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In Georgia,' and, indeed, ir; tlie other Southern States, public altention jhaa been directed a great deal within a year to the abuses of the system. In North Carolina the convidts have been made to do a va?t amouut of important work for 'the State, but the management has not been euoh as it should have been, the convicts have not really done any thing like as much work as regular labor would have performed in the same time (such . is our hi form a tion) and the mortality has been very excessive. That the working of the convicts on the railroads was a necessity under the circumstances may be conceded, for they were very numerous, on the increase, and a haavy burden upon the tax-payers How far they have been made' to be self-sustaining we are unable to say, having no data at hand. The abuses of the system Bhould not be tolerated, and if the convicts cannot be worked outside of the pen itentiary without increasing the per centage of deaths then humane con siderations would demand that they be . no longer hired out. But why should there be . more mortality among convicts working on railways than among laborers generally doing such work? Is not the fault in the management? ; 1 . - . The. Stab is not prepared to say in view of the steady and great increase of penitentiary convicts thit the State shall not again farm out under any circumstances a' part. of its on yield. The law might be found very inconvenient and even costly. !. The second intent of Mr. Leakey's bill is to improve the county roads of tht State. The Stab heartily in dorses this; It has through the year? criticised the tiisgracef nl system that prcv. iils and that is such a trenaen do iii loss to the, people as well as su;!i a drawback upon business. The county roads the main arteries lead-i ini; from -the' court house of each 'county, should be put in thebest po.-isible condition, and macadamized! whenever it is practicable. To do this many hundreds of the penitent tiarv birds misht be set to work with niijcIiproBt. L iut may not the objection be raided here that is raised against put ting them on railroads? , "May not th' mortality be as great in one in stance as in the other? Suppose the bill is amended so as to allow a cer tain per centage of the convicts to be( put to work on railroads for certain stipulated p3y that will fairly reim hurse the Stale, and a certain' per centage be set aside for the improve roynt of the county roads, .THE It ETA LI 1TORY FLAN. I The bill on the Fishery question may be all right, as it passed the) . Senate unanimously, bnt it may lead to trouble. We dor not understand the" bill to be anything of a threat aimed at Great Britain, but it may be so construed by the Tory Governt ment. Some of the speeches in- tbn Senate were saucy and bellicoeebut the bill itself is intended to express, merely firmness on the part of the American Government to maintain the rights of citizens that are vio lated. It gives the President; in creased power so' that he may resort . to retaliatory measures in case Canada will not allow American ves sels the right to, trade in ber portsj. There appears to be no sort of doubt among the Senators as to the rights insisted upon, and, hence, they have voted to give power to the President to feed the Canadians out of the same spoon that Canada has been putting to the lips of American traders. . J"-- v ', , C ; ,'..j It is all a question about New En- , gland fishermen, .fishing and trading, but the principle applies to all 'Ame ricans. Our Government can not al- . ow citizens to be improperly dealt witu by a foreign power. i r? Dun will not a navv have to be ... OOKStracted before any President can dare to attempt to retaliate? ; John Bull might give , great trouble all along a great sea coast that is' ex posed and defenceless,-. In case there is no war, and war is not . probaltle, England may in turn retaliate, inj a way tnat may . prove very serious.: The Boston Post takes this view of international retaliation: . i t "The question involved ia bv no hmbi ono ot Canada alone; 'it. is the. British flag ana me Hritisn commerce against which our retaliatory measures will be directed. The effect of such action on ouri part would be most unfortunate for Canadian vessels, engaged as they i very largely are in coasting voyages to our ports. It is hot pleasant , to contemplate the action Which - such a course l mioht nrovnkai nn the part of England. - Controlling as she does so. many foreign ports with which we have commercial relations, by similar measures upon her I part excluding or hampering American 'bottoms in iheir car rying trade, the has it in her power to strike at our weakest point-, blow whicif. would be far more disastrous material1 than the injuries we may have suffered from Canadian injustice.. - This is no argu ment against the passage or execution of retaliatory measures should they become nicessary for the protection of American rights or the preservation of -our national honor. But it is an argument of! great weight in the direction; of the moat strenu ous and patient .efforts for a diplomatic ad justment, before recourse ia baa to - un friendly acts." THE TEXAS INVESTIGATION. Senator Coke brained men of is one of the big the- United .States Senate. It is fortunate that so able a Southron is always found oh the side of the Constitution and the States. He eels the Northern Sena tors, and some on the Southern side as well, an excellent example; in re sisting Federal encroachments and in demanding a faithful, fair, strict in terpretation of organic law. Mr. Coke is always sound when the juris diction of the Congress is involved. We have so much confidence in his wisdom, learning, and ability that an opinion bf his as to what is constitu tional or otherwise goes a great way with us.' This confidence is the out growth of .a close study of bis speeches. ' . . , " . : -1 ' ' . - !i In tbe Senate on Wednesday he was true to his principles as a sound and . intelligent Democrat, He op posed the Massachusetts scrutiny into the domestic affairs of Texas, a Southern State, and upon the sound' est reason. It was not a case for Federal intervention, for the! Con gress has no jurisdiction. But it was a case for Texas. Said be. "The State of Texas had Bute autono my, her constitution and laws were in full force and operation. She could redress all grievances, personal or . otherwise, occur ring within her borders. The subject was one peculiarly within the jurisdiction