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he Weekly :Star! I'UBLISHKD AT INGTON i l, n AT -- i. ,0 A lKAld IN ADVANCE. s3oSsSS88SSS8S88S SSSSSSS88S88S8883 SSSSSSS8SSSSS8SS3 S53SS8S5S82S2P83S3 SSs8SSSSSSSSS8SS SSS3SSSSS8S888S88 ignore i S8388S888S8888SSS T,JM 33SS8S8S88S88S383' :;n-W t lEnti iwi at the Post Office atWtlmlngton, N. C.i. 1 as Second Class MatterJ i f srnscitirTioN jpBicJEL I The subscriGtion price of the "Wisest Stau is as follows : .- . ;.. ir f Simile Copy 1 year, postage paid. : - $1,50 . ' ' 6 months, " " ' (1.00 " 3 months " " ' .50 KOrttlLE BOOKS CONCERNING . GEN. LEE. r 1 Tl.. life, cf General RobBrt 'jE: Lce ly General Long will correct many false impressions tbe world has got as to the character of the war and fighting. Even, the North will find out bow superior were Southern troops to its own and how splendid tbe deeds of Lee's magnificent ragged army. We eee it mentioned that Lord Woleeley has written for the -March number of MacmiUan'a Mag azine ati article on Robert E. jLise. The distinguished Col. Cbesney, of the-Briiisb army, soon after the .war, in an -elaborate paper in" Blackwood? 'a (Edinburgh) Magazine, pronounced Lee one of tbe three greatest military geuiu-cs of tbe English speaking race Marlborough, Wellington, jLile. Col. Fretmantle, of the British Cold stream Guards, spent three months. ia the Confederacy during the war arid witnessed several desperatej bat tles. UpoD his return to England be puW.shud his enjoyable "Three Monthsj in the Confederacy,!' in which be does Gen. Lee much ere dit 'and shows a very high admiration of.bis eplendid and rare qualities. I A very singular work is juso out. It is called "The Campaign of Frd- ericksburs. November-December. 18G2. A Study for Officers' of Ivjol- unteers. By a Line Officer. London 1886." It is by a'British officeij and is a study of tactics as applied to Lee's manner of fighting the battle of Fredericksburg. The author of course greatly praises Lee's general ship through the entire .War, but be criticises (we know unjustly) Lee's failure to follow up his success at Fredericksburg;. Longstreet bis it shown in the Century Magazine the folly of such criticism, and Gen. Long very clearly shows jts absurdity. It is easy to criticise when you are not present and do not understand the situation. ' Gen. Lse said that every private k ir at have fought the - i Gettjsburg could battle better than he did. That is, according to after criticism. He sard the great' soldiers were tbe editors. They knew always what was go ing to happen, but unfortunately for the country never turned oc the light until after the fight had ended and the disaster had come, lfj you would understand bis great general ship and behold what a consummate .master of war Gen. Lee really Was read his biography by Long. ' The English officer thinks I well of the Northern' troops and says it is a very high compliment to affirm as be jdoes "that the soldiers of the Army of the Votcmac were inferior only to L ee's veterans. " - : .. j In this connection let us refer to two recent Northern books on tbe war. Sir. WilkersoD, a Northern journalist wbo served as a private! in the Northern army and all through Grant's campaigns, has "publisbeaj a volume m which be shows how su perior were Lte's veterans to Grant's Itrcrucndous army, and how inferior was gome of the material that. Grant had to work up into soldiers. I ilis hook is full of personal interest' and ... J-j is evidently truthful. Another popk just published, is entitled, amp-.t ires of lien. Lee." xy ward S. Ellis. A. M. It is by om we enemy. We have not seen bock, but copy what the Char fiews &i Courier says .'.'of it: eston 1 "This work, which comes from a North ern source.- is intended to be a truthful narrative and vivid description of the part played by the army of Northern Virginia, under Gen. R. B. Lee, in the bloodiest and tnost terrific campaigns of modern times. It really r.nntnina a well-written V!fnnt of Jbe campaigns, with personal sketches of vien Lte and others. - : i j ' "We can hardly look upon the work of ar. EUi8 a8 a Bneciallv valuable contribu "on to the history of the war, but It Js x)f great value in the sense of marking the ad vent of a time when Northern writers will Kive as cheerful an account of Southern v&ior and Southern endurance as Southern ers themselves would give. It must be re "ked. too, that the book, on this ac count, is much more -likely to be read than one which, while dealing with the same "jcui, snouia oe oi southern origin. '5 AH this shows that the era of friendly feeling is returning, and at the truth is being told more j' . . .. t i -uu more, i ne romances called mar histories have had their day. 'Grant and Lee and the rest will be judged by the actual facts and not by what liars : and romancers may be pleased to fabricate and -nalm off. What ave collated shows the deep interest - ' ' f " . g. t - I ' - I I - I - ' ' - - 1 S ' - - . - 1 - .. US. ' - - - -i... J ?F. . H R . WEEKLY LSTAiR ' :: YUrr.-A.VIlI. - . , taken in , the great Americau war, and the profoond regard in wich the greatest of American soldiers is held. Lee was not only the greatest soldier of the Western world, but he was the tnoBt engaging in character and pos sessed of the rarest and noblest com bination of : qualities, j To read- his life by Gen. Long is a delightf ol em ployment. It is as charming as it is elevating and most inspiring We are not acquainted 'with any bio graphy that is asorthy of study. tor none is so noble and stimulating. should read it. It will do all good Dy reason or the grand lessons it teaches of patriotism, of daty, of honor, of true nobility of soul, of the highest virtue, of the utmost self- repression and self-sacrifice. ,' v i MB, LOCKET'S DlLEnnAt The Stab has always tried to treat Senator Lockey fairly and courte ously. He is a young man who de serves credit for his studiousness and energy in pushing himself ? forward. In twenty years, if be lives, he will be a prominent lawyer and a wiser' politician than he now is. He made a long speech some days aso on a substitute to the Pon Convict bill which he had introduced. He seems to have been fairly caught io the meshes of his own contriring. His legislative record was' in the way of his present position in regard to leas ing convicts. He is reported as say ing ; m his recent speech that; '"the competition of convict with honest labor was opposed to Republican principles, and that his substitute was a party measure." But if true what will he do with his having given two votes iu favor of leasing convicts, and thereby, according to his present theory, antagonizing 'honest labor" and running full tilt against so-called "Republican principles." ; i senator rou tnus staled toe case against the Senator from New Han over: . ?