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The bill extends over a rortain portion of the availa ble ami as liberal laws as could be expecte.d at this stage of the proceed ing. It is a great industry in the future, and it is the imperative duty of enlightened legislators to do their part now in fostering and developing it as firt as possible. The bill (was made -a special order for yesterday and before this is before the reader it may .have . passed the Senate. jjWe ruu-t L.ipc it will meet with due favor . , . i in tlie House. It is iat one of those i qiie-ifu'iiH that has not any politics in it. It is a simple business question. It is to develop a most important in dustry and make it contribute to the Wealth and support of the Stat. as is the castf in the Slates north that carry' on the' tislung business exten sively and profitably. r What Connecticut has done under extromo .difficulties, having to bring the oyster plants many hundreds of :t... i i. j i t'il small tish'mg area, has done can1 cer tainly Ie donu by a State so favored as our own wuh a - iiiillioa of aores that jcah be utilised. What ftiary land an l Virginia have done to heir great enrichment and pleasure can be done by North Carolina, .'for the natnral ad vantages '-of this State are greater perhaps than those of either of the States named. j 1 ' We desire to call the attention f onr legislators to the followinsr. which we copy from Lieut. WinslowV very pige 12 1 of able report. Uboile island is about the siz9 of one gpf North CarolinaVbi counliesJ See what lias bean L)no by a wiseisys- tern: "la 186 1 Rhode Island adopted a law whicli praoticilly allowed individuals to take up unlimited tracts of bottom and se cure. tr) tbem its possession. The effect of this measure hai bjen unqualifiedly Rood, aarl I quote from the Report of the Mary land Oy-it-.T Commission some of the prin cipal results which bave followed Lupon this aani'jle action of the' State: 1 " 'The pricjof oysters has decreased, and the supply baa become so abundant that only onekenth arc needad for the home market, tind nine-tenths of the annual sup ply h sold outsidj the State. j, " 'la 1865, oysters sold for $1.75 per solid gallon ; in 1873 the price was $1.15 to $1.10, - and in 1839 it had fallen to 9095 cents. " 'In 1865 the product of the State was 71,891 bushels, wnile in 1879 it was 660,500 bushels. i " 'The area which was used for planting in 187& was only 962 acres, yet this area paid $6,533 9) into the State Treasury; it employed a capital of over $1,000,000; it Paid $12 j 003 in wages to the people of the State; it furnished the market with 660,500 buauels of oyster3. worth $380,500, to the producers, and it Rdve suDport to 2,400 persons.' " In 1883,.that State received 11,000 from the oyster business. Since the war probably $100,000 have rjee'n de rived for the support of the State by Rhode Island from tha oyster busi ness alone. That State has laws that protect, foster and develop jthe in dustry and secure aid to the State at the same time. A DISC RACE TO TUB STATE. Some time in the past by sheerest accident Smelfungus became ernor of North Carolina, ajn Gov- office which when got he did n6t know what to do with it. It (is trui that as Chief Executive he wjjs treated with eourtcsy by ' tho Democrat of the ... . . .! J . l! you ktow, they respected, and mic i i ' i not the ;ocrauie urayiDg ass mat w pre it. ven, as time elapsed, ltj became . -exercise necQssary for Smelfungus to the powers of the high j office he acci uentally had possession of but which to re- could never fill. We wish "OHh.the memories of readers as to one of his acts. many disgraceful Official erhaps as fiendish. as devilish, as horrible a murder as was ever com' Dinted on the American continent was committed near this teity. In the history of crimes there is scarcely be found anything more barba rous, more horrifying than !er of little Willie Carter. the mur He was "rst shockingly, cruelly maimed in h'8 person and then murdet-ed. His . i. murderer was arrested, faulty, and sentenced to bto banged. 1ut this was not to be, for Smelfun. buwas Governor. He" saved the villain from a richly deserVed fate. vn lUe day the murderer was to have - : ? vol. xvni. been hanged Smelfuoeus oommuted bis sentenoe to imprisonment for Jife. lhis was very bad. : Bat not "the worst. " The. villain was afterwards pardoned by the same Smelfungus and turned loose upon BooietyJ i : .Was ever anything more J infa mously done by a man; sitting in the ohief chair of the State and empower ed with life and death? It is no wonder that the best citizens of Wil mington felt deeply outraged J Said to ns on Wednesday one of the most respected of the natives of this city "You ought to remind Brogden of his infernal act in the Carter case the most, infamona 'ant nnasihln" There were doubtless trne men in this section who thought that a .fellow who would save such a bloody crim inal ought to hang himself. 1 Smel fungus ought to betake himself to the backwoods of Wayne and hide himself from the gaze of all j honor able men. But what an infinitesimal creature he is when, examined! If you would learn how this despicable fellow is regarded in Wilmington talk with the men of character and' intelligence about . that -awful muti lating and murdering of the poor lit tle boy Carter. The New York Sun claims jto have made a carefnl study of the strength of the German : and French j forces. We condense the main points from a long article. France has a larger peace establishment, but Germany has more population and mora arms bearing people. The Sun says: i "The peace effective of the French army, according to last year's budget, is 523.283, comprising 31.140 officers and 492,142 en listed men. The peace footing of the Ger man Empire comprises 18.143 officers and 427,274 men, making an aggregate of 445,- 417. m ... F i The Germans have just added 73,- 000 of the reserves. The war foot-, ingis thus given: " 'jJ jj; !' . ; "Turning to the war footing, the first addition of France would be what is called the territorial army, which comprises an aggregate of 616,000 officers and men. Other additions might carry the total effec tive under the first call np to; 1,600,000 men, including all arms and staff services. The German mobilization for a war footing, without the landsturm and special organi zations, but including garrison and field re serves, would comprise 85.427 officers and 1,456,677 men, with about 27,000 more for the medical collateral forces Thus we see again how close the two mobilizations -would come in numerical strength." trance is very much stronger in artillery and Germany in cavalry. Germany has 1,404 guns; France has 1,850. Germany has 64,000 cavalry; France about 4S.000. I COTTON PLANTING A NECBSSITV. The Governor of Virginia has just told lue world that the farmers in his State are worse off now than they were soon after Lee's surrender. Bill Arp has' just found that in Georgia not more than ten farmers in a coun ty are prospering. The Stab has time and again insisted that North Carolina farmers were much worse off in 1885 and 1886 than they were in 1869 and 1870. When there is to be, ... ;. come improvement is more than we can say. We do not see how it is possible for a favorable change ex cept under four conditions: First, bibber prices for produce. Second, cnltivating less poor land and enrichips the area devoted to cropping. . ! 