of the State, and the resolution was an intermed dling with something belonging solely to the State and outside of the jurisdiction of tbe Oeneral Government ' : . if I . : I And yet every Northern Republi can Serjator voted for the investiga tion by, the Congress. Senator, Call, with proper perception of the far reaching consequences of such a measure, declared tbat it was an at tack upon the very life of the Gov ernment; and American . institutions. The man who! cannot bear the tread of the iron heel of Centraliza tion in the halls of the Federal Con gress is as deaf as one of the Pha roahs of the twenty-third dynasty. There are eight -oij ten Southern Sen ators who stand guarding the citadel of the people's liberties, and in tbe darkness that is! gathering around the watch-towerc -they are sending out warning after warning to a slum bering and misguided people f'Your liberties are in danger Local self government is in hourly peril-rYour institutions are being artfully under- " ?.. '''a ii ti! -1- .1 3 mineu ny.rvepuoiioan sapuers auu eu J gineers." COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN TBE i-E- .; .!.'r ; Gi8tiTCKE. ;-:;;:; As far as the egro "counties are" concerned the County, Government question stands above all others in importance, for it directly affects their prosperity and material inter ests. Daring 1886, the Stab in many editorials discussed its merits. Maj. Hale, in his unequalled 'Hand Book of North Carolina Politics," has presented an argument in favor of the present system that is' without answer. It convinces : everyr, mind that is open to argument and facts. Of course that class that looks first, last, always to party do not care for. arguments, facts, justice, the pros perity of the State or the order and peace of society. , It was foreseen that this question would be used by the demagogues in the Legislature for they were nsing it in tho campaign. Their object was to- operate upon tbe ignorant and get votes. They did not care a puff of a bad pipe for anything but success What if twenty-seven ; counties or more were ground down and op pressed by "a combine" of whit demagogue and the black vote, and the taxes were doubled, . trebled, QuadruDled ? : All this was but chaff to themi Office; .office, soap, pelf, per diem was the ory of thefdaugh ters of the Canby Crusher. . ( ' V The Legislature is now tackling i in irreat earnestness. -The Republican bush whackers are bang ing away' in lively style, ine snot nsed are small but they scatter wider ly. Thus far the negro William- V WJU. A v ill. bod. from 1 Franklin. - one- of the counties! that " so much suffered under the thievings of the Canby Crusher, has done the most good by his advocacy of the return to the sys tem of Crusher. The intelligent white men learn from this "colored man and brother'!- what they c may expect un der negro domineering .-and bossing. Williamson: declared that he was game, and he evidently is not devoid of "cheek": and "sass," He ought to know that there arej twenty-seven counties that were plucked and ruin ed by the Canby . Crusher, and that the negro vote, aided by a few strag gling,'; hungry t Scalawags in each bounty, can: still dominate those coun ties. V:. E warts, , Radical,' ?. was -: mag : nanimous enough to propose to ex empt from the operations of the law some fifteed'eoanties. ' ?But whynot add some fifteen others, that will be very serionsly inconvenienced and injured by the change, in . all proba bility. - Wake, Vanoe, ? Franklin, Cumberland and ' many others will be hurt to the bottom of their pock ets. , But Mr. Overman gave notice that he would tost the Kepubhcans as to this .very point exempting certain counties. But this was : more than the Rads desired or expected. Mr. Overman is said to have made an ex ceptionally able speech for i the sys tem of the fathers the admirable and honest system nnder which the whole State had operated lor nearly a hundred years. Can certain coun- j. - ties be exempted ! Must there be a dual system in North Carolina for home rule,? r Is that necessary ? Is or law ? ! ; .i-' Of course,' if the system is to be changed for the West, we would be fflad for i tno East to live under - another and different system bo as to have its varied interests protected and the people saved from financial distress by reason of excessive taxes and extravagance. New Hanover now and! under Radical rule is not the same county. . If any legisla tor doubts i we , can prove . even to him the great blessings that have attended a return to the old system the system, before the war. We ... i- . would like for all legislation to be done fairly, wisely and without vio lence to what is right and estab lished. ; The East Iras cause to thank Mr. Overman for his earnest and effective speech in behalf of a just and honest system. Mr Shaw of Cumberland made a very effective point when he showed how absolutely unendurable and vil lainous was the Canby Constitution. He said: I' . f ' "In Cumberland county, under that con stitution, a board of commissioners sat over 800 da) a! in one year and one drew pay for snore days than there were in the year and more mileage than would have been due him bad be travelled around too world. These boards issued scrip and squandered money in every way. thus heaping debts upon the counties. He spoke of the col ored people as not yet fitted to take a full share in tbe government of the .public finances. f The truth is in a nutshell. Under tbe Crushing System four-fifths of the counties were nearly bankrupt; their bonds were hawked about the streets at one-fourth or one half their value, and the people were bowed in the very,-dust under the grinding of the accursed, im- eternal! ported system, and debts" were enor- mous. In contrast: the taabave been very greatly reduced; the public credit is restored and county bonds in perhaps every one of the 96 coun ties no w sell at 100 cents in the dol lar, apd (some even higher, we be lieve; and the county indebtedness is esther fully paid off or very greatly reduced.: : ..,?(.: " '.- Why then return to the Crushing System and abandon the benignant, prosperous, helpful system of the father! of North Carolina? : Let the true men: of the State of all parties be faithful, just and pa trioticj i Let the true interests, of tbe State be above all party clamor or tricks j: or -plans.