- . j ; "Mr. Lockey'a measure la wholly uncon stitutional and is glaringly impractical a scheme to scatter tha convicts from valu able works about through the State and to effect no good. There is no organization which favors it. To-day Knights of Labor in the city of Kaleigh told me that they de tested it... I have investigated' the expense it would incur by careful estimate and it would make the penitentiary, cost the State $400,000 a year. i "Two years ago, in the; House, there waa a proposition to let a railroad have 200 cod- victs. There were five tie votes upon it and Mr. Lockey voted every time for the .railroad, : aod in bia .several votes in the Senate he has done the same thing This question stares the taxpayers in the face: There are say 1,200 con victs, and the. number ia increasing every week, although crime jis be: lieved by some to' be decreasing, and possibly is. . What shall be done with these convict? Shall they be kept in the "pen" at Raleigh to be a bur den upon the State, or shall they be made to earn their own "grub";and clothingf 11 tbey are kept at tbe penitentiary they; must learn trades. To make their labor profitable the shoes and other things they make mu6t be sold. Will not this come directly in competition with honest labor? We j suppose Mr. Lockey does not favor that. What then? :. ' :! Tbe Star has suggested hiring half for fair pay to railroad?, but not unless their health is specially looked after and tbey are humanely treated. The other half ought to be put; to work on the county roads, j But Mr.- Pou opposes the latter, saying it ; would oost $400,000 a year. To us the figures are very wild.! North Caro lina, if it knows its own interests, must have good county roadsi The present bh&meful exouses are a posi tive disgrace to North Carolina intel ligence and civilization. . The haul ing of the State the year roand costs jdst double what it would cost with first-rate roads in every county. We venture the assertion that Captain Soutberl3nd'a two big blacks can haul from .Wilmington to Wrights ville Sound, over the shell road, as many pounds as six horses can haul over most of the roads in Middle and Western Carolina. Something must be done to save this great cost and cure a standing evil. : ; . : - We notice a letter "'.from Asheville to the Charleston News and Courier of 18th insti. in which it is olaimed that the iron in Western North Caro lina ! is the best in the world. . We hope this is true. The Cranberry ore is said to be of unsurpassed quality. The correspondent says , ,, . " ' "These mines are located some seventy. five miles north of tbe city. In the last few days some capitalists from Birming ham, Ala., interested in tbe manufacture of iron have been prospecting in this section. In Swain county they have purchased, near thn Weatem North Carolina Railroad, a iftnra area of land on which has been found a valuable vein of iron The investments made by outside capitalists in Swain and nthnr of tha Western counties have caused the nrice of ieal estate to rise constantly fronUhe figures which might have pur chased it two years ago." F ? j .;. - These investments show that capi- talists have confidence in' the rich ness of - our mines. Wilmington is interested. : Tf direct railroad oom- nnnmaMan is" had with the iron arid coal mines of North Carolina, Ten nessee and Virginia then there ought not to be any doubt as to this port !ni t.hn ahinninir : point - for VWVWiug w w g- . . mnoh of the prOduots of thdse mines. The Stonewall Jackson Monument Association of Virginia, have .issued an appeal for help in erecting a mon ument in memory of Lee s , greatest Lieutenant,' the- peerless Jackson. The men who fouerht under Lee. without reference to States, ought to help, and so ought all m en and wo men who revere the great and good. The Richmond State says: 'V We feel sure that not oalv the men who followed this -brilliant leader over ; many a hard-fought field,; but those wbo have studied his wonderful genius, and have learned to admire his spotless character not only in the South, but in the North and in European countries as welL will gladly contribute something towards the commem oration in enduring form of the rarely equalled qualities of this good and great man." , .. ; -. :. . ... ;-;- v-.. The. Stab will forward any con tributions for that purpose. Gov. Hill said Jefferson lived in a Montioello, which is a pilgrim's shrine. The N. Y. Star corrects him.' It says: "Monti cello was planned and built with care, ana -Jefferson ws poua of it. it was admired by visitors like Washington Irving, Daniel weDster and dwara JSverett. JJd spite some defects of arrangement it was a gooa nouse. As time passes .the great ability and wisdom of the imm'orUl Jeffer son are- becoming more apparent. Just in proportion as politicians de part -from 'the grand fundamenta principles taught by the great Vir ginian is there danger to our institu tions. . Those who read Mrs. .Paw's arti cle in the North American Review will not be certain that Lieut. Greely ought to be made a Brigadier Gen eral over the heads pf 60 many meri torious officers. It is a big leap. The Washington correspondent of the New! York Times writes: Mrs. Pavy, widow of Dr. Pavy, who was a-member of tbe late arctic expedition to La ly Franklin Bay, appeared before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs this afternoon to oppose the pending nomina tion of Capt. Greely . to bs Chief Signal Officer She requested the committee to defer action oh tbe nomination until Sat-; urday, when she proposed to submit certain documents in opposition to confirmation ", War preparations are still progres sing both in Germany and France. Second Regiment IV. C. 9 G s Col. W, U. Jones, commanding Second Regiment North Carolina State Guard, in General Order No. 1, announces the fol lowing as his commissioned and non-com-, missioned staff: ' - Commissioned il. S. Willard, Wilmicg ton. First Lieut, and Adjutant. F. T. Atkins, Clinton, Quartermaster, with rank of Captain, vice N, F. Parker,, resigned. I J. F. Bishop, MaxtoD, Commissary, with rank of Captain. Dr. J. A- Hodges, Fayetteville, Surgeon, with rank of Captain, vice Dr. G.G.Thomas, resigned. ! Dr. J. T. Stevens, Clinton. Assistant Surgeon, with rank of First Lieutenant, vice Dr. A. Hodges, promoted. Rev. James Carmichsel," D. D , Wilming ton. Chaplain, with rank of Captain. , Non-Commissioned W. A Willson, Jr., ; Wilmington, Sergeant-Major. vice O. P. Meares. Jr.. resigned. - : B. F. McLean, Maxton, Commissary-Ser geant, vice Charles J. Abearn, resigned. . W. T. Thorpe, Sraithville. Quartermas-j ter-8crgeant, viceF. T. Atkins, promoted.; W. C. McDuffle. Fayetteville, Hospital Steward, i ---- . N ' j Anotber Salvage faae Settled.' ! ' In the latter part of October last, the schooner Fairfield, a small vessel of about twenty tons, belonging to Capt. . S. B. Price, of this city, was abandoned on the coast of- Georgia. She was on the way to this port with a cargo of rough rice and when off Hilton Head Island, on the after noon of the 29lh of October ran aground on tbe outer edge of the Gaston bank, about half an hour before Eundowo. The crew, composed of negroes, refused to put down tbe hatches and took at once to the boats. The master, quite a yonng man, was afraid to remain on tbe vessel alone aod without any small boat in the event of distress, and went with the crew. During the night of the 29lh the Fairfield drifted oat to sea and was boarded next morning by the crew of the pilot boat -Mary OdeU, wbo found her batches open and the Water washing over her decks. Tbe vessel was then eleven miles out and was drifting sea ward. A crew was placed on board and the vessel taken to Savannah, where she was libeled for sal vase. She was Bold re cently under an order of the United States Court. , -1 .