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; ; I it M - L ' v. 1 AC WeCKlY ; 3H2Iw WM.H.BESNAED,EditoraiidProp'r. WILMINGTON, M 0. Fbidai Febbuaet 25, 1887. i writing to change Fyonr:adire,ia I ner direction aa well as full particulars aa I 1 ShSwSST! fSSpapS "to bT.ent Hereafter. Unleou do boto change. cbe w-Honoes oi mamaCT or ire "ujirj I . Respect, Kesolut-Ons oi xnanu. tJSpc hSJViJi irriage or Death. 'J . '" . lor ai rates rata M of Marriage or Death. ro.mMotuyM must, he made bv Cheok.Draftr rChi Postal Money Order or Registered tetter. Port mastera will register letters when des ired, t-Only such remittances will be it the risk of the publisher. i - j ' "Specimen copies forwarded wfren desired. TO ASHE VI HE WHAT FILMING TON MAY DO. The opinion prevails thatj the Oar- elina Central Railroad wi 1 be ex- tended to Asheville. A bill has in the passed its final reading! Ilouae to ' allow counties to sub- scribe to the capital stock in or der to insure its construction The extension of-this road to the j ... . . I ' .f I growing and important lown oi i Asheville cannot fail to benefit Wil mington It opens up a tectum to our business men that offers a wider J afield for business enterprise and is , Bure te prove beneficial to the people I TTT 1 L a 1 V x 1 at. either terminus. vvnemer iub people, of Wilmington will do any thing to make the proposed extension a certainty is more than wo know.. " At tbiB time Wilmington occu pies a peculiar vantage ground.- The eyes of more Northern businessmen and capitalists are directed this way than at any former period of time. It is possible for Wilmington to be- come the most important tide water' I town between Norfolk and New Or- leans. It is possible to make it the great coaling station on the Atlantic coast. It is possible to mike it the naval stores market for supplying the Lake portion of this country. We mean just what we say, and there are wide awake, pushing North ern men who see Wilmington's capa bilities if our people do no j see them. The Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad will be built. There is' no doubt of it. Already there are thousands of laborers at work upon it. It will go through that (portion of North Carolina that th Carolina Central taps. It will pass through the richest coal and iron mines, and will open up vast resources for trans portation. Now what is to hinder a great deal of the products of the mines from coming to Wilmington. If he Car- olina Central is on good terms with the three C.'s railroad why Laay not vast stores come to this cityf Then with the Cape Fear and Yadkin Val ley Railroad tapping finally ihe rich iron mines and coal mines of our State, why may not Wilmington be come the great coaling station, and why shall not thousands of tons of ore be shipped here for sea transpor tation? ''' In this connection we may say we are glad to learn that many of our wholesale merchants are doing such a satistactory trade, in ere is an opening here for two or three lines of business, as we learn, but the per sons to undertake it must have capi tal, be full of enterprise and under stand how to compete with other towns. I SUPPORT THE PROFESSORS. . IJev. Dr. Mangam, whose sweet and lovable character commends him to all who know him, in an interest ing article in the Raleigh Chronicle, puts in a timely plea as to the pro fessors salaries at the University.. We hope no friend of higher educa- tion, and of course no friend of the University in the Legislature will think of supporting any bill that will reduce the income of the jjniversity one dollar. We would be glad to see $35,000 appropriatedj annually for the next twenty-five years for the sustentation of our greatest literary ornament. The University has been a great credit and honor to North Carolina. If $35,000 were voted it would be a much less sum than other Southern States give to their State colleges and Universities. J Do not think of crippling the University by reducing its annual fund. The true idea is to make it better to push- it higher to offer greater advantages to the student to have more thorough instruction year by year. To do this requires money. Men of North Car olina, make it the rival of the best. Legislators of the State, se e io it that no detriment' befalls an institution that has graduated more men of dis- unction ana usefulness tnan any other in the South with but one ex- i ception, and that has been jj of such positive value to North Carolina and the whole South. 1 The pay of the instructors is little U ' T.. !l -I j enough now. But he.ar our friend Professor Mangnm, whose statements may be safely relied uporj. Ue says: I'll "If our salaries are reduced my work cannot be kept up s it ought to be. I lived on what I received in the ministry, and I live on what I receive ihere. I feel "that I earn what I receive a living. To live more plainly than I am living here I must take time from my wort: as a profes- , sor, or go where I could afford what a man cannot afford while be seeks to fill accepta bly and successfully a chair in the State University. We get here only two-thirds of the salary of the professora at the UnK vcrsity of Virginia. Even there I learn of one oi ine proiessors fauna ttoardera tn . . , . ... " - helo out his exnenses. It hIpH. w ti.1 trial for one to learn that the life of a pro- feasor is very expensive. "I do wish all the legislators could come uere ana see things ror themselves. They ought to come . And I do wish they would in someway eet through with that tor menting and ruinous agitation! about the University, as it is frightening off patronage uj ucsiruyiog oonnaence. mL... !. - wni tfrA tlia Honcta to abolish free scholarships at the Uni, have said that in our. judgment such a repeal was necessary iut iu fare and stability of the University, and in order to be just to the colleges and , classical schools of the State. There have been many abuses under , . ; .J te law and it 19 wrong to Etax men , UniversitV M - free - " . . school, while denying equal privileges to the denominational colleges. vtr;a . thia nhnrvriona feature and Wipe out this obnoxious feature and we believe that all over the State the Methodists, Baptists and: Presby terians will unite to - make the Uni versity the equal of any Northern Ujniversity if it takes a quarter of a century to accomplish it. J , lldlSe IN HOBTII CAKU1IM, GEORGIA AND OTHER! SOUTH ERN STATES. : ( " ' : . ' In the production of tobacco and the high prices obtained for it North Carolina leads the other States, j; A good tobacco year will show that J . ' : L .t..L.'. there are iarraers growing wucw who make more to the.j) acre, tne horse, er the hand than any other farmers on the American continent. We know personally men - who have made from $400 to 1600 to the acre, ! p trrv 1 A ff v Ittfn and from $700 to $1,400 to the handJ These are of - course exceptions, but they are veritable men.V We can send the inquiring tt sections where these results are obtained almost ejery year. Then there are men! in the beet cotton sections, as we re cently mentioned, who average a 400 pound bale, ; or more, to the acre. Such instances may be found in sev- eral of our leading counties, We remember that a man by the name of Dicken, in Edgecombe county, realized from his own labor and one horse, 21 bales of cotton. Good farming can be found in North Caro lina, but it does not abound. Id certain . sections yon. will find the farmers wide awake and busy io en riching thfcir acres. j But we wish to call attention to farming in Georgia. . We; wish to let o it reader see what a judicious and intensive j stem.. will do. The At lanta Constitution has been publish ing some facts to show what was done in 1885 and 1886. We, invite special attention tq the. results, and ask if what Georgia did cannot be done also iri North Carolina? If not, why not? Will not the use of the same means produce like results? Ifour Geor gjans contested in 1885. They made on 20 acres 66$ baes cotton weigh- ing, 450 punds each. This was an average of 3 bales. Each planted five acres. sWe gives names, &o.: I Lbs. lint - Fertilizer cotton Post-office used. ts. 5 acres ..Lattrange...). 