- Stand i by - North - - Carolina. ' The very best ' Almanac ever sent out by a newspaper is that for 1887, by the New York World. It has 194 pages and is truly excellent. It is worth 'four times the price, 25 cents.! It is simply packed with the most valuable ' information and in very great variety. . . On page 90 we find borne very instructive figures,' from which we gather the tollowing concerning' $be - English speaking communities of the world. The esti mates are taken from Whittaker's famous London "Almanack." Epis copalians, 21,305,000 ; Methodists, 16,000,000 Roman Catholics, 14, 600,000; Presbyterians, 10,650,000; Baptists of all kinds, 8,195,000; Con gregationalists, ; 5,50,000; Unita rians, 900,000; other religious bodies, 3,850,000. . ; ; ' There are thirty thousand idle men in New York .who .have.struck by command of their Union. . They are . longshore" workers. , ine river shores at New Yorlr are idle and si lent.1 This means a great interrup tion of business. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, TUB ORATOR Or THE HOUSE, -Raleigh has had show, circuses; theatrical . companies, . minstnd per formances and eo on without end, and there has been fun on hand of ten; but ' probably the greatest circus of all was the Brogden performance in the House, and the fun was of sur passing quality. ' - There never: was such a politician and public 'speaker as -- the man from Wayne. -Before the war. an; extreme States Rights man; after the war an extreme Radi cal ConBolidationist. Before ; the war a County Government man; af ter the war against, and on tbe side of political adventurers and plunder ers; . But it is not of ."the old man's" politics we meant to say a word, but of his oratorial, rhetorical and logical powers. His rhetoric "is rank,'.an 8mel!s.tO-heaven.'' His poetieal quo tations are so abundant, so inapplica ble, so tasteless tbat he seems to have gone to "a feast of the poets and stolen the. scraps." : His oratory is mmense. nit has wings to it like a big wind-milL It has tails to it as gorgeous aa a peacock s in all bis original and nnapproached glory. He is indeed a most frothy and flatu- lent speaker; 'most pestilent . to the bearing" : "A poor player, frets his hour upob That struts and the staee. ! And then is heard no more; it is a speech Told by adallard, full of sound and fury (signifying nothing." As a logician nil. He has as much idea of an argument of reasoning i . in sequence,' as a- mouthing dema gogue has of true political virtue, or a mountebank of propriety. He as of ten hurts himself by his own weap ons as he does his "adversary, and he is as apt to hit bis own side as of tbe enemy.; He is "the only and great original" land North". Carolina ex hausted herself iu ' producing: Curtis Brogden. f 1 1 ' .' " ... . 'A thousand such could in a nutshell abide.-1 . . And upon tbe back of an ant to battle ride." Mi' We have -written in his style of quotation, but we be does. hope with more point than Some of tbe Northern idolaters in vain are r trying to deny tirant s drunken habits. He achieved a vic tory at last! and remained, sober for the most part until be was elected President, when "he went it." Dr. Kitti E. D. e was on Grant's staff. He says "that Gen. Boynton's state ments were j founded ' .i-ii entirely - on facts which are well known to every survivor of j Grant's military family during the first years of tbe war, and to many Others who held intimate personal relations with him." We have never met the first North Carolina Democrat who would say that be believed it was ngnt ana - proper to give Republicans office, to tbe exclusion of eood capable Dem ocrats. ! I I .' , . Tna Conatr Jail FInlahed and Paid For. - The Board of Couaty Commissioners met yesterday In special session, and made a thorough inspection of the new county jail, which was reported by the contractor, Mr. John D. Fred of Macon, Ga.. ready for delivery, j The Board found tbe build ing completeo in accordance with the con tract, and the! chairman, Mr. H. A. Bagg, gave a check: for the balaoca due,, amount ing to something over nine thousand dol lars." j ; j- I ;! " " Sheriff Manning proposes -to hold a re ception in tbe building (as announced in the Stab yesterday) probably early next week,! after ; which, the lailor will be in stalled, and the county prisoners now in Qoldsboro jail will be brought back to the city any put in the cage Tna Bariclar Jones. John Jones, the negro burglar from this city in Gojdsboro jail, came very near mat ing his escape from prison Wednesday last. He had managed in some way to get pos session of a lot of files which it is supposed were conveyed to him by some confederate outside, and had put them to good use. when fortunately he was discovered, while at work by the jailor. - Jones is under sen tence of death for a burglary committed in Wilmington! ia August last, and is await ing the decision of the Supreme Court; be fote whom his case was taken on appeal. If he had succeeded in getting out of the jail at Goldsboro, he would probably have released nine other prisoners who were son fined with him From Goldaboro murderer Sentenced noonablnera Captured. A correspondent, writing from Goldsboro Wednesday says that Judge Shepherd passed sentence of death n a negro man, who had been tried and convicted of mur der at the present term of Wayne Superior CouTt. The execution of the sentence was appointed for Tuesday, tbe first day. of March next. , Deputy Collector H. P. Dortch arrived at Goldsboro Wednesday evening with two moonshiners J. M. Davis and David Davis arrested by him while on a raid in Le noir county. -The Collector also captured two whiskey stills and destroyed a quantity of beer. A Sallor'a Luck. Our Smithville correspondent says that a seaman .by the name of John, Allen, who had been in the TJ. 8. Marine Hospital in Wilmington for fourteen days past, and who was one . of the- crew ot the schooner Annie F. Gordon,' which was wrecked not long since' about eighty miles north of Bat tens, shipped last .Friday on the schooner B. O. Alto.While the vessel was going down the ' river, Allen 1 fell from the top of the forecastle and injured his side by striking the end of a . piece of timber. He was brought up to the city on the tug Italian yesterday, "and again sent to the hospital for treatment. . . ,. ! t . x SECOND ESION. ' ' - ; j r - . Praetlonal Sllvar Tu Rairat At , tornev Bill mora Pension Th -1 Artenltnrml - Experlnknt ' ' Station SUl hr theSnate - th v Hlver A'aaHarkor BlllVy tna Hanae. ft Teletmpa ta tea Morntn Star.ir . SENATE. u i AsaiHOTos, Jan. jar uuuum or fered tbe following respluiion, bicb was