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Bat y ester day's mail brought as a marked copy of the Philadelphia American (one of the two papers noted) aooompani ed by a note from Washington that reminds ns that we had as well now carry oat oar purpose as at another day. The Philadelphia American is edited by Prof.- Thompson, of the UtiiverMly ot rennsylvama, who is perhaps the blindest of all the blind ed Protectionists ot this country. He teaches the Republican principles of political economy. " This Professor Thompson says: "The white people of eastern. North Car olina are much txercUed oyer a threatened exodus of tbe freed men, who resent ihtir treaimeol. both social and. political. tio much of tbe old lave-driving spirit sur vives that the planters are organizing to prevent emigration - They aciutllv call npon tbe State authoriiies to forbid black la'orera to leave the State, and they further threaten to lynch an emigration agent vbn is found 'prowling' about their neiuh borbodl We presume these .gentlemen will hive to make up their mind in tbe end that the Fiiteemh Amecdm-ntia in force. even in North Carolina, and that the way 1 to retain ibe freed men ia to treat tbem as weil as they are treat d In O'her Slates in tbe northern half of Virginia, for instance." Now that lie has been nailed to tbe ; Oounter long ago. The Pennsylva nia teacher of false economy ought to read the newspapers. His studies in the interests of Monoply are so ex elusive be gets a false impressiOD once and it sticks. If be had read the leading papers be Would have seen precisely what caused the local die turbance in Wayne county and why it was tbe farmers opposed the end' deo departure of the negroes. They had made contracts with the negroes . for a year's work on the farms, and in a body, under the allurements held , out by agents, the negroes were about to go away. Tbe farmers were naturally indignant at such a breach of faith and protested. It was tbe issuing of a call, with peculiar and perhaps dangerous wording, for a gathering of all. the negroes in the county at Goldfboro, that caused tbe whites to fear danger, and to prevent a collision and preserve the peace, - the aid of the military was invoked. Tbe Governor took the precaution to' hold- in readiness military com panies at Raleigh, Wilmington, Tar- boro and perhaps other points. That was all there was in it. Tbe white people have taken no steps to prevent tbe departure of negroes from a half dozen or more points in tbe State. Some thousands have gone and more will leave. There are many whites who are willing that tbe last one shall go if he so prefers, vt'e are not hostile in any sense to tbe negroes. They are the best labor we can get for years. Tbey v live easily in the Southern climate and are tolerable workers when politics do not get into their beads and muddle their, brains and lead tbem into idleness. Whenever tbey take to tffloe-holding and office- seeking nd political pow-wowmg their usefulness as workers is clean . gone.- '" The suggestion of the American that it is "the old slave-driving spirit" is not worthy of notice. This soggestion is born of the same inso lence and malice that prompted the insulting fling of Bill Chandler and caused the gallant Kentuckian to tweak tbe cur's ear. Tbe American has a grievance in the social treat ment of -tbe negro. Here the negro knows his proper place. Does tbe Professor hob-nob socially with the negroes of Philadelphia? Does he take them to bis home, and family? - Does he favor and allow intermarry- " ing between the negroes and his family, and does he attend a church in which the : negro element is a social force? " Th.e other Northern paper that has lies to tell of the reported exodus is the Boston Watchman, a leading Baptist organ. It Says tbe people of North Carolina are "arming to pre- Tsnt colored laborers from emigrat VOL. XX. ing." it then in the true Boston spirit of forty years ago, oalls upon Congress to interf ere, and says: - ? "People were under the imnresaton that slavery was abolished, and that Southern laborers had tbe same rights to "life, liber ty, and the pursuit of happiness" as other men ; When the Governor of a Bute sanc tions so bold an outrage one wondtrs . if there la not, some power to be invoked for the restraint 'of such reckless wickedness. Tbe thirteenth amendment empowers Con gress to enforce it by legislation. . Congress should lose no time in devising some wav. by which tbe shield of tbe Union mav be extended over' tbe f reedmen. for the de fence of their "inalienable rights. - This is pitiable drivel. It is a direot perversion of ; facts, and by a so-called religions paper. In lien of any refutation of oar own, we give in part wbat a Southern Baptist pa per says of the misrepresentations of the Watchman. The Raleigh Bibli cal Recorder says: - : . "There is not a word of truth in this furious tirade. Hundreds of