--.. ; - ' '- " Last Wednetdiy, iaHhe U. S Circuit Court at Savannah, Judge Speer rendered a decree that the sum of $500 be allowed the petitioners for salvage services, and that the balance of the proceeds of tbe sale of tho vessel and cargo, amounting to f 1,178, be paid to the owners of tbe vessel. The court also awarded the salvage as follows: $250 to tbe owners of the Mary OdeU, $25 to W. J.j Thompson, master of the tug boat, $10 to the master of the Fairfield, who conducted her into port, while the re maining $315 were divided among the mas ter and.1 cre w of the pilot boat in proportion to their rank and wages, ,,,, .r Richmond's Election. Richmond county voted yesterday upon the question of subscription by the-county to the Capital stock of the South Atlantic & Northwestern Railroad Company the road froth Smithville .to Bristol, : Tenn. Advices from Lturinburg up to S p. m state that the vote for . "no subscription" at that place was 433. The total vote of the place is about 600, which it was thought would! be cast bsfore the close of the polls. The negroes were voting solidly with the .whites, for the first time m their history, There; was very strong opposition to "sub scriptlon" in Laurinburg. ; -. ' No advices have , been received from other places in the county.! ; - . A Pointer for Speealator. ' The . Dutch and their descendants liv ing in! Cleveland county, have a supersti tion as to Ash Wednesday. They say that if that day is fair and bright it will be a good wheat year, but if dark and cloudy little wheat will be raised, .and if some of these farmers -are asked to sell flour they will put the purchaser off until after Ash Wednesday, so that they may know how the day will turn out. ; WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, 31 ARCH 4, 1887 ST A TE LEO J SLA TURK Pearkonia Conair Government Bill Pawed by tbe Home-Th Debate on the measure Bnrean of Labor Statu tie BUI Passed by tbe Senate Tbe Revenue Bill, Ac. -" .- , -i -..... . Special Star Report. '.. -t i SENATE. - ' RALKlon, Feb. 24. The following bills were Introduced: - 1 To prevent settin s fish trans in CaDe Fear river and Baldhead creek.' ' -. To amend the charter of Durham : .' To reduce the appropriation to ihe Uni versity from $15,200, to $7,500. - - To provide for the redemption - of lands sold for taxes - . To amend tbe Codo relation to rezistra- tlon of conditional sale. . - 1 To provide for tho erectioa of a monu ment to Nathaniel Mscon. - " To incorporate the Cherokee Lind Min ing Company. - - - -r In rela ton to certain conreseed judg ments. Tbe House bill to establish a Bureau of Labor S;alis?ic8 was taken up on second reading.- Alexander's mot ton to strike out the words f raised from tax on fertilizers 'was lost i Field's amendment to attach Bureau to Agricultural Department was lost ayta 13,- nays 83. - The bill passed second' reading ayes S3. - nays 14 and was then placed on third reading An amend mem to reduce the salaries of offices was lost yes 10. nays 85 The -bill. passed third and final reading. Bill to increase the number of Supreme Court Judges to five, iota submitted to the people at the next general election, passed second and third reading unanimous. , " ! HOUSE '' -' Very ftw bills were introduced to-day. The principal ones were the following: To authorize local optioo in Reidsville. To chance the name of Bro vo Marsh township, Bladen county Toprovlda for caitisg a consiiiutional convention : -To survey and locale tbo line bit ween Brnoswictt acd Columbus counties. v "- I TflS CALENDAR. Tbe bill relating to the boundary hoe of the town of Maxton pissed its secofcd aad third readings. : THE BKVBSU8 BILL This bill was taken up again. The Re publicans were sick of tbeir bit of mik yesterday in reducing the income exemp tion from $1,500 to $300 York moved to reconsider.! and actually claimed that he voted for Lindsay s amendment to that effect in order ibnt he might do so. York said his party bad supDoried tbe amend ment and put itself in a fihe pst!ion Holt said that tbe Kpubllcaa party had put itself on record in tcls matter. " . Pntchrd, (Kep ) admitted that tbu was a-tact, and favored, reconsideration., bo did William?, who yesterday spoke in fa vor of the amendment. Ewart did not thick tbe sectioo applied to raechfinics and laborers, but only to such cersons as received "salaries." He mdo a distinction f between "salaries and wasei. It was very interesting to see the Republic cans eagerness to rrtrsce their ateps in this matttf. York called tbe ayes and noes oa the motion to rvctasider The vote was aje971, noes 27. - Holt moved that tbe section be adupitd as recommended by tbe Finance Commit tee, 'placing the amount of exemption at $1,500. . j - .. - f ritcbard oucred an amendment that iht words "salaries or fes" shall not apply to wages or (aoorcrs or operatives, but that these eball bj exsaspted. ' He said he con sidered all persons wbo worked as. clerks, &c ; to be laborers -:; : Lindsay offered ao amendment to make tbe amount of exemption $500 and tbe tax on incom 9 derivtd from salaries or fees one per cent., instead of one-balf of one per cent, l bis was lost 31 to 69 Mills offered an amendment to strike out all of he sections taxing silariea or fees or granting exemptions.- ' JLiUidsay said tbo Legislature waa mating a gross distinction against tbe farmi rs, wbo were taxed in every possible way. uc said the people would certainly bold the Legis lature to account for what they were doing in this matter . .. Tbe Speaker at ibis stag's -of the pro ceedings said be did not wish to lecture the House, bus that if there were not less talk ing and more work, the House would never get through iu work " . Juills amendment was voted down. On Pritcbard's amendment the ayes and noes were taken. It was adopted ayes 60. n. es 84. : Doughton's amendment, to make the amount of exemption $1,000.' was adopted -54 to 80. i Tbo section, as amended, was then adopted 69 to 10, and is as follows: Sec 5 On the lncames and profits de rived from any property not taxed, during the year preceding tbe drst day of June in each year,; there shall be a tax of one per centum, without exemption. On incomes derived from salario of fees during tbe same time there shall be a tax of one-balf of one per centum The taxpayer, in re turning bis salary