adopted:- : , -. ; .. : t-iS-'"' WHEREAS. Since March Slut. " 188S. tha Secretary of the Treasury, in his monthly statemeBts. has treated the fractional silver cash in the Treasury as no portion of the cash balance available, therefore r lieso.ved. Tbat the Finance Committee of tbe Senate be authorized sad directed to examine into this subject and report wheth er additional legislation is requisite to make me i racuonai silver coin now held in tne Treasury a part of the available c&th bal. ance: ad also. . whether it will be or not judicious to provide for having such frac tional silver coin recomed into standard siL ver dollars. : .;:' ; - las resolution offered bv Mr. Hoar - vet- Ictday in executive session, declaring tbat after The Senate bad refused its advice and consent to the appointment of any person to omce. it is contrary to tbe spirit ana intent of the Constitution- to designate the same person to the same office immediately there after, was taken up and referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. . 1 be railroad attorney bill was then taken up, Mr. Mitchell, cf Pennsylvania, moved that it be postponed till, 2 o'clock to-mor' row, and tbat the Senate proceed io con sideration of tbe dependent soldiers; bill. Alter a long discussion it was agreed tuat tbe railroad attorney bill be made the un finished business, and that it come up at 3 o'clock to-morrow, and the House bill for tbe relief of dependent parents and honor ably discharged soldiers and tailors; who are now disabled and dependent, parents and honorably discharged soldiers, and sailors who are now disabled and dependent upon tutir own labor for support," was taken up and after discussion passed, with out amendment ana without division.: - The Senate resumed consideration of the Agricultural Experiment Station bill. I Af ter several amendments had been offered and rejected, Mr. Edmunds offered an amendment that nothing in the act shall be construed as binding the United States to continue these appropriations. Mil: that Congress may at any time suspend or re peal an or any or tne provisions or tne act. Agreed to. -'-.-:. -; -! The bill was then passed without divis ion It directs the establishment (in con nection wiih agricultural colleges) of a de partment to.be known and designated aa an ."Agricultural .experiment station: Where tbere are two such colleges in one State, tho amount appropriated to each State and Territory for this purpose-r$l5, 000 is to be equally divided bet ween them. unless tne state legislature shall otherwise direct. The object and dutv of such ex periment station is: To conduct original researches or to verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals, tbe dis eases to which they are severally subject, and- the remedies therefor: the chemicil composition of useful plants ; comparative advantages of relative cropping ;the capaci tyfof new plants or trees; analysis of soils and water; chemical 'composition of ma nures; adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; composition and digestibility of different kinds of food for domestic animals; scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese, and such other researches or ex periments bearing directly on the agncul tural industry of the United States as may may be deemed advisable. t ' Mr. Allison, from the Committee on Ap propriations, reported back the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, and gave notice tbat on Monday or Tuesday next he 'would call it up for consideration. Mr. Butler introduced a bill authorizing the-Secretary of. War to transfer to the trustees of Porter Academy certain property in Charleston, 8. C. Referred. . The River and Harbor Appropriation bill was received from tbe House, and re ferred to tbe Committee on Commerce. ". Mr. Hoar moved to reconsider the vote by which the Dependent Soldiers' Pension l : 1 1 1 MAn n . l the House reauesting return of such bill. The object of the motion is understood to be tbe correction of some defect. Adjourned. , ; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Speaker announced the unfinished business to be tbe River and Harbor Ap propriation bill. " i Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, withdrew bis de mand for the reading of the engrossed copy. and tbe question recurred on the passage of the bill. Tbe bill was passed yeaa 154. nays 94 in tbe exact form in which it was reported f rom tne uommutec onitiversana Harbors, Mr. Hammond of Georgia, from the Committea on the Judiciary, reported ad versely a joint resolution providing for the election of U.- 8 Senators by the people of tbe States, Ar the request of Mr. Weaver, of Iowa, the joint resolutidn was placed upon the House calendar, In the morning hour Mr. Dougherty,' of Florida, on behalf ot the Committee on Claims, called np and the House passed the bill authorizing tbe Secretary of tbe Treaa nry to settle and pay claims of the State of Florida on account of the expenditures made in suppressing Indian hostilities. At the conclusion ot the morning hour- Mr. Heard, of Missouri, called up tbe spe cial order, being the bill for the incorpora tion 01 tbe Wasbington . Cable Railway Company. 01 tne uutrtct 01 Columbia. Mr. Belmont, of New York, antagonized the special order with the Consular and Dip lomatic bill and raised tbe question or con sideration. The House determined -yeas 160. nays 73 to consider tbe Cable Koad bill, - Mr. Heard, of Missouri, offered a substi tute for the bill, and after a long debate demanded the previous question on the bill and substitute. Opponents of the measure, led by Mr. Cobb and Mr. Eden, resorted to filibustering tactics and though they did not muster sufficient force to order the veas and nays, they succeeded by alter native mououB to aujuuru ,uuu ia&3 a re cess, in preventing a vole being taaen on tbe bill if Finally Mr. springer, of Illinois, in the interest of the bill, moved that tbe House take a recess until to-morrow at 11 o'clock. Agreed to yeas 160. nays 44. The effect of this is to coLtinue the legisla live day or Thursday over until to-mor row s session, wben the bill will come np as unfinished business and its consideration can then be continued as long as the House may desire. ?-- v 3 .,':.;. 