3,600 7,898 Kame. i Georee w. Trul. Daniel H. Ponder. .Hampton .. 3,xo 7,x 6 M Davis & ton.. Pope's Ferry.. 2,i00 7,544 8,877 BJ W. -Jerry. FairUnrn..... 1.5C0 To ni on 2D acre ..10 6)0 8978 Ave -see per acre. t3 pounds of fertilizer, 1.493 pounds if lint cotton. This was excellent. It shows what judicious, scientific farming will ac complish. Bat this was badiy beaten the- next year, for on 20 acres four farmers made 92 bales. Here are the names, &c: Lbls. lint Fertilizer cotton, used, tibs. 5 acres Name. C. Sims.. Post-office. ..HogansTllle. 2, 0 10(W7 2,620 10,809, 3, 00 10.793 7.860 ,8.833 A. X J ll.j 1 WUlVkW, . M. C. Py ron.... Palmetto Geo. W. Trn!tt..La Orange O. Kay. I ToUlon 80 acres. J 15,351 4l,87i Averag- per tore, 7C7 pound i of fertilizer. S.CttS poands of lint cotton. Only one of the farmers of 1685 ie among these contestants. Here we see nearly five bales weighing 450 pounds each grown to j the acre. There were some two hundred con testants from South Carolina, Ala . bama and Georgia, but Georgia beat. But behold what two. hundred far- I mers by au advanced system accom- plished. They averaged in 1885, 732 pounds of lint cotton to the acre, or more than l bale; in 1886, they averaged 960 pounds, or more than 2 bales to the acre. I ! j Now tie Constitution shows that the great results were secured with-, out very much fertilizer, and that lo calities had not much to do with if. It says: I "Mr 81 ids, with ODe ton of fertilizer on five acres raided 10,887 pounds of cotton. It cost him $30 to fertilize his five acres, and hti took oil of them $902 worth of lint cotton. About the same result was i BAhiijIicil tivj Matofa T. r .Or T ostn If Truitt, who took the first premium jear before last, put nearly four tons or rerun zer on bis five acres last year, but did not reach as good a result by 2,000 pounds of cotton as Mr. Sims, who used only one ton of fertilizer." The two hundred contestants were scattered over three States. The Constitution draws this authorized conclusion: '! "' . "This demonstrates that the average lands throughout the South, taken any where and properly treated, will produce two bales of cotton to the acre, instead of one bale to three acres, as is now the aver age. It shows also that no man has a pat ent ouae process, dui mat out or two nun d red-farmers who tried it, the entire num ber averaged over two bales to the acre." But there was also a j contest in I corn planting. In 1885, over 300 con I A ' 'PL El. .J 'oi 1 1.-1. tested,. They averaged 81 bushels of shelled corn to the acre. In 1886, more farmers contested than in 1885, and averaged 102 bushels to the acre. The farmer who took the single acre premium raised 184 bushels of shelled corn on one acre. The Constitution says: - - - I "They'prove that any man who tieaUhis land light will be enriched by its product. ney prove mat intensive iarming is me proper method of farming, and that it is cheaper to cultivate a small farm well than tn porath tho ..f. - 1.--- 1 u M . BVU v, t IO! KV UMUMHUU, I Th im-oo th. . k i.u. a .TtiT- "" i " ? much cotton as be has been accustomed to get irom sixty acres, and that the cost of cultivation is very much less. By making five acres give him the cotton that fifty acres formerly gave, he can put forty-five acres down to grass or in other crops, mak ing enough to support him and his family the year through on the five acres intensive ly larmeu. In al. of pur best ooanties there are landa that produce 50 bushels of oorn in the ear to the acre.' Wet have known more lhaq 2T barrels :to be produeeciand' without Apy manure. In draren,:. Halifax; reeneyPitt, Washingtorv Hyde-andothef coun ties there are lands that easily grow eight or ten barrels in the ear to -the acre. -; ; With cultivation . -therer r lands in North Carolina" 'that' wilTl equal any under the sun, we nave no doubt, v But our. farmers "may learn something; worth knowing from .b,e facts taken from the Atlanta paper, f ANOTHER OHAlfGB. :-0 The Republicans have a new dodge.' Not content ; with trying to : remand the twenty seven negro counties to the ' dominanoy of the negro party they are also , attempting to change the manner of appointing judges of eleo ion. ; If what was said by Re' publicans is true there is ground for coinpliinU ..It . was; urged -that: in some Democratic counties the most ignorant Republican judges of elec tion were chosen. But granting the truth of this statement does it follow that this was done With1 ''malice pre pense" that is in order to obtain an undue advantage? ' Perhaps, these selections were made ex-necessitate, and bt cause they were . the best in the "Republican shop." ' When the Republicansj were driven to put such ignorant lawyers as Sam Watts, Cai.non and Cloud on the Bench the Democrats may be driven to select ing very ignorant men as judges of leclion when they have to select from tb Republicans in some town-1 ships. '.. . i r. But thin proposed change is only another "tub thrown to the whale." 'Deraagogism is on lop in the Legis lature. It is a time of superlative mediocrity. J It is not how the inter ests of the State may.be best con served and promoted, but how can we bamboozle the "dear people," trick the Democrats ! and affect the next f-ltction. t The bill will go to the Senate, and if regarded as of, doubtful expediency or: unwise it will probably come to its death.- ' I '. ... : ! ' TIIK NEXT SENATE. Yon will not catch Republicans napping. Sherman has refeigned the Presidency of the Senate so as to elect a- member President pro tern. whofe term shall go beyond the ex piration of the! present Congress. The writer in thej New York Star refer red to jt8terdiy by us, says the first business upon the meeting of the Senate after! the 49ih Congress ex pirts will be the qualification of the Senators-elect, There are just 25 qualified Senators of each party. It is within the power of the Democrats to prevent any new member to be sworn in until the Republicans allow the Senators e'ect fromjndiana and New Jerst-y lb qualify on their cer tificates. But then something else may occur, and the Star's Washing ton letter suggests that ' something and the remedy as follows: vBut' tuppoBe Riddiebercer votes with Democrats, and some one makes a motion that the States be called alphabetically, and Senators e'.ent qualify as their States are called This motion would prevail by twenty-six to twenty-four. By the time Indiana was reached. Hearst, Gray and the ri. nca Senator would nave increased tne Oetcoc-atic strength to twenty-eight with out Riddlcberenr, and Hawley would make twenty-sir Republicans with Riddleberirer. Followinit the Fame rule down to Hew