or fees, shall be allowed to deduct fifteen hundred dollars as neces sary expenses for conducting bis business or for the support or ms iHmuy rrovutea. however, that tbe words "salary and fees" shall not be construed to mean tbe wages earned by any laborer or operative, but that tbe wases of laborers and operatives, whose earnings do not exceed fifteen hun dred dollars, shall be exempted from tbe provisions of section 6. " . - COTJHTT GOVERNMENT BILL This bill was taken up as a special order, displacing the revenue bill, in the face of a protest from Sutton, and by a party vote of republicans ana lnaepenaents. it is fear son's bill. . '. - Prilcham offered an amendment, which Pearson accepted, that tbo amount of pen alty of bond in section 5 shall not exceed An amendment was onerea by Lieazr that the amount of penalty should - bs two-fifths i instead of one fifth tbe county tax Pearson spoke on the bill. - He srJ tbe abuses off -tbe oruseut sybtcci of electiog count? commissioners were very great If each member would only tell of those be knew of the pile of evidence would reach as hib as the dome of the Capitol, tie was strongly in i favor of divorcing the joint boards of magistrates and county commis sioners. The gist ot- tbe matter was, eacn Dartv savs the people are with it on this Question, and he wished to submit it to the people, .never in tne west nas me system been Dopnlar. It has been tolerated as in tended to serve a purpose only. As long as matters stand in their present shape tney eive tbe Reoublican Dartv a cudgel with which : they will eventually beat do,wn the Democratic party. - Tne only ar gument in favor of the present system, save the one that it was used by our forefathers for a hundred years. But convictions are changed. ;The people want more liberty Chances must be made to meet tbe new order of things. , Our grandfathers im- tmsonedlor debt: who favors such a sys temT Once there was a property qualifica tion ; now it would not be tolerated. -:. The people of the West demanded this change If they could not eel it they would go on in their demands until an entire change was secured. They reeard this bill as a compromise. . . . Overman asked Pearson if he (Pearson'' had not stated in his campaign that ne did not desire to chanee the. system- of county government for the East but for the West. Pearson said that this was substantially his view and the view of his people on the matter. He went on to attack, "county rings," as growing out of the system. As to negro -supremacy, ho anticipated no trouble. He felt sure that every Republi can here knew that that party r was far different from that ot 1868, which; went down, as it deserved to so down. .Now every one of these Representatives is a native North Carolinian. ' He said satirically, that the county commissioner was the highest omcer in this country; that is, ne was iar tber removed from the people. If tbe peo ple of the French Broad valley were given the choice of voting for President or for their county commissioners, ' they - would take the latter every time. He was willing to say frankly that one of the main pur- poses of the bond was to protect the people irpm any irresponsible men -. He had been told lb at good ' inioy of the negro mem bers would vote and intended to vote w iru ink: i n iu ill 1 1 ruxia r an wy akv n m n rf.r. n a ir. .!k. lilt a m k . . .'-, .n.i,uoc iiitj uau wtu turn j it was a fling at their race He assured thenar vuok vuia was no v a iaci, -; tie nau no rear i of the adoption of a system of sonular eo- vernment having any effect in. the way of social equality. He said frankly . that en franchisement was too sudden; it Should have been paitial He said tbe negro was not jet fitted, to txercise ludlcial fuuetions. He complimented the negroes upon their progress, , and said that very few pf the generation now coming of age were unable to read the ballots they cast. In conclu sion, Pearson said the people demanded popular rights and honest democratic go vernment. The people of the West de manded it; tbelr cry for it waa higher and higher. . ... .; r" Parsons attacked Pearson for inconsist ency, fur having voted against Pionlx's bill to aiiow ite people to elect county; com missioners and magistrates; thus raying iu effect that the people were not qualified to elect their officers. Ha termed Pearson a "trimmer," trying to steer bis boat between the twO parties, Only an Ia dependent could vote for such a bill; neither the Re publican nor the Democratic party could support it Both opposed it on principle. He said thai Pearson's avowed object in the bill wsb to break up court , house rings, but his bill simply made the ring to Consist of the five commissioners . instead pf the sevens-five magistrates, and a ring of five was i mucheasier to control than a ringof seventy-five. This bill, too, proposes io in crease, enormously the powers of the com missioners . Tbe five men are to absolutely, imperiously, manage county affairsj- The bill, too. limits the cfli.ie to rich men. for only suca are eligible. The poor man ia barred, for he cannot give a $5,C00s justi fied bond. This is an embargo upon boB- esty and poverty The present law; lays no such embargo. If any comical Dartv wants to go before tha people tpou this qnestioa. why I t the independents, the mugwumps, do u. Tbey aro the only ones who can do so. The requirement of a bond Tor such officers is a puce of follyi Tue county commissioaers handle no (noney. As to fearson s temaik that a vote on ibis bill would show how -tho, peoplcj stood, Parsons said that Pearson wanted such a test, so as to see how the people stood, and nnd out un wmcu side to get lumseir. JNow he had no position at all. ; The j bill is nothing more or less than a worthless pitcc of paper. Both parties are here for other purposes than to find out for tho Indepen dents bow the people etand on. this! ques tion. " , . v. I i iPritcbar i a:d that if the Republicans bad introduced the bill tbey would have in cluded the magistrates -in it. Tbe Republi can pany would vote for any -measure of the kind He attacked the Democrats for fraud and mismanagement in c;uoty gov ernment. . He said that one Deniocr&tur official had drawn pay for the support of a female pauper wbo bad been dead, two years He said the whole system was born ia fraud. The convention of 1875! was a fraud. Republicans must, vote for any measure of relief. " j Holt said the bill was a "licU mau's bill." He spoke of ihe record of the Republican parly; that dreadful record. ' He severely denounced Pritchard. The Deniocrau punished misdoeis. Tbe man Pritchard spoke of was now ia the Penitentiary. He attacked the Republican party for its dis franchisement of a free people. His ar raignment was very powerful I Pritcbard, in reply, attacked the 'Demo cratic party as tbe Ku Klux party. He called tbe previous question at tbe conclu sion of bis remarks, t Dougherty's amendment to change the words ."probate judge in section 5 to "judge of the superior court riding the cir cuit was lost. Doughton's amendment making the date of election in 1888 tbe same time .as tbe regular election was voted n. The ayes and nays were demanded . The vote stood : Yens 51 nays 59. The Republicans and Independents voted solidly in the negative, tbe Democrats ia the affirmative. Leazai's amendment to make tbe penalty two-fifths was whbdrii i 7 The bill then came up on its second read ing, and .Pearson demanded the jeas and nays. . There, were many explanations, .r uber. Democrat, rather favored the bill but voted no. Hoimaa rather favored something hi this direction, but voted no. j Wulian.son said he bated to vote for this bill, but it was a party question and he had to vole for it. His honest convictions were against it, but York, Pritchard and other party leaders were cracking tbe whip. He would, the Liord knew, rather be cruci fied than vote for the bill. P. The vote was as follows: Ayes 66, noes 51.