1 v SENATE. ; Washington, Jan. 28. Mr. Edmunds, m onsen tin b a memorial from the manu facturera and business men in Vermont, for the reneal or reduction of the Internal reve nue taxes, said many such petitions had been oresented. In presenting this one. and moving its reference to the Committee on Finance, he wished to urge on the com-, mittee the importance of the subject of. re ducing, ir not altogetner repealing, mis remnant of the unpleasantness of twenty- five years ago. - He should be glad to see the countrv restored to such business con ditions as had existed before that time, and to have the resources of the government obtained entirely from importations, and the little incidental matters of land. &c. instead of keenins nn an armv of internal revenue tax sratherers. inspectors and all that sort of thing. . He hoped tbe commit tee would take tbe matter into serious con sideration. Referred to Committee on Finance. - - - ' Mr. Cameroa presented the credentials of Mathew Stanley Qdav. as Senator from Pennsylvania for the. term commencing March 4. 1887. Placed on file. Mr. Mabone presented numerous peti tions from vinrinla. manufacturers or ana dealers 4n tobacco, for the abolition of the tobacco tax, and submitted some remarks in sunoort of them. . v y . Mr. Call anrued azainst the bilL -The Question which it presented was. he said. as to whether the Senate could be trusted to preserve itsnnritv and character. The bill affirmed that it could not be. Unless 1887. the Senate said that it was so control tfmt it could not he 4 rusted to expel dishonor J We members, tnis..lwisl!itjju wi ijun sary.laad it opened op tt; pibiiiiy thai it might be used, ia ib& -iaiertst of . rfcac concentrattd power to destroy the power! of tb "people ; aflowia Senators U-Mmj indicled and tried before judgi-a and juri and tna fact was that - thr wre mor- judges in the employment of railroad com V panies than there werb. Sen aturs sr Rapre. w aentatirea. .?-..--;-.Vf- -.v y-r: . ij; rg 3'The." debate iwas 'f urtber -cociiim;;! by Messrs. Piatt, Hoar, Call. .Morga.. Back and others, but no action was reached l -. ' Two veto messages were received from, the President. . One of private pension bill and one of a bill for tbe relief of a mail contractor ta tbe Northwest.. : - ,. Mr . Hoar withdrew his motion to rceoo sider the vote by which the Depenceot Pa-! rents' Pension hill was passed yesterday.; He explained that he bad ai objrctioa to theclaue about' dependent parents, bin be did out wish, by offerircg an amendment n' imp ril the final passage -of tbe bill. ' ' ; . . The Senate adjourned till to-morrow. :' : ' house of representatives: pi Tbe House met at 11 o'clock, in contin uation of yesterday's session, 'and t the Speaker announcea that the pending ques tion was pa the demand for the previous question upon the passage of the Washing ton cable Kallway bin. The demand was withdraws ta enable gentlemen to offer va rious amendments to the bill, most of which were vo ed down, but a few were adoDted. including one requiring that tho iron u&ed in the construction of the road shall la of. American manufacture. Amendments were! also adopted prohibiting the issue of bonds until the whole, amount of the capital stock bad been paid in, and three-quarters of tbe amount expended iq the construc tion aud equipment or the road; making the stockholders individually . responsible to the full amount of tbe capital stock held, by each; prohibiting consolidation with any existing company, requiring annual re ports to be made to Congress; and requir ing the cgntpany to provide sea's for all passengers and to beat their cars in the win- Tbe substitute ' as 'amended, was then adopted, and the bill as amended by the substitute passed yeas 155, nays 72. : j Mr. . rorney presented tbe conference report on the bill making annual appro-: priation of $400,000 for the equipment of the militia forces of the United States. Agreed to The House then went into Committee of the Whole, (Mr. Blount in tbe chair), on tbe Pleura-Pneumonia bill. ; , . .' " s Act granting pensions to dependent pa- rents of soldiers, &c . having been returned by tbe House, as asked yesterday by Mr. Hoar, who bad moved to reconsider tbe vote passing it. Mr. Plait stated tbat tbe motion to reconsider had been mado at bis request! The bill, he said, pensioned sur vivors of tbe Black Hawk, 8eminole and several other Indian wars. That be did not! object to;- but he wished t refer to torne statistics as to tbe amount that, the bill was going to require and compare it with the amount which it would require for Unun soldiers. He would do that soon. At 2 o'clock the Senate proceeded to con sider the bill 'to prohibit members of t'oc gress from acting as attorneys or employ s for railroad companies holding charters or having received a grant of land or pecunia ry aid from tbe United States. ' air. uerry advocated tbe bill, tie did hot believe tbat a Senator or member draw ing $10,000 or $2,000 year from tbe Union Pacific or Northern Pacific Railroad could vote impartially on the Pacific funding bill or on tbe Northern Pacific land forfeiture bill.. - .. : - .".- M Mr. Teller said that he was prepared to vote against the bill, notwithstanding news: paper clamor and notwithstanding the effort made to attract attention to the f&t that the Senate was a body of lawyers, snd tne charge teat senators were devoting1 to the practice of law for railroad corpora tions time which they should devote to the public service. I : " . j Mr. Wilson, of Md., made an argument in favor of the original bill, which be re garded as the exercise of undoubted power of Congress to pass laws regulating the conduct of members. Never before, he said, was - there complication of circum stances more imperatively calling for such legislation - 1 : t-'i Mr. Frye here took tbe noor in order, as be said, to give a piece ot information 1 He read an Associated Press telegram, just received from East port. Maine, stating that tbe winu r school of herring had struck into the American shore, and tbat about twenty -five English boats and vessels were there fishing witbin tbe shore line; and that, meanwhile, the English cruiser Mid dleton was cruising between Eastport and St. Andrews, ready to seize any American fishermen tbat might venture beyond the aeaa line.: mat was an, ne said. , ( An amendment was adopted making the salary of the Chief of the Bureau of Ani mal Industry $3,500. Discussion then arose upon tbe first section of the bill, which re moves limitation upon the number of per sons tbat may be employed by the Commis sioner in car r ing out tbe pleuro-pneumo- nia atf: Filially, upon motion or - Mr. Hemphill, or . C.. an amendment was adopted authorizing the Commissioner to employ a force within the limits