1 bird, ereater economy : and in" dustry. j . - I - Fourth, multiplying, diversifying of crops.. . . .' '; 'i uj . If the farmers do hot raise their own wheat, oats, corn, nay, root crops, vegetables, they will be ouC of pocket and will bave to buy their bacon and pork and butter and lard or go without them. With good prices, wiser j farming, and better crops the farmers can gradually work out ' from under the yoke of hen laws and high interest. But when all this is to come is beyond us.; We ... i - - i find in the last; Baltimore Manufac twrers Record, long and interesting letter from Wadesboro, written 2d February, by fcol; B. S. Pardee, of Connecticut. He is a practical, wide awake observer. He shows how it is impossible under the circumstances for the farmers to ever quit raising cotton. We must make a somewhat loner extract I from his letter. lie says: ; i . Y'i .: "Since then (the war) in adjusting him self to the new system, the farmer has been forced to learn how to maxe money on ins land. When the price of cotton was high he had little difficulty; that was his cash eron. and ir tne season was iavoraoie. it naid Him Handsomely . jiiven in dsq sea- sons he managed to pull through. But when the price of cotton fell lower and lower until it reached the average of (he last four years, one unfavorable season gave him a set-back that threw him into the hands of the commission j mer chant, and then began , the ruinous sys tam that obtains in the Cotton States. Tt was no fault of the farmer and none of the merchant. It is but one of the unfortunate conditions of the industrial revolution. The farmer has his land, his tools and his stock. He and his family mnat have food and clothing. They can only get these from the merchant by giving him security on his real and personal pro twtrtv. and on the croD that has yet to be nlanted. The creditor has no use for the land ; he must have cash or its equivalent to mMt his own obligations, and cotton is the only thing the farmer can raise that is sure of a casn marxei. do tne creditor u lurccu to make it a condition of his advances that ih. mn shall consist mainly of cotton. T.ipt an innir as these conditions exist it is idle to attempt to induce the farmer to quit cotton growing, xie sti muwwi. There is one thing the farmers can do. They can gradually Improve their lands until they shall produce twice the quantity they now. produce. We have printed this winter instances of farmers in this State making more than a good bag of cotton to the acre last year. In Edgecombe, Pitt, Hal ifax, Nash, Greene, Wilson and other fine cotton i counties you will find many go-ahead farmers who make from 300 to'450 pounds cotton to tho acre. This ought to be the case eve rywhere. The late Capt. Thigpeh, of Edgecombe, would not cultivate., an acre of poor ... land. Enrich your lands if .you would " make them pay. Home manures, mar), &c, are abso lute essentials. .. . - , A North i Carolinian at Reidsville 18 saidT to ihave invented a cotton picker that will ' gather 90 per cent, of open cotton. Its daily capacity is from 3,000 to 3,500 pounds. Obituary. ; .'.-:'"''.. i" Mr. William N. - Bowden . died at his residence in this city yesterday morning about one o'clock, after an illness of sev eral weeks from typhoid fever. Mr. Bow den was a native of this city and aged about fifty-two years. He had been in railroad servica for a number of years; first with the Wilmingto & Manchester Railroad Company in 1853, but of late years as pay master and inspector of agencies of the Carolina 'Central; and, very recently was promoted to the position of tick auditor of the Raleigh & Augusta, Raleigh & Gas ton, and Carolina Central Railroads. He was a member of St. John's Lodge No. 1, F. and A M.i, of the order of Knights of Pythias, and of the veteran corps of the Wilmington Light Infantry. Socially and in business circles he was held in the highest esteem. His funeral will take place' this afternoon at half past 4 o'clock from his late residence, corner of Second and Chesnut streets. The pall-bearers are Messrs. Arvis Walker R. F. ,Langdon, Roger Moore, Henry West. Thos. Lippitt, F. W. Clark and J. H. Sharp. j 'i B, An Entertainment at Teaetiei'a. A corresponded of the Stab, writing from Teachey's, N. C, gives an account of a delightful entertainment at that place on the evening of the lllh inst., by pupils of the Institute.! The entertainment was given in the Opera I House; which was crowded with spectators. The first piece on the programme was a chorus, "Happy Fairies," sung by the; whole school. Recitations, dialogues I and tableaux succeeded each other till about 10 p. m., when Professor Mclntyrej of Faison, delivered a highly en-te-italniug and instructive address. More tableaux and calisthenic exerciser followed. and the ' Courtship of Miles Standish" con" eluded the exhibition, which reflected gieat credit upon the managers of thelnstitute.and particularly Miss Smith, who furnished the music and gave general direction to the execution of the different pieces. , At an adjacent building refreshments of the most substantial and enticing, kind were spread in lavish profusion, and after doing full; justico to these, the scats were removed from the Opera House and the young folks danced the night away. f The New Pareell Col. N. Frederick has leased the entire Purcell building, and has spared no pains to make it attractive and pleasant for bis -guests. I j; The dining room is large and commodi ous and has been carefully overhauled and refurnished. The parlor and sleeping rooms are large and airy and neatly fitted up, pre tenting a most inviting appearance. Mr. Joel Herbert, formerly of thn Star Saloon, has rented the bar and billiard room, which are arranged most convenient ly, and where liquors of all kinds can be procured, t I Col. Frederick has had a long experience in the hotel business, and will undoubtedly do well. Mi The Spanlah Barqne ITlaMa. The captain and crew of the abandoned Spanish barque Maria came up to the city yesterday from Smithville, and are quar tered at the Seamen's Home. The barque remains in the possession of the pilots at the quarantine station. The owner of the vessel, who resides in New York city, has been notified of the condition of affairs by Mr. F. J. Lord, the Spanish Consul at this port, and is expected here to-morrow. An agent