Jersey, there would be. when Sewell'a suc cessor presetted himself, thirty-two Quali fied Democrats, thirty-two qualified Re publicans and Riddleberaer. When the roll call was fl fished there would be a full Senate, cor sis' iog of thirty-seven Dem ocrat, thirty-eight Republicans and-Rid dleberger. l 'It may be asked what difference it will make whether lh Indiana and New Jersey Senators arc sworn in on tne nrst or a eub- wqu- nl day 71 All the difference in the world Without lunn there will be thirty five Demcciata, thirly-eieht Republicans and Ridd ebergtr. a clear Republican ma jority of two jiThis msjority can keep out l urpie and ihe iSew Jersey Uemccrat in nenniiely. Will the Democrats be wide- awake also? he President has vetoed two more Senate private pension bills. Grand and Petit Larceny. A bill is before the State Legislature which, if it become a law, will fill all the jiils in the eastern counties of the State to repieuon. it recites "tnat there shall be a distinction in ibis 8. ate between grand lar ceny and petit larceny, whether the offence charged, be larceny at common law or made so by statute. All larcenits in , this State, of aitick'8 of value less than twenty dollars. shall be petit larceny, ami all other lar cenies shall .be grand Urcjny, aod rpetit larceny shall be a misdemeanor, punished byj imprisonment in the Common iil of the county where the offence is CDmmitted, and liable to be worked on the public roads of the county in which convicted: Provided, that no person; convicted of petit larceny shall be imprisoned for a longer term than two years Killed od the Rail A correspondent of the Star, writing from Tarboro, N. C, Feb. 22d, says that a colored woman named ! Bettie Harris was killed at that place about 11 o'clock Mon day morning last. The woman was walk ing on the railroad track near the depot. when she was struck by a flat car attached to a shifting engine and run over. Both cf her legs were cut off just below the knee by the wheels of the engine and car pass ing over them.! 8he died in half an hour after the accident. No ! blame Is attached to any one. il 1 ' For Cholera, JHarrliaa, Dyentery, Inflam v mation of the Bowls, or Colic. ' Take Internally from five to ten drops of Darbys Prophylactic Fluid in a tablespoon ful of water every hour or two till improve-' ment takes place. There is no danger in take more of It and more frequently jf oc caaion requires, In chronic cases, or when the stomach refuses to retain anything else, use injections or the Fluid and water- ' We have never known a case that did not readily yield to such, treatment, and it saved the lives of many. t The Excelsior, a small steamboat plying; between - Wilmington and points on the Northeast river overturned and sunk at a place called Cowpens, about twelve miles aDove .thity, between? two "and three o'clock yesterday morning. The boaf waa on the way down and had on board ; about five tons of fertilizers, belonging to the Messrs. French' Bros, . ten barrels of tar and a bale of cotton. The night being very darHf Capt. '.Dixie, ? in command of the boat, tied her - up v at Co wpens... along" sideji of ilat in charge of colored man named Williams., The line : with which the boat was made fast to the shore proved to be too short for safety, for . when the tide rose during the night it held the boat down and the water poured in over the side and overturned her. - The crew were all ' asleep, but Williams, on the flat, was awake, and aroused the steamboat -men in time to enable.: them to .escape, but barely with their lives, for they saved nothing of their clothing ; but what they had on, not even hats or shoes. 1 The Excelsior belongs to Mr. B. F. Penny of this city, who bought the boat at auc tion a few weeks ago for $400. The owner sent assistance yesterday - afternoon to the! crew of the steamer, who were on Williams' flat, and will take steps to re- cover the boat and machinery. As the boat overturned it is provaMe that her boiler is at the bottom of the river, and at a point where the water is about twenty feet deep. Faner! of the Late W. N. Bowden. 1 ' The funeral of the Into William N. Bow- den took place Sunday afternoon last, from' the residence, corner of Chesnut and Second stree e. j The services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Yates, of the First M- E. ChurcbJ . The lwge attendance and the numerous floral offerings attested to the great esteem in which Mr.' Bowden was held in the community. One of the floral tributes was a shield made of white flowers, across he frunt'of which were the initials fV." N B in purple violets. . It was a voluntary offering from the "telegraph operat rs and agents of the Carolina Cen tral Company all along the line of the rail road from Wilmington to Rutbcrfordton. The officers and many employes of the. company in this city, with whem the de ceased was deservedly popular, assembled at the. company's building on Front street and attended the funeral in a body. With them was a delegation from Raleigh, con sist in of Mr. F. W. Clark. Mr. Bowles, Mr. Ei, Jones and Mr. Kim Weathers. The Span tab Barque fflarla. A conference was held Monday between the owners of the barque Maria and canro and representatives of the Smith ville pilots and other who picked up the vessel when she was abandoned and brought her into port. It is understood that the owners offered to compromise the claim of the salvors by paying $5,000, but that this offer was re jected, and that the question of the amount of salvage to be paid will have to be deter mined by the courts. The owners will give the necessary bond and take the vessel on to New; York, i ; -: -.. J '. ' Sal vase to be Paid on the Spanish Barque ALarla. Afte several conferences between the J i parties in interest an agreement was reached yesterday on the question of the amount to be paid, as salvage on the Spanish barque MariaA fixing it at $5,500, of which the owners of the pilot boat Oriental will re-. ceive $2,000 and Mr. J. W. Harper, owner of the steamer' Blanche, $3;500.' The tug IF. J. Pride has arrived at Bmithville to tow the barque to New York, and the crew of the vessel left their comfortable quarters in the Seaman's Home yesterday afternoon and went down on the Louise. . The pilots in their statement say that they spoke the barque the day before she went on Frying pan sheab, and warned the captain of the danger of sailing in the di rection he was going. The next day they saw a vessel on .the shoals, and ran down and boarded her: found that she r was the same vessel they : had spoken 1 the day before, but that there was no one on her; the sails were all set, and an anchor dropped, but the anchor chain had been unshackeled and the end fastened to a rope that would have broken bad the ship pulled on it. The pilcts started to Smithville to get a lug, and on the way met the Blanche, towing a vessel out. Two of the pilots went on board the Blanche and . reported the matter, when the Blanche ran down to the barque, took her in tow and brought her into Smithville. tne captain of the Spaniard bad gone ashore at the Life-Saving Station, where be told the men that he and his crew had to abandon the barque to save their lives. He had with him the vt-sseT compass, chaits and papers, and all his personal effects and those of the crew. The pilots deny Ibat they prevented the master from boarding the vessel after .her arrival at Smithville,-saying