North Carolina Newspapers

i 'f. The Weekly Star. WM, R BERNARD, Editor and rop'i WILMINGTON, N. C. Januabt 2lL 1886. t3"In writing to change rJonr 'address, lf give former direction as well as full particular as where you wish your paper to be sent hereafter. Unless Mm do both changes can not be made, i isrNitloes of Marriage or Death, Trlbotesof nespeotjKesolutlons of Thanks, o., a chawed for as ordinary advertisements, but Jonly half rates when alI for strictly ta adrano At Oils rate SO cents will pay for a staple annopnoement of ifarrlace or Death. . j- - n CS-Rimittnees must be made by Chsck.Draft Postal Money Order or Koglatered Letter. Post masters jwill register letters when desired, PBOnly such remittances will be At the risk of the publisher. : t I ' ' ' "Specimen ooples forwarded when desired. i .. - i CHIME ASD THB CO7BTS. ; The Raleigh Chronicle basj an able discussion of 'Judicial Reform." It is wel I prepared and Bhows a ! arge fa miliarity with the Courts anc the de fects of thj present (system. It says: 'Utii a mistake to say that cririe is in creasing in the State: Any person familiar withe criminal dockets, for the past ten years knows that ia regard to larcteoy there h$s been a great decrease and that among the col mtry people cases are bscom ing rare." W i believe our contempjrary in this s egregrioHsly miatak n. We woullbeerlad if true, for our im- pression, drawn from our S ate con the last has in- -' temporaries, is that during five years crime generally! creaied, and . especially the great. crimps of murder ... and rape. We think the Judges would hardly, agree with our respected I contemporary. We have made up for ten and a half years nearly the digest of State news daily for the Stab, and wje believe that the items of crime gathered du ring the last five years are more nh mer us than during the preceding five rears. It strikes us as certain that moi a murders , have been perpe tf at id and, possibly also more rapes, tha i in the preceding ; lustrum. As ,o stealing we had supposed that it h jounded tq a3 great an extent 'as at sny previous time in the history of the State. We had thought that the constantly increasing number jof penitentiary convicts showed .this. Persons who lost all of their chickens ani turkeys during the lata holidays, and persons whoso stores have been .broken into and whose dwellings I'll" r 'I J have been robbed, w'll be comforted j to lparn'that crirao is really on the I decrease in North Carolina. That is, if our friend, the Chronicle, is not in error. We shall be glad to be I ! . . i - . aureu that we are wrong in our sap- !iositions and conclusions. jj We agree with our excellent cpn emporar' ia - spine j of the other Ipoihts it makes. There is a great nn.iil rtf Snrro'?fi' t.Vo' oiMmtn-rl a11a -w.,- . 0 of the State, and steps should be ta ken to remedy thai defects. ' The Chronicle suggest, an! perhaps ill -is a wfse suggestion: j j "We favor the' appDintmaat of a Com mission to consist of one lawyer, the At torney Giaeral and the Superintendent of the Penitentiary, whosj duty it shall be to prepare a Code embodying the criminal law and prescribing a near as may ba the pun iaumsnt and management of the penal j in stitutions of the State." The Chronicle also favor3 a quar terly; court for each county. We in clirib to the opinion, that this would remedy the evil referred to keeping prisoners in jail for long terms, secur ing speedy trials and collecting debts "promptly. This cvrinot be done without a change of the constitution. ,Tbe Chronicle proposes to amend so as to enable tbe.Jndges to visit the sain a county at a shorter, interval than that prescribed, and to enable the Legislature, to lay off the State into three circuits, with four districts each. . It says:' . "There are 93 counties and twelve . Judges assuming an equal division, which .' - there could not be as some counties require pore than four weeks, there would be eigbt couauc3 to each district thus giving - thirty -two weeks a year to each, district. Thirty-six weeks should'be about the work of a Judge, thus giving four weeks in each . district to those counties requiring the " additional time. There are a few very small counties as Diro, Swain, &C, ia which two weeks would suffice thus giv- ing the larger counties the additional weeks. Ttia courts should be o arranged that the Judge would go from one county to the next adjoining one, and not ride from one "end of the District to the other to hold his counts. In tho counties having no large towns two weeks terms are objectionable. Witnessesjurors, officers and attorneys become wearied after the first wek and Judges find it difficult to secure that prompt attention which is so necessary to the con duct of a court." ; Tbis suggestion is 'certainly, worth tbe attention of . enlightened law makers and of the' legal fraiernity. We; cannot confidently affirm that what ia proposed is j the right thing not beiDg a lawyer; but of this we are assured; something is needed to make the Courts inoro efficient and to se cure a speedier justice. J We have no great confidence in ' thoMnprovement of morahi and sup pression of crime j as long as three evils exist;' the one-man pardoning power; the present system of jury trials as juries are composed ; and the -ynjpatby for crimes and criminals .that prevails to a greater or less ex , tent in every community. Let a vil , ia") slay his fellow-man let -i the murder be of the most devilish.fiend ish kind, and then allow a'year or , wo years to elapee and a strong . public sympathy for the incar nattf devil, is created inevitably and to punish him . to pun- ;isa a manyr. . Ibis is perhaps natural. ve au know, howlsof ... ':; 1 . .11 . ... wuiug,. uuw alleviating is time jThe mother who buries her tenderest, ! best loved offspring oan look with out heart laceration upon the dear dead one's little shoes and stockincrs iand toys two or three ' years after death, whereas their very sight tore i the heart strings, tn the early days o . bereavement. Punish crime when it ; j ia fresh if you would prevent undue ' ' sympathy for villains" and shut out sentimental gush j'n the wy of peti tions. , Let jasticte be done though, the heavens fallJ Iet the Uwe be executed faithfaliy, fairly, firmly " If the criminal lawa artf on Vvt 9t(U of crime then lej them be amended. The people have some nghta as well as the aoomcd.; jThe mardered vie tims of Inst and Jarime hav outraged tights that cry font for vindication from their untiiMy aravei j sjooiety must pe proteoLd. The women of the land must be shielded from ae d no'ers and mar4 erers. .' The violated and murdered women who . steep in lonely graves pfeai trumpet tongaed for speedy justice and again-1 con doning crime. -If the laws : of evi denoe are foundj to be. too favorable -to bloody handed murderers . j then ohange the 1iws.. Trials are often conducted in suph a way as not to vindicate ana proteot huminit; bat to shield crime. Evidence, undar technical construction, is ru el out that is positively n333ssry t faitji guilt and secure proper pti nit annul. The whole systim is often w'jrkoi in the ' direotion of saatohin a rel handed murdeijer frjm the ;(ilatc,i of the law and taking away proper safe guards from' society. j Time is the': great ajsu?er. U softens the 4girTtiorn of orim9 and tends to rntkiu hiro nals. What a Sitt n iaii i trial and a quick exe auti l f crimi' spaady Of Hill- an un- tences. 