the colon d people have been induced to leave tbe Bute for California, Mia issippt, Kansas and Louisiana by tbe offer of high wages and reduced fare on tbe - railroads We -have seen a ear load or two start, but we have never seen or beard any white man say a word or do a thing to prevent Borneo! tbe farm and factory .managers have re- greted to see tbe poor, ignorant colored people dupef and defrauded Dome ot the b et men in north Carolina would no doubt be glad to see 100 000. or 200,000 of our colored population leave for Kansas or any other State. Our regret . la and bas ben simply on tbe ground that tbe colored emigrants would virtually he remanded to a condition of slavery by tbeir new found friends, and. after a tear or more of sad experience, return . to .North Carolina gr atly impoverished. Tbe Watch man has revealed its true inwardntss by taking up a false report against its jieigh- oors " . The necessity of replying to each' wilfal, bitter slanderers is to be re gretted. There is no State, in the whole North where the people are more regardful of other people's rights or who are . more law abiding than the people of this Common wealth. This is not tbe first time that Northern whites have malici ously slandered the, people of North Carolina. Some of the most ignorant, and inexcusable traducers of oar peo ple are living writers in Massachu setts. Even tbe history of the last century is not safe from tbeir ma nipulation and perversion. The New York Htrald obtained the opinions of 186 men, mostly De mocrats, as to who was regarded, as the leader of the Democratic party at this time. It says fifty-two are in doubt, seventy-two are for Hill, thirty-four for Cleveland, sixteen for Randall, and twelve for Whit ney." It must have picked out the men with the least intelligence. Ran dall, Whitney and Hill the leader. Save the mark! Gen. Harrison, we are glad to re cord, always holds family, prayers and will keep it up in the White House. This is well. The Presi dent of tbe Republican party, put in by Boodle pnd intimidation, shonld pray a great deal. He needs the oravers of all good people. He is a e - to be commended for bis course and we hope he will be kept pure and from all hostile attempts upon the Sooth. In Utah, there is said to be a sin gular discovery. On Ben j Johnson's farm in Rash Valley there is a na tural shoe blacking that "contains 16 per cent, carbon, 34 per cent, alumi num and the remainder clay. When taken out tbe material is moist and soft, and when used as a shoe black ing produces a hne polish which is not easily destroyed." Eastern capi talists are after the farm. Wanamaker is a High Protection ist as well as Boodler. A New York dealer thus shows op this fraud: "We pay on this side from $1 to $3 each for tbe labor on our clnaks. Wanamaker pa s. as shown by the World, from twelve to eighty five cents for the same labor, and is able to sell at retail for just about tbe same price it costs tra to manufacture the article, and th n make a gooa pront. This is the way he employs in Ger manv "cheap foreign laoor. xne hypocrite! Four States are tbe favored ones now. Harrison, wmaom, JNODie ana Rusk are all natives of Ohio. Blaine and Wanamaker the two. most, cor rupt members are from Pennsylva nia; Tracy "and Miller are natives of New York, while the Vice President Morton and Proctor are natives of Vermont. Five were Generals in the Yankee army and five are lawyers. The politicians at the White House are ' received up stairs, and people below. This is partiality not re lished by the hungry multitudes that swarm tbe headquarters. - raroliaa Beach . . , ; We understand that tbe grading on the new extension of the New Hano ver Transit Company's railroad is fin ished, and that track laying will be gin npon the arrival of tbe Bteel rails. which were shipped from Philadel phia by schooner on the 1st. . Work; on the new pier bas been started by Capt Skinner,- and the road will probably be opened for tra vel before the first of May. A new lo comotive for' tbe road will arrive about the end of this month. When opened for travel this season the road will be laid with steel rails from river to ocean. Passengers m ill step from the boat to the train, and the time from tbe city to . Carolina Beaob will be very much shortened. Building of cottages will begin next week, and when the summer opens a Tillage will be there. : Hiiklf t!.ir.;B.MB. The question Is marriage a fail ure," Is "open for debate" In the New Hanover : oonnty iaiL and there is bardly a doubt but that it will be decided in the' affirmative :by tbe "parties in Interest," as tbeir counsel and Chief Justice Millis style the- two young colored men who were arraign ed before the latter yesterday .on the charge of obtaining a marriage : li cense by false representations,and af - -ter a bearing were committed In de fault of bail to await the action of tbe grand jury of the Criminal Court. One