of the owners of the cargo reached here yesterday and went down to the vessel in the afternoon. r A Bridge Over Brnnswlefc River. A1 substantial wooden bridge is in course of construction over Brunswick river, at .the ferry. The work is being done under contract for the ferry company. Stone bulkheads have been built on both sides of the rivef, and piles have driven in the river bed for the support of the structure. The contractor has until the first of May to complete the bridge but it is probable that it will b3 finished some time before that 'date. - : Cotton Movement. The cotton movement at this port has slackened up considerably, the weekly re ceipts beginning to show a falling off as compared with the corresponding weeks last year. The receipts, for the past week were 857 bales, against 1,328 bales received dur ing the week ended. March 20th, 1886-a decrease of 471 bales. The receipts for the ' ..... . crop year up to and including yesterday are 127.959 bales, against 90.068 for the same lime last year; an increase of 38,891 bales. l- The stock on hand at' this port yesterday was 3,326 bales,' against 7,229 biles at tbe 8ar)ac date last year. Export Foreign ' Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared the German brig Mathilda yesterday, for New- castle-on-Tyne, England, with 2,418 bar rels of rosin, valued at $3,100. K- - Messrs. Wm. Walter & Fincke cleared the German barque Bellona with 329 pieces of cypress timber, measuring 216,840 feet, and 4,439 feet of cypress lumber -valued at $4,085. -i-Brig Water Witch cleared yes terday for Hermacoa, P, R . with 130,000 feet of lumber, valued at $1,773 70, ; ship ped by Messrs. 8 . & W. H. Northrop; 100 barrels roein, valued at $88.20, shipped by Messrs. E. G. Barker & Co.; 10,000 feet lumber, 5,000 shingles, 100 barrels pork, barrels beef, 5 barrels flour and 1 iron safe, valued at $1,643 58, shipped by Capt. M, Knaebel WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY,' FEBRUARY !25; The .. Agricultural - and mechanical " The Raleigh correspondent of the Stab Vrite8: , :? -Z .-;-:r'v;' :' "In the hall of the House of Commons Wednesday evening there was a ioint meet ing of the committee of the House on Ed ucation and Agriculture and the committee appointed at the State Farmers Convention held here during January. The purpose of the meeting was the discussion u of matters relative" to the proposed State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Mr. Leazar, chairman of the Committee on Ed ucation, called the meeting to order. - Sen ator Pemberton read the bill establishing the college above mentioned. : Mr. Leazar made some remarks upon the bill, and upon the plan of the meeting. He said the "talks' would be -of fifteen minutes' length. He called on Mr. Primrose as & gentlemen well informed on the question of industrial education. . "Mr. Primrose spoke of the inception and grow IB of the industrial school idea. He said it bad been found that the agricultural college could not be established without the industrial school. So the latter's advocates had joined their forces and funds He said the question of an industrial school had been settled. 1 after a two years' conttst. The cost of the agricultural and mechanical college he estimates at $85,000, and its auM nual cost at $19,000, though the latter sum could be reduced. Remarks were made by Messrs H. S. Keith, W. J. Peele. K b. Tucker, W. F. Green, G Z. French, C. T. Logan of Atlanta, and 8. B Alexander. At 10 30 the meeting adjourned. Thd gen eral sentiment is very favorable to the school " ; Wrecks oOTIIaUeraa. Vessels arriving at this port report pass ing the wreck of a small vessel floating bottom upward, supposed to be the schoon er Edith Linwood, which was sunk in col lision off Body Island on the 3d inst., and the crew of which were rescued and brought into this port by tbe schooner Jennie Hall, now repairing at Skinner's ship yard. Tbe Wreck was' last sighted by the schooner Harold C. Jkecher, (it Savannah, February 15th from New York.) in latitude 35.85, longitude 76,. It is in the track of vessels plying up and down tbe coast, and is pro bably the same wreck recently reported by several vessels arriving at New York': The same day j tbe Beeeher passed through a large quantity of cocoanuls floating on the water, which were no doubt a portion of the cargo or the wrecked, vessel. i The steamer Louisiana, at Baltimore, re ports passing; a barque capsized, down by the stern arid apparently of about 900' tons, some thirty miks north by cast from flit teras light; This wreck, also, is a great danger to vessels passing up and down tbe coast... I . . . Ktlled on the Rail, j Princa Patrick, a colored man living in Strauss' alley,' near' Fourth street, was run over by ah engine and killed on the Wil mington. Columbia & Augusta Railroad, about 11 1 o'clock yesterday morning, at Meares- Bluff The railroad authorities sav that i he deceased was "stealing a ride and ul.l 16 gut off before leaving Wilming too, whicli be did I fae engineer says that he did cioteu Patrick again until the train anied at Meares' Bluff, wbere he saw him standing alongside the track ; Prince having evidently (stolen a ride on the front of the engine; ucditcov- rid. I No more attention was paid to the man. tbe engineer says, until a few inomeiits afterwards he was signalled to stop tbe engine, and was told that there was a man uoder the train. As soon as tbe engine was stopped the body Was found entangled in the running gear of a freight ear. The coroaerof Brunswick was summoned, but on viewing ibe body decided an inquest was unnecessary, as the killing of the man was clearly an accident. Tbe body of tbe deceased was badly man gled It was put in a coffla and brought back to Wilmibgton for interment. Coroner Miller, of this city, was informed of the facts in the case, and viewed the body. Patrick had been working on tbe W., C. &f A. Railroad for several years as affreight hand, but of late had been out of employ ment. -. ! t. I ' i ' -. The Spanish Barqne on Frying Pan Shoala. i Tbe Spanish barque Maria, from Havana to New York, reported yesterday aground on Frying Pan Shoals, was brought over the bar and up to tbe quarantine station yesterday afternoon by the tug Blanche. The captain and crew of the barque are at Smithville. Pilots report that when they boarded the barque Wednesday they found the vessel abandoned, jthe captain and crew havin? landed at Bald Head: Thev found that tbe vessel had floated; all her sails were set, and; a kedge thrown out She was pumped free of water; and taken in tow by the Blanclie, who put meu aboard of her. As tbe vessel is apparently uninjured it is not likely that she will come up to this citv: but that tbe question of salvage will be adjusted at Smithville. and the v will proceed to her destination. . Bingham Again. It is telegraphed from Raleigh that there is