1 he law s Uiitv ia mingled cursb, aai thi fkiiure t5 pun'ub crime prompt hand with a resolved and !s an outrage hot up n villainy, but upon society. rose IS Tho N. C. 1KB WBlPOjlN. llomj of -Rebresenta- tives'paBd jority more Dy . a tremenaous m-a- thin thres to baa the bill forbiddiis the sale of dadly weapons This is " perhlpi bettir than allowing weapons I b jsoUi and then forbidding their- use. Bat a law will nop sure" the evil. South Carolina, Virginia, and Sew York will supply the pistols, &j , by mail or express, ' it will, only prfVnt dealers at home fro:a doing the basi neS3, or will throw it into ihe liau js of law breakers wlu willliake the hazard and do all the selling. You can not extirpate any ihmgjjby legis lation unless there is a soiind public sentiment, and lhil saniiaient sua tains Ui Tno law against con cealed weapons is very rarely en forced. We have uo doubt that there are five thousand violations of the, Jw : every day. .You can not cure the evil aimed at by j taxation, as every householder must own a pis tol, gun or bqth. The present law against carrying concealed: weapons , is practically a deid letter and ought to be repealed. Ic puts law-abiding men at a serious disadvantage, and compels. them sometimes to violatw law fir self-protection and safety. J THE'SOLOtS ON IVIL kE tVlCE. It As iinnxiiiLr t') see Republicans in the jlegisl iiure trying to instruct Sena,tor Vance how to vote upon Ciyl Service. H-ey represent a party that enjoyed the plunder and pay for twenty-Sve years and nndi videdly. They i luccd the Congress to enact a law that gave the Repub licans a utill farther lease upon office. They were sharp enough to'sacure a la the operations of which were de signed to retain in office many of their party" friends ari l because they held the teatj If the law bad been intended to be fair arid equitable in its working there would have been a division of o3i gi ving' to the Democrats half, t.-frelhe Uw went into effect. For Republicans to e83y to play the part of reTormers is a little too ridiculous. -is positively too arousing, j For wool-dyed North Caniina Radicals to pretend to tell i i Senator Vanc9 what his duty is is about as ridiculous as for an elephant- to set up a daticiog school. It is only another evidenoa of th- unmiti gated "cheek'j of tha representatives .1 pany thu has been repuiiatod at tiu polls in two national ion-', and has been beaten azain and again ia North Carolina. . ' Li , Because of the aid "Of bolters of the Democratic party North Cirolina the old Radical party U able to pro poso very dansirom an 1 absurd able to egislalion. But it is not commit the D-m jcrts of . North Carolina to the grandest humbug of the ago - that it is. the solemn duty of an Administration that wa elected as Democratic to appoint to import ant offices pronounced and active Re publicans' to retain tens of thousands of other Republicans in office, 'and to exclude from office Democrats who are alik-j capable and honest. We sincerely believe when Demo crats in North Carolina openly es pouse the Curtis-British system of ue tenure m office a system that is anti-republtcao,ariti democratic and insist that it is eminently wise, judi cious and virtuous for a Democratic Administration to foster the Repub lican party bv takinor carri nf it friends and claquers; and insist that it ia the very height of moral and effioient statesmanship , for a Demo cratic Administration to ; carrv on tne government with Republican agents upon Republican methods for the most part, that they are doing W V.-.:- ' more to palliate the offence of party desertion, to disintegrate the Demo cratic party, and to invite indepen- uency inan tftey oonld do by pursu ing any other coarse. ' i' ; ; ! s it.it is very right and proper and """ 'Vr a Jjemocratlc Adminis tratlon to re ward with office "its friends.' ibe enemy," why is it ad , . vs . u uu - " :. " :tw 1 vote witn "tneir friends, tne enemy," I when they think it is advisable? If j tnere is to. little difference between i - Republicans and Democrats that it is deemed expedient, proper and wise to divide the offices between the two parties, why is it so criminal for Pearson and , company to vote with 1 the Republicans for measures or men ? : - "4f ': I ' The Stab repudiates out and out the' whole business.' It believes in th principle of the Democratic par ty. It believes that the two parties are and. ought Jto be in eternal an tagonism:: Jit believes it is common sense, oommon-f airness ' to ; employ the friend of those principles to ex coute them It believes that life- tenure in offioe is monarchical, dan gvrous,; and vioious. : It has no polit ical favors for those who I oppose Democratic principles. ' If the Civil Servioe system is so v ry good why is it so very wrong f-r Pearson toT imitate the Pres. d. nt's example and" vote for legisla tive officers of both parties! j He has li.-en abused for supporting Republic c ms for office, but that is no more tjiau Cleveland has done. Many Re publican . officials are now wearing a-id enjoying Cleveland's favors. The Stab is very sick of all such nonsense. Be something. Be a Re txiblicau or be a Democrat, bnt do not try to be both at the same time. If the Civil Service law be so admi rable, so essential to efficient public nervice, then by all means apply it to u!l the offices, from the Presidency duwn, and to all State officeri, from Gjvernor to Justice of- tho Peaoe. Why wot ? r-j. " - I But j the Democrats I who favor Cleveland's humbug will not dare to ak for such a service in North Caro lina. They know that it would disj rupt and destroy the. party in the .The 'Stab must express its surprise at Mr, Leazer's declaration of in d -rsement. W wonder if he be lieves that Cleveland did right in ap p-uuiirtg Pearson and Conger and the i. -uisvtlle postmaster to the high trices iihey hold, blatant Radicals as it.ey are r Uan he believe tnat toe 'resident is wise in keeping so many ii'publicaus in.the offices in Wash- to i ? ,i ..- !-. - ; Mr. Lisazar is probably the ablest Democrat in the House. He did not approve of the attack on Senator Vance, but he did indorse Cleveland. The most candid and consistent man that spoke in the House was Wil- iams, j a colored Republican. - "He did not believe in Civil Service," and the honest Republicans generally are with him in this view, we have no doubt.; .,J. '- ... If the Democrats mean to indorse the Civil Service system in national affairs they oughtvfb be forced to in dorse it in State affairs also. It is far more esaential,f ar more necessary to North Carolina taxpayers that there should bs honesty, efficiency and capability amoog the officials of the State, counties and towns, than to have these qualifications in Wash- cgton offices or in Other sections of - the co-intry. If it be true tn it tne only . way to-' secure th'-sa qualifications is y the Civil Srvica system than shoff your h3ii eflty and consistency by extending, wi iening it until it sh ill ba all-em- br.toing, and towns, counties and Slates shall all receive the blessings, and tho President and all other offi cials shall unier:i in? sime severe tei.s the same scrutiny before ex-- amining boarJ'. Then it will o-na to pissthit the A-iininistratioj : will be mixed ihm a Democratic President shall have in part or all a Republiou 'Jibiudt, for at the examinations all may stand and Republicans may get the pUj-M. This will be quite apt to be the cm f, ai some Democrats sjjio to think, Republicans are batter qualiSa I f js responsible . offices thin Ddm icrat,- are qualified. .... .'' .'