of tbe young men, W T. Howe. Is a son of W H Howe, & well known colored citizen. He was married a few evenings since to a colored dam- , sel named Mary Blaokman, and when the old man found it out be raised a lively racket,: . Young Howe's friend, Lee Holland, who - procured the li cense, keeps , him company in jatU Holland represented when he made application to the. county register for Samuel Howe, and that the parents of the eaidv Samuel, were dead and buried. There was no question about' the '.'lady,1' it seems. - The colored minister, " Rev. J. Bl Brown, who was to perform tbe mar riage ceremony, was well acquainted with Will Howe, and refused to mar ry him on a license Issued for "Sam uel." Another friend then came to the rescue one H. Herring and hied him with the license to the Citv Hall where a - . colored - festival was in-progress, in search of Wm. Hollo way, a colored olerk in Register Sampson's office. Hollo way was found and, it is alleged, agreed to change tbe license by .erasing "Sam uel" and inserting William T. With this amendment the minister was sat isfied and the couple were married,. As stated, when Howe, Sr., found that his son had oommitted matri mony without his knowledge or con sent he raised Cain, the facts came out and a warrant was issued for the arrest of Lee Holland. In the meantime, young Howe.hastily packing hi - grip sack and taking a tearful adieu of his bride, put out at a two-forty gait to escape "the parental Ire." He sought refuge on the steamer Hurt, bound for Fayetteville and way-landings, and creeping into a state-room, locked the ' door and crawled under the lower berth. But hi protruding heels betrayed bim, and when his irate father, with a big stick and blood in his eye, came- to search for bim, he recognized William's flat- bottomed brogans, and breaking open the door, yanaed him out and hauled him off to prison. I Qaatf'a Bxper.ene l lh Wllia of Alabama. - We were asking H. Quad the other day what State in the South he bad found to be the most hospitable, and he laughingly replied: "Weil, I . had a little experience over in Alabama which satisfied me that she takes the cake in that line. I got caught on the highway while riding horse-back in a soaking rain, and was driven to shelter with a small farmer. There was but one room in his house, and only one bed for father, mother and two children. It was shortly after dinner when I put up, and when night came it was still pouring down in bucketsfuL Meanwhile, seven ether travellers bad sought the shelter of the same ro f, and the good man would not bear to one of us leaving before the next morning. 'I 'suppose each one of us tried to figure out how that one bed was go ing to hold the twelve of us I know I did, and the figures weren't a bit sat isfactory. As the evening rew old the children got sleepy, and then the sentiment which actuated the possi bility came to the front. 'Look a yere, Reuben," he said, to tbe boy of ten, "you squat in that co'ner an' go to sleep, and look a-yere Betsy (to the girl of seven) you' fling down under the bed and shet yer eyes." "When the children had obeyed he rose and said: 'If you gentlemen will straddle them cheers and turn yer backs to the fire I'll see to keepin' on the wood, and the ole woman will sorter sot on this chest and be prepared to cotch anybody who tumbles sideways." 'That programme was duly carried out, and while the eight of us cat napped we could not coax husband or wife to reimquisn tneirvigi. Along. about 2 o'clock in the ' morning she must have nodded, for I was aroused by her husband hiinnering: 'Now, Sally, doan' be so sbuckless. Reckon we want these yere popula tion to go on up to Decatur iu tbe mawnin' and say we baint fitten to be nostile?" ... Orcanlsatioo of tbo North Carolina The,' abscribers to the stock of the NortlJ Carolina Power .Company, a corporation chartered at tbe recent sessioJL of the General Assembly, have organized and elected the following Board of Directors: Geo W Williams, Jno Wilder Atkinson, James Sprunt, Isaac Bates; Henry A Burr, David G Worth, Wm Latimer. ' At a subsequent meeting of the Di rectors, Mr. H. A Burr was elected President, Mr Wm. L. Smith, Secre tary and Treasurer and Mr. E. P. Bailey, General Manager This company succeeds the Wil mington Electric Lighting Company, and has already made arrangements to largely increase tbe present plant. it win continue tne Thomson nous- ton system of electric lighting, whioh has proved so satisfactory and will very boob begin the erection of a fine building for its central station. The stab is very glad to note the growth of this and all other enter prises, ana nopes tnat tne company will secure tne success to wmen it is entitled, r - The Clyde steamer Gulf Stream, after a thorough examination by the master of the vessel, - Capt, Tribou, was found to have sustained no injury. The cargo has :been re stored, with the