- ' - - f - ' There was objection to tbe passage of the bill on its third reading, but this was finally withdrawn acd tbe bill came up. Parsons onered au amendment providing that justices of the peace be included in the provisions oi me uui as wen ua i uiogia trates. " i . . i On ibis amendment the ayes and noes were demanded. ;i Pritchard called ou tha Republicans to vote for this bill, saying it was just what the Republicans wanted. They laughed at the Dcm icrats, thinking they bad them in a tight place, and said the Democrats had put themselves on record. Parsons bad, however, only offered the amendment to test Pearson. The vote on tho amend ment was. ayes 60. noes 46. Parsons voted aye, saying he wished to make the; bill as odious as possible rearson votea aye. Oakley tried to dodge, but was called on to vote and required to do so. The Republi cans forced him to do it, but would not allow him to explain. It raised quite a sensation. , He voted for tbe amendment, but slid be would not yote for the bill. For that reason be bad dodged. f Parsons said tbe Republicans thought tbey had him in a tight place, but tbey were in one themselves. . . .? Pf arson said while he favored bis. bill as originally introduced, he would vote for the bill as it now stood Attbisnoint a motion to adlourn was voted down. .-' ! Pearson said be wished the bill amended so as to make the election of magistrates by townships, instead of bv the whole county. Parsons said this suited nim. it would make the bill even more odious: Dough ton again offered an amendmentjto change the date or tbe election io loss. This was lost 52 to 58 Pearson accepted an amendment! offered by Pritchard, to make tbe election by townships, instead of by counties. ! On the third reading Liindeay, lndepen ' dent, voted no,"- ' .- ."" .' - ' . 4 , ;- The vote on the third reading was ayes 59. noes 54 The Republicans, applauded, as did tbe colored people iu the lobby on that side of the House. At 2.80 the House adjourned, i SENATE. j Raleigh, Feb. 25.--Tbe following bills were introduced: : i To provide for the support of the Insti tution for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind. To amend chapter 2971, volume 2, of the Code, relatioe to insolvent debtors. To amend -: the charter of the Suffolk Land and Lumber Company, - To allow tbe people to elect commission ers ana justices ot tne peace. - ? - To amend haDter 234. Laws of 1881 .The bill for the support of the Asylum for the Insane wss taken up as tbe special order. : It appropriates $56,000 per annum for the asylum at Raleigh. -for sustenance of patients. &c . and $38,000 per annum for the next four years, for tbe purpose of building two wings- Appropriates $80,000 for the year 1887 and StfO.OW for the year 1888. for the Western Asylum, besides fifty convicts to build a : road from the depot to the asylum. An amendment wsb offered to strike out ' the appropriation for- the wings. And also an amendment Offered to strike out convicts for tbe road. An amendment to insert $25,000 in place of $38,000 was lost. The amendment to strike out convicts for the road was adopted.1: On' the previous question vole by sections tne om passed its second ana third react ings. v , , I ' " - " HOUSE. - t A resolution was adopted fixing the fol- lowing as tne hours of work from next Monday to tbe close of tbe xsioa: 9'n. m. u lp m; S p. m to 6 m .. 8 p. ia, to 11 n.-ci-:-.:-,: - :r-v v--';v '.it - i : lBTKOlTVCTION OF BILLS .'h " Cmcefniag pilots of tbe Cape Fear rivVr ana nar i o esiauusn a normal scnool at ttargawj To change the )ine between. Pitt and Greene counties.. " . , To provide for uiklrjg'Tbe public rnada in Edgecombo. ! ' ( To establish the St. .Andrews Home,: ot aged and indigent colored people , a . TBB CALENDAR i ' McMillan made a motion t recoi -t-ider the resolution, adopted Wednesday nini, to instruct the Attorney' General ti bring suits against certain railways for failure to report annually to the State Treasurer since 1671. McMillan said he. had voted for the resolution "in fun." Ewart said the resolution ought not to bo reconsidered. The Governor and ihe At-4 torney General favored the resolution. The resolution was a just and proper one. There is $125,000 due by .the railways for piSiai ties under this la w . ' The roads have a lobby at work here. : They wish to dereit this resolution, of course. v ! ' jij - : Pritchard asked if tbe statute of limita tions dirt not bar. . Ewart said it did not. i ir Fulton Vaid the time had come when the State muct enforce its laws and get from under tbe ibralldom of tbe railways. He spoke of the power of the latter; their con tempt for the law. their powerful influence at political conventions and otherwise. : He moved jo table the resolution ; Otf this Ewatt demanded tbe yeas and nays. The vote was yeas 63, na s 28 8o the motion to reconsider was tabled. ; ; j j- " . A SPECIAL ORDEU. : i The. Huuse took up the bill to provide that iu chscs of suspectei poisoning two competent pbysicitns shall examine the stomach, intestines, &c, and if in their Judgment there exists causa, shall send the stomach, &c , to the State Chemist.. After some debate the I ill was put upon its se cond leading and failed to pass 40 to 44. " THE AGRICULTURAL BILL; . J ! f The Uouse next took up, as a special or der, the Agricultural bill. - - i-i The bill was read by sections Fries ex plained it and spoke in favor of the bill. He gave in detail ihe work of the depart ment in all its branches. He said that the bill was drawn in accordance with tbe views and recommendations of tbe Far mers' Convention.! The department,-1 he asserted, bad advanced and fostered every interest or the 8tate East, West and centre. King moved to insert the "Master of the State Granso" in the first se'tion. He at tacked the farmers convention. j Fries said that the purpose of the bill was to exclude all ex-officio members' of the boar-l save ihe Governor. ' He defended the farmeis' convection. " ' -i- t. : : v : Tbe result of the