. ; I he Stab has no countenari ja or respect for such politics as those in dicated. - It is Djmocrjiic or it. is nothing. - :'----V--' "'" Throocb Trains from VlimtBStn to ' ftatberfordton. T ie first through triia from Wilmington it tiherfordloa, ui tae Ciroliai Central Rtiiro-ui. will be run next Monday, the 24th lo t . letviog this city at 6 a, ta. and reach iu r It it herf ordton at 8 40 p. rn. ; distance 235 (oilei. -Tno through . train from the west will laave Rutberfordton at 6 a. m rrive in Wilmington at 8 P-m. There, and seem to bs every prospeot that the Caro ii..i Central will ba extended to Asheville Th -iistanca from Butherfordton to that p.tic i ia only forty two miles t orpentlne Distiller. . ' The Naval Stores Manufacturer's Protec tive Association, of .. Georgia," have issued circulars to dUtUler in which they urge a prudent and conservative policy in the matter of cutting boxes for the next season. They Say that "indications unfortunately are, at present, that many more boxes will be cut this season than there is any neces sity for or propriety, in cutting. . We can onlv exnect fan imorovement next season over the terrible depression of past years in a material red nctlon oi tne amount oi tur pentine and rosin produced." AAvbc la PeaanU. ' . Peanuts have advanced in . prioe, as the result of a small "boom" that began the latter part of last week. The supply in this and other markeU Is represented as light and but little new stock is coming in Quotations in the Wilmington market have oeen advanced ten cents per ousnei wi twenty-eight pounds on all grades. ' Mrs. Lonifl B. Amis, of Gran- vine, nas begun her story peared,'- , Cape Fear Blver Improvement, Tho annual report of the Chief of Eogi- - . .t. - tt' a ' a 1 , .tVMi and harbor imnrovememta. r- furnishes inf or maUoa in relation to the improvement of Cape Fear river, abova .and tjelow Wilming n. , -. . Upto June 1888. a total of li.eas,- 411.74 bM been spent in all upon the pro posed improvement of the river below this city with great success, obtaining a 13 5 to 14-foot least depth of water at the main bar entrance,, and completing to partial width the desired sixteen-foot channel' twenty eight miles further to Wilmington. This depth, combined with the average rise of tide (4.5 feet at thelarad3.5 feet at Wil mington) is suchg that- at present vesseU loaded to 18 feet draught 'can "readily go' from. Wilmington to the ocean v in a single tide any day of the year. The total com merce, exports and imports, foreign and coastwise, has increased from about $13 000,000 of transported goods n 1870 hp to about tlT.OOl.OOO in 1886Kall this iocreaae being foreign commerce) shewing that each dollar spent upon , this improvement has been accompanied by the development of about $3 40 of annual (foreign) commerce, although the last increase oft wo feet .in- draught ia the river channel is too recent to have produced its effect in such develop ment..';. -r.!. .,;;i J::7i- The officer in charge recommends that thrf improvements bs carried ; on as orinally projected, by completing the un finished dike j south of Zske's Island, so as to thoroughly secure Smith's Island from eriuion by th ocean; and by widening and deepening the existing river- channels to tb ir full dimensions of 270 feet width and 18 feet least depth ' at low water;" and by f a : ther protecting them ' against deteriora tion by submerged stone dikes where ne cessary, an 1 j by straijfhteniog, deepening and -fixinjc the bat entrance', at a total ex penae of. $345,000. .in -addition to the amount available for the fiscal year ending Juae80ih, 1837. to be appropriated, in one sum during the next fiscal year. Smaller appropriations will increase the cost. So far as esq be teen at present, this amount will complete all existing projects for this improvement. "-v'V-'f V;'.'- After this improvement is finished, its proper maintenance may cost from $5,000 to $15,000 per year fur a few years, but tho improvement should bo fairly perma nent For the improvement of -the river above Wilmington, it is recommended that the wcik be completed in accordance with, the pn sent project, so as to secure a thorough ly cleaned four-foot channel to Elizabeth- town, thence a similar three-foot channel to Fayettevilio during ! eleven or twelve months of the year; st a total expense of about $200,000, to be appropriated in year ly instalments of about $30,000, as smaller appropriations will, increase the cost. Up to June 80 h. 1886. a total of $64,530.81 bail bee a spent lo all upon this improve ment. '. Narrow Eaeape. Mr. John Cooper and Mr. Gus. Latham, of dmitbville, had a narrow escape from dr wning Monday last. The; two men started about hdlf-paot 7 o'clock on the morning of that day from Lockrood's Fol ly i t Bmithville ia a sharpie loaded with oyners The wind was lair and the sea sao joth. but when about four miles up "the bea-h the; wind began to blow With great forci and the sea to rise, and when they bad ; completed about nine r miles of their journey, it was with great diffi culiy that they prevented their . boat from sinking; waves sweeping over fjem and nearly fillinc the sharpie. They had about thirty bushels of oysters in bags on board, ttnd , were compelled - to throw ovei board some twenty bushels to keep the Teajtl from foundering. Finally, the boat was driven on the beash, about threa miles from Caswell light, and ths men managed to gnl ashore after being nearly drowned. Mr. Sum Newton, two boys and a colored man went down from Smithville in the af ternoon and carried ' the men . up to. that place. The sharpie was badly damaged in its encounter with the waves. Obituary, i , ; ; Mr- James G. B-igley died last night at his residence in this city, from an attack of mat urial fever, supposed to have been con- traced in Florida, fro a- whence he re turcvd to Wilmington about a week ago. Mr. Sagley had been engaged in the steam- boa', business on the Cape Fear for several year, being tne owner or tne steamer tuner Queen, destroyed by fire in March last, and part owner of the steamer J. C. Stewart, which ran on the river between Wilming ton sad Fayetlevillii until a few months ago when the boat was sold to parties in Geo gia or. Florida. The funeral of; the dec-aed will take place al half past 3 o'c! tk this afternoon, from th) Second Pttjt .'riaD church. " ;.' j New Blver'a Orater Farm a. Toe commerce of New River, the object ive point of the proposed Wilmington & Oasi 'W Rulroad, is eaUmityd to be about $400 000 ipsr year. Tha report of the chief engineer in phargd of governmeat improve ments says thai from Jacksonville to its mouth, a distance of fourteen- mile3, it fonts a fine basin of