonntv nun witnps&Al in vpsfb HVnm All
the information we have been able to gath
er, it appears the storm .struck in at or near -
islana if ord, on Uroad river, in the south
western part of the county, and trav-;
elled parallel with the river for miles at a
most furious speed, in a northeast direc-'
uuu. xuc owiux wbb 'ucur two muesiu
width, but it was not so fierce but for a
distance of one half mile and that almost
in tha op.ntrfi. Tlmrpllincr Yinrnva Harna
Btables, fences, &o., were swept away like
trash. Large trees were torn ud bv the
roots, and the wake of the storm for miles
presented a scene of devastation and rum.
A number of horses, cows, sheep and hogs
were killed, but fortunately no persons
were killed, thoueh several were iniured.
At the house of a Mr, Scoggins two little
children narrowly escaped death. The
house was built of logs, and the children
were : eleenino- on a ned. The roof cave
way ana some ol the heavy timbers leu in
on the bed where the children mere sleep-'
ing. The i bedstead was an old-fashioned
one and very strong, and the . head board
caught thai falling timbers; and prevented
the children from being killed. They
were recovered after the storm, alive, but
slightly injured.-; , - ,