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COVEKSOB SCALES AND A RAIL
ROAD COMMISSION.
There is no doubt of the fact that
there is an overwhelming public sen
timent in favor of a Railroad Com
mission. Governor Scales makes it
odo of the chief topics of his mes
sage to the Legislature, and it is un
derstood that Governor Fowle is in
favor of a Commission. Governor
r Scales is calm, cautious, well-poised
in his remarks upon it. lie etates
the complaints against railroads and
ses the difficulties - of fairly adjust
ing the matter at issue so that the
railroads already chartered and built
jriay be protected iq their rights and
the peoplo be satisfied with the guar
antees. It ia a very important and in some
respects difficult question to manage.
I here is great prejudice against rail
roads in the popular mind. They
are somehow . regarded as the enemies
of the people rather than as the
friends of towns and sections and the
promoters of publio interests. We
lo cot stop to consider how this state
of things has been brought about.
1T -.1 r -i-i
r luio tug isvh for years
there has been a growing clamor for
. a Commission to regulate the roads.
li will cot be denied that tbe people
have grievances acd that many com
" plaints are well founded. Bat the
r.i!roada are not the enemies of the
pwple or the Stato. If they were
really so there would be no more
railroads built eo long as the world
6t3nds, and those in existerco would
be in constant peril.
The railroads are the great devel
opers of State resources as well as the
great connecting links between the
is noi as tar irom wii-nficgTe--toiMpntreal,
Canada, now
as it was to Goldsboro intEetime'of
the fathers. North Carolina is rich
in a great many produots and posses
sions and what she needs is railroad
C3. T m - m ww'
communication, the best class of im
migrants, more and better schools,
greater backing facilities, cheaper
raies oi interest, more capital for m-
uusinai development, ana a wise
system of farming abd less mortgag
ing and consequently less Blavery.
There should be no enmity between
the people and railroads, and in try
ing to remedy evils and correct fric
tion there should be no prejudice and
clamor, bnt a high sense of right and
justice and a spirit of fair dealing.
Intelligence and not wild and blind
prejudice must manage this matter
or there will be a "mess of it."
The people have rights and the
railroads have rights. Do not forget
-that. Says Gov. Scales:
"When a railroad is chartered it is made
a person io law, and as such is entitled
- to all its privileges, rights and immuni
ties, given under tbe law, as much as the
highest and most favored individual in
the land. Bay, if ycu will, that it has no
soul, no sympathies, no affections, no am
bition or aspiration bevond sain, still it ia a
child of the law, and in a land where law is
supreme is entitled to all the power of the
State to secure a fair trial and protection of
-very legal right. But while this is so the
citizecs who have rights under tbe Consti
tution tbat must be equally recognized and
protected. All other common carriers,
whether by land or sea, to a greater or less
extent, are regulated and held within pro
per limits in all their exactions from the
public by competition, but with railroads
there is no competition, and if one is
built now and then with any such view,
it is soon destroyed by combinations for
mutual prone.
As a general thing railroad mana
gers are men of sense practical,- ev
ery day, common sense. They know
that the roads must not treat the
people badly and unfairly if hey
wonld prosper. They know that in
the end justice and right will inevl-
tttuiy iriumuu. xvaiiroaas nave cer-
tain chartered rights and privileges.
It is cot possible for them to be de-
? prived of these any more than you
tiu ucuriYB inn npotllfl ttt t.tlPir norhta
and privileges. If railroads built in
the past have greater privileges nn
, der their charters than would be
graniea now, wnat are you going to
do about it? Yba cannot deprive
. them of these privileges. As a mat-
v t iaub uiu rauroaas cnarge much
less now than when they were first
constructed. The rates 'are very
much less in 1889 than they were in
1850 or 1810. Rnt.i. Ma. c-i
"These corporations best understand
their business, and are certainly best quali
fied to know what should be done and how
io qo u. ji ney cannot ran to see that some
thing must be done. The people are
aroused and determined. Congress and
the Legislatures but reflect the will of the
people and the profound Interest they feel
in the subject. ,r 7
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VUL. JUL. - ; , : v
What shall be done? Legislation
cannot deprive, the roads of their
chartered rights. An extreme law
will retard business, shut out foreign
capital and work serious injury in
many directions. In more than one
State severe laws aimed at railroads
stopped the construction of roads
and prevented Northern capital from
coming into the South.
What sort of a Commission then
snail De appointed r Several years
ago the Stab took this position. It
opposed a very stringent law that
was in favor with many that was
proposed in -a Southern State beoauso
it was dangerous and would shut out
foreign capital acd paralyze business
and industrial development. It
favored the Massachusetts law.
There was a State whose railroad
system was very extended and about
complete And yet its Commission
was purely advisory. But in no
one instance after seven years trial
had a railroad failed to adopt its re
commendation in any matter of com
plaint. The Board was composed of
able, pure, thoroughly competent,
practical men who were not poli
ticians. They had the confidence of
all, and a strong publio sentiment
baoked them.
North Carolina has really bat few
roads comparatively Her system is
still to be built. Will it be wise to
go beyond" Massachusetts in this
matter? If that State, bo intelligent,
-so rich, so supplied with railroads
completely ramifying the State can
not go beyond an advisory Board
bow can a thinly populated and a
widely separated territory it being
more than five hundred miles across
the State afford to adopt a radical
system that may prove disastrous
and Be two-edged?
The Stab is for moving cautious
ly, intelligently,acd after a thorongb
examination of the great system in
volved. If a Commission of the right
kind is appointed, it will do good,
but it is possible to make a blunder
in the character of the law and the
way it works. , In reforming one evil,
it is quite possible to create two
evils. A wise, able, honest Commis
eion working under a judicious acd
intelligently framed law, will be of
service to the people. Gov. Scales
sees the great importance of select
ing the right men for the place. To
command the respect and confidence
of the people, the'politiciaca must be
shut out. If you appoint the politi
cians, you will find the people gener
ally saying, as we already hear them
saying in advance, that the Commis'
sion was merely oreate4.-Xo.take care
oXoflee.ekersy-aB44io
benefit the people!:, -Gov. : Scales
says:
"I would also recommend a Commission
of three wise, patriotic and unprejudiced
men, with salaries sufficient to render them
independent, and enable them to give their
whole time to the work. This
Commission should be selected with great
care; they should be men of first-rate in
telligence, practical knowledge, incorrupt!-
via imcjjiiijr auu juuiciai iairaesB.