exception of the darn ed cotton and some other freight, and the steamer will sail for New York to-day. s - WIXMTOOTON, N. C., FRIDAY, , MARCH 15, 1889. A Coaaurrsaan AaaaaJta.aBob ..'An aged -white man. who gave his name a Gilmore Hare, of Sampson county, made complaint at polioe headquarters Friday night, between twelve and. one o'clock," that he had been .assaulted and robbed near tha railroad ' bridge on Fourth street. Mr. Hare bad a cut on the side of bis bead which was bleeding profusely. He. said that he arrived in the city Friday afternoon' with a raft of lum ber, and while seeking lodgings, was accosted by a negro who gave his name as Simpsoov and" who offered to show him a house where he could get ao eommodattons. r Mr. 7 Hare accompa nied the negro up the railroad track until the Fourth street bridge was reached, when, : becoming suspicious. he refused to go any farther. , The ne gro endeavored to : prevail on Mr. Hare to continue his -walk,- but thlff latter refused and turned to retrace bis . steps. As, he f did : so Simpson struck him on the head with a stick, knocking bim down. . Mr. Hare says he attempted to rise, but his . assail ant held him down and threatened! shootlilmlf hes"ffrred,"and 'finding that he was completely at the mercy of the -negro, Mr. -, Hare submitted, and the. man rifled his pockets of eight dollars in money, all that he had, and ran off. Yesterday - morning the" officers put on the case arrested a young ne gro man named -Wm. Simpson, but when, he was. confronted with Mr. Hare, the latter said that he was not the man who had assaulted him, and Simpson was released. Fir at Col, raoaSaf Rtaldenee. The fire at CoL Canaday'a residence on Second and Nun streetsTbroke out afresh about half-past three o'clock yesterday morning, causing consider able damage to the building and to furniture in the front parlor and other rooms. The fire worked its way up from the basement, (Where it was first . discovered), between the weatherboarding and plastering, and had reached the second floor before it was discovered and an alarm was given. Tbe firemen had difficulty in getting at the flames, and the axes of the hook and ladder boys had to be used to knock off the weather-boarding. After an hour's bard work the fire was extinguished. The dam ages to building and furniture are. estimated at from $1,500 to $3,000, folly covered by insurance on fur niture with Messrs. Atkinson St Man ning, $4,000 in the Fire Association of Philadelphia and $2,000 in the Orien tal of Hartford, and on house, $10,000 in the Underwriters of Springfield and Lancashire, with Messrs. Northrop, Hodges & Taylor. Vm ft. romMl-aloDcr'a 'ort. Hood Council, a colored boy abont 14 years old, was arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Gardner yesterday, charged with robbing the mails, and at the conclusion of the investigation was committed to jail in default of $200 bond for his appearance at the next term of the 17. S. District Court; which will convene in this city in May next. Hood was in the employ of Mr. M. C. Cbancey, postmaster at Elkinsville, Bladen county, and robbed a mail bag of a ' registered package containing $17. When the robbery .was discovered Hood was suspected, and being charged with tbe theft, confessed his guilt. The money however was not recovered. Naval 8tora Beoslpia. The naval stores exhibit for the week ended yesterday, shows re ceipts at this port for the crop year, to March 8th, as follows:' Spirits tur pentine, 61,756 cask; last, year, 69,001. Rosin, 252,622 barrels; last year, 827, 476. Tar, 56,818 barrels; last year, 54,- 925. Crude turpentine, 20,428 barrels last year 23 408. . A comparison of stocks at this port on March 8th, and the same date last year, is as follows: Spirits turpentine, 1,298 casks;' last year 1,500. Rosin 85,193 bbls; last year 62,754 Tar,. 7,894 bbls; last year, 8,472. Crude turpentine 518 bbls; last year, 727. Tbe Steamer Vuif kirxa. Tbe damage to the cargo of the steamer Qvlf Stream, in all probabili ty, will not be as great as was antici pated. The vessel was floated about 8 a. m. yesterday,- and was towed to the wharves of tbe Champion Com press Company, where the cargo was being discharged in the afternoon. 