that he never offered to do so. j And it is also denied that he en deavortd to get a tug to go to the barque when he went ashore. Connty Government. ' Pearson's bill to modify the present sys tern cf county government comes up as the special order in the House of Represent fives to-day. jtt- provides that on the first Monday in December, 1888. the joint boards of county commissioners and justices of the peace shall be abolished, and that all the rights, powers and duties of said joint board shall be vested in the board of county com missioners exclusively; that the county com missioners shall be elected biennially upon the same lules and regulations as are now provided for in the election of members of the General Assembly ; the first election to be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1888. Before entering upon office each county commissioner shall give bond for the faithful performance of his duties, t The penalty of the bond shall be one-fifth of the tax levied for county pur poses in the fiscal year preceding the filing of the bond ; the bond to be justified before and approved by the probate judge, with the right of appeal to the Judge of the Su perior Court The act is to be submitted to the voters "of the State for ratification and approval, at a general election to be held on Tuesday next after the first Mon day in November; 1887, under the same rules as are now provided for the election oi uovernor. A lalek Trip ; The schooner Oeorgie L. Drake, Capt. Goldthwaite, which arrived here yesterday from Sanchez, San Domingo, a distance of eleven ! hundred and eiehtv-flve miles: made the run in seven days. The schooner left Wllmineton for San Domingo in Janu ary last, making the round trip in thirty- seven aays. ' i . The British schooner Ferland was cleared yesterday by Edward Kidder's Son, f or Barbadoes, W. I., with 115,000 feet of lumber, valued at $1,725. Messrs. Worth & Worth cleared the German barque Prospero yesterday, for Riga, Russia, with 3,240 barrels of rosin. valued at $3,210. FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. Private Penalona v Vetoed. inaiB contested Election' Cm iAnd lw tr-Hlvei- Hsurkor -Appropriation Tne niearacou uani pn - by the Senate, -flv 'VVs : By Telegraph to the Horning Star.! -. riiJ'rSENATE.:; r-; A iv WABBraoTOK, Feb. 21 The presiding officer laid before the Senate messages from the President falread v oubllanea) ve- toing the bills granting pensions to John Keed. Jr.. and unawotte trreair-; weierrea to the committee on Pensions. :te ! c. Mr. Blair asked the presiding officer how it was that those veto messages bad been published before being submitted to .the Senate J t'- SV ; vJ The nresidine officer replied tnat they had been received on Saturday afternoon at an hour when it was not convenient to lay them before the Senate, but that they were then "public property." --. .-i; v ' Tne presiumg omcer preseniea peuuons from a large number of Grand Army Posts of Ohio for the passage of the Dependent Pension bill over the President's veto. Laid on the table. (Similar petitions were also presented by several other Senators.) ; , Mr. wnittnorne introaucea a dui io au thorize the construction of an arsenal for the manufacture of ordnance and ordnance stores for the use of the Government of the United States at Columbia. Tenn. Referred to the select committee on Ordnance.'. The Senate at 3.40 resumed consideration of the River - and Harbor Appropriation bill, the Question beins on the amendment offered by Mr, Van Wyck on Saturday last to the item of $300,000 ror improving tne Missouri river, and which was to the effect that $100,000 should be expended at Atchi son, JTort Leavenwortn. Arrow kock, Omaha, &c. He modified it so as to direct the expenditure of half the $300,000 at those points, under direction oi tne (secre tary of War. The amendment as modified was agreed to. .-.: Mr. flumn moved to amena tne Mis souri river section bo as to place the expen diture of ' the entire appropriation . uuaer control of the Secretary of War. Agreed to. The bill was reported to the. Senate from the Committee of the Whole, and was passed without division. A committee of conference was asked on points of differ ence between the two Houses, i The Senate then at 4 o'clock took up the bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal Co. or Nicaragua. i A question as to other companies having charters from the republic of Nicaragua was brought up by Mr Hoar; and in con nection with it, Mr. Vest mentioned the American, Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Company as having a charter from Nicara gua, and said that he bad been informed by the president of the company that the company nad expended ten millions in surveys and work and that the concession was still in full rorce. ue sent to tne clerk's desk and had read the Opinion of an eminent legal firm in New York to the effect that the right conferred upon the company under the contract oi 1S4U survived unim paired. He knew that Admiral Ammen claimed that that contract was terminated, and that Mr. Frelinghuysen when Secretary of State, made tne same claim, ae Knew nothing about it except that the president of this company, Mr, 'Blackburn, had been introduced to him by a member of the House of Representatives and had been vouched for as a man of character and credit.- He held that Congress should not guarantee an act of incorporation when these conflicting claims were brought to its attention Mr Vest offered an amendment that the act shall have no force or effect until a con elusion shall have been secured from the Government of Nicaragua and shall have been submitted, to'and approved by Con gress The bill was then passed yeas 38. nays 5 The nays were BerryL Coke, Jones . , : i ' tr . ; oi Araansas. aiaxey anu veswt 1 The bill incorporates Frederick Bilhncs. Chas P. Daly, H L. Hotchkiss, Francis A. a. out, V. 13 Franklin. Daniel Ammen, Won. L Money, Horace Davis. Edward F. Beale, James U McMulien, Shepherd Ho mans, and their associates, as the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua,1 with princi pal r-fflce in New York city. ! The capital stock is to be not less than fifty nor more than a hundred millions. Ten- per cent, is to be payable when the subscriptions to the capital stock are re ade, and future pay ments are to be maue as the board oi direc tors may determine. The aggregate of all charges, dues and towage is to be reasona ble, and not to exceed two dollars and fifty cents' ner ton weight of total of all cargo. fuel and supplies included on board any vessel in transit; or not exceeding a dollar and a. quarter per ton actual displacement of any steam vessel, and a dollar and seventy-five cents per ton actual displacement of any sailing vessel . The United States is to exercise such control over tne canal as pro vided for by the treaty with Nicaragua, and not inconsistent with any treaty obligations oT the United 8tates with any power, and is to enjoy its unobstructed use at half rates for troops, munitions of war and mails. If stock to the amount of ten mil lion dollars be not subscribed and ten per cent, thereof actually paid in within two years, or if the work of construction shall not have'actually commenced; and been in progress within four years, the corporation shall be deemed to have expired by limita tion, and all its franchises to have ceased and determined . ' j A resolution heretofore offered by Mr, Butler for the appointment of a select com mittee of five to visit places along the Mex ican frontier and the Uity oi Mexico, with the approval of .the Mexican Government. to inquire into disturbances that may have occurredand their causes, with power to send for persons and papers.employ a steno grapher and sit during the recess, was ta ken up and referred to the committee on Foreign Relations. - i Messrs. McMillan, Conger and Ransom were appointed conferees on the River and Harbor Appropriation bill. i Mr. Rlddleberger moved, that in honor of the memory of the "Father of HisCoun try," the Senate adjourn over to-morrow. Negatived yeas 18, nays 42. The yeas were Aldncn, tsiacaourn, urown, uame ron, Cockrell, Evarts, Jones of Ark.. Mc Millan, Mitchell of Oregon, Morgan, Pal mer, Payne, Piatt, Ransom, Kiddleberger, Varcp, Vest, and WhitthorneJ After a secreV eession the Senate ad journed.