We may add that to a certain ex
extent they should be experts. We
read some years ago a portion of an
ably-prepared pamphlet on railroad-
- mm
ing ana commissions, and we were
made aware of the fact that unless a
person had very carefully studied the
whole system he was poorly qualified
to deal with it. The Commission se
lected will have to give very special
study to railroading or they will
blander blindly and do great injus
tice often. Gov. Scales recognizes
the difficulties and says:
HYm. t 1 M . .
xi is exceedingly auncuit to so Irame a
bill as to meet every case without unduly
imeriering whd, u not crippling, the rail-
roaas. - w Tnis whole question is yet
wuuia mo uumsin pi experiment tbe law
is very unsettled and imperfect, and such
power given to the Commission, with pro
per restrictions, would. I apprehend, by ac
tual experience, gradually wotk out a just,
impartial and beneficent law."
If the Stab has influence with any
of the legislators, it would caution
them to move with care and to make
haBte slowly. Unwise legislation
may have a very great influence over
the destinies of North Carolina. The
Stab has shown in its discussions
that it was a people's paper, and it
wonld not have the people injureof
by haste or badly and unwisely
framed laws If the Massachusetts
law was tried for. two years and it
failed to meet the demands and
necessities, then it could be strength- j
ened and
more radical measures
adopted. .
Gov. Jbowle's Inugural Address
has'the merit of shortness. It is hot
a specially "striking production, bat
is free from spread-eagle rhetoric,
It takes a gratifying practical turn.
The Stab will give his Administra
tion of State affairs a fair, candid
and if possible intelligent trial, and
will support the new Governor heart
ily whenever it can do so consistent
ly with its own honest oonviotiocs of
right, duty and propriety. We re
produce some extracts from the In
augural elsewhere.
Boodler Dudley, ' after dodging
justice since the election, has escaped
punishment through the ruling of
Judge Woods, a carpet-bag United
States functionary from Alabama.
But Dudley's rascality remains as
black as ever in spite of the judicial
whitewash. :
. nuil-FiBTHEB EVI
DENCE. - . -
. W are gratified to know that our
recent editorial on the Neys has at
tracted attention iq 'and oat of , the
State. It is certainly an interesting
subj ect acd as one of inquiry is
especially engaging. We have to
make' a correction and to remove in
part an impression made' by our re
cent disoassion. i . i y"i .V . '
1.f. I i '.1 .. .. . .
j-kciernng io tne article in lAppvnr-
cotf e Magazine we left the impres
f Bion that the examing of the body
of Peter S. Ney was conclusive as to
the nonidentity of ; ' him with
the creat Marshal of "Nannlnnn.
We are glad to be able to .state
that the examination of Peter S.
Ney's skull was by no means con
clusive as to the point. So far from
it, the question of identity cannot
possibly be solved in that way. Here
is what the physicians who attended
the exhuming- of the body of Ney
said: - v. ' '
"We found some of the bonea onlv and
these in such decay that we cannot state
positively whether the skull had ever been
trepanned or not.".
This was signed by Dr, J. G. Ram
sey, a very intelligent physioianand
others. Dr. Thomas F. Wood, of
this bity, says the cranium . was in
each a condition as cot to decide the
question of trepanning. So the ques
tion is left where if was. It must be
decided upon other evidence. Rev.
James A. Weston, of the Episcopal
Church, who knows more of the Ney
matter than any living North Caro
linian, was present at the exhuma
tion of Peter Ney's body. He writes
ua that it amounted to nothing. He
says he procured a cast of that por
tion of tbe skull which was cot de
cayed.
As to the testimony of the Duke
of Wellington, concerning the shoot
ing of Marshal Ney, as furnished in
tbe recent work of Earl Stanhope
"Notes of Conversation with the
Duke of Wellington," to which wo
re i err ea ana aiiacnea mucn impor
tance, Mr. Weston, in a private let
ter, says acutely:
'After all, the Duke of Wellington mav
cot have been privy to Key's escape, that
is, il Her did escaoe. Further, if Nev
owed his life to Wellington, ia it at all
probable that Wellington would have dis
closed the fact to Earl Stanhope? I think
not. But I am anxious to see the book.
Upon examination, I think I shall find that
tbe Iron Duke was simply throwing dutt
in me Historian s eyes, nous verrons."
J udge Russell's bitter assault upon
the white men of the South in the
New York Tribune seems to have
fallen still born. We have cot seen
a word of comment in any exchange
either Northern or Southern. If his
aim was notoriety he will perhaps
even fail in that. If his purpose was
to make thewhitm infamous in the
eyes of the TH&une gang he may suc
ceed, but it will not be to the detri
ment or mortification of the superior
people at whom he hurls his poisoned
arrows. The Stab does not exchange
with the dirty New York Radical
sheet and has not seen the toothless
slander.
The last New Bern "Weekly Jour
nal has a full page advertisement of
the "Second Grand Annual Exposi
tion of Eastern North Carolina game,
neb, oyster, and industrial" products.
This important fair is to be held on
four days, beginning on 19th Febru
ary next. ..The first fair was tenta
tive and a fine suocess. We are glad
to learn that the second fair promises
to be better still. The North Caro
lina waters can furnish much that is
delicate and delicious, and in strik
ing variety. Gov. Fowle will open
il 1JI -m- -
toe exposition. Liow excursion rates
will induce a great many to attend.