brackish water of from 500 to .10,000 feet width, of at least five f.et ctianjel depth, with 40,000 acres of o sier farms and with rich agricultural surroundings . : ' The Mlaatax Btocbam 8j far as could be ascertained no- infor mation was received by any one in this city yesterday, either confirming or deny ion the rumor telegraphed from Raleigh .Monday night that Walter L. Bingham was in cus tody. . Members of the Turlington family Were of the opinion that if he had been ftS ham is in bldinj somewhere in the State of Texas, where ae has relatives. Sberima SetUemant, j Gen. S. H. Manning, Sheriff, of New Hanover county, settled in fail last night with the County Commissioners for the taxea of this countv for the year 1888. pay Inir'over as follows: State taxes ii7.lon.3 county taxes, school fund $15,003.81, gene ral fund fOD,4B&20. xotai. fooavua. Itnn't HTnAlHmpnt 1 - Yon cannot afford to waste time in exDerimentinsr when your lungs are in danger. Consumption always seems at first only a! cold. Do not permit any dealer to impose upon you with any cneap imitation oi xjt. tvmgs i New Discovery for f Consumption, Coughs and Colds, bnt be sure yon 1 get the genuine. : Because - he can inaKe more prouo us iua,y veil you iie baa somethintr just as good, or just the same.: Don't be deceived, but in sist upon getting Dr. rung's New Dis- j covery, which is guaranteed to gi 1 relief in all Throat, Lung and Che ive est affections. Trial bottles free at W, H. Oreen & Co.'s Drug Store. . .;. Surveyors are at ,work on the Wilmington Coast-Line Railroad from j y, cjty to Wrlghtaville Sound and it is I itated, authoriutively; that within thirty day grading will beisln. - FOHTY7NINTB' JUONGII ESS, . SECOND SESSION. .; ' . The Centennial of tbeConaUntlon Government: Postal Telerapn Col ored People's World's Exhibition appropriation Dllle Tbe Tlexlcan Penaloa Bill Passed. . . IBi TelejrraphTto the Vornlnff Star. " , SENATE. . ' , WAsraKOTON. Jan 17. Mr. Hoar, from the Select Committee on the Centennial of the Constitution, reported a resolution that it is expedient that, the -uentenniat Anni versary of the Inauguration of the Consti tution be celebrated Jn April, 1889, by an address, to be delivered befote the Presi dent of the United States," and' the two Houses of Cooeress, by thfr Chief Justice of the United. States, to w hich representa tives oL foreign governments shall be lo vited: and that the occasion be further celebrated by suitable civic or miliury ob-i servances the detaila thereof to be setnea hereafter. Adopted. f i . Mr. Edmunds called attention to the bill introduced , by him and .referred to the irost; UBJC8 ViommincB, praviuios . lur a government postal telegraph. He wished the committee to report it either favorably or unfavorably, so that he might try to ce the juditment or tne senate upon it. . i . Mr. JSdmunda offered a resolution; mat kin it a staodin rule that when the report of a" Conference Committee.' agree! Dg with- the House conferees, shall have been made and be under consideratioa, the first ques tion, tben-oa fchall' be. 'Shall the Senate agr'tM t same T and that it z the report be not agreed to, or if a aisagreement te re portedtha matter ihall stand in ths Sitae way as ir : no conierence naa oeen naa thereon - If a conference be asked or agreed to by the Senate, it shall be in" order to in struct the 8anate conferees Referred to committee on Rules. ; : " '1 . Forty pension bills, principally House bills, weie passed, and then the Pension Appropriation mil appropriating f70.uyu, 000 was taken up and passed, with only-a few immaterial amendments. : .' ' t.v The Army Appropriation bill was then taken up aud pnetl whh few unimportant amendments. ' t Tne Senate bill lo establish agricultural exwrimeot sta'iobs in -connection with ag ricultural colleges was taaen uo as unnu- isbc-il iusin- sa and wa discussed by Messrs In?U. Vebt tiud Butler. - : : - Witb -ut itct'oa on the biii or any penu- iDE arst'Bdments the Senate at 510 ad jouracd - --".- !: . - UUUl!i U1T Kn.rtU!i3J!iiM IA 1 1 V Under the call of States a number of bills were introduced . and referred. ; Among them i he fnllnwtog: "y- By Mr. - Kelley, of P , appropnatinz $500,000 to promote tbe Colored People's World s KxaLbition, to be held at Burning ham. Ala ; ia September next. ; . By Mr. Lifiverinz. of Ma-s , granting a pension of 25 a moDtn to Wall Whitman. Mr Lovem stated , tnat wnitman naa made no application for a pension but that tne bal wis totroducea at tne request oi a number of the poet s- fneous in ilassaobu setts.--:- - ; " -! . Tne ilouie. by 130 to 113. refused to take up the Inter-State Commerce Con fereoce report to the exclusion of un flash ed bueictss, b in a motion to euspea l tne rults nn I pass bills on tbu calendar. A letter was presented from Bepresenla- tive Greco, r.f N. J . aanouocine the .re- sign-thn of bis seat in tbe House.: i 1 he U-u3o p ksscd, uoder a suspensioa or the rules, by n. vote of 179 to 70. a i bill for tbe re:ief of dependent parents and hon orably di.-caargt;d soldiers 'and sailors who. are now disabled and dependent upon their own labor f-r s-.ipport Unaer suspeusi n nf tno rules the House Concurred in tne Senate amendments to the Mexican Pcn-siua bill The bill now only requires Presidential approval to become a law - It provides that a pension of $3 a month' shall be pid to ail surviving officers and enlisted men, including mi rines, militia aad voluuteera of the military and naval services of tbe United SUtes.wbo baicg duly enlisted, actually served e:xly days with the army or navv of the United states lo Mexico it oa tne coasts or iroatier thereof, tr en routo thereto, in the, war with that nitioa. or were actually engaged in battle iu said war and were honorably discharged, and to such other officers and soldiers ttDtl sailors as mav bave been per soaally uamcd iu auy resolution of Con- eie8s for any soectnc service in laid war; and (he surviving widows of 'such; officers aad 'enlisted men Provided, mat sucn widows nave not remarried; provided, mat every men officer, enlisted man, or widow who l. .r uwy become 63 years of age, or who i. or ru-iy become sublect to any disa bility or dependency tquivaieot vj some cause prescribed rtr recottniz-id by .the pen sion Uw3 of the United States as sufficient reason for the allowance of pensions, shall be eri'iilud t the benefits of this act; but it shall cot be held t- include any person nat within the rule of age or disability or de- nendncv herein defined: or who incurred such disability wntie in any manner voiun r : - ... 4. .. . ' tarily engaged ia or aiding or abetting tne late rebellion against the authority of tbe United . States. Section 4710, ltevised Statutes, is repealed, so far as it relates to this act. Adj'iirned. " SENATE. ' - Wasiiisgton7 Jan.