unusual activity in police circles concern - ine Walter Bincham. the deaf mute mur derer. A large number of copies of Gov. Scales' proclamation offering $400 reward for his i arrest have been forwarded to sheriffs and other officers in tbe western part of -the State, and there is general belief that in a few days some interestingdevelop- menta mav be expected. The point at which Bingham was last seen is only a few miles from Waynesville, the county seat of Haywood, where resides a distinguished criminal lawyer who married a cousin of this now .notorious ; fugitive. It is in timated! that search will be made for Bingham in all that part of .the State west of the Blue Ridge mountains. The Captain and the Rnnner. The master of the Norwegian barque Monical who put a boarding house runner from this city in irons while on bis vessel a few da) s ago, was tried Wednesday in Smithville, on a warrant alleging assault and battery. The magistrate .. found the captain guilty and fined him ten dollars and costs. The mate of , the Monica and two seamen who were engaged in the affair were fined two dollars each. The correspondent of the Stab writes that the trial took place in the Court House at Smithville, before Mayor Galloway; Mr. B. G. Crisp appearing as attorney for the complainant, and Mr. Marsden Bellamy for, the defendant. The court room was crowd ed to Its utmost capacity during the pro ceedinga which occupied about two hours and a half. ,; The general health of the city is excellent, as it is shown by the mortuary returns of the past week; only three inter ments being reported, and all three adults. over 25 years of age. .: FORTY-Ti IlfTJB CONGRESS.: Kf vi '8B4WI D SB8ION. The . President's Veto message Saa- - talned-Eads'Tchanntepec Bill Paaa ?ed by the Seaate-The Antr-mormen - Hill in the Ronse-The Naval Batah , llabment BUI fassed., i iys v I v By Teletrrapb to the Hornlug Star.i . ' I . '. SENATE. , " Washington. Feb 17 --Bills were in troduced and referred as follows !; : By Mr. Mabone, granting right of way and other privileges to tbe Hampton & Old Point Railrosd Company of Virginia . f ' By Mr: Whitthorne,. to create a naval re serve in auxiliary cruisers, officers' and men, from the mercantile marine jof the United States. ; . j, . The Senate resumed consideration of tbe bill for increase of tbe naval establishment (Hale's bill.) - ; -t-1 -v The . amendment offered ; yesterday by Mr. Butler (requiring vessels to be 'for sea service") was withdrawn. The bill was then passed jeas 46, nays 7. Tbe nays were Messrs. Coke, Jones, of Ark . Plumb, Vance, Van Wyck. . Vtat and Voorhees. As amended it reads i , . , . , , That for the purpose of increasing the naval establishment of the United States, the sums of money hereinafter named are hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by tbe President in the exer cise of his discretion upon plans and speci fications to tie furnished by the Navy De partment For the construction of heavily armored vessels or armored floating bat teries or rams, to be used for coast and har bor defences, $10,000,000; for the construc tion of light draught gun-boat8,j suitable for interior waterways and canal service, $1,200,600 said gun-boats to be completed and tested within twelve months from tbe date of .the signing of any contract for their construction ; for the construction Of torpe do boats of the highest attainable spted and efficiency, $600.000 said torpedo; boats to be completed ami tested within twelve months from . the signing of any contract for their construction ; for torpedoes aud torpedo appliances, to be operated from naval vessels, Hotting batteries or rams. $800,000. , . i tsec. 2 That for tbe armament of vessels hereinbefore provided for the sumf of 23.- 000,000 U hereby appropriated out of any money in ine treasury not otherwise appro priated. - . I Bee. J. mat. tbo material used in all naval structures provided for in this bill, and the armament for the same, ! shall be furnished and manufactured in tbe United States, and all contracts made for their con. structiou shall bo under pcovUions of tbe act of August 3. 1886. ("an act to increase naval establishments. ) . Sec. 4 That tbe appropriations made by this act shall be available during five years from March 4th, 1887. j The Senate then proceeded to tbe con sideration of House bills on tbe calendar. to which there was no objection.) Several House bills wre passed, among ithem the following: To authorize construction of a bridge across .the Teuntssee rjrer at or near Chattanooga. Tenn., witham'endmeiiti; for construction of a gravelled road ; to Ricbr mond National Cemetery, Va. ; fo the delivery to rightful Owners of the contents of certain boxes de posited in the Treasury Depirtroeat by the Secretary of War valuables captured in the South during tbe war; fqr holding terms of the U 8. Circuit Oui t jat Vicke burg, Miss. ; to change the lines' between Eastern and Western Judicial districts of North Carolina. There-were in all thirty two bills pasted, and wbere amendments were adopted, a conference was asked, and Senate confeitcs appointed- ' f The senate at 2 p. m . resumed consid eration of the ISads-TebauQtepec Ship Railway bill, and Mr. Vest offered a new substitute for the bill. It recrt?S that tbe government of JHexiso has granted to Capt. Eada a concession for the construction and operation of a sbip railway serosal the Isth mus of IVhauntepec, and has authorized him and his associates to obtain; a charter either in Mexico or elsewhere It, there fore, incorporates James B Ends and some eighty other persons named as a body poli tic, under tbe name and title of the At laotic and Pacific Ship Railroad Co. The stock is not to exceed one hundred million dollars, and when ten per cent, of stock is subscribed for and ten per cent, thereon paid in cash, a meeting of stockholders is to be held in Washington or New York for the election of directors. If ten millions of stock is not subscribed for and ten per cent in cash paid thereon within twenty years. Ue charter is to expire by limitation. Mr. Van Wyca ottered to this substitute the amendment which be had offered to the original one that no certificate: of stock shall be issued until it shall have been fully paid for in money at par value, and that no bond in excess or tne amount of capital ac tually paid in shall be issued, - and that no bonds shall be issued or disposed of at less tban their par value. j On motion of Sir. Hoar the amendment oacreu ay jur. v an rv yc& was amenueu oy -mm i i ' -tt t r . i , i a provision that ten per cent, of the stock, to be subscribed for and paid before the issue of certificates, shall not be assignable Until the whole of it shall bave been paid lio, and that no bonds shall be authorized or 'i . : 1 I. : J : : . 