vote on the amsndtmnt was ayes 51;! nays 43 1 " To section 2 Ewart offered au amend rnent to make the meetings of the board four times a year and no more, and to pay only actual cost of travel to and from meetings, and not ten cents a mile. The amendment was adopted. ' -j j White, of Perquimans, moved to'slrike out section 10. - He said the expense of a geologist should be borne by the Agricul tural Department, i -" T Holt said the section was drawn up ntthe express request of tbe farmers' convention. t ries said tnat jr tbe section were stricken out the Stale could never have a geologist. The Vote oa White's amend me t wan 45 to 49. so it wss lost. The section was then adopted . - j ' -,J ""' ' ; .. : : To stction 14 iWhite. of Perouimans. (Republican) offered an amendment to re duce tbe amount appropriated to f 30.000. He sa d tbe Senate bad made tbe appropri ation $20,000.; t';. ! - Macon said .bo did not believe in follow ing tbe example of the Senate He said tbe latter body was not mindful of tbe iaf erests and wishes of the paople. j! ; . Williamson opposed tbe amendment, say ing that the Committee had given1 the bill the most careful and thorough considera tion, and every calculation had bee t made. Tbe estimates could not be further reduced. Oa the amendment Crawford (a Republic can) called the yeas and nays. . j Jung attacked the Kepabltcaus for-sta antagonizing the bill. '-, - ; Fries said the farmers bad requested that this bill pass as it stands It met their re quirements. , i if W bite a amendment was lost ay is lit. nays 60. j . .!t. Saunder.', uepublican, moved to amend by striking out the latter portion of section 14, after the word 'named," thus diver ing the remainder of tbe fund for the Agricul tural College into the State treasury.- He antagonized such a college, and did not care for the farmers's demands. He called the yeas and nays cpon his amendment i: Fries said tbe amendment was not Con stitutional, i '-:': ll Williamson and Oikley antagonized the amendment. ! ' "hi The amendment .was lost ayes- 27, noes 62. The section Was adopted. &.t 2.10 Ihe House adjourned LAST SIGHTS SESSION. Tne Senate was in session last night until 11 o'clock, but disposed of no bills save tboseof a private character. s i At last niehva session of the House the consideration of the Revenue bill was com pleted, and it passed its third reading, with an amendment taxing every lawyer f 10 per annum. ( V ."; --'r-., The biil to create the county of LilHng- ton, out of parts of Rowan and Iredell, was taken up. with adverse committee reports On a vote the bill was defeated 57 to 24. Tbe bill to create the county of Badger, out of parts of Wake, Nasb, Johnston and Franklin, was tabled. i i The House was in session until nearly la oclock. .... . -(.'. -; - ... '-.,.:.-' . -. t-i fi - "'1 SENATE. f.t fi. SRaleigh, Feb. 26. Senator Bryan ro,e to a Question ot personal nrivuege. t tie said that after his remarks yefterday con- cernine the cost of patients in the asylum at Ka'.eigb, Dr. Urissom came to bis desa and told bim that unless he took back what be (Bryan) bad stated, he (Grissom) would see to it that it would hurt -him with his constituents. He denounced Grissom as a man who took advactaee of his official status to hulldoze Senators, and said that be would retract nothing. . The following bills were introduced: To incorporate the Western Land Com pany. - To incorporate bouibern fines. To chant e tbe lime of holding couits in Franklin and Wilson counties. To amend the charter of tbe South At lantic & N. W. R. R. . CALENDAR BILLS. . . To allow Transylvania county to erect a poor bouse. For the relief of sureties of E. R. Out law, sheriff of Bertie county.passed second and third reading. - . Bui supplementary to , act regulating freights on railroads passed second and third reading. . j . i HOUSE. i . The session atnieht waa a long one. Tbe following resolution was adopted almost unanimously: . - . - i I i - Resolved, That before any county, city, town or other municipal corporation can contract any debt, pledge ita faith, or land its credit, or authorize tbe levy or collection of any tax. except for ordinary expenses, it must be sanctioned by a majority of all the qualified voters thereof. .-k '-- t i " j i , The bill to establish the Agricultural; and Mechanical - College was, .taken up- and was discussed - with consider able spirit. It was Anally decided to postpone its further consideration until next Tuesday, when it will be taken up in con nection with the special orders, bills to re peal the appropriation of $15,000 to the University and to abolish county scholar ships thereat.;'- - - ; ' v. Hollowav submitted a favorable report on the bill to incorporate St. Andrews' Home for aged, and infirm colored people at Wilmington. . ' i: ' ;--:-J; 9 - . The principal ; bills . Introduced ; to-day were the f ollowinir : - To incorporate the Asheville & Greenville Railroad Company. . k. i - To provide for the support of the Peni tentiary.- V , To protect mechanics. NO.M8 There was a very funny bill by Turner, of Mitchell, to regulate tbe sale of Jamaica ginger in that county vrJt- BILLS PASSED 8SCOND KEADINO j-'f; - To incorporate the towns of Rufe, Greene county; Wadesboro. Anson county; Silver City, Chatham county; James City, Craven county; j Williamsburg.. Vance county; Hickstown, Durham county;- --,' . , i To charter .. the Asheville & Tennessee Railway. . . - To charter the Salem, Dan River & Win ston Railroad. . : - - i ) To charter the ' Murfreesboro Railroad Company.- . t - ' i To allow townships io Surry and Yadkin to vote subscription to railways. ' i t To allow Montgomery county to levy a special tax to build a court house . To extend the corparata limits of Fre mont, Wayne county. - " t . To incorporate . Harnett county rail way. - 'S - "... t',f" : " . j r.: To authorial Harnett coaaty "to levy a special tax. ., , . . . .. . ,; . : i-) To allow the to n of Shelby to ' issue bonds. ; To incorporate Hamilton, Martin county. To amend the charter of the Yadkin Railroad. . i To extend the corporate limits of Selma. To incorporate Atlantic, .Virginia and Henderson Railroad. - - . - IJ To incorporate the New Bern ; gradei scnoois. i . , . :.v BILLS PASSED THIBQ KBADIMO j ; To authorize Ashe county to levy a spe cial tax.ll- :--..s - .-. ;r' To amend the charter of Burgaw. .-:! To incorporate the North Carolina Es tate Company (limited.) - M .' To Incorporate Benson, Johnston county. To incorporate the Central and North western Railroad Company, j To incorporate Conetoe, Edgecombe county, j . ..-- - j To incorporate. Merry Oaks, Chatham county. I: ' '" 1 1. To incorporate Asheville Military Acad emy. - ,.)