- i j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ; Mr. Henderson, of N. C. from the com mittee on Elections, submitted a report on the Indiana contested election case of Kidd against Steele, and it was laid over until Thursday. The report, - which is unani mous. confirms the right of Steele, the contestee. to the seat. i - Mr. Cobb, of Ind., then called up the c inference report (report of disagreement) on the bill repealing the preemption timber culture and desert land laws, i Mr. Stone, of Mo., said that the rapid augmentation ot the population or the coun try, the rapid decrease of the area of public lands, and the growing demand lor houses. had led the Committee on Public Lands to report a measure to the House providing for the repeal of the preemption timber cul ture and desert land laws, under the ex isting law a single person could enter 160 acres under the homestead, 160 acres under the preemption, 160 acres under the timber culture law, and 640 acres under the desert land law: malting a total or. l.iau acres, The committee had considered it wise and more humane that the lands should be dis tributed in smaller quantities to a greater number of people, outrageous and scan dalous abuses had grown up under the ex . isting laws which been taken advantage of by cormorants and land sbarKS, in order to secure millions of acres of public lands. These abuses the committe, had sought to correct. Tne Dill went to the Senate, which had adopted a substitute for it, practically agreeing to all that tne House had asked, but it had gone further and Inserted sev eral provisions to which the House con ferees could not agree. An irreconcilable difference ot opinion existed among the conferees as to the 8th section of the sub stitute That section provided' that after final proof of the claimant and the issuing of duplicate receiver's receipt, if it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the commis sioner that fraud has entered into the title unless it shall appear that the land has been sold or conveyed to a bona fide nun chaser for valuable consideration, the Commissioner shall suspend the issuing of a ratent for the same, and file with the Attorney General notice of suiA. suspen sion; and it Bhall be the dnty of the Attorney -. General to commence proceedings to set aside such title. if in his - judgment the proceedings can be maintained. This action,- Mr. Stone regarded as inimical to every idea of sound legislation, and of sound morals -and hon esty. .The debate upon the question raised oy this section occupied the entire after- moon session. - At its "expiration, oy a vote of 86 to 88. the report oi , the conrerees was accepted ;, :UM::V:.;:If:-!, Mr. (JOUD men movea mat iuc nuuso ic fuso to recede from its disagreement to the Senate amendments, and agree to a request for further conference. -Pending the ques tion. Mr. Perkins moved tnat tne tiouse recedo from its disagreement, to sections of the bill and consent to the same, with an amendment, v Rejected 03 to . mr. Cobb's motion : was then agreed to and a further conference was ordered.- i - -; r On motion of Mr. Morrison, u was order ed that the dally hour for meeting of the House shall be ll o ciocbc. ; Adjourned. ' - f , SENATE. - ' 1 . . Washington. February 22. Mr. Riddle-' berger presented a petition of the druggists of Richmond,Va., for a repeal of the inter nal revenue taxes. . Kererred to tne finance Committee...' . .' x .'.' ; .;j - Also, a netition against tne rauncaiion or the extradition treaty, with Great Britain. Mr. Rlddleberger said he nad a numoer oi such petitions from New York, Boston and other cities, but he had hesitated about pre senting them in open session. ' rt - The nresidlns omcer said tnat ordinarily such petitions were presented in executive session. -. .,- ' ' y: The following bills were reported from committees and placed on the calendar: - ' To regulate the pay oi omcers or ine Atiny and-Navy, who refuse or neglect to provide for the support of their families. Establishing a National quarantine sta tion near Key West, Fla. Tee presiding omcer preseniea ine ioi- lOWing: -v ; :i .--j To the Senate of the United Utates: :- ; , . 8iotatobb My office as President pro tempore of the Senate will necessarily ter minate on the 4th of March next with my nreeect term as Senator. It will promote the convenience of the Senate and the pub lic service to elect a Senator as president pro tempore wnose term exienas Deyona that date, so tnat ne may auminisier ine oath of office, to Senators elect and aid in organization. I therefore respectfully re sign that position, to take effect at One o'clock p m. on Saturday next, February 26th Permit me, In doing so, to express my heartfelt thanks for the uniform cour tesy and forbearance shown me while in the discharge of my duties as presiding of ficer by every member or the Benate . f r Very truly yours, r r ' - - - John Sherman. The communication was ordered to be entered in the Journal and placed on file Mr Rlddleberger ottered a resolution ror the puSrication of all papers and documents on the -Senate files relating to the rejection of ihe nomination of James C. Matthews as Recorder of Deeds for the District of Co lumbia. Adop'ed. Mr. Riddlebercer want ed the reasons for his vote against the con-. firmation to go before his constituents. - Thv Senate at 2.15 took up the District of Columbia Appropriation bill. The bill was read and passed without amendment or division. I On motion of Mr. Call, the Senate, bill to make Tampa, Fla., a poit of entry, was taken from the calendar and passed. . The bill making appropriations for the Military Academy was then taken up, read and passed. " - Mr. Miller moved to take up the bill to create a Department of Agriculture. Agreed to. ! Mr. McPherson moved that it be post poned, and that the Pacific Railroad joint resolution be taken up. The motion was defeated. . After a speech by Mr. Miller upon the bill to create a Department of Agriculture and Labor, the bill went over as unfinished business Houae amendments to the Sundry Civil bill were presented and were disagreed to in bulk: and a conference asked. Messrs. Allison, Hale and Beck were appointed conferees, On motion of Mr. Call, the Senate bill to provide for ascertaining the judicial rights of the United States to certain railroad lands in Florida was taken from the calen dar and passed. 