1 11 . to five millions instead of ten millions. As thus amended Mr. Van Wycks amendment was agreed to. ; Mr. Vest s substitute, amended as slated, was agreed to without division, and the bill as thus amended was passed yeas 46, nays 7. The nays were Messrs. ifidmnnds, Jones of Arkansas, Morrill. Piatt, Vance, Van Wyck and Wilson of Iowa. Tbe Senate then, on motion of Mr. JSd munds, took up the bill to inaugurate the Maritime Canal Co. of Nicaragua. It went over until to-morrow as unfinished busi HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Speaker laid before the! House the message from tbe President returning with out bis approval the bill appropriating ten thousand dollars for tbe special distnbu tion of seed to the drought-stricken coun ties of Texas I Mr. Lanbam. of Texas, moved that the bill and accompany nig message be referred to the Committee on Agriculture, inas much, he said, as he had introduced this bill, be was unwilling to let the occa sion pass without saying a word in vin dication of the action of congress in Dassine this measure. In doing soitfoL lowed precedents established in 1875 and in 1883, when bills of a similar character were passed by congress ana became laws. If the organization of the Uapartmenl of Agriculture were constitutional. If. seeds could be distributed for the declared object of promoting agriculture, if tne agricultu ral interest was continental in its character. then the needs of agriculture should be considered equal in rank to any other re quirement of the governments When the government was accustomed to make a general distribution of seed, it did not seem unconstitutional to concentrate that distribution in a particular locality where tne need was greatest. The motion to refer was ipst yeas 01, navs 74. 1. Tbe question was then put, would tne House pass the bill, the President's objec tion to the contrary notwithstanding, and it was decided in the negative, yeas 83, navs 160. .... . ... Mr. Hammond, of Ga., caltedl up tne conference report upon the Anti-Mormon bill, and it was agreed to yeas 202, nays 40. The following is tne negative vote; Barbour. Bennett- Bragg, Cabell, T. J Campbell of N. Y.. Carlton. Clardy. Col lins, Compton, Culberson,' Daniel, Dargan, Dibble, isden. Foran. FreaencK,uoe. mil, Hill. Irion. Jones of Texas, Kleiner, Le- fevre, Martin. Mills, Mitchell, Neece, O'Hara, O'Neill of Mo., Outhwaite, Perry, Reagan. Stone of Mo.. Skinner, Tarsney, Tillman, Turner. Ward of Ind., Warner of Ohio, and Wilson, v f The Speaker appointed Messrs. Stone, Lanham and Felton as conferees on the Trade Dollar bill. . , i i The House then, in spite of the opposi tion or u neiii of Mo., ana uram 01 Tex., who desired to get up the Letter Carrier bill, went into committee of the Whole on the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill.- In order to simplify and facilitate tbe consideration of the bill. Mr. Bennett, of 1887. 11 : J . r N.'.Y., offered a substitute for s much of the bill as bad not;, already been riis-j posed Of. This ! substitute is 'framed si as to ? avoid: tbe points of order whioh rould operate against the original hill in the matter of rwclafsificatwn of the OnnJ aular service, i The existing classification ii retained, thus outline off , the DroDos-d in cresses or salaries: ' The provision for tni appointment of wo Inspectors of Consul ates is also omitted from the substitute, and the appropriation for contingent expenses of consulates is reduced from $200,000 to $150,000. The substitute was acrecd The bill, as amended.' was reported to the noute ana passed. , : ' ; f -", f Mr. Randall, from the Commitu on Appropriations, reported back the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill . with . Senate amen'dmenl8,recommending concurrence jn twenty-two of those amehdmenls and non concurrence in 236 amendments, ; 4 The Republlcaos demanded the reaiid? of the amendments seriatim ' ' " 'i f Ir Goff, of We t Va-. moved concur rence in ine amendment aDDrcnnatirp ror a puouc ouitding at Ulnrfcsburg, West Virginia, and on beine voted down raised the point of no quorum.;" Pending action the House at 5.10 adjourned, i SENATE. I w A8HISQTON. . Feb. 18. Bi s weie re ported frcm committees and placed on the caienuar as ionowa: Confirming ike title 'to certain lands In Florida. -ii . Chanemg the boundaries of the PYinrih Collection District of Virginia, j ! l i Mr. Evans presented the credentials of Frank Hiscock, Senator from the State of new York for tbe full term commencing March 4. 1887. Placed on file.! 1 i Mr. Edmunds presented the! conference report on the Utah Polvgamvi bill, in the shape of a substitute for both the Senate and House bills. The substitute, consisting of twenty-seven sections and occunvine nineteen printed pages, was read in full bv the clerk. Speeches were made against the conference report by Messrs. Vest. Call. Butler and Hoar, and in favor of it by Messrs. Edmunds and Ingalls.! The con ference report was agreed to yeas 37, nays 13 as follows: i A , ji ,Yeas Allison. Bowen. Cameron. Chcnv . Cockrell, Colquitt, Conger, Cullom.Dolpb, Edmunds, Evarts, Farwell. Frye, George, Hale, Harrison, Haw ley, Ingalls. Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada, McMillan, Mc Pherson, Mahone, Manderson, Msxey, Mil ler, Mhchell of Oregon, Morgan, 8pooner, Walthall. Williams, and Wilson of Iowa 37. - I ' ; - ... li Nays Blackburn. Brown. Butler. Call. Coke, Gibson, Hampton, Harris, Hoar, Kenna, Ransom, Vance and Whitthorne Id Fairs were announced between Btrrv and Teller, Vest and Plumb and Van Wyck and Gray. ' The bill now goes to the Presi dent. . '- - ... j! . The Sena'e then, at 3 o'clock, proceeded to consideration of the River and Harbor Appropriation bill. The bill irtnnrteri tv the Committee on Commerce as a substitute for tbe bill passed by the House was read in full, and then Various amendments were offered by the chairman of the committee (McMillan) and were adopted 1 These were generally an increase of amounts of various items i ; . On motion of Mr. Jones, of Arkansas. and after statements by himself and his colleague (Berry) the item for Arkansas river was increased from $125,000 to $150, 000 eas30, nays 14 ;. ' Ja motion or ; Mr. Butler, the item for improving Charleston harbor was increased from $150,000 to $300,000. with tbe under standing that the bill for that improvement passed by tbe Senate and pending in tbe House should be recalled. j li i Without disposing of the bill ihe Senate at 5 25 adjourned ti.l to morrow 1 t HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Naynes of New Hampshire slated that on Tuesday next at 3 o'clock he would ask the House ;to take appropriate action relative to the i death of Senator Pike of New Hampshire.' ' : ; f Considerable lime was . spent in a per sonal dispute between Mr. Tarsney, of Mich., and Mr. Ranney. of Mass , over the conference report upon a local Michigan bill. Mr. Tarsney accused Mr. Ranney of having acted in bad faith, which charge Mr. Kanney repudiated. j ! I Senate amendments to the Invalid Pen aion Appropriation bill were non-concur red in and a confreace ordered, i Mr. Townshend, from the Committee on Appropriations, i reported a i bill appro pnating 4,ooJ.l04 for tne payment of Mex ican and other pensions. It was referred to Committee of the Whole. : The vetoed pension bill of Simmons W. Hart was taken up and the House refused to pass the bill over the veto v ens 142, nays 98 not tho necessary two-thirds in tbe affirmative. J I On motion of Mr. Randall private busi ness was dispensed with and the House went into Committee of the Whole for fur ther consideration of the Senate amend ments to the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. . 