! . .. :". : . ",. ; ); . To incorporate Cranberry and Piedmont Turnpike Company (allows it 100 convicts at $125; each, to be paid for io cash.) To incorporate the .Albemarle and Pan tego Railway. To incorporate the Wilmington and Sea coast Railway Company. - Dr. Worth gave notice that the ma chinery set would be called up next Tues day. SENATE FBIDAY NIGHT. The bi ill to reduce the legal rate of inter est to six per cent, (introduced bV William son) was taken up on its third reading, and tailed to pass. ; - . ' j -- The bill to return to Louiaburg and Lou isburg township $6,400 in railroad bonds, held by. the Penitentiary for copvict labor, passed. i '--.- -j A similar bill, for the return of binds of Carthage township, Moore county, failed, to pass : '.-.-. . - . ' i The Senate was in session until 12 30 this morning, and nearly cleared its calen dar. WASHINGTON. Au Extra Session of Congress Htgbly Probable on Account of tbe Failure to Perfect tbe Appropriations Bills Opinions Kelallve to tbe Power of tbe President to Appoint Inter-State Commerce Commissioners. - Talacsaob to the kornliu Uttr. Washington, Feb. 26 Despite tbe with of tbe resident and of the members both houses of Ccn press to avoid tbe cices sity for a called sesaion of tbe two houses, or a special session of the Senate, the opin ion is entertained this morning that matters in respect to tbe appropriations . bills ire rapidly drifting into a position, if indeed they have already reached it, which make a tiled session inevitable. - - Mr. Allen says that in all bis service in both houses he has never known . such a etate of ! backwardness in regard to appro priations bills, and for this condition of thiDes he declares that neither the Senate oof its committee on Appropriations is re sponsible in any way. . Lr. lieck, member of tbe Uenate Appro prECHOTS Coma ttedecla res hia belief that it will be impossible during tbe remaining days of this session-to finish the appropria tions bills. . The matter of appointments and confirm ations, while probablv sufficient of itself to bring about a special sesiion of the Senate, contributes to influences which may pro duce a called session. I Opinions respecting the power of the President to appoint Inlcr-State Commerce Commissioners during the recess of the Sen ate are widely variant. Messrs . Edmunds, rugh, Harris and other Senators ot promi nence, declare without qualification tnat the President has no shadow of constitu tional or legal right to fill ao office newly created I when the Senate is not in session to give its advice and consent; and that his power in the matter is limited to tilling va cancies temporarily which may happen du ring tbe iecess. It is held th&t should be do so they could rot qualify, draw their salaries, or legally perform any duties A Larce Prise Won by a Norfolk Hob Learning that one-tenth of ticket No. 91,960, I which drew the capital prize! of $150,000 in the drawing or The Louisiana State Lottery on the lllh inst.. had been collected through the Marine Bank, a re porter of The Virginian determined to find out whom fickle fortune had so favored, and soon discovered that Capt. I Cain, of the steamer "Bonito," was one of a party to whom the ticket belonged. Captain cam was sought, but as bis steamer was in North Carolina, he could not be seen until last nieht at 5 o clock, when bis boat arrived. At that hour tbe reporter went to the wharf and asked for Captain Cain, and was di rected to the boat, where .be was found leaning out of the pilot-house window di- recung tbe landing oi bis cargo. uponssK ing a few questions, it was learned that Captain Cain is one of thirty residrtti of our city, wbo lor about two years nave con tributed monthly one dollar each to a club for the purpose or buying tickets in loe Louisiana State Lottery, and during this period several prizes bave been won, but none over $200, which nmouot has been drawn by them three or four limes. Just before t the drawing of the lllh inst. jibe club bought tickets, and amonz tbem was the tenth-ticket numbered ai.uou, ana on examining the official list of numbers drawn; the club discovered that they were the fortunate winners of $15,000. Tbey de posited the ticket in the Marine Bank I for collection, and on Thursday received tbeir money. Captain Cam said tbe club would still continue to purchase tickets monthly, as before. Congratulating the Captain on bis fortune, and thanking him for his in- formation. tbe reporter bade him good evening. Norfoucl Va.) Virginian. van 30. FENNS I It VA. SJA ... Six Bora Horribly Crnsbed and la - I ; stantly Killed. Br Telegraph to the Moraine Star. Eabton. February 26. Seven boys, of aires raneine from 12 to 15 years, no had .been bunting mnsk rats, were walking borne on tbe track or tbe iienign valley Railroad today. Tbey saw a coal train approaching them on one track and step ped to the otner to avoid it, wnen tne last passenger train ran into tbem at a moment when the coal train was opposite them.) Tbe boys were all struck by the passenger train. Some were knocked against tbe coal train and some on tbe opposite side of the road. Six were horribly crushed and instantly killed, and one , escaped unhurt, having been struck by the body of his brother and knocked off tbe track. COTTON. i a Suunarr of tbe Crop" to XMito. . "1 : IB j Telegraph to tne Morning Star.l -' New Yobk. '.Feb. 28. Receipts of cot-' ton for all interior towns, 42,934 bales; re ceipts from plantations, 74.846 bales; total 8,148,764 bales, of which 2.607,374 bales are American, against 8.049,307and 2,623,-, 907 bales respectively last year; crop in sight 5, 803, a bales, Spirits! Tuientine. - Raleigh Visitor : W . JS. Hight, deputy sheriff of-Vance county, brought ; four convicts to the penitentiary this porn-. ?: " , .. Durham Mecorderr . We. learni that a negro woman living near Stag'gvillo killed her husband with' an axe Usl Monday.- We bave not 'beard the particulars ? and know nothing of the circumstiaui-es nor cause of the killing . ; , . j -.. V ' Greensboro News: Mr. Martin . Calvin Dixon died in this city ye,tordy - - morning about 6 o clock, of a rbeumastu affection. Mr. Dixon Whs a Crol;uio, born in Cartaret county, March 25 h. 1839, ; and bad nearly attained his 47th year, Asheville Citizen:- From thn 8th of January to the 16th of February in clusive thero was shipped from the Ashe- . ville depot, to different markets, . 1,174.560 pounds of tobacco. Three fourths of the freight bandied in Western North Caro lina is received at the Asheville depot Raleigh Chronicle', Rev; ; James C. Rockwell, of Fair Bluff, who haslwril ten often for the pleasure of . the readers of the Chronicle, is now pastor of the Baptist chuichcs at Fair Bluff, Porter Swamp, Boycs Chapel and Like WaccAmawl He has also taken charge of the Fait Bluff Academy and has 45 pupils. 