We hope the fishermen and farmers
o f this section will send in their best
specimens. Good board can be ob
tained at low rates. The Stab's very
best wishes attend this enterprise,
and if within our power, we will be
delighted to be one of the visitors.
lhe D'ayetteville Observer has
changed hands again, and whilj the
Stab loses a good friend in the re
tiring editor, Mr. G. EL Haigh, it has
a friend in Mr. Z. W. Whi nil a ajl
who succeeds him. Brother Haigh
has given his patrons an excellent
paper, and we regret to ; part with
mm. May the Lord bless him. Mr.
Whitehead has been for some years
eauor ana Dronnetor nf ti.a a, op
patriot, daily and weekly, i He is no
stranger to the editorial rooms. He
announces that "in the editorial con
duct of the paper he will be assisted.
by one of the most competent and
thoroughly reliable journalists Norths
Carolina can boast of." tu
Observer long flourish, and brotbe
Whitehead be at its helm.
Foralcn Exports Tester day.
Messrs. Alex, Sprunt Ss Son cleared
the British steamship Dartmore, for
Liverpool with 6,100 bales cotton,
weighing . 2,433,259 poundsand val
ued at $225,100.
Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co.
cleared the Norwegian baronet ,TAn,
neflilUvUl. Enf" wItl 50 casks
spirits turpentine and 2:937 barrels
rosin, valued at $8,053.
i Messrs. Williams & Mnrohlson
cleared the Norwegian . brig Ban
Juan, for London, with 3,931 barrels
rosin, valued at $2,910 17.
AiMr. Edward Kidder'B Son cleared
the schooner M. A. Swift, forHuma
cao. P. R.. with 78.591 ft inmh
valued at $1,246 99. i
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAy, JANUARY. 25'
of Staph aa
IVailaea,
In this city yesterday jnorning" attf
O'clock Btephen D. Wallace, . one ' of
.Wilmington's oldest and most highly ,
esteemed citizens passed to his rest,
iix the 75 th year of bis age. Mr. Wal
lace was a native of this city and his
entire life, with a slight interruption
was passed within its limits. Be was
one of our .oldest native born citizens
and there are but few, yery few, of
that class . still , remaining. Daring
his long life, t he filled many offices of
trust and responsibility with great
credit to himself and to ; the entire
satisfaction of the public, for he had
in a marked degree the confidence of
all. Tor many years he was princi-
pal book keeper of the Wilmington &
Weldon Railroad Company, ; and
on the death' of Hon. Wm. S. Ashe in
1861, who then filled that position, he
was made President of the Company
and served most acceptably until the.
reorganization of the Company in
1865r He then embarked In mercan
tile business in which he continued
until the Bank of New Hanover was
organized, when he was called .upon
to assume the position of Cashier
of that institution which, he held un
til his death uninterruptedly. His long
continuance in that ' office is the best
evidence of his capacity and integri
ty, r and is in the highest degree
creditable alike to both parties, as it
shows honesty on one side and regard
for it on the other
: Mr. Wallace was a diffident, retir
ing man, not disposed to thrust him
self forward, but always equal to
any position j he was called upon : to
fill. With more than ordinary intel
ligence he possessed also great indus
try arid powers of application, had an
extensive knowledge of business, and
wa,s withal, a thorough accountant.
He was amiable, kind, hearted, liber
al as far as his means would permit,
and we doubt if he had an enemy in
the' world. In early life he clad him
self in the humble robes of the true
Christian, and died as he had lived,
in that blessed faith which he had
embraced in health and strength.
He was a good man. v
A Slraastr'a lmprMiirai.
Prof. Raff erty, organist at St. Tho
mas' .Catholic Church in this city, has
written a pleasing and interesting
letter to the News, of Newburgh, N.
Yn where he was formerly organist
and director j of music at St Mary's
Church of that city. The climate, he
saya is perfectly delightful about as
even a temperature as could be pos
siblewhich he ascribes to the prox
imity ol the Gulf Stream. The exten
sive business of the port, its publio
and private buildings, are pleasantly
alluded to, and the people, he says,
arejrery hospitable; a person coming
here for pleasure generally finds all
he wishes. In conclusion, he says:
"I an recommend this city for the
grand climate, that will surely please
any one; also for kindness to stran
gera." 'And i( any of my JTewburgb.
friends come to call on me while I
am here, it will afford me pleasure to
make it pleasant outside of nature '
ability to satisfy the most irragciBle
orank on weather."
Tna Treauacat
Beeelved.
Confederate
A Mr. Bryant -who lost his right
arm in the batleof Port Fisher in
1865, was In market yesterday with a
raft of timber, en -and hewed by
himself with his left haaii. The
sympathies of one of the timber . in
spectors were aroused in behalf of
this sturdy and self-reliant old vet
eran, and he refused to accept a com
mission for selling Mr. Bryant's raft;
and the saw mill men, when Inform
ed of the facts, bid against each other
for the purchase of the timber, which
was finally sold to one of them at a
price much above the ruling rates.
Compliment to Lieut. Cot. Sltdata.
The Raleigh Observer says: "That
was a highly deserved compliment
paidLieut. Gov. Stedman yesterday
In the resolution of thanks accorded
him, and originating as it did was pe
culiarly graceful. Certainly " Gov
Stedman has made one of the best
presiding officers t;he State has ever
had, and withal he is a patriot and a
statesman in the true sense of those
terms. North Carolina has higher
honors than any he has yet attained
in store for him, we may be sure."
Fanerai of Sir. Jamea Oorbett.
The fanerai of the late Mr. James
Corbett took place yesterday after
noon from j St. Thomas7 Church, of
which the I deceased was a devont
member. The interment was in the
Catholic cemetery at Oakdale. M essrs.
A. D. Brown, M. M. Katz, Wm. .Mon
roe, L. Brown, James Madden and D.
O'Connor were the pall-bearers.
CottOB. I
The receipts of cotton at this port
for the week closed yesterday, were
1,716 bales; the same week last year,
2,837 bales! Receipts for the crop
year, from September 1st to January
18th, 135,498 bales; the corresponding
time last year 154,693 a decrease of
19,195 bales.