1 I ; - Matters ran very easily, tbe recommends tions of the Committee on Appropriations as to concurrence or non concurrence being agreed to except in the case of an amend ment authorizing the President to expend $10,000 for the purpose of investigating tbe merits of a method practiced in Mexico and Brazil for preventing yellow fever by inoc ulation, which was concurred in, notwitn standing the recommendation of the Appro priation Committee to the contrary. After disposing of 196 of the 260 amendments the committee rose and the House at 5 o'clock took a recess until 7.30, the evening session to be for the consideration of pension bills ! ' SENATE, i . Washington, February 19. The pre siding officer presented an invitation of the Citizens Committee of Alexandria, va., to take part in the celebration of Washing ton s bu thday. ! laid on tbe table. Mr. Beck said tnat for years he bad ueen presenting petitions for the; repeal of tbe navigation laws, in the hope that Ameri cans might be able to own steamship lines on the ocean. He had now prepared a memorial on tbe same subject, signed by himself, and which he asked to have refer red to the Committee of tjommerce, before which committee be would ask to be beard, As a basis to show tbe importance of the matter, he also had referred i with his me morial an extract from the late speech of Count Yon Moltke, before the Uerman Reichstag, to show that wan is inevitable. Also, a newspaper extract in regard to the action of England toward her steamship lines. Referred to the Committee on Com merce.. ' r The resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Call, for the meeting of the Senate at 11 a. m., and adjournment at 9 p. m (with an hour's recess), was taken up and referred to the Committee on Appropriations, Mr. Beck stating that business was much more facilitated by giving committees time up to noon. He also staled that the Committee on Appropriations had now before it the Legislative bill, the naval i mil, tne uen- ciencv bill and other important matters. and that tbe Finance committee naa be fore it half a dozen important matters, and an extension of hours in the Senate was simolv cutting off committee work. The resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Moriran. for inauirv as to the settlement of the Virginiui claims against Spain and of the f elleuer and ii&zare claims against Hay ti, was taken up; and on motion of Mr. Eduunds referred to the Committee on Foreien Relations. !. Mr. Allison, from the Committee on Ap propriations, reported back the Military Academy Appropriation bill, and stated that the committee had reported but one amendment to it. Laid en the table. At 2 o'clock the unfinished the Nica ragua Canal bill was laid before the Sen ate. The presiding officer presented seve ral petitions from Ohio posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, for the passage of the Dependent's Pension bill over the Pre sident's veto. Laid on the table. - - Mr. Blair nreaented aetitlons from seve ral Grand Army posts for ; the passage of the Dependent Pension hill over the fresi dent's veto. Laid on the table. The Nicaragua Canal bill was laid aside and the River and Harbor bill taken up. On motion of Mr. Call, an item was insert ed for the survey of certain channels in Florida, and on motion of Mr. Morgan a like item was inserted for Mobile river. NO. 17 The bill was then formally laid aside and Mr! Jones, of Nevada presented tbe con-f ference report on the Trade Dollar Recoini age bill. After being aeain discussed the rei port was agreed to yeas 49. nays 5. The nays were Fry e, Gtorge. Jonep, of ArkJ, Morrill and Sherman. The bill now goes to the President. , ' I Tbe Senate resumed r.onsidfratinn nf t.hn River and i Harbor bill: An amendment offered by! Mr. YanWjck increasing tbe appropriations for Missouri river and pro viding that the appropriation shall be ex pended under tbe supervision of the Secre- gry of War, and that of tbe Missouri, iver Commission, which had not con eluded when the Senkta adjourned, at! o'clock, r -1 -: . :. -4 i'j . ; I TmTTSU". ftff IJTPPlli,.m?WTATrvT!a V Mr. ; Watson, of Indiana, from the Com mittee oh Invalid Pensions, reported back the Dependent Pension bill with the Presi dent's veto message thereon. He asked that tbe report be printed in the Record. and igave notice that he would call tho bill up for action on Thursday next. ir. JBrecxenridge. of Arkansas, obiected to the report being printed in the Record, ana tnereupon Mr. iiurrows, or Michigan, demanded that it be read, -I The Speaker decided that tbe renort must be read, and the clerk proceeded! to read iU v 3-. ,- . , . Mr. Breckenridge then rose to withdraw his objection, and was met with loud cries for ? 'regular order" from the ReDubHnan side. 1 i. .. I . Mr. Breckenridge finally was heard to withdraw his obiection. but it was imme diately renewed upon the Republican side and the reading continued. T Tne report states that two facts will! ar rest the attention of any one who reads the President's message. Tbe first is that no objection is made to Ibe bill on any ground of its: constitutionality, or '.he right! of Congress to enact the law is cot Questioned. The other is that the first section of tbe bill is not touched upon by the message and no intimation is given by tbe President as to whether that section, of itself em bodying an independent proposition and in precise form specifically urged by the Sec retary 01 tne interior- in bis, last annual re port, meets with his approval or disappro val.l ihe committee then analyzes! the objections, i "We regret," saj s the con?