of the ap propriation maae py uongress; proviaea, that no debt against the government shall be created under the provisions of this bill, Mr. Swinburne, of N. Y.. offered an amendment providing that the force em ployed shall include three experts of ecieu title attainments, with not less than 'six years' actual experience in sanitary and pathological work, and especially in the in vestigation of contagious diseases, and. to aid these experts in their investigation,1 all necessary aid shall be rendered by tbe Com missioner of Agriculture. Adopted. , : On motion of Mr. O tiara, of rt. C, an amendment was adopted requiring experts provided for in Swinburne's amendment to report what means should be taaen to ex tirpate-hog cholera. ; . I The committee then rose without further action. . As the legislative day of Thurs day was still continuing, unanimous con sent was required for the holding of the weekly night session for tbe consideration of pension bills, and Mr. Wallace, of La., objecting, the House adjourned till to morrow.- - .';,; "1 " :". :;:' !--;; SENATE. : Washington. Jan. 29 The credentials of Senator Hawlev. for the full term com mencing March 4, 1887, were presented and placed on file. - r Mr. Hams offered a resolution tbat at tbe conclusion of the morning business of each da v the Senate proceed to the con sideration of House bills and joint, resolu tions on the calendar, and continue such consideration tul 2 o clock. :. Laid over. At 2 o clock the presiding orncer present ed the unfinished business being the R il- road Attorney s bill, r . . r Mr. vest moved that tbat bill be repost poned till Monday next. The motion was agreed to. Teas Bowen, Brown, Call, Cameron, Cockrell. Conger. Cullom, Far- well, Frye. Gorman, Gray, Hampton, Jones of Nevada. McMillan. Manderson. Mitchell of Oregon. Palmer, Piatt, Pugh, Hanson, Sabin, Sawyer, Teller, Vest 24. Navs Allison. Beck. Berrv. Blairr liutler. Coke, Dawes, George, Hawley, Ingalls, Morgan, " Morrill, Sauls bury, Sherman, Spooner. Van .Wyck. Walthall, Whithorne, Wilson of Iowa, Wilson of Maryland Mr. Beck I understand that the Senate by this vote has displaced the Railroad At torney's bill aitoeetner: so tnat 11 now sianas at the foot of the special orders.' Am I rhrht in this ? i 1 Presiding Officer The Chair is of the opinion that it places the bill on tbe calen dar, sublect to motion. ': r 1 I ? b Mr. Beck I now desiie to give! notice that on Mondav next, and on every other day tbat 1 can do so, until a iair voteisnaa on that bill, I shall make a motion to take it nn. The Senate has seen fit to displace it, and to put it at the bottom : Now with emphasis it shall be voted on. ,. - . The Yellowstone Park bill was then taken nn and amended bv inserting a provi eion for an anneal to the District Court of Wyoming: Territory in cases of imprison ment, and it was passed yeaa , nays 0. . The Pacific Railroad Funding bill came up as the next special order, but was on no.:h motion of Mr. Hoar, postponed as the sre- ciat order (ill Monday, February 7th ' v. On motion of Mr. Beck, the Railroad At torney bill was again taken up, so as to be me unnnitnea business lor next Monday. Alter en executive sesdon the Senate ad journcd. "i -'. . "" - '' '.''-' - - . '', - UOUalfi OK KXPRESKNTATIVEa On motion of Mr Lanham. a bill whs passed appropriating $10,000 to enable the Commissioner : of f Agriculture to make special distribution of seed ia tbe droueht. stricken counties of Texts. f Mr. ; Morrison, of Illinois, from the Com mittee on Rules, reported resolutions setting apart Thursday next for the consideration of business reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs', and ordering a night tea ' sion for Tuesday next, : for the considera tion or business reported by the Committee on January Affairs. Adopted. , , v I ' Mr. Hammond called uo the resolution reported from the Committee . on the Judi ciary, reciting that D. Wya-t Aiken, rep resentative from tbe Third South Carolina District, has been unable from sickness to appear in person to be sworn in as a mem ber, and in all probability will be'unabla to appear during the remainder of Consess. but that he has. subscribed ' to tho oath of omce before an officer authorized to admin ister oaths, and , declaring that said oath be accepted and received by the House as Mr. Aixen'a oath of office. ; ; Mr. Bayne. of Penn.. while bearinstts- timony, to Mr. Aiken's worth and ability as a member, and while regretting the cir cumstances which prevented his appearing in the House, opposed the resolution as set ting a precedent which was dangerous and susceptible of abuse. j Mr. Steele, of Indiana, attempted to call up for consideration the bill for tbe reor ganization of the army, suggesting that as war had been declared, it was important that action should be taken on that meas ure. The suggestion raised a laugh, but the House declined to take up the special order, and went into Committee of tbe Whole on the Postofflce appropriation bill. " Mr; Blount.' of Ga.. in charse of the bill. briefly explained its provisions, stating that no new legislation was proposed,' and tbat tbe estimates of the department had been in the main followed. After a brief dis cussion, and without amendment, the bill was reported to the House and passed, and the House again went into committee on tho District of Columbia Appropriation bill.:.,- 1 . "v.-; . it- Mr: O'Ferrall. of Virginia, took advant age of the general debate to deliver a speech in favor of the Blair Educational bill, rest ing its constitutionality upon the general welfare clause. There was not, he argued. a single provision in the bill which in fringed upon any right of tbe States. He hoped that the House, following tbe ex ample of the 8enale would send joy and gladness into each home in the country by passing this measure in the interest of tbe great cause of education. I - Consideration of tbe bin was completed, tbe committee rose and the House passed the Li8trict ot Columbia bill. Adjourned WASHINGTON. Tbe Rnmor that Secretary fflaonlDe la to; Realgn from tna Cabinet, By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.) Washington. Jan 29. Secretary Man ning s attention was to-day called to the published announcement that be expects to shortly resign from the Treasury to become the head of a new bank in New York; and an expression was invited from him on the subject, because of its great public interest. The Secretary replied that he had not been offered tbe presidency of any such bank; that according to bis experience it is custo mary to organize a bank and elect a board of directors before selecting the other offi cers, and so far as he knew this had not yet been done. Mr. Manning s remarks indica ted that he uid not .wish to appear as. ex pressing in advance an opinion upon a con tingency which had not arisen. The fact tbat several of the Secretary's friends are among the organizers f the proposed new bank, and that a large number of heavy subscriptions for stock have been made, con tingent on air. Manning s becoming presi dent of it, gives color to the rumors that he 18 to resign his place in tbe Cabinet in order to become the manager of tbe enterprise. I Washington, Jan 29. Tbe jury in the iSmmons lunacy trial has rendered a ver dict that Mrs. Emmons is sane and capable of managing her own affairs. 