1 he fire, it was found, was confined to the cotton in the lower hold, aft, and the damage to this is principally by water. Some bales of cotton, stowed between decks, were not even wet. The vessel, apparently, sustained no injury; but this will be definitely as certained when the cargo is all out, Tlia Tramp Nuisance.. A correspondent of the Stab resid ing at Waccamaw, Columbus county, writes that four tramps, (white men) bound east, camped on land of Mr. J. H. Springer, near that place, last Thursday, and left a , fire burning which spread to tbe woods, destroy ing a quantity of timber and a num ber of turpentine boxes. The fire was controlled, late in the day, after a hard fight and with the aid of all the labor in the neighborhood. r ratios Receipt. . Receipts of cotton at this port for the crop year, to March 8th, amount to 146,448 bales; receipts last year to tbe same date, 165,463 decrease, 19, 015 bales. Receipts for the week closed yesterday, were 957 bales against 770 the same week last year. A Biff Hobbcrv In Cbarlolte. The News gives a long account of the robbery of . Mr. - John Farrior's j ewelry store at Charlotte Thursday night by ' professional cracksmen. .The safe was blown open , and $4,500 worth of diamonds and watches were Stolen.; There were eighty fine gold watches in the lot. The robbery was not discovered until the next morn ing,, and - there is not - the slightest olue to the perpetrators. Calf Straaaa. t c- ! -:: - .. . The, Are - which broke out in cot ton stored on the steamer Qulf Stream Wednesday night, wasjnot conquered by the firemen until 'the vessel was filled with water and sunk ' at her wharf, about half-past ' three o'clock yesterday morning. The steamer's "deck was several feet above the water. During the day the three engines of the" Fire .Department and the , tug Marie were engaged to pump the water out, and , two of the engines the ''Atlantic? ssidi "Cape Fear1? and the " Marie were set , at work abont half-past three o'clock. and by five p, m. bad lowered, the water about, twenty inches. . It is ex pected that tbe steamer will be pump ed free early to day, when an exam ination can be jmade to ascertain the extent of the damage to vessel and cargo. A correct list of .the latter and the shippers is as follows: ? ; , ? B G Em pie & Co., 521 bales cotton; WO & A R R, 1 bale cotton; COBB; 4 bales cotton, 8 bbls rosin; C B Mai lett 69.000 feet lumber; T F Wood, 1 box mdse; SoL Bear & Co., 1 keg wine; West & Co, 1 bbl- meaL 5 half , bbls fish; Moffitt Ss Corbett, 20 boxes nuts; G R French Sc Son, 10 cases shoes; M Bear & Bro, 4 cases' shoes; Hall & Pearsall, 9 bbls bulbs; Davis & Regis ter, 1 case mdse; Larklns & Flanner, 75 bbls rice; F S Clarke, 60 bbls acid; Norwood, Giles & Co, 116 bbls rice, A A Willard, 1 bale waste; W A .Martin,, "20 bbls tar; Patterson, "Downing & Co 350 bbls rosin, 617 bbls tar, 100 casks spirits turpentine; Worth & Worth, 40casks spirits tur pentine; M. J. Heyer, 60 casks spirits turpentine, 75 bbls tar; Robinson & King 96 bbls pitch, 114 bbls tar; Jno W Bolles, 100 bbls tar, 25 bbls crude turpentine; S P Shotter Ss Co, 80 bbls tar; Express Steamboat Co, 84 casks spirits turpentine, 50 casks cotton seed oil. At 10 o'clock last night the depth Of water in the vessel had been reduced to about seven feet forward. The "Adrian" engine was then getting into position to relieve the other en gines of the Fire Department, and Capt. Skinner's steam wrecking pump bad been placed aboard. The Marie was pumping vigorously, and Capt. Williams was of the opinion that with the assistance of the wrecking pump the steamer would be pumped out by four o'clock this morning. rnltbolKieal. Two gentlemen of this city while gunning about nine miles from Rocky Point, -Wednesday, found two young woodcock, apparently not more than two weeks old. They had no feathers, and with the exception of their long "bills" had very muoh the appearance of chickens just from the shell. - It was for a longtime claimed, espe cially by Northern writers, that wood cock did not breed in this section but this view was shown to be erroneous many years ago by the Stab whose editor has occasionally seen young woodcock in Duplin coun ty, and frequently on Eagle Island opposite this city. It seems quite certain that in the swamps of this is land the wood-cook breed in large numbers; and in the month of Sep tember, when nearly all the birds are fully grown, as many as thirty to forty have been, seen coming out of the swamp, at one point, and going rapidly across the river. -This flight takes place in the evening, about dusk, when it is very difficult to shoot with accuracy, which gives the birds comparative exemption from the deadly breech-loader. Incendiary Fir. About 12 o'clock last night, fire was discovered in the basement of the residence of CoL W. P. Canaday, cor ner of Second and Nun streets. The occupants of the house, Mrs. Canady, her sister and Col. Canaday's son, a youth of about twelve years, were awakened by the smoke that filled the house. Dr. Durham, living next doort was aroused, and he found upon entering tbe house that a room in the basement fitted up for an office, was on fire. An alarm was given and the fire engines were soon on the ground and speedily extinguished the flames. It was found npon investigation that a deliberate attempt had been made to burn the house, a bundle of light wood splinters and some cotton waste saturated with oil, ,e ing discovered : burning by the persons wbo first entered the room. The . damage caused by the fire could not be ' ascertained last night, but as ft was confined