- mittee, "the strained interpretation put on the bill in the message as an excuse rather than a reason for returning it to the House, and: believe we do no injustice to the Exec utive when considering the whole message. to say that if its provisions had been plainer ana no question could have been raised as to whether : it included only those unable to labor, be would have interposed his ob jection. ; . It passes the compre hension of this committee to understand how the President could have overlooked in another bill (the Mexican pension I bill what are alleged as faults in this bill, j f Such distinction made by acts of the Presi dent, the committee cannot believe will1 be endorsed anywhere by the patriotic senti ment of this country ' .Referring to expen -ditujres of money which the enactment of this, bid into law -vould necessitate, the committee contends the estimate off tbe President is extravagant; but says thai no Consideration of possible cost should be allowed to come between depend ent) soldiers and tbe relief they; are entitled to receive from tbe country which they helped to save Reducing the wbdle question to one of money expedi ency,! it seemel to ibe committee that the surplus, in j tbe Treasury caa be best restored to the people in tbe manner in tbe billi I No bonded interest or hujze monopo lies could claim the money for its own. It would go to tbe people in small amounts and: would circulate among them. The bill bad been asked for on every band. Protests against it had only come from money centres, where all the money that did not turn their mills was considetfed as worse fLan wasted. In conclusion tbe committee 'subedited that the general tone of the message was to he fairly taken as expressive in advance of the President's purpose to use executive power to prevent any further legislation that would add any new; class to the pecsion list, or materially ncrease tbe cost thereof, based on the idea that the country was against it. The! com mittee was aware that there was a Senti ment of that kind, but insisted that it was not the controlling sentiment. The com mittee was loath to believe that tbe people Of the country were willing for tbe defend ers of the nation's honor and life to live du ring! their declining years in misery and want. On the contrary it believed that tbe people would prefer that those who made the laws should err on the side of mercy ra ther than on the side of too rigid economy in expenditures of public money in this di rection; and it further believed that it more taxes were necessary to meet this demand, they would cheerfully be paid by the peo ple, j- Holding fast, says tbe committee, to these views of our duties as legislators, and with cheerful willingness to answer here and elsewhere for the result of honest labors to relieve the indigent soldiers of out com mon1 country many sections of it coming as they dojf rom the many wars in wh have been tngsged, and with every ch we con Q dence of a right verdict upon the whole matter, we submit our bill again for the judgment of tbe House, and ask for it the most rigid criticism, believing it win tend to strengthen rather than weaken ill We recommend without a dissenting voice in this committee, that the bill do pass, not withstanding tbe objections of the Presi dent. .''.-?' The report was listened to with great at tention, though tbe reading was several times interrupted with applause, which 'broke out afresh when the concluding sen tence of tbe report showed that the com mittee was unanimous in its recommenda tion; ."-. ( - . I Mr. Matson asked unanimous consent that consideration be deferred until Thurs day next, and upon an obiection being in terposed by Mr. Bragg, of Wis . made a motion to postpone, which was earned 31 to 21 The Speaker announced the appointment of Mr. Hemphill, of South Carolina, as conferee on the trade dollar bill, and it was agreed to without debate or division, The House then went into Committee of the Whole for further consideration of tbe Senate amendments to the Sundry Civil appropriation bill Wben tne senate amendment appropria ting' $2,000 for the erection of fences around cemeteries in which tbe Confederate dead are buried near Columbus and on Johnson Island. Ohio, was reached, Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, raised a point of order against further amendments being attached by the Appropriation committee. and directing the Secretary of War to re port to Congress the number of Union and Confederate dead wno are not ounea in National, State, city or town cemeteries, and the probable cost of fencing ana max ing their graves. The point was sustained, and ! tbe committee's amendment to the Senate amendment was stricken out. Mr. Butterwortb. of Ohio, moved to concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment directing tbe Secretary of War to make an inouiry as to tbe number 01 Union soldiers buried in the same cemete ries with Confederates, and whether their resting places are unfenced and unmarked . This amendment was also ruled out on a point of order. After considerable debate the Senate amendment under discussion was non-concurred in, for the purpose of enabling the conference committee to frame a measure in accordance witn tne views 01 both sides of the House. ; - t ! Without further action the committee rose and the House adjourned, ELECTRIC SPARKS. The Senate committee . on Printing has agreed two to one to report adversely upon the nomination of Public Printer Benedict. W The report will be made at the next executive session. Phillips. Brcs. & ' Co., wholesale dry goods merchants, Baltimore, Md., have made a deed of trust for tne oenenioi ineir creditors to Wm: J. " Dickey, trustee, who filed a bond in the sum of $400,000. ' I - A serpent's fans is a little thing, but death Is frequently its victory. The smallest thorn of slander can rum for ever a woman s character. Spirits . Turpentine. Tbe Favetteville OSsertwri un der brother Haigh'a editorial management ' nus uectaeaiy improved. ' , - Southern Christian Advocate'. Rev. J. H. WheelerJ of the North fWnlina. Conference, but residing in Charleston, is slowly recovering from his recent illness. : Goldsboro Arnus'. We learn that Rev.Thos DiX'-n, Jr , has consented to deliver a lecture in tbe Messenger Ooera eluuw at an eany nay on iuugar A. foe. IOe. ': Bur-1 Miller Shelby "Aurora: Messrs! well Blanton, A. C. Miller, R R ana j. ie. uates bave formed a copartner-! ship for the purpose of erecting in Sholhv a' cotton factory of 2,000 spindles. The cash1 capital of this factory will amount Id $30.-! 000. i. - Sanford Menrens: The IWil-i mington Star laughed a little at old Curtis .41. tfrogaen for his spit slineinsr effort to make a speech in tho House. It is seldom a man Is foolish enough to shoot at a Star,. but Brogden did, and bis shot fell back on his head. : r 1 Durham Recorders It tis re ported that work will soon be commenced on the Durham & Lvnchbur? Railroad Some of the directors oueht to tee that t.hn Legislature grants a charter to extend the road to Fayettevillo via Lillington.- One man in Fayetteville will give 25 000 to have this road extended. 