The stock at this port is 10,316
bales; at same date last year 13.250
bales. 1
Naval store.
Receipts of naval stores at this pert
from April 1st to January 18th, a
compared with receipts for the same
time last year, are as follows: Spirits
turpentine 58,028 casks; last year,
64,448 casks. Rosin, 185.691 barrels:
last year, 280,851. Tar, 45,644 barrels;
last year, 42,802. Crude "turpentine,
18,993 barrels, last year 2gy,769.
Mr. Joseph P. Caldwell, editor
of the Statesville ZanclmarJc, says
this of Major Stedman in. a letter to
his paper: "Lieut.-Gov. Stedman is
the best presiding officer 3 ever saw.
He surpasses either Carlisle or In
galls." Capi-Smith, of the steamer
D. MurcMson, reports a rise of about
twenty-flye feet in the river at Fay
ettevllle, Friday morning , and tne
water still rising, but slowly, whien the
2i urcMstm left that place.
THJS INAUGURATION.
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j. Bea(maBraaat-nve ntlUarr
linia--TIa jW.. . . x. and der.
tata Band-CT Fowle Addresa
-A Grand Bai;f Ktci " '-.V
r SpBOlal Star Telegram. '
' KAH.Janl'i7.--After theprocced
ingsjin the House of. Representatives, a
procession was formed ia front of . Gov.
Fowle's house and escorted . him to the
Executive office, and thence to Stronach's
warahouse, where, on ' account . of the
threatening weather, tbe - Inaugural cere
monies took place, the oath of office being
adininistered to Gov, Fowle by Chief
Justics Smith. The inaugural address
was lhtened to attentively land elicited
frequent applause, especially the reference
to nonpayment of special Uz bonds. ?1 '
, There was a very large crowd, present to
witness theV ceremonies, . including many
ladies,;. Only five military companies were
In attendance,. The Wilmington Light In
fantry were much commended for their fine
appearapfiH and eoldierly bearing, and the
Germania Cornet Band, also from Wil
mington, received many compliments.
At the conclusion, of tbe ceremonies
Lieut Gov. Stedman, in a neat and appro
priate speech,, turced over , the presidency
of the Senate to Col. Holt, the Lieutenant
Governor elect, who also made remarks be
fitting the occasion. Throughout the en
tire ceremonies nothing occurred to mar
the proceedings.
After the inaugural the Governor held a
reception.
The ball to-night is a grand affair. There
is a larse attendance of ladies and promi
nent men from all parts of the Bute. ;
Raleigh-, N, C. Jan. 18. In the Senate
to-day, tho following bills were introduced:
To extend the jurisdiction and increase the
fees of Juitices of the Peace; to allow the
Commit siocers of Cherokee county to
build a nev j iil; for ths relief of J. R.
Outlaw, late sheriff of Bertie; to change the
time of holding thi Superior Court of
Greenville; to prevent the sale of liquors
within two miles of the Baptist church in
Buffalo township, Watauga county.
A bill to repeal chapter 144, Laws of
1887, relative to the stock law, caused wide
debate. It passed its second and third
reading. The bill leaves the fees for im
pounding the esm9 aa the old law.
A bill to incorporate thelMerchanta' and
Planters' Bank at Milton passed its several
readings.
Bill to work 'public toads by taxation
and contract was lost ayes 12, nays 82,
Bill for relief of Mr. McNeill, sheriff of
Wilkes county, was passed.
A resolution to lesae to J. R. Small wood
a consolidated bond for three bonds lost by
him passed.
Bill to repeal chapter 75, Laws of 1887,
preventing hunting deer in McDowell,
Burke and Mitchell counties until 1891,
passed its several readings.
Bill to change the name of Charleston, in
Swain coaaty, to Brysoa City, passed.
BUI to. amend the Code, relative to over
seers of roads in Rockingham county, pass
ed its several readings. -.
A resolution authorizing the Commission
ers.c Agriculture to offer a premium for
the largest yield of grain per acre came up.
The bill provides $200 for corn,
$150 for wheat, $100 for oats,
$50 for Irish potatoes. An amendment to
add $100 for hay was adopted, and also an
amendment to add $100 for cotton. Nu
merous other amendments were offered, all
of which, with the bill, were referred to
Committee on Agriculture.
Bill to regulate the sale of corn in Hyde,
Pamlico and other counties passed.
Bill to prevent fraud m the sale of land
and personal property under mortgage,
(require notice at the Court House for
twenty da jt), passed its final reading.
A resolution Jo .print 1,200 copies of the
inaugural address waa passed,
tin tbe House, a resolbion was introduced
relating to printing .all bhUa; also a hill re
lating to salaries of memberirsof the Life
Saving Service, with instructions to janem-
bersof Congress.
Bills were introduced: For the relief of
the sheriffs of Tyrrell and Dare counties;
incorporating the Albemarle Lumber Co. ;
relating to the removal of school from
Newton to Mbrganton; changing the time
of holding, the Superior Court for Pitt
county; allowing Elizabeth City to issue
bonds for certain purpose! ; relating to the
condition of publio highways: changing
thatime for holding the Superior Court for
Granville; to amend the election laws; to
create a new township in Madison county;
to abolish the May term of the Superior
Court of Pender county; allowing the Com
missioners of Montgomery county to levy
a special tax.
Calendar The bill to prevent diseases
among stock was recommitted. Bill aa.
thcrizing the commissioners of Shelby to
levy especial tax passed third reading
Also bill allowing commissioners of Cald
weil to levy a special tax. Bill relating to
filling of vacancies of registers of deeds,
sheriffs or coroners was referred to the Ju
diciary Committee. Bill extending the time
for a compromise of the State debt, extend
ing tbe time eighteen months, passed third
reading. The bill to change the spelling
of Cleveland county was lost. Resolution
Sot election of certain officers by the people
was tabled. Bill to prevent the increase of
hog cholera was recommitted. Bill to in
corporate the town of Hot Springs passed
second reading. . Bill to Incorporate the
Guilford Battle Ground Association passed
third reading. Several other bills of minor
importance passed their several readings.