1 Henderson Gold Leaf: Tbe op eratives in the tobacco factory of W. L. Meadows & Co , Oxford, struck for higher wages op. Monday morning. Tbeir de mands not being acceded to, tbey left in a body. Mr. W. L Meadows came down on Tuesday and employed other hands, j i $1.20 a pound for fifty-pound lots of tobac co is doing pretty well, ain't it f That is what Frank Wortbnm got for some last week. - - ' . . Raleigh Signal, Hep.: The Re-. publicans of tbe 12th Senatorial - District, and of the whole Stale, are to be congratu lated upon having' such a worker as Mr." Lockey in the Senate. He is yet a young man, not quite 29 years , old, we believe. He surely has a bright future before him. He is tho most troublesome member to tho Democrats that tho Republicans have in the Senate, is a strong debater, and an ac complished parliamentarian. - . ' Washington Progress: Richard Gibbs. colored, was sentenced to three years in tbe penitentiary by Judge Avery, last week, for larceny. While on bis way back to jail, the negro made threats as to what he would do after he had served out bis sentence. He was remanded before the Judgo, who placed an additional seven years upon his first sentence, in ordei to al low him ample time to cool off. t-Hon. Thomas G. Skinner, our Congressman, is always on the watch for opportunities to benefit bis people and humanity. Hois now engaged in a most worthy effoijt, and we hope be will meet with the success the case merits. It is to have pensioned the families of the brave men who lose their lives in the United States Life Savinfc Ser vice. ;. , ' ' .;::::.:;.. ,;- ; ' - - Charlotte Democrat: The Rev. Mr. Piercon's preaching has done much good in this community, and it is reported that about 500 persons have been convered. On Sunday last, 47 joined the Tryon! Street Methodist Church, 85 the Second Presby terian, 80 tbe First Presbyterian aad I 7 the Baptist Church. - The Charlotte town ship chain gang was increased by Judge Meares's court last week to;aboul'40f mem bers. Tbey are doing good workj it is said, on tbe roads leading to the city. Some members of the Legislature have been denouncing the Statesville Landmark, Wilmington Stab and Asheville Citteen for something that displeased them, thereby giving those papers a splendid advertise ment. Will not somebody denounce the Cbarlolte Democrat! ' Raleigh News Observer: A col- . ored preacher named Alexander Morris gotl into trouble yesterday injustice Whitakers court. He was charged with the embezzle ment of fifty dollars, and being unable to show a receipt for tho money orj show where it was, was convicted and (bound over to Court iu a bond of $100. - I- Nine hundred and seventy-five names have been secured to tbe petitions circulated by the anti-prohibitioniats in favor of ordering another election on tbe question of j "local option" in Raleigh township next Juno. Mr; Lockey rose to a poiut oif f per sonal privilege in the Senate, yesterday but ibis is one of the wormiest of chestnuts. and we beg our readers' pardon. IfobodyS, in tue wiui;, wmc wuiiu wauio tu uear aijjr- thing about what Mr, Lockey may bave said. - j . " . - - -- Edenton Fisherman and Far mer: It is believed there will bej more money, invtsted in fishing this year than anV Year nrevions.1 for miuiir- t Tho Episcopal Convection of the Eastern Dlo-j cese of : North Carolina' convenes here in I May. I Accidents will happen, and! no man is exempt from them, however! cautious be may be. Our friend Mr T. C. Badham, lost a large trunk of samples. caused by the dropping or nre from a cigar which he Was smoking while packing tbem preparatory to his leaving for a trip. His damage amounts to at least $150.. W. A i Holloman, of - Harrellsville, met with quite a serious accident last week, which resulted in the breakiog of ia leg and in other injuries. He was walking on one of the streets of that town after night, when he fell in" an unknown excavation along the highway. " Raleigh News Observer It is estimated that more people are at work in Raleigh now than ever before. It jis also said that the population of the city has been increased between four and five hundred within the last three months by people mov ing into the city. -Another consign ment of; those who walked in the ijray of the evil-doer was received at the peniten tiary yesterday. D. W. Fuller,, sheriff of Johnston county, brought in seven new convicts, and Sberiff J. T Alli son, of Iredell county, conttibu ted three, 1 (Twenty two have been received at headquarters within the last few days. Yesterday, in company with Messrs. Colin Hawkins and Peter Wilson, a reporter took a good equare and fair look at tho opera tions of the new phosphate mills of the .gentlemen named, and realized fully that tbe works are meritorious and first class. The substantial buildings and the absences of vibration about the large engine testify to the permanence of the enterprise. It is one of the noisiest places ever traversed that is, inside the mills. A thousand tons of phosphate rock were on the yard; which mass was being transferred into the build ing. Considerable business was dis posed of and applicants for license to prac tice pharmacy were examined. There were several candidates,, and , Messrs. Aaron Green wald, of Wilmington, and Gaston H. Wilder, of Charlotte, passed successful ex aminations. After discussing various topics tbe board adjourned to meet in Asheville next August. ."'.-:..' -)" i Charlotte Chronicle:- Speaker Web3ter presides with a great dea) of dig nity. He pushes business right alijing, and tbe stern expression of bis face frequently cives Dlace to a nroloneed smile. - Parties who arrived in the city yesterday from Gaston county report thai j a well; known citizen of that county has been ar rested and placed in jail upon charge of having robbed and burned the ston oi Mor ris Bros, at Dallas last January. -Mr. Pearson extends an invitation to ell those persons wno nave receivea tne uospei uies sage, believe that God for Christ's sake has; forgiven their sins, to publicly confess Him and do so by coming forward afld giving their hands. About 700 bave imade a publia profession of their faith in Chnst. Judge Bynum bad made the discov ery that during his absence, burglars had effected an entrance to bis residence and had stolen alibis solid silverware, a fine collectiQa valued at. $3,500. Before leav ing borne last January Judge By bum bad caref ullv packed bis silverware in a trunk, which he locked and placed in bis bed room. - The trial of Andrew McDiggs, white; for tbe murder of 8andy Cash, col ored, in Wadcaboro, on tbe 80th of Marcb. 1885, was begun In the Superior Court for Union county, at Monroe last Monday af ternoon, before at Honor, juoge Mont gomery, and - waa concluded yesterday morning.' The jury rn the case was unablo to agree upon a verdict, aod the .State al lowed tbe defendant to submit to a verdict of manslaughter. Judge Montgomery sen tenced Diggs to a term of 20 years impri sonment fa the State Penitentiary, i . ;' j With a f elioitous touch of humor tb Atlanta Constitution describes the Ran dau crowd in Congress as tbe "Democratic revenue reformers" whom . Messrs. Carlisle unrl Mnrriion will not osrmit to irepeal or reduce the taxes on tobacco and- applejack. Phil Record, Dem . .V .;.r p:p-'"!.LLi.-Ti;?.; -5 vm-M .l'; 5H 1-4. - .; '' V- i- mm' mmm .'!;r " : "'' it-:S i- - , tr) . : a : .: - s '' '. I-;,