1 AND YETLN OTHER. Canada seta an Additional Bank Tnlei BytTelegraph to the Morning Star. Jekset City. Jan. 29. The Germania Savings Bank, 140 Newark Avenue, closed its doors this morning. C. L. iu. scbroe tier, Secretary and Treasurer, is missing and it is believed be has gone to Canada. There is a deficit of $30,000 in the cash accounts: Application will be made for a receiver.)! The bank was incorporated March 29. 1871. and did an extensive savings and general banking business Vice President Louis A. Lienaw, ! says that the securites are intact and that the deficit will not exceed the figures named, Scbroedsr was reported by bis household to have left town Thursday night, but the police think he was at home this morning, Trustees of tbe bank are on his bond for $50,000.) The trustees met last night and found the books all written up and the securities intact, but there was not a cent of the cash balance of $30,000. The trus tees claim that the assets are sufficient to oav all claims. Thev expect to pay 75 per cent, to depositors within thirty days and the remainder after sufficient delay to en able them to dispose of real estate held by the bank. Schroeder speculated in stocks with tbe bank's funds. KANSAS A Toung Lady Burned to Death tn m -: - Crowded Ball Boom. . -1 1 By "Telegraph to tbe VoruVtur Star.i Wellington, Jan. 29 At Freeport, Kansas.. Thursday night, while a masked hail was in progress, the dress of Miss Cora Boulder, which was trimmed- witn paper. caught 1 fire from a bracket lamp and Bhe burned to death in the Dresence of an hun dred panic Stricken people. A number! of persons endeavored to save her but only set their own clothes on fire, and some were badly scorched in their endeavors to save the girl, i . j - TEXAS. The Senatorial Oead-L.ok Reagan ! .: Still In the Lead, Austin, Jan. 29. The dead lock in the Legislature over the election of a Senator to succeed Maxey continues unbroken. Eight ballots were taken, the last being; the 21st in consecutive order:: . It resulted : Maxey 46, Reagan 56, Ireland 82. A mo tion that the Senate withdraw irom lomi session was defeated twice,- but prevailed the third time by one. majority, and an ad journment was taken until 10 o ciock Mon day. I , - --.r ... I wJ-;. VIRGINIA. Strikers Drive Off tne Old Dominion. i Haa at' Newport Nowa. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. FoBTBEks Monroe, Jan. 29. A large party of colored men. armed with sticks and stones, raided tne pier at newpon News at 1 o clock this morning, ana drove off the men loading the Old Dominion steamer. .: '- ' - - : Favetteville Observer Gazette: x ne corresnondents are contributing long arti cles to the Wilmington Star on the C. F. & Y. V. Railway Company's proposed ex tension to that citv. ' nr. j. a. curne is battling manfully for the extension. ; It would be right funny if the Company should conclude to build to Smithville in stead : of Wilmington . If deep water is what they are in search or, they would nna it at Smithville. - It has been sugges ted to us by an experienced farmer and a eentleman of wide observation that the. es tablishment of a rice mill- in Fayetteville would be a great convenience to tbe farm ers of this section, and might eventually prove a very'profitable enterprise. opints .TurpentineT New Bern "Journal ; v Master Albert H.: Banger t bring us in a pear, the " fourth- bearing of a tree on his mother's lot " in this city during the year just passed. This ia a remarkable section for pears, i V Among other freights the steamer Sbenan- , doah- took out yesterday -235 . barrels of . clams for Boston -The canning estab lishment is being put in condition and! will be ready for the oysters aa soon aa they ar rive. - i-..,-.W-r-,t .v,;, ,V-;,v U;- ..-"; Charlotte- Observer: The latter 5 patt of last week four prisoners escaped from Rockingham jail after committing an almost fatal assault upon the jailor. . It seems that the prisoner were confined in a cell fastened with a common padlock. which they succeeded in breaking. Thev secreted themselves In the corridor tin til the jailor made his appearance, when; one ' of them attacked him with a heavy piece ; of scantling, and dealt him a blow which i -came near proving fatal .When the jailor regained consciousness tbe prisoners were gone. None of them have been recaptured. ! - Greensboro Workman: Miss - Margaret N. Bogart.a Christian lady whom we nave known for many long years. breathed her last on the 7th day of Janua ry, 1887. at Enfield, N. 0-, being 66 years of age from the 81st day of December.! 1 The North State says CoL Thos. McMahon nas made arrangements to move to Rich mond, Va , and there carry on his im mense business- of manufacturing spokes, hubs, rims, &c " We are sorry to learn this, as Col. M. has built up a large busi ness here.! He employs 125 hands and pays out about $75,000 a year for timber and wages. His reason for moving is that be. must move to a - more commercial center, where banking facilities are better and money more abundant and cheaper. - Qoldsboro -Argus. There were white shad on sale again yesterday ia this city. - The Wilmington . Stab is Erompt and correct in its censure of the legislature for the action of that body in appropriating $100 to Mr. George W. Stan ten. - It is a dangerouse precedent, and be sides it is not right. This city, we learn, is i to have an African Metbodjst Episcopal Church. . The edifice will be lo cated near Prof. E E. Smith's house on West Centre street, and its construction will soon i begin. Tbe first pastor of the new church will be Rey. S. E. Reynolds. We are glad that the Democratic Ex ecutive Committee of Craven county haa been taught