1 Oa motion of Mr. Mahone, the Senate biil changing the boundaries of the Fourth Collection district or Virginia was taken from the calendar and passed. . . A secret session was held and the Senate adjourned. -1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met this morning at 11 o'clock. 1 : Mr. Bland, of Mo., as a privileged ques tion, called up the vetoed bill increasing the pension of John W. Jb arris. He oore.testi mony, from personal' knowledge of . the claimant, to the merit of the claim, and asked that the House pass the bill over the veto. The House refused to pass. the bill over the veto yeas 132, nays 83 not a consti tutional two-thirds vote in the affirmative The House then resumed, in Committee of the Whole, the Senate amendment to the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, The recommendations of the Committee on Appropriations were concurred in and the committee having risen a conference was ordered on the disagreeing votes of the two houses. t ! j Mr. Bragg of Wisconsin, from the Com mittcc on Military Affairs. ! reported a bill which is entered as a substitute to the Mc- Adoo bill to provide for the manufacture of first class modern guns ror tne navy and seacoast and other defences. Referred to Committee of the Whole. - The House then went into Committee of the Whole for consideration of appropria tion bills, and a contest immediately arose as to the order of business,! Mr. Blount of Georgia contending that the Senate amend menta to the Postoffice bill bad the right of precedence, and this position being com batted by Messrs. Hoi man of 'Indiana and Herbert of Alabama, having charge respect ively of the Legislative and of the Naval Appropriation bills. The chairman finally decided that unless the House otherwise ordered the bills must be considered in the order in which thev stood nnon the calen dar, the Postoffice Appropriation bill being last. Mr. Blount, therefore, carried the fight into the House and proved successful, that body directing the committee to proceed to the consideration of Senate amendments to the Pcstcfflce bill; the only amendment upon which there is non-coccurrence in that recommending an appropriation of $500,000 for transportation of foreign mails by American steamships to southern and Central America and the Jfimpire of Brazil, Pending debate the committee rose and the House proceeded to consider resolutions expressive of regret at the death of Senator Pike, of New Hampshire. Eulogies were delivered by Mr. Haynes and Mr. Gallinger of New Hampshire, Mr. Long of Massa' chuEetts, Mr. Holman of Indiana, and oth ers, and then as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased the House at 4.35 adjourned. SENATE. Washington, FeK 23 Pptit.innain large numbers were presented in the Senate 1 n a . . io uay irom wrana army posts astung lor the passage of the Dependents Pension bill .1 T . a , . . . . over iuu tr resiueni a veio; irom : UniO, Mich lean. Itinnin Tnr.i"anii " rnntoti-nt Pennsylvania, Minnesota, New York, Iowa aou iuaino. .. .- " - . Among the bills reported from commit tee and placed on the calendar was a bill to encourage the holding of a National Indus trial juixnioiuon oi aris, mecnanics and pro ducts of the colored race in the United States in 1888. . t . . At 2 o'clock the unfinished business was announced, being the bill to create the de- nftrtmpnt nf - A-rrimiltnra anrl T.lni Amendments reported by Senate Committee qd Agriculture - k me aouse dui were agreed to. down to one nrnvirlino- fnr thn transfer ot the Signal Service Bureau to the department or Agriculture and Labor. That led to discussion. Mr i Morgan moved to amend the amendment by limiting it to "weather service" of the Signal Service Bureau. . j ; ; . - Consideration of the Affrfoultnn-I Dp. partment bill was interrupted to allow pre- seatauoa or a message irom me rresiaent in relation to the Cutting matter in Mexico, which was referred to the committee on Foreign Relations, and the presentation of a conference report on the Pension Appro priation bill, which was agreed to. ZZ Morgan's amendment was agreed to and the section was further amended by inclu dingira the "subordinate force" second lieutenants now in the service of . the bu re&tl. and hv nrnvirlinir, thnt tha tlon now paid to employes and enlisted men shall continue as now. 1 - Mr. Harrison inquired of Mr. Morgan what would be left of the Signal Service of the army if the transfer were made f 'Mr. Morgan replied that' there would be nothing left of it except its chief a Briga dier General and sixteen lieutenants who oeiongea to tne army but were not assigned to regiments. .".i-.. . Mr. HarrisonThen the chief signal offl- cer and sixteen lieutenants transferred ..; -- 1 : ,."": Mry Morgan The amendment provides that the eervice shall go on until the Presi dent appoints a chief of the bureau. . Mr. Miller i ne transier aoes doi at an affect the Signal Service Corps of the army. Finally a vote was taken on tne section transferring the weather service of the Sig nal Service .Bureau (as amended., and j it was agreed to yeas 87, nays 15. X j - The bill was then passed without aivis- ion, and a conference was asked. n Mr. Frye made an affecting appeal to toe Senate to take up and consider the message from the President vetoing , the -bill .that would allow arrearages: or pensions to Thomas S. Hopkins a Maine volunteer. He described the case as a remarkably ex ceptional one; and at the conclusion of, bis speech the bill was passed over the Presi dent's veto by a vote of 55 to 6. The six nays were Beck, t Berry, Blackburn; Coke, Harris and Vance. . ';' .-. i -. '. Adjourned. ; ,,; . .. . '-r .' :. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Beazan asked unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of Senate bill incorporating the Atlantic and Pacific Ship Railway Company. ..--.. Mr. ' Anderson obiected, and tne bill was referred to the Committee on Commerce. :, Mr. Willis asked that the House non concur in the Senate; amendments to the River and Harbor appropriation bill, but Mr. Anderson also objected to this request, (which if granted would throw the bill im mediately into oonierence) ana tne dui was referred to the appropriate committee. ' , Mr. Willis immediately reported it Pack, and upon a point of order it was sent to the Committee of the Whole. s t , Mr. Dingley, of Maine, presented: me morials of the Maine Legislature io favor of legislation to protect the American fisheries. and lor tne passage ot tne miner neurc pneumonia bill.; ".. j Mr. Belmont, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the House substi tute for the Senate retaliation bill, and un der special order . asked for its immediate consideration ? ; - " Mr. Rice raised the point of order 'that the substitute must be referred to the Com mittee of the Whole on the ground that it affected the revenue. r The Speaker overruled the point of order, stating that there was nothing on the face of the bill, which showed that it would either increase or reduce the revenue. In the course of a brief discussion as to the limitation of debate Mr. Rice referred to the substitute as Mr. Belmont's bill, a distinction which Mr. Belmont disclaimed,' 8 tat ing that it was a committee! biil, and that it bad the approval of those who were best qualified to judge of our relations with other governments. 