Raleigh, N.CV, January 19. The Sen
ate met at 10 o'clock. President Holt pre
siding. After prayer by Rev. Mr. l'orter,
of tbe Christian Church, the journal was
read and approved.
The following were introduced: Bilk
To amend the Constitution relative to elec
tions; to prevent interest from being paid
on conaiy orders until after they are pre
sented for payment; to amend the charter
of WinBtott; relative to making real estate
assets and providing - for enforcing liens
against said real estate: for the relief of the
late sheriff of Northampton county, W. G.
Benton; to Incorporate James City, Craven
county; to authorize justices of the peace
in certain cases to issue process to other
counties than their own; to alter the Con
stitution so as to establish corporal punish
ment in certain cases. (.Gives the Legisla
ture power to provide a statute for such
punishment; to protect telegrams and let
ters; to change the - Normal School from
Newton to Statesville; to prevent screens
in doors of bar-rooms. By Mr. Luske.
Calendar Several - unimportant private
bills were disposed oft-tr v
, On resolution instructing Senators and
renneatinp member of CoorreSS to secure
1889.
it possible, tho tfassam nf thn hill nt Ftn
W. H. H. Cowlea, relative to the abolition
of internal revenue on" tobacco, a wild
discussion ensued. A motion to exclude
the words "Mills bill" wherever it occurs,
was lost ayes 12, nays 81. r An amend
ment stating that tbe purpose of the bill is
to obtain at-the earliest time the repeal of
the entire internal revenue, was finally
withdrawn The resolution passed a final
reading ayes 83, nays 7.
- On the bill to remove the Normal School
from Newton to Statesville, a motion to re
fer to ' Committee on Education was
adopted. ., .
.., Adjourned till 3 p. m , Monday. - V t
. In the House, the bill to repeal the act
repealing the act requiring newspaper pub
lication of notices of sales of land by exe
cutors and administrators, was tabled by a
strict party vote Democrats voting, to ta
ble. . . . .... '
The resolution instructing members of
Congress to use their efforts to abolish the
internal revenue , passed. There was no
debate. ' . ..
In report of proceedings in the Senate
on the 12th inst., it. should have ! teen
stated that the resolution referred to In the
above paragraph was offered by Senator
Payne, of Robeson, in the nature of a sub
stitute, and that Senator Payne led the dis
cussion on tbe Democratic side, instead of
Senator Turner - . K v f
FROM RALEIGH.
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Tm Inauguration No IiecialaUvo
Bnalncaa tf.ln Eltr Bona SEaen
, Electioneering tor Public Printer-
Senator Banaom Ex-Governor Jar.
via.
Raleigh, N. C, January 17 -During
last night quite a heavy storm of wind and
ram prevailed in this vicinity, ana it iooK'
,ed as if the inaugural proceedings to-day
would be seriously interferred with. .Early
mis moraine. However, tne rain ecasea ana
the day has been generally favorable, tbe
only drawback being the muddy condition
of the streets. The programme as hereto
lore puoiisnea was earned out lane main.
At 10 a. m. the Senate repaired to the Hall
of the House of Representatives and were
assigned appropriate seats, the President of
the Senate occupying a seat to the left of
the Speaker of the House. The Supreme
Court Justices occupied seats within the
bar. All the State officers-elect were then
conducted to seats, with the exception of
the Governor. These were presented to the
Associate Justices and were sworn in by
the Chief Justice. The committee of sr
ran cements then repaired to tbe residence
of Governor Fowle and conducted him to
the executive office. All being ia readiness,
both houses of the General -AssemblyEthen
proceeded to the place selected for the in
auguration of the Governor, wherejthe usual
oath was administered, after which the new
Governor held a reception, i
Next Wednesday night having been se
lected for holding the caucus, to nominate
a public printer, much wire-polling and
electioneering generally may be expected
during the next few days, it ia difficult to
determine who will be the successful com
petitor, but the outlook to-day indicates
that : Josephus Daniels of 'the Chronicle
will bear off the prize. There are not a few
members, however, who advocate the plan
of dving out the printing to tho lowest
bidder, and, it may be, that this plan will
yet be resorted to. -
The friends of ex-Governor Jarvis are,
this morning, openly advocating his ap
pointment as a member of the proposed
Railroad Commission 4f he so desires,
A gentleman; from Greensboro confirms
the report recently going thi rounds of the
press, that an effort will be made to have
Mrs. Thos. Settle appointed! postmaster at
that place. It is thought that she can easily
secure tbe appointment, it (leaked.
Business of all kinds is pretty much at a
stand-still here to-day, afld people of all
classes are taking in the inauguration.
Much work has already been done by the
municipal authorities in the way of laying
off and beautifying " Pollen Park," near
the western limits of the city. During the
coming 8pring and Summer the Street
Railway Company Willi extend lia lines
thither, when it will become a most popu
lar resort for our peopleJ The park is ad
mirably located in f ulfl view of tbe Fair
Grounds and Agricultural College.
The case of tbe State ra. Iola Hicks, for
murder, occupied the Superior Court this
morning, and is now in the hands of the
jury. A verdict.either sf manslaughter or
acquittal is anticipated, :
Senator Ransom will leave this'afternoon
for Washington. It is tot probable that he
will be here when the eectioncomes off.
There was no Legislative business trans
acted in either House to-day.:
Raleigh, N. C, January 18 The
Senatorial question being out of tbe way
and the inauguration ceremonies having
been ended, there aeecs now to be no im
pediment to the prognt.of legislation, if
we except the canvass fot the position of
publio printer,- which wik come to an end
next Wednesday night. 'There is an evi
dent desire on the part o' members, many
of whom are farmers and used to toil, to
get to business. As onebf them remarked.
to-day, he was "anxiour to clear the docket
within the allotted tern-of jLixtyjsrBd4--fiS5-J marshal
then go home with JviTfj&T conscience."