1 Asbeville Citizen: Surely de- cency and good taste should have re strained Mr. Pearson in his wanton and unjustifiable attack upon Lt. Govj. Sted man , in a meeting of his friends, -to a ma jority of whom Gov. Stedman was an en tire stranger, without giving that gentle man an opportunity to be heard or to de fend himself. ! Greensboro ' Workman:. Quito a large crowd attended tbe funeral of Miss Xsauelle Douglas Dick, youngeat daughter of the late Capt. Jas. M. Dick, at the Episcopal Church yesterday ; afternoon "Greensboro has 11 newspapers and periodicals." But really, we had to scratch our head, count and mark before we were able to verify the Courier's figures. Raleigh Advocate: TlieJ teach ers of North Carolina arc asking for tho establishment of . a Normal College In the State. They ought to have it. 4 Du ring tbe last fall term 121 studenjts regis tered at Trinity College, and ihe spring term opened with 93. The students have elected Mr. J. J . Scarboro. of Montgomery county, as chief manager, and Mr J. A. ltagan, of Guilford, chief marshal J -Floating item: Mr. Frank Brown, of Davie county, N. C. who has charge of the Government work on tbe Yadkin river, is in Washington The sum or $10,000 was appropriated bv the last River and Harbor, bill. No. appropriation is asked this session. At the next it is in tended to apply for $25,000 to complete tbe improvement. The work is between the railroad bridge at Salisbury and Bean's Btioais 14 miles; 27 miles bave been com pleted. , I . Monroe Enquirer -Express: Dr, T. H. Pritchard, pastor of the First Baptist church of Wilmington, lectured in tho Baptist Hall last Thursday night, (tin "The Tongue." He sustained his well known reputation as one of the best public speak ers in tbe State, and the large audience was delighted. Tbe lecture was instructive as well as entertaining. Judge Mont-, gomery is fulfilling tbe prediction which we made for him last week, and is pleasing our people immensely by his manner of presiding on the bench.. He Wears the ermine with grace and dignity, and literally makes things hum. y . J Raleigh News- Observer: Cbrie-j tian Rem has a new novel out entitled Miss Churchill: A Study!" -4 There - appears to be practically no opposition to the establishment of the proposed Agricul-I tural and . Mechanical College. Let the wishes of the people, therefore, tie wishes of the farmers as formally expressed through their representatives, be carried out as far and as promptly as possible. 1 The Governor has received an old oil por4 trait of Hon. Montford Stokes, (who was -Governor of tbe State in 1830-'32L It was presented to Dr. C. L. Stokes, a 'grandson' of the Governor.' It will be restored and placed in the collection of portraits of Gov ernors of North Carolina, j Charlotte Chronicle: To the Wilmington Star, we believe, is the credit due for being tbe first paper in North Car olina to discuss the necessity of having tho, criminal statistics of this State compiled.' The object is obvious. The patrons of tbe United Press Association in JNorlh Car olina and Virginia held a meeting in Rich mond yesterday for tbe purpose of arrang ing for an improved and more extensive telegraphic service. Uol. JHartin is still steadily improving and is now regarded as out of danger. - The bard times bave had the effect of inducing the country mer chants to buy almost exclusively and in smaller lots irom our home dealers instead of sending their orders to Northern houses, and from this it seems that som good can result from hard times. I ' Asbeville Advance: Gen. John stone Jones slipped on the frozen ground yesterday morning, and sprained hia right wrist. IN o bones were broken. 1 wai ter Bingham, the deaf mute murderer, is a nephew of the author of Bingham s gram mar, extensively used in ourj schools. 1 This is an error. He is a son. Col. William isingbam wrote tbe two admirable gram mars, Greek and Latin Star As Representatives Lon Wells and jtbehmond Pearson and Engrossing Clerk Davies were riding in a carriage from the depot to thp city last night, the vehicle was Upset over an embankment on Depot street. Mr. Wells received a very ugly and painful wound on the leg and Mr. Davies was con siderably cru8hed,but not seriously injured. Mr. Pearson escaped injury. rFayettcville Observer: Ye learn that Hope mills are in a flourishing condi tion under tbe supervision of Mr. Cotton, the superintendent. They are making plaids equal to the best. A dyo houss; 30x70 feet is now being bunt, sp that nereaiter tne yarns may be dyed at home instead of at the North, as is now the case. An addition . to tbe factory is now contemplated, and seventy-five spindles will be put in. . . Yesterday, a utile after '& o clock, Mr, Da-, vid A. Ray, one of our oldest and most es teemed citizens, passed away, tie was one of tbe connecting links between the past and the present, being over 80 years of age. He needs no eulogy. Froai a conver sation with one or two gentlemen who ven tured in raising tobacco last year, we learn that although the year was very bad and they had to go to great expense in build ing houses, hiring overseers and experts, r and had many difficulties to overcome, that ; they are satisfied that it is a better paying I crop than cotton, and that good, bright to bacco can be raised as easily here as else where. Died in Fayetteville on the night of the 10th inst., after lingering 111'. ness, Robert w. Bcaniin, only ton 01 n. 1. Scanlin. He was called home when just upon the threshold of a vigorous manhood. Salisbury Watchman Dr. Tyre York, "the member from Trap Hill," was. in town on Sunday. He looks ten years . older than when we saw him last two I, years ago. Republicanism has dealt harsh ly with bim. and it is a pity Itbat a man with the Dr. 'a natural sense should i go down to his grave antagonizing his coo-; science a disease that' kills quickly. - Recently there has been an influx of Penn sylvania capitalists into this j State. The well known "Marion Bullion uo , ope- rating in the "Brackettown distnct r of McDowell county, probably tops tne icau. There have followed this first investment two other corporations known as "Tbe North Carolina Bullion Co.,'f and "The Southern Bullion Co." There are a dozen or more experts and mineralogists .now searching in the middle jand western counties of North Carolina for va rious useful and valuable minerals. Ex plorations for corundum are being conducted in Yancey and Macon counties. Recently a company has i&een organ ized in Chicago for the purpose of develop ing certain large iron pre beds which aro known to exist in the. northwesters part of . North Carolina. These iron beds are im mense and are traceable for six, eight and ten miles. They are of a quality to justify . the expenditure of vast sums in developing and working them. This Chicago company was organized with a capital stock 01 two and one-half million dollars, and the entire stock was taken by six men, so the writer ia informed. These gentlemen intend to begin operations at an early date. ' We reallv would like to see a few of the tears dropped by a crying evil. -v-'" I . "T:: I 1 U. KM!'- W 1! : .1 'J-'-l