1 It was finally determined that the debate should be limited to three hours, j Mr. Bel mont opened the debate. I Mr. Belmont said that soon after the ad journment of Congress the fishing season would commence, and in selfdefence the power of defensive retaliation should be conferred upon the President. There bad been no question m the Senate as to the ad visability of giving this power;! but the bill as it came from the Senate was open to certain objections. It provided in one sec tion that the President should issue his prcclamation in case he was satisfied that our vessels wtre denied rights granted to the most favored nations. We had no treaty with Great Britain containing any "favored nation" clause, nor did we intend to put ourselves on the same footing as any other nation, Bince under the treaty of peace we had certain rights in I deep sea fisheries which no other nation except Great Britain herself possessed. It was but fair to the Executive when Congress placed upon him this very great responsibility that it should be conferred in distinct terms. This he did not think the Senate ! bill did, and he therefore favored the adoption of the substitute. , -I In the debate which followed Maine and Massachusetts members favored the Senate bill as being all the New England fi.her men desired. Members from other sections however, called attention to the fact that it was not the fishermen alone who were in terested; that the question involved was na tional and must be settled upon a broader basis than that of the interest of one sec tion or one industry.- Mr. Clements, of Georgia, said the trouble with Canada had originated in what had been I called a mere skirmish about fish, but it had as sumed larger proportions than a Bkirmish. The American flag had been hauled down an d 150 American vessels had been searched or warned off, and the honor of the Gov- ! ernment was involved. He contended that the remedy was better provided in the substitute than in the Senate bill, and he criticised the latter measure for claiming only the same rights for our fishermen that were accorded to subjects of the most favored nation. The substitute was better ! .framed : in this respect. An other difference between the two mea sures was that the House bill authorized the President to stop the coming! of- loco motives and cars into the United States. Gentlemen who were from the North and the West should not complain of this provision. This was not a local question ; it was not a. New England ques tion. He hoped that the President would not bo required to exercise any part of the pow er! conferred upon him, but when it was proposed to deal with the question on a ba sis of non-intercourse, the Government ment ought not to stop with the mere pro hibition on the incoming of Canadian fish. Mr. j Daniel, of Virginia, said that tho treatment of American fishermen by the Provincial Government had been such as tol demand the attention of Congress. Every man, however hard and callous, who read descriptions of that treatment, would be satisfied that the time had come when the subject should have serious considera tion. He had heard nooe of that gasconade about war which the gentleman from Mas sachusetts (Rice) referred to. He hoped that there might be no war; but he believed that the way to prevent war was for every government whose dignity was insulted or whose rights were infringed, to meet the question on the threshold with becoming dignity and with the gravity which would project it before the eyes of all nations. He argued that this was better accomplished by the substitute, and criticised the favored nation clause of the Senate bill as shifting the mattef of controversy and going out of the way to throw a eloud upon the govern ment's proceeding. He strongly supported the railway clause of the substitute as rendering more effective the policy of non .ntercourse. . . At. the conclusion of the "debate the Honse passed with but one dissenting vote the Fisheries Retaliation bill.amended by the adoption of the substitute reported from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The conference report on the bill making a close season for mackerel Was agreed to, and the House went Into Committee of the Whole on Senate amendments to the Post Office Appropriation bill. The debate was upon the Senate half-million dollar foreign mail subsidy amendment. Mr. Martin, of Ala., favored the amend ment as giving an impetus to American trade, and incidentally declared his belief that American ships should be built Upon American soil. i .Mr. Tillman, of S. C. ,-would vote for the amendment, notwithstanding that it was de nounced as a subsidy. He proceeded to point out the necessity of commercial rela tions with South and Central America. Mr. Oates,-of Ala., rose to ask a ques tion, but Mr. Tillman refused to yield, re minding the gentleman, however, that there was iron in his State which would one day make the market. Mr. West wanted a great market; the Central: and: South., Amerlcau States were that great market; they were our In dia. They were the countries that were tq make America . wealthy rich, prosperous and flourishing it the United 8tates would only do- something to utilize and grasp lucui. xi me penaing proposition was a Buosioy then everv star route in the m.n- tlcman'g Stale was subsidized, f oi none of mem were sen-sustaining. Messrs. Hammond, of Georgia, and Mills, of Texas, denounced the amendment as a subsidy, and ridiculed the Idea that it would be of practical benefit in the build ing up or iraae witn Boutn America. . Mr. Blount, of Georgia, closed the de- oaie, ana turnea his attention to those democrats wno nad announced thir inten. tion of 1 voting for the amendment, exhort- iuk mem to iau. into line with the living Democracy of the present, which was un alterably oppposed to subsidies. It was ausura,; oesiaes, to talk about restoring American shipping by granting subsidies w BieautBiiip lines.. ; - The committee then rose and reported the bill back to the House with a recom mendation that the amendment be non concurred in. -A vote was postponed until to-morrow at 12 o'clock. "-: "; If you wish a good article ot Plus To- BAcco..ask.your dealer for "Old Rip."; MiHigh old excitement at GantL viumo vwkjo, a negro mill was fn.,k.j in the bed-room of tmn nt ,. u:.i. 10lina tT-imola rvol.-. ' , fMOKUls. ' . r . r ttaieign jsews- Observer: a L sign for the Confederate soldiers' mnm ment at Smithfield has been Selected the monument is to be erected at once i t? will bear the following inscription- ' the soldiers of the Southern ConfederaoJ1 (within this enclosure,) who sacrificed it.?' lives in a cause which, though lost wi i Vita n..t ... .u.:l '''.U1 H. ..