"TheTo" la an evident irrepressible conflict
brewing between the two elements of the
Republican party in their hot pursuit for
the spoils. The ringleaders in this city are
mostly of the Sherman "bloody shirt"
stripe, who claim to have a special priviN
ege in the dispensation of patronage, while
there are others in the State, of Bomewhat
conservative tendencies, who assert that a
man can be a Republican without extreme
Radical proclivities. Between the two
there is an evident clash, as shown by the
recent recommendation of Mahone and
its subsequent withdrawal. This is a re
minder of the remark made by Hon. A. M.
Waddell, in his recent speech before the
Electoral College, putting in nomination
Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Waddell said, in sub
stance, that he was certain Harrison would
soon be at enmity with a large portion of
his party, because he had beard that Har
rison was somewhat of a conservative and
an honest man, and the latter qualification
could hardly be appreciated by the average
Southern Radical. The present conflict
between the contending factions gives the
color of fact to Mr. Waddell's remarks.
There is a perfect flood of applicants for
a place on the proposed Railroad Com
mission, either directly or through the
medium of correspondence in the press.
It Is gratifying to know that there are so
many men, especially in this section of
the State, peculiarly fitted for so import
ant a position . Raleigh comes to the front
with a score or more, who, as Randolph of
Roanoke used to say, are "hungry ex
pectants." All the talk here to-day is of the grand
ball given last night at Stronach's ware
bouse. It was indeed an event long to be
remembered. For glittering array, beauty
and bravery nothing like it has ever before
taken place in the capital of the Old North
State. "
The iury in the case of Iola Hicks,
charged with the murder of a white man
named Strickland, in this county, last Oc
tober, has brought io a verdict of guilty of
manslaughter.' There - is aa Impression
among many that she should have been
acquitted, as the drift of evidence seemed
to show that the act was committed to pre
vent an assault upon her person. -
It is now. thought that all the contested
cases will be disposed of during the com
ing week. There is a general desire to get
ridof them.
In spite of the general cry of hard times
the sheriffs continue to settle with unusual
promptness.' The delinquent list of this
county is not as large as last year.
The first official act of Governor Fowle
was the signing of the commissions of the
following aides-de-camp: J. S. Cunning
ham, Thos. W. Strange and Alston Grimes.
Raleigh, N. O. January 19. Our city
presents something of tbe appearance of a
country village to-day, in comparison with
the bustle during the early part of the week.
The next event in order Is the ex-Confederate
Soldier's Convention next Tuesday,
and our people are looking forward to it
with much interest. Every, necessary ar
rangement has been mads to give them a
most cordial welcome. r v ; t 'Myyr
The proposition to print the inaugural
address of Governor Fowle to tho extent
NO. 12
of 2 500 conies, met with much onoositlan
m the Senate yesterday, the introducer of
the resolution Senator Means endeavor
ing to explain that it would cost but very lit
tle moreto printp. 500, than 1.200 copies, yet
tbe opponents of the matter insisted on the
latter figure. It is looked upon as rather a
"beggarly" distribution of a State paper of
such importance.
The-Iectures of Rev. T. H. Pritchard,
embracing an account of his observations
during a recent visit to Europe, to te de
livered in the city on Tuesday and Wed
nesday evenings next, are anticipated with
much pleasure. There will doubtless be
large audiences, as the Doctor is very pop
ular in Raleigh, and his literary abiiity is
well known to all our people.
Tour correspondent has tafeen'paina to
obtain the views of several of the more
prominent members, as to the justice and
propriety of more nearly equalizing the
salaries of the different State officials.
There is an evident desire to do as much as
possible in that direction, but, at tbe same
time, the members generally are of the
opinion that the present state of busi
ness will not justify any material inciease.
It is contended that the tax on real estate,
&c., must at least be placed at 80 cents on
the $100 valuation to meet even the esti
mates under the existing appropriations,
and, as the fertilizer. tax is still, in doubt,
the sum necessary, to raise for tbe support
of the Agricultural Department most be
looked for ia another direction. While
the present. Assembly is by no means a
"niggardly" one, it is composed of those
who will move slowly in tbe way of ex
travagance. .
Rev. Mr. Nash, of ' the new Central
Methodist Church, told your correspondent
to-day that the new edifice would probably
be completed during the present year. He
has worked assiduously to raise funds for
the purpose, and now thinks he can see
"daylight ahead." It will be a beautiful
structure, comparing most favorably with
many in the South.
SO UTH CAROLINA .
Blnrder and Ineendlarlim in Hew
berry County.
Chablestoit, January 17 About a
month ago Butler Banks, of Newberry
county, was shot, and suspicion pointed to
Jamea 0. Banks aa his assailant, aa the two
men had been unfriendly. Last Saturday
week Butler Banks, hearing that James C.
Banks was in the neighborhood canvassing
for a book, lay in wait for him, and taking
deliberate aim with a shot-gun. fired at bis
supposed assailant, .wounding him in
four places. James Banks implored But
ler Banks, who is not a relative, though of
the same name, to desist, but the latter
fired the second barrel of his shot- guu and
also the contents of a pistol at James,
though without further effect. James is in
a dangerous condition. Butler Banks has
escaped.
Last Saturday a party of men went to
the house of Butler Banks, where were his
wife and six little children the eldest be
ing only thirteen years old and set fire to
the house, compelling the. woman to re
main until its destruction was certain. The
men then set fire to a corn-crib and feed
house, leaving the mother and little ones
without food or shelter or sufficient clothing-There
ia great indignation, but, though
the names of the incendiaries are said to be
known, no arrests have been made.
.i WA8H1NGTON.
Anotner Steamer Ordered to Ilayll
Bragg Nomination Confirmed.