that coalition and fraud are contrary to the principles of the Demo cratic party. We hope that Craven county will abide in peace m future and that her Democratic Executive Commiitee will seek no more to disrupt tbe grand old party by coalition precedents. - Durham Plant: The'cotton fac-,H tory last week shipped 82,292 yards of chambraya and 27,687 yards of bag cloth. This factory now has orders three months ahead, and is running on lull time a rorce of 200 hands. In short, the cotton factory is booming. There are now 816 scho lars enrolled at Bethany 8unday school; it has not been established quite a year. The Durham Electric Light Company has I' ordered a new 45-light machine to be added to tbe present one of ou-light capacity The company! has contracted to put 25 arch lights m the tHaca.weu'8 Durham Co-ope rative Tobacco Company's factory, and 15 in tbe factory of Duke, Sons & Co. For the week ending January 22 the follow ing tobacco business was transacted in Dur ham : Shipped 86,689 pounds of smoking tobacco, worth $12,920.85; 8,245 pounds of plug tobacco, worth $975; 4,114,060 cigar ettes, worth $13,576.89. At the ware houses 178.734 pounds of leaf tobacco were sold for $11,903.65.. Revenue receipts for tne weea f 8,200. 40. Raleigh News-Observer: The receipts of cotton and naval stores at Wil- mmgton so far this year have been largely in excess of those of last year. Hurrah fori our commercial metropolis 1 She is forging ahead. Sheriff Jos. Cobb, of Edge combe county, yesterday brought upl four convicts to tbe penitentiary; Sheriff W. M. King, of Pitt county, contributed two new oses to I the - aforesaid institution, j Tucker Hall was "dedicated in 1867, by the late Honj David L. Swain, and has: been used for operas, theatricals, - concerts!, lec tures, &c, for twenty years. - Tho farmerr convention which convened nere yesterday is made up of . the bone and sinew of the land indeed. It is a fine re presentation of the farming element of the State. It cannot, therefore, be otherwise than patriotic in sentiment and conserva tive in action. The farmers' convention has honored itself and displayed its wisdom in the outset by electing Elias Carr, Esq., 01 -Edgecombe county, to its presidency. Mr. Carr is one bf the most intelligent and therefore successful farmers in the State. I - Raleigh ievos-Observer: TThe Messrs. Aiken made things lively and sold a two-horse load of tobacco belonging to Mr. R. J. Bolingfor $616 55. h Rev.: P. R. Law, of Monroe, and Rev. -IJ. K. Howell, bf Selma, are spoken ot in connec tion with the agency of the American Bible Society lor JNorth and South Carolina,, made vacant by the death of Rev. Dr. C.j H. Wiley. The position is. one of great trust and importance. The salary is j about. $1,500 per annum, with all travelling ex penses paid. - -The joint committee on State printing met in the library yesterday: evening, full committee present, and unani mously voted Josephus Daniels, of tbe; Unronicle.' printer to the State. A contract was signed and bond filed in the sum of, five thousand dollars. - We learn that considerable destruction has been done by! incendiary fires In Robeson county, where the "Croatans" had their churches an i academy. Some dispute arose between them and the Bcufnetown Mulattoes, the Croatans declining to admit the others to ' their churches, &c. The ill-feeling thereby engendered, it is understood, led to retalia-j tion on tbe part of tbe Mulattoes wno re-j . sorted to incendiary firea to get even with their neighbors. Ashevtlle, Jan. 354. There was a heavy storm of thunder and lightning last night, followed by a cold wave about 9 0 clock. Tbe electric light was suddenly extinguished by a shock that Injured the dynamo. The whole telephone system was prostrated by the discharge. WADESBOHO. jan. aa. judge uune a condition is critical No perceptible change! He grows some weaker. -:, . Raleigh Visitor.- At the Wter- noon session of the Farmers' Convention the following were the substance of the reso lutions introduced: To regulate warehouse charges on tobacco;' to work public roads by taxation; to demand of the Legislatuie a redaction of all-public salaries, fees and appropriations to - one-half the present amounts; to appoint a committee of three or five good men to take charge of the Gov ernor's mansion and let it out to be finished by the lowest bidder, and each of tbe com mittee to receive ten dollars, and that amount only when said mansion shall be completed; and,- further, that there be no further appropriatians made for the State University; that a permanent committee or nine be appointed to determine: wnere and on what terms ' agriculturists can borrow money at the lowest interest on good security; -to encourahge immigration; to urge larmers to maxe less cotton ana to bacco and more grain and grass j protect sheep; to reduce expense in the State de partments ana penitentiary ana appropriate the savings to industrial and agricultural schools; to levy a tax of one dollar on ev ery dog for the benefit of sheep growers ana tbe tree scnoois; to aoanaon commer cial fertilizers; to establish agricultural clubs; to urge the General Assembly to re peal the present homestead and lien laws. That tbe Legislature be requested to amend the law that the uovernor may: appoint with tbe concurrence of the Board of Ag riculture, one person from each congres sional : district, who shall be authorized to go North and solicit immigration. I A letter from Spier Whitaker, Esq., containing the following resolution, was read and re ferred to the committee on resolutions: Resolved, That the General Assem bly of North Carolina be requested to . enact such laws as will decrease the enormous salaries now received by the clerks of the Superior Courts and Register of Deeds ia certain counties in this! Bute to such sum as will -be more in accord with the value of their services and nearer in proportion to the salaries received by other officers of the State. Col. W. F. Green.! moved to amend tbe above resolution by adding the following: That the commit tee also report upon tbe necessity of some action by the Legislature with a view of creating the office of tax collector! for the: several counties and separating this work from tbe duties of sheriff,. Laid on table,! The Committee on Commercial Fertilizers submitted their report. The question of industrial education occupied the attention of tho convention during the remainder of the night session. ; . . I :.s': ij.::-i :!' j - . .. 1U -mm. ft -1"