-j- .vuu.u. umi w uiuir countrymen this monument is erected by their adS . kf ii Winston " Sentinel: On ThJr day evening James, a son of Dr ll Blum,, while out hunting, met with' k . end painful accident. He had leaned ih gun against his chest, with his hand aZ the muzzle. , In moving the gun suddeni; the hammer came in contact with some thing and the whole load was diEcharZ. into his hand, neck and face.f Two fining were so badly injured that, amputation w. found necessary. Any t)ay there m., be seen on the streets .of Winston loads nf hay and. forage drawn by lean andliai. starved mules who look ready to fall iri I street from a sheer lack of enbugh to eit Raleigh Visitor: jDr. A.l j Blanchard, of Middle Creek townshin' Wake county, has a store just across iL road from his residence on thp rpad leadin from Holly Springs to Fayetteville i 0d Wednesday evening last he failed to com! into the house at his regular j hour, and his wife mistrusting something, "went out to learn the cause, and to her (surprise and horror, found him lyipg in front ofj his store speechless, with the blood poiirinir from a terrible wound In tbe head, j His wife immediately thought thdt he had been knocked in the head and robbed, but sub sequent investigations made by the physi cian who was hastily summoned, developed the fact that he had been j stricken with paralysis just as he closed his store and in falling, his head struck the door facing aod was cut by that in his fall, j i Charlotte Chronicle: Urcmtiii has been broken for the erection of thq new spoke and handle factory njear the cotton seed oil mills. We understand that the Plaid Mills's capital stock his been largely increased during the past two days anil that it now amounts to atjout $100,000 A meeting of the physicians of tbfc city was held yesterday afternoon, at the office of Dr. George W. Graham, nd an organi zation of the Charlotte Medical Society was' effected. Dr. Robert GibWn was elected president. This closes the second week of the religious meetings being held iu our city and while only an approximate csb be made of those who have heeded the claims of Christ and signified their purpose to fol. low Him, it is believed thad four hundred at least have thus far professed faith iu the Savior of sinners. N. C. Presbyterian: On Sun day, 13th inst., six persons were received into Bethlehem four of this number join ing on examination. Since October last ten have been received in that church! - Davidson College, under the! Rev. Dri Mc- Kinnon as President, has been steadily im proving in every respect Mne morci i'ro- fessor. Dr. W. 8. Currell. has been added to the Faculty, in order to furnish full in struction in English. The ivumber of stu dents has increased from 98 to 117, a cain of about 20 per cent. Thirteen thousand dollars has been contributed jto the Endow ment through the agency of Dr. Mack; be sides the subscriptions not yet due. A beautiful churchiaa been erected for the worship of God. The Young Men's Chris tian Association is in active operation. A majority of the students axe members of tne cnurcn. - I Goldsboro Messenger: The gal lows upon which Henry Artis is tu be executed next Tuesday has been ejected and. is located on the east sido of the jail, within the enclosure. The Bale of ag ricultural implements in Ibis city has been very large for the past several weeks, i About 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon a young man from the lower edge Of this county named Gibson Thompson, killed himself on the back porch of a bouse in the south western part or tne city. John Dewey, a colored man who witnessed It he deed, says that Thompson came out of the houBe. pulled a pistol from his pocket and asked him (Dewey) if he did not think it was a good one. Thompson then remarked thai he intended to kill a man in that neighbor hood with whem be had had some words that day, calling his name, or kill himself, whereupon he raised the pistol to the right side of his head, fired and fel - He had been in the city two or three days' and had b;e,p. drinking. .i . Raleigh Recorder: Tho Salva tion Army cranks are still in Raleigh. They do some good and vast harm and so did Mohammed, Buddha and Jf. R. Graves. The Becorder sanctum pas lighted up last week by the presence of Bro. (John McLaurin, the accomplished editor Of the Wilmington Presbyterian. His paper is a strong one, and it continues to improve. The literary menu he promises to his read ers for the present year is an apotizing one.' All success to Onr valued contemporary and long life to its editor: R. M. writes: Two months have passed 6it.ee he (Bingham) committed . that deed that ever transpired most horrible- in our beloved State. Such a crime of itself .is enough to soil the morals of our country. But alas! wnen we reanze such a care! exhibited in bringing such! cbs disposition to justice, it seems to me, will reflect qs a deep dyed stain : that will follow us to our graves us at the yes, and come up to condemn great judgment. ' Surelv a God of Justice will frown upon a govern men i that will not come to the protection of her citizens and especially of the weaker sex.l I Charlotte Chronicle! John Hasty and Alfred Rowland, two colored boys, aged about 16 years,. who were arrested few days ago for rocking a passenger train on the Carolina Central road, were fester day arraigned berore Judge Montgomery st Monroe to stand trial for the crime. Al though they had previously Confessed their guilt, when they were put upon trial they plead not guilty. The jury, however, found that they were guilty. 4- The inquiry meeting of last night was just like others that have been described. We understand that about 120 persons Connected themselves with the various churches of the city on last Sunday night , Mr. RJ Huntley, a citizen of Anson county, who is familiarly known throughout this section of the Slate as."Uncle Bob," was killed in the, public road, two miles from Monroe, last Saturday afternoon, by being thrown from his bug gy. He jstruck the ground ojn his head and his neck was broken, causing his death in stantly. Mr. Huntley was about 70 years of age. and was a very highly respected citizen. - The Februarvjterm of Meek- lenburg Criminal Court closed last week. During its sitting we were struck with the promptness exhibited by Judge Meares in the dispatch of business and his determina tion to execute the laws impartially, j Raleigh News-Observer: Quite a large delegation of citizens of Franklin county arrived in the city yesterday morn ing to appear before the (committee on Propositions and Grievances to pray that the committee recommend that tho bill re lating to the repeal of the stock law in Franklin county do not pass. Kev- P. R. Law, of Monroe; has received the appointment as agent for Jthe American Bible Society in this State, to fill l)e vacancy caused by the death of Rev. C. U- Wiley, D. D. A telegram received here yesterday afternoon announced the safe arrival of Bishop Lvman in New York. TheBishop reports jhia passages charming one. ' Cotton receipts t0 date from September 1. 1886; 29,176; same time last year, 22,706; increase over last year, 6,470. An elegant banquet was given Associate Justice J. Jj Davis at tne Capital Club last evening. There was in deed a feast of reason and a flow of soul on the occasion. Many eloquent remarks were made " by various gentlemen. . The bill for the encouragement of the State Guard passed its thirdj reading in tbe Senate yesterday after being shoi n of tne appropriation for an encampment, and m this shape it is likely to pass the House. M doubles the appropriation at present made to the several companies f o armory rent, etc, the number of the companies being limited to twenty-five. - 4 There was an impromptu meeting of railroad men in the city yesterday with the following gentle men present: Col, A. B. Andrews, third ice president R. & D. R. R. Co. ; Col. h R Bridgers, president W. j& W. R- ; Maj. John C. Winder, general manager h & G.. R. & A. A. L. and C. C roads; Messrs. Sol. Haas, F W. j Clark. W. A; Turk and T. M. Emerson. The Inter State Commerce hill and id nrobablc fects were discussed. "No Bpeclal measures were introduced yesterday. 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