Washington, Jan. 17l The United
States steamer Atlanta, Capt Howell, has
been ordered to proceed at once to Port au
Prince and report to Rear -Admiral Luce,
commanding the North Atlantic station,
and now on board the Galena. It is ex
pected the Atlanta will sail from New
York Saturday morning, The Galena will
return to the United States upon being re
lieved by the Atlanta, and the commander
of that vessel will then be in command of
the naval forces in Haytian waters. Noth
ing has been heard from the Ossifee since
she sailed from Norfolk, but it is thought
at tbe Navy Department that she has ar
rived at Port aa Prince before this time.
The nomination of Walter 8. Bragg, to
succeed himself aa Inter-State Commerce
Commissioner, was favorably reported to
day in the executive session of the Senate
by the Committee on Inter-State Com
merce. Washington, Jan. 18. Collections of
internal revenue for the first six months of
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1889, were
$88,815,565, an increase of $808,957 as
compared with the collections for the cor
responding period of the previous fiscal
year. The receipts were as follows:
From spirits, $35,866,480, increase
$1,848,851; tobacco, $15,843,653, de
crease $511,245; fermentted liquors,
$12,142,806, increase $25,028; ole
omargarine, $410,989. increase $51,203;
banks, bankers, etc., $5,747. increase $592;
miscellaneous, $43,890, decreasl $50,262.
'The receipts for December. 1888, were
$362,229 leas than those for DeceabeivlgSJf
of the inauguration procession, has issued
notice that all organizations desiring to par
ticipate in the parade will notify head
quarters on or before February 20th, 1889,
in order that they may receive proper as
signment in the procession. No civic or
ganization will be permitted in the line
numbering less than fifty men. No organ
izations wearing improper costumes or
equipments will be. assigned a place in the
parade.
The act of Congress granting the right of
way to the Pensacola & Memphis Railroad
Company through the public lands in Flor
ida, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee,
has become a law without the President's
signature. '
NEW YORE.
A Georgia Protectlonlet'a Speecn at a
Dinner at Delmonlco'e.
New Yobe, Jan. 17. E. 8. Hanson, of
Macon, Ga., in a speech at a protectionist
dinner at Delmonico's, last night, said:
"There are two Souths. One is the old
South the political South, the solid South,
the South of exclusive agriculture, of the
ory and failure. The other is the new
South the business South, the South of
diversified industry, of practical methods,
the South of progress. They were evolved
from different conditions at different pe
riods, and inspired by different sentiments,
hopes and purposes. One lives in the mem
ory of tbe past, and is guided by its dead
traditional the other in the present and fu
ture, learrnag wisdomfrom experience. The
experience of each was designed for a miso
sion to fills place in the history of the
country. For the good that was and is
in both of them we love them, while
not unmindful of. their faults, their
mistakes, perhaps their political sins.
"African slavery and its free trade hand
maid prevented in their day the industrial
growth of the South and finally produced
secession and war. Universal freedom and
twenty years under protection have pro
moted this growth, inspired our people
with confidence and hopes, and brought to
the country union in fact and a station of
profound and universal -peace. If South
ern industrial growth ia the strongest bond
of union and peace; union and the peace of
union are pledges of this industrial growth.
"I am here in the name of the people of
the South to say to you that the union is
preserved, and we would not dissolve it;
that slavery is dead, and we would not re
store it: and. for the new South protection
Is prospering us and we intend to perpetu
ate it." - m m m" " '
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
Harrison's visit to Terre Baste.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Tebbh Haute, January 19. Gen. Har
risen came to this city to-day. He waa ac
companied by judge JUartlndale, and was
met at the depot by Col. R W. Thompson
and Mr? McKeen. - The party drove at
once to President McKeen 'a stock farm,
"Edgewood." eeat of the city. It is said
that the President-elect came to select a
span of horses for his stables in Washing
ton, from thoroughbreds at "Edgewood."
He returned to Indianapolis this afternoon.
Durham Plant t We are eorry
to learn that Colonel J. I. Alien, who was
stricken with paralysis about two weeks
ago, died last night at the residence of Mr.
Jesse Brooks, on Caswell He'ghts. "
Patents were granted to -North
Csroliaaians during the week ending Jan.
11, as follows : C. I. Alexander, Charlotte,
gas extinguisher: J. M. King, Stccoah, rec- .
lual spectulum; G. W. McLaughen and A.
K. Loftin, Gastonia, horse detarher.
-Charlotte I Newsi The register
of the Central shows 400 arrivals during
the past week. --The changea now be
ing made at the Charlotte electric ligbi
plant will make it one of the most com
plete in the Southern States.' The
115 P"'8 lhi8 $17,800, or about
$2,000 more than last year, A diffi
culty occurred in the Buford House this
afternoon between Mr. J. S. Parker and
Mr. G. W. Gates, of Balisburv Blowa
were exchanged, but friends interfered be
fore much damage was done.
Fayetteville Observer: ,11. A.
Latham of the Washincton Gazette makes
a fine reading clerk of- tha House.
Rev. A. L. Phillips, pastor of tho Pu6by
terian Church in this city, has accepted He
call to the pastorate of the First Presbyte
rian Church of Birmingham, Ala., and has
tendered his resignation bb pastor of the
church here. The many friends of.
Maj D, G. MacRse. of this place, will
learn with profound sorrow that the health
of this tried and true old citizen of Fay
etteville is rapidly on the. decline, and tbe
end is not far distant. Maj. MacRae waa
the first President of the Cape Fear & Yad
kin Valley Railroad Co. -
Franklin Press; The Demo
cratic Club is on a boom. Borne people
say it is too long before the election to be
organizing a Democratic Club, but is it good
sense or poucy to aeier praying till the evil '
comes t-- Daniel Morgan, sixteo-year
old lad, living at Horse Shoe, Henderson
county, accidentally shot and killed his
little brother while out gunning on the day
before Christmas. A few nights ago
some of the boys waylaid Daniel Lyle and
rocked him just for the fun of seeing him
run. But Dan proved not to be one of the
running kind, and they do say he scared
Jim Meadows till he fell over a fence and
lost four of his front teeth.
Maxton Union: Red Banks,
N. C, Jan. At a debating society at
Prospect school house last nigbt, three un
known men were seen in the dark, and
later on while tbe speaking was going on,
someone shot through a glaxs window.
BtriVtni Wnrfti T.rVf.. In .V, . J.
neck with shot and glass. His wounds
are not serious. Later in the night at Bear
Swamp some men were secreted by the
road near .John Harp's place, and as he
passed them, going to his home, they shot
at him, and as his mother opened the door
for him to enter they fired again, missing
him and killing her, striking her in the
heart with a load of buck shot.
Goldsboro Argus: His many
friends in this city and section will learn
with real regret that Mr. R. E. Jones, the
pioneer buggy manufacturer of this city
has found it incumbent upcra htm to make
a deed of trust for the benefit of his credit
tors. The cotton receipts on this
market from country carta are still as flush
daily as if it were in the midst of the fall
season. It is a very sure indication that
the country is not as bad off as some mlftht
suppose. That the farmers have been able
to hold their cotton back till now is an
indication that they have been living more
frugally during the past year than has been
their wont heretofore.
Mr. Henry Farmer, of North
ampton, was assaulted by a negro armed
with a razor and was severely cut In several
places. He finally go; the blade of the
razor from the negro and as the Weldon
News aays, Mr. Farmer proceeded at once
to carve the negro, whom he severely cut
and would have killed had he not made
his escape. Search was at once made for
the negro and he was found that night at
Jackson, in Dr. McNider's office, having
his wounds dressed. Just ss soon as he
saw the officers enter be took his departure
unceremoniously with the surgeon's needle
still in his neck. He was captured, bow
ever, and rests in jail to await trial. The
wounds of both though severe are not con
sidered dangerous.
Charlotte Chronicle: The Cham
ber of Commerce is to be incorporated.
It is understood that another candidate for
the Assay office of Charlotte baa sprung up.
It is H. T. Rollins, formerly O. C. R. R.
route agent under the Republican adminis
tration. The thermometer registered,
yesterday. 70 -in the shade. W. D..
McRae, dealer in general merchandise at
Rockingham, filed an assignment late yes
terday afternoon and his doors are closed.
Mr. McRae states his liabilities at between
$12,000 and $15,000, while his assets will
not amount to more than half that amount.
Dr. J. M. Covington is the assignee and a
preferred creditor to the amount of 1,000.
There are several others on the preferred
list to the amount of $8,000, which will
cover all the assets.
New Bern Journal: The survey
ors of the new railroad from Tarboro to
New River have passed through Kinston
and are now at work south of the river.
W. H. Chase, the postmaster at Ernul
P. O., and Tom Peterson, a colored man,
were out hunting wild turkeys. In cross
ing Great Swamp on a foot log the log
turned over and threw them both off. The
shot gun in the hands of Peterson fired and
put five buck shot into Mr, Chase's thigh,
causing hlartrTbieeaJto death in flje or ten
minutes. Peterson toc3finrn?2Bf the
water and placed him on some Iocs ana Im
mediately ?ave the alarm. Mr. Ernul and
some other neighbors went to his assistance
and found Mr. Chase dead. Peterson was
very much frightened, so much so that he
could not tell a straight story ahout the
affair.
Raleigh News Observer :. At a
a meeting of the commissioned officers of.
the companies present at the inauguration,
a resolution was offered by Capt. Bobbitr,
of the Granville Grays, which was adopted,
aa follows: Resolved, That the Governor
and Commander-in-Chief be respectfully
requested, that in making his appointments
for officers of the State Guard he will make
his selections from among the members of
the State Guard. Our new State
Auditor, Rev. Geo. W. Sanderlin, was
born in Camden county, February 22nd,
1843. Col. John L. Cantwell, of
Wilmington, a veteran of two ware, the
Mexican war and the war between the
Staes, was present at the inaugural ceremo
nies yesterday in the ranks of the hand7
some, well'drilled Wilmington Light In
fantry. Hon. Daniel Fowle was
born in the town of Washington, Beaufert
county, on the 3d of March, 1881. At the
age of 14 he was entered at the school of
North Carolina's most celebrated teacher.
William Bingham, where he remained until
he matriculated at Princeton, N. J., at the
age of 16. In 1851 he graduated at Prince
ton, and having studied law under Judge
Pearson for two years, was admitted to the
bar In 1853, and in 1854 settled in Raleigh.
Charlotte News: The Wilming
ton Stab has made a wonderful improve
ment lately. It is a model daily.
Major J. 8. M. Davidson, one of Char
lotte's oldest and most respected citizens,
died this morning between 8 and 4 o'clock,
after a long illness, in the 69lh year of his
age. Major Davidson was an old Confed
erate veteran.and served in the army of ttfe
West. He leaves a wife and three child
ren. The movement for the extension
of the Atlantic & North Carolina railroad
from Goldsboro to Charlotte ia now bsiT
actively discussed. . Passengers who
arrived in the city on the Charlotte, Colum
bia and Augusta train yesterday afternoon
brought newa of a bad accident that oc
curred yesterday morning on the Spartan
burg and Union road. CaptBeard was engi
neer and his engine was pulling a special
freight train. The four cars next to the
engine were flats, and were loaded with .
coal. As the train was nearing Sbelton
station, the engine encountered a landslide
and was thrown from the track. The scene
of the wreck was on a bluff overlooking
Broad river, and the engine rolled over and
over down the embankment. It would
have gone into the river, but near the
water's edge it struck against a pine tree
that checked its progress. The engine
train hurried to the seene but could see do
trace of the engineer. . Finally they located
aim by bis cries under a gat pile of coal,
and set about at once to res&ie him. They
worked hardT and faithfully,- hut it was -forty-five
minutes before he was resurrect
ed. He was found to be seriously hurt,
but none of his bones were broken, and he .
will probably recover. The fireman was
also badly hurt. . .