-j 18 Mr. . Morrill, from the Irinanco Gomroiltee, reported a b'll to rtimbursa the ! depositors of tbe Freed men a Back Calendar Mr. Ilaaley, from the Select Committee on the Ou ten Dial Celebration of the Adop tion of the Constitution, reported a joint resoluiioa provided for the appointment of a ioint committee of five Senators and eieht RuDrtsentatives to consider the expe diencv of having in 1893 an international exhibition of theindustiies and productions of all c lUiitrt -8 - Adopted The S-nte look up as the special, order the House !.ill to declare forfeiture of lands granted -o the New Orleans, Baton Rouge & VicUsburif Riilroid Company the back bone railroad forfeiture to apply to lands east of ibs Mississippi river, and to con firm to the Ne v Orleans Pacific Railroad Co , as-.ignue of the othercompany, granted lands itol forfeited. After a long debate the bill Was passed, with an amendment offered by Mr. Gibson protecting the rignts of settle) s on lands embraced within the provisions f the bill. - i Mr. Edmunds gave uitice that, early to morrow, he should moVe that the .senate proceed to consideration of executive buai ness for the consideration of topics of wide public mtertst .He gave notice now, - so that all Senators might understand it. It is supped to refer lo the Nicaragua canal resolution. . . ;,." -- Adjourned I -.' j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Cutcbcon of Michigan, from the Commitu-eon Military Affairs, reported a bill authorizing the President to return the Twiggs s vord - Committee of ins Whole, The Huse in the morning hour resumed the contidt-riitiou of the joint resolutioa for the in vestigHtii n of the accounts of Pacific railroads. After a short but spirited debate, in which Mr. Hayden,' of Massachusetts, ' though in the name of fresident Adams of the Union Pacific Railroad courting the proposed in quiry, declared that this investigation reso lution nas been originated ror stock jobbing purposes, and to accomplish the defeat of the Funding bill, the joint resolution was passed without division, after offering sev eral amendments increasing the scope of tbe inquiry. - - . - - '.:; Mr. Daniel,-of Virginia, on behalf of the Committer on Labor, called up the resolu tion setting aside the 29th of January for consideration of tne liiair Hiducatiooal bill Mr. Springer, of Illinois, moved to lay the resolution on tbe table. . -Lost yeas 76, navs 185. .- The morning hour expired before final action was taaen on the resolution - Mr. Crisp, of -Georgia, then called up and the House proceeded to consider the conference report on the Inter-State Com merce bill. , Mr." Crisp stated -that the bill now presented was a compromise between gentlemen of the two houses who were de sirous that some law should be passed to protect people against tne outrages or rail road companies. Arguments presented bv .agents of .the railroad companies against this bill were based upon tbe error that In their relations with the public, railroads stood on the same basis as private business corporations. It was a fundamental prin ciple oi law mat tne puonc naa rights in respect to transportation companies which they did not possess in regard to private business enterprises. , There could be no doubt, therefore, as to the power and right of - Congress to legislate- in the premises. Passing on to discussion of the long and short hauls'section, he said .the basis upon which freight rates should be fixed was the value of the. line and the cost of transporta tion. He did not believe that extraneous circumstances ought to affect the ques tion'.of charges. It was no business oi tne where coods came from a,, shorn thev wnnt after .the v left its lines.. Its business was to transport at reasonable rates any freight that might oa roujoi j it.:-' Believing these mings, nis unaersianu tnir of tho section was that it would bring about reasonable rates without discrimina tion and. would fir, charges, for throueh traffic at maximum rates : which might ba charged between any other points on the same line. To a nypomeucai case put. ujra Mr. Butterworth to ascertain Mr. Crisp's in terpretation of this section in a case wcere water routes wero in competition over a portion of a given line.--Mr Crisp replied that in his judgment the fact that there was competition or .no competition would not affect the. section nxmg rates under mis bill- The restriction only went so far as to say that no more should be charged for a short haul than ior i a long : haul. . As an illustration of the evils of the present systemr he instanced the case "Of the line or rauroaa irom xtew- xo to .ew Or leans, which had water competition. This railroad which charged 76 cents per hun dred pounds from New, York to New Or leans, charged $1 10 per hundred from New York to Atlanta, which is about nair- way. . :' -:-.i'-i ,v Ki' Mr.. Butterworth- . conceaed , tnat- tne charge from New York to New Orleans was bHsed - on water competition it was impossible for a railroad to get freight for .New Orleans unless it cnarged rates wpicn allowed it - to compete with the water routes. Could the gentleman explain bow it would benefit Atlanta fo cut off that long haul altogether? . - Mr. Crisp contended that Atlanta was entitled to .reasonable rates; that it was or was not reasonable was a question of fact that must be settled, not on the basis pf competition, but on the basis of cost. ' i - ' Mr; Butterworth suggested that compe tition was one of the factors in a settlement of the question. Mr. Cusp regarded the suggestion as erroneous.. It was one of the errors made by transportation com panies. They- lost sight of the -business for which they were organized. : The gentleman from Ohio said that -if the .railroad from New York to New Orleaus did not charge a certain rate it could not get business Tt should not have any business unless it could make leasonable profits, and if the rate of 76 cents per hundred was a reasonable pront from New York . to New Orleans, what kind of profit was a dollar from New York to Atlanta? If it made no money by the transportation of freight from New York to New Orleans it was a double hardship to intermediate points, for they were taxed 10 make up the loss: to at last it was a question of reasonableness of rates. ; He then proceeded to argue in support of the pooling section, characterizing the pre sent system of pooling as a device on the part of independent monopolies to build up and maintain one great corporation. It was a device to defeat competition, and tbe talk about maintenance of rates and traffic unity meant that alone. . - --a . Tbe bill was not at all as be would like lo see it., but taken as a whole be commended it to those representatives of the people who believed that there, was Some substantial wrong being doneJjy railroad corporation. who believed that murmurs of people we're well founded and. who 'proposed to make tae nrst assertion of the : power of tbe go vern meet to control those corporations. utner speaners upon tne report were O'Neill of Penn.. against it, and Caldwell of Tennessee and Hopkins of .Illinois, fa voring it. Pending debate the matter went over. r - . ,1 i ;,! .J Mr Blount, of Qa , from the committee on Postofflce and Post Roads, reported the fostomce Appropriation bill, and it was referred to committee of the Whole. , ; The Speaker announced the appointment of Messis. Br8gg. Viele and Steele, con ferees on the Army Appropriation bill. " Adjourned. ; ;f;; i - - - . - - 8ENATE. Washington, Jan. 19. -Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on Foreign Relations. reported a bill to authorize the President of the United States to protect and defend the lights of American fishing vessels. Ameri can fishermen, American trading and other vessels in certain cases, and for Other pur poses. He said that he had also a written report on the subject, which he had been directed by the Committee to submit to gether with documents, papers, evidence, &c. He would submit them a little later, The report had all been drawn up, consid ered an-i agreed to, but he had been autho rized to go over it again, in the sense of ed iting it, to see that tbe punctuation, &c., were right. He would therefore submit a report a litile later. He j gave notics that just as soon as the bill ,ana report were printed. So that the Senators could examine them, he should ask the Senate tp take up the biii and proceed with it. and dispose of it at tbe earliest possible day. r ' j r Mr. Mitchell, of Pa., from ths Committee on Pensions, reported back favorably the Houso bill for tho relief of dependent pa rents and honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, now disabled and dependent on their labor for 'support. 1 He gave notice that to-morrow morning he Would ask the Senate to take it up and consider it. . Mr. Frye, from the Committee on For eign Relations, reported an- amendment to be offered to one of the appropriation bills, appropriating $50,000 to take . part in the International Exposition in South Austra lia. June 80th, 1887. ' j i J : - j Mr. Hampton, by request,! introduced j a bill to promote the efficiency of the civil service of the Government bV establishing a retired list. Referred, j" I I Messrs. Plumb. Teller and Walthall weto appointed the Conference Committee on the bill for the forfeiture ef the .Backbone Railroad land grant, passed yeaterd&y. " . The presiding officer presented the re sponse of tho Secretary of the Treasury to tbe resolution relative loathe! indebtedness of the subsidized Pacific Railroad. Re ferred : without .reading to - the Judiciary Committee. . - .. j . . j Oa motion of Mr. Hampton, and after speeches ia its favor by Messrs. Hoar and Conger, Senate bill appropriating $300,000 to expedite tbe completion of the Charles ton jetties (appropriation to! be available immediately)' wa3 taken tip and passed. ) " The biii authorizing the construction of an additional bridge over the Mississippi river at St. Louis was passed after being amended so-as to provide that this bridge shall not be placed nearer! than two miles to the Easting bridge, and that no future bridges should approach nearer than two miles to each other. - The now bridge is to ba a high bri rge with long spans. ; J Messrs Allison, Plumb land Gorman were appointed conferees pn the Army Ap propriation bill " I : ' " Mr. Edmunds presented the report from the Committee on Foreign Relations on the subject of the fisheries, and it was ordered printed. It is vefy long . Its con eluding paragraphs contain the essence both of the report and tbe bill which it accom panies They ore as follows: "In view Of all that has taken place the committee thinks it, to be the duty of the. United Stales ia a firm and tuat : way to pro tect and defend the . Just and " com mon rights of the people of tbe United States, - whether fishermen, - or traders, or travel era. or ail, by all such measures as may be withii our power. The measures the committee proposes to this end rests upon the principle universally recognized as right aud necessary in the intercourse of nations, and it has often been resorted to J iu one jorm or anotner oy; many nations. It is recommended that the President of tho United States be invested with power and that it ba made his duty , whenever he shall be satisfied that unjust, unfair or unfriend ly conduct is practiced by the British Gov ernment in respect to our citizens and their property, within the ports or waters of the British dominions in North" America, to deny to the subjects of that government in British North America and their property, or any of them.or classes of them.such priv ileges in the waters and ports of the United States as be may think proper to name, and to suspend in respect of such vessels or classes of vessels, or such classes of proper-, ty of the subjects of such government the" right of entering or being brought within the waters or ports of the United 8tatee,feo that he shall be able from time to time,: as each emergency may arise, to preserve in tercourse between the.Uc.tted Stales and that government in a state of fair equality. The committee therefore recommends the pas sage of tbe bill herewith reported. The committee also recommends' that the papers, documents and maps herewith returned be printed -v - ; ; . ,:, .. , ; ; . .; : A resolution offered by Mr, Call on Jan-' uary 7th, was taken ; up for consideration, declaring that the land grant i for railroads from Fernandina tC Tampa and from St. John's river to Penaacola should be for feited as to all lands not earned before the time fixed for the expiration of the grant, (May 1886) and directing the Attorney General' to bring suits for ' injunctions against all corporations and agents attempt ing to sell lands embraced in ' the grants while bills for their forfeiture are pending before Congress. Mr Call addressed thB Senate in favor of the resolution. After speaking about half an- hour Mr. Call yielded, to wr." JWimuDQS. on -wnose mouou the Senate at ss.zo went into secret session. At 5 45 the doors were reopened and the Senate adjourned; . - . : ? li HOU3E OF REPRESENTATIVES. t Mr. Bragg, of Wisconsin, from the Com. mittee on Military Affairs, reported back Senate bill for the appointment of hospital stewards in the army. Committee of -tho Whole. ' -'-,- 'j-No action was taken on the resolution to set aside a day for consideration of the Blair Educational bill, and at tbe conclu sion of -the morning hour the House re sumed consideration of the conference re po on the inter-State Commerce bill, Mr. Crisp gave notice that he will ask for a vote on the report to-moiTow, after the morning hour, f: --, Cl:-- v : '- j.'s.c -$ Debate to-day was entirely among West era members. Messrs. Durham, of Illinois, Bycum of Indiana, and -: Henderson, of Iowa, while objecting to the long and short haul and pooling clauses, would vote for the bill, regarding it in the light of experimen tal legislation in a very necessary direction. Mr.' Weaver, of lows, opposed the bill, and Messrs. Gunther.of Wlsconsm.and Nelson, of Minnesota, spoke in favor of tbe bill as it stands. " Pending debate tbe matter went' over. " .. r-X-l -----:'Vi,::-yz i i A bill was passed authorizing the con struction of a bridge across the Mississippi river at St. Louis. -; After an" Ineffectual attempt on the part of Mr. ; Crisp to obtain a night session for debate on the conference report on the In-ter-Stato Commerce bill, the House at 5.45 adjourned.-. r . 1 i CHAPEL HILL CollesetElectlons for Commencement t r - v Officers. I ' -Special to the Star. (. rimnnr TTvYT ' Tan 17 i"Vvl!nflrA aTa ions for Commencement officers were held aturday, with the following result : ReDresefftative Orators Phi. Society: O. p. Batchelor. L. D. Howell H. F. Mur phy vDi. Society: J. R." Parker,. J.vL. Crowell. T. A. Hendrix. - J! Marshals W. M. Little, chief;: Benoni Thorp. O. W. Toms, W.;R Eure, W. M. Guiick. J. 8. HHl, Redfern, S: IL Jlell, D. J.Currie. I r ; : ; v - - Ball Managers F. M. Parker, chief : W. JE. Borden, Henry Johnston, H. G. Wood, A. C. Shaw, W. - Scott. J. W. Wilson, jr. Q EN. W. B. HAZEN. Sadden Deatb la Washington of tn ; Cblef Signal Officer Fnneral Prepa rations. " 'j . .V'" r-".: .:' I WASHraaTOif, Jan. 16. General" W. B. Hazen. U. S. A., died in this - city of dia- betac coma at a o clock this evening. ' lie had suSered from diabetes for some years. but of late had improved in health and strength, and hopes were entertained of his complete recovery. At the reception to the Diplomatic Corps, given by tbe Presi dent, he took a severe cold, causing him to keep his bed on the 14th. On the loth Inst, he was up and reported himself much im proved, saying that ho. would go to his office on Monday. JJa Sunday morning, his payslician, P. 8 Hatvey, U. S. A., was summoned to see him soon after daylight. He at once repaired to his rooms and found an alarming change iu his condition, sug gesting poisoning of blood from his consti tutional disease, ; He at once adopted mea sures to overcome this condition and re store strength. Consultation was also at once sought with Dr. D. L. Hutchinson, of the Army, who agreed in the main with the attending physician. The case was deemed of so extreme gravity that his relatives in the city were informed, and they at once gathered about him and spared ho effort to bring him relief. Borne improvement re sulted from treatment, but towards evening bis symptoms became aggravated, and at the request of his family, Dr. Lincoln m e urs. Harvey and Huntington in consults tionJ Every measure that skill or science could suggest failed to rally the sinking officer, and he breathedhis last at 8. o'clock in the evening. His final illness was no accompanied by suffering, and his death was calm and without a struggle. Information of Gen. Hazen's death was conveyed immediately by Col. Huntington and Capt, Greeley to the Secretary of War, who communicated the sad intelligence to the President. The General pf the Army, who, was advised of the death by telegram, will be conferred with by Capt. Greeley in behalf of Gen. Hazen's family, as to mili tary honors to be paid the deceased. ' Owing to the delicate condition of Mr. McLane'8 health, the funeral will take place, from St. John's Church. Mrs. Hazen, who: is in France, has been notified by cable, and- will return immediately to American. j'; - -' '--.-; -" A WASHINGTON; Hon, S. s. Cox's Condition Improved Defeat In Committee of tbe Bills Granting Pensions to ITJrs. Logan and Mrs. Franic Blair. - - - ; Washthgtoit, Jan. IS. Representative S. S. Cox rested well last night and his condition is improved this morning. 4 The bills granting pensions to Mrs. Lo gan, and Mrs. Blair, widow of Gen. Frank Blair, were defeated this morning in the Houbc . Committee on Invalid Pensions. There were two absentees (Pidcock and Ellsberry). When the Committee met the members were arrayed on party lines, seven Democrats voting against and five Repub licans in favor of the bills. . The adverse majority report on . the Logan and Blair bills: will .be made by; Messrs. Swoope and Taulbee respectively.-and the favorable minority reports by Messrs. Conger and Morrill. It is understood; that the basis of tbe opposition to the bills is the reluc tance on the part of the majority of the com mittee to a continuance of the . policy of granting high pensions to the - widows of officers who did not die from injuries in curred, in service. Tho ; only precedents for passing such bills are : found in the cases of the widows and families of Ad miral Farragut, Generals Hancock, Thomas and Grant, and the majority of the com mittee believe that it would be bad policy to follow these precedents, in view of the fact that there ar3 about one hundred sur viving widows of officers, who would then oe entitled to pensions, who are now ex ciuaea by the general law. Saved His Life. Mr. D.' I. WileoxsonJ of Horse Cave. Ky.j says, he- was, for many years, badly afflicted with Phthisic, also Di abetes; the pains were almost unen durable and would sometimes almost throw him into convulsions. He tried Electric Bitters and got relief .from first: bottle, , and. after taking six bot tles j was entirely cured,- and had gained in flesh eighteen pounds. Says he positively believes he would have died had it not been for the relief af forded by Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty, cents a bottle by W. H. Green & Co. f . , i ;4fi-'::''y-:- HIOl t -IvStv A Big Fire Raging in Alllance-Iioss Already Over. 9100,000. Bv Telegraph to the Xonung Star. PlTTSBTXRQ. PA- Jan 19; Sneclals frnm Alliance. Ohio, - report a! big tire raging there. Ths loss already reaches more than $100,000..- The fire started ; in Evans & Col's shoe store, about 8 o'clock this morn ing, Jand spread quickly, to -the adjoining buildings on both sides. J At 10 o'clock this morning six brick buildings have been totally destroyed and the fire is still raging withi unabated fury. - A brish southwest wind is fanning the flames, making the fire more difficult to get under control. Tele grams' for help have been eent to Canton," Sclera and other towns surrounding, as it is feared at least half a dozen more build ings will go before the flames can be sub dued. " - , . j - The avenues leading to an early grave have often been stopped by: Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. 25 cents. ; M - j ) :;Wm. Delphy, Academy Hotel, Balti more Md , ' writes : "Salvation . Oil j not only, relieves rheumatism but effects an' en ure cure." nice 25 cents, i . 4 Greenville Reflector: Judging from what some of the merchants tell ns,! the number of mortgages taken "this year will be fewer, by farr than in preceding years. ; . - There have been two assign ments in Greenville since the. new year came in. - Mr. B. F. 8ugg, proprietor of the Iron Works, and G. t W. Evans, dealer in nauors. - : - - ' Spirits. Turpentine ' - Shelby Erai All honor i ,, fAV flnmnmll vtin aI. ...t. . . th bill resolutions in the General a ..!..' The Charleston, Cincinnati & cht Railroad have resumed their work f i'80 ing track. The track is now hid . y" Sandy Run, and by Saturday nicht X expected that the track layers will v? " Rutherford county. 06 k --. - iMiuBviue .. j.tmes;. Wo U -that the sentiments of nrr.hii,;:i gradually widening in Reidsville arfi t?te in June another still stronger effo'-t ! 6t madein'its behalf. Wp ,"'! learn that Rev. 8. D. Hall, of pir of the Madison, Leaksville and Vv7,.Cl!l Presbyterian churches. " 0f4 Fayetteville News: li6ljb.r. iereu iauas Ajsions rtstcurant a i i u . i , . Ssti; or duuujj lijsui uu carried on nom,! ,7 worth of stuff;- The hnr .'&). uurse moil " continued on Monday, and Uncle B0h ris. who has been carrvins thn m;i I" W' " . V " uq w8 dk I out of Fayetteville .for fortv vpU. no"V become a stranger to us. ' i: stranger to us Murfreesbbro Index : ' Mr x . lie Harding. -wife of Rev. Nat. fift"i. tbe Rector of St. Peters Church, WW5, toff. .N. C, died at that yiiw last 1 i "US. The net proceeds from the week, in November, 1836, after paying h miuma and. exnensra nf nil i,:., Dr(s F iMr Li: $661.76, which is a small fraction nJt nflr cent inri the f.nal nt thn nrnn,..,.. W -- 1 i""iJcuy, the Air Line marl, nnrt it. ia nmdki. ., ' 1 - . i'vowuic uj.t ;i Charlotte acts in time it may profit bv ti, information which follows, in stcuricV 7 JK iu LUIS CliV 1 thn 'Mfltxrhorrrp Tr ; ! . seems that pany, auu . tuo Aiuttuwcaiera it-ii'f fho nnnlM of Vina Koan einnal - " j-iumoerton jooesontan: P, O. P. Meeks, pastor of the Bspiist church in this town, arrived with his fuaiily UAMiiuaj uiui auu ia olu li JJill If C r) ) my at tne riauopai iiotcl, we .he.iriii. welcome them to our town. He preached last Sunday morning and night. 'qZ people are delighted with the new schedule on tne ; j. v. a. a. we rective tb Wilmington Stab bef or 10 o'clock ia th! morning and the New York papers the uiuiuiuk niicr iuvy bio priuiuu. :;- ; VV tlorvn UfanwrkM T-V. f . . . Tn . . v . 1 j u liuuou c actory uas receiveu one ortlcr fo yarns which will amount to ninety thou sand dollars Pride frequently lima the nest in which poverty hatches out it urouu oi- wretcueuDcba. men are like tea their real strength is not known unji tney nave Deen in not water. Our highly esteemed and very talented young friend, Fenner S. Stickney, has rircpatud. iuu t ia. iiuw ib press, u uoos or ore; i hundred pages, containing an udcairable and felicitous narration of the life and times or tne late tion. u. Kattenhwaite. 'Henderson Gold Leaf: is given by advertisement in this puptr that application will be made to the Legislature or JNortn uarouna, now in session, toctm- . .v TT nr.... ITT I r. iior-iuB ucuuciduu nnrcr nurim vjompp.riy the Henderson Gas and Electric Light Company, and the- Henderson Street Rail way Company. , J. L. Capps sold one Darn of tobacco, all grades, last Fnd i; &t an average of $66, realizing the nice littfe sum of $ 373 75 for 415 pounds of tobiceo. Tbe best grade brought f 90 and the poorek $32.50. ; Yesterday L. H. Lankier .1 sold two barns at the following pries-: $81, $ 33, ,-AV, $3U, f 45, $ 75. Charlotte Chronicle: The Tiiomp son-Houston .system is now iu possete-.oa oi Charlotte, Wilmington, Raleigh uud Bur ham, and at each place the service ia re ported to be rapidly growing in public fa vor. The people of Dallas. i:i Gssioa county, were suddenly thrown into erief L-y a calamity wnich could not have o. tn tore seen-. Connio and Lillie Tipton, c!:i 'drcn or U tr. Upton, aged o and 4 -year-, and little Violet, daughter of Capt. W. I . Uol land, aged 5 years, were crushed umltra ratling door as they came out of a cellar ua der tbe dwelling house, into which Sir Tin ton had movtd only a few days before. Yiolet got up and ran out. but Conniecoulii hot helD herself, and within a few moments Lillio was found to be dead, with her he buried in tne ground, and blood running from her nose. Qonnia was severely shocked and bruised, and fears were av?tt'c ened that her back was broken. Goldsboro, Argus: The ccwe comes to us of the death of Mr. Brjaut Yelverton, a very estimable old gentleraas of the Sauls' X Roads section. He w&s Cs years of age and a bachelor. We hate noticed for the past few days quite a nun ber of Northern sportsmen and pleasure seekers passing through our -city on their way to the Eastern section of the State' Friday's Wilmington Stab rescind this city yesterday jeveuing by the trait frOai the North. - ; r If the Legislature would do the patriotic thing it would ad journ sine die. The tax-payers of the Stite would thus be more! benefited - than it ap pears they will be byj any legislation tha'. u likely to be accomplished by tho wrangliog concern aforesaid. i ' At a 'pecial mm ing of tbe Board of AUlermen Friday night a contract was perfected between, the city of Goldsboro and thB: Washington Auto matic Gas Light Company, to continue for three years. Not less than seventy-five, lamps, mounted on ornamental iron post! and furnished with! Wellington patent burners are to be at' once erected, each lamp to be of sixteen candle power tested. Charlotte Chronicle: There was a right lively little fire among thecottoa bales on the depot platform at Davidson College yesterday. ' Twelve bales were par tially destroyed and others were damaged. No injury resulted to the' depot building. Mr. John Voeel. the well known re 'chant tailor, was assaulted and robbed last night by three colored men on Sixth street, between Church and Graham. We regret to learn that I Miss Hue Johnston, sister of Capt. James F. Johnston, cf tbis city, Is lying ill with pneumonia at Bir mingham, Ala. She left Charlotte several months ago to visit relatives at that piace. At a gin . near Moorcavillo, last Fri day, Mr. Nail was very painfully injured by one of bis hands coming ia contact with the saw3. The hand was so badly injured that several fingers had to be amputated. On the first Sundav in Februarv R G. Pearson, the 'celebrated revivalist, will begin a series of religions meetings in Charlotte that will continue daily turougb the entire month. - Congressman W. R. Cox of this State has introduced a bill to allow the widow of the late Rv' Mose A. Hopkins, who died rewatly while Min ister to Liberia, a sum equal to his yeai saiary. r me late Minister Hopkins yms negro preacher from North Carolina Mr. U. B. Houston, a promincntitiz-.n ui this county and a resident of Davidsjo College, has filed an assignment for' the benefit of his credjtors. . The schedule of liabilities and assets is not yet full? ma up, but it is said that preferred credits arc made to the amount of 10.000. Mr. H.' assets are fully-$16,000. Raleigh "News- Observer: The rumors and reports to the effect that Bing ham had been seen near Carmansville, fr the second time, have proved to be grounS lees. - The net receipts of tbe Y M- C A.' from the Mendelssohn concert amount ed to $120. ' Yesterday Rev. Chas; S. Farris; of the Biblical Recorder, received telegram from Lexington announcing tbe death of his brother, Mr. Walter Farris, who was telegraph operator at that place - Dr. J. J. Harrell, of Guir, has bw doned the practice of medicine, in order w study for the raimstrv of the Presbyts -ii Church. ' Mr: Munlir ."rnhrunn Chatham countv. has become insane. ad is in such a condition that he is kept close ly confined- Yesterday morning, aboo' 8 o'clock, a young white woman named Law Morton, an inmate of a house of ill fme.cu East Davie street, was found dead ia ber room r Attending physicians- expressed ao opinion that she had heart diseaf-p, t'uougu it was reported that she had taken lauda num a few hours before her death. v was said on the street yesterday that Spes er Webster was willing to annoint a com mittee that would give ths public pnntis? tn thn flh.ronMA . Wa nru.l nhit wp.UO- derstand to bo the fact. It is understood that Mr. Webster is disinclined to allow any other applicant to have the printing. - ' Adiulant Bell, of General Roth's EdsHs" 8alvation . Army. i8 in the city, ana &' rented the spacious hall on the third floor oi the Adams buildin?. where a detachment 0t the army will commence to bold servicf Sundav Snecial to the News and MnM-nriffln fa eloped ha Itraloa mniorltyi With nnn rnmrwrtif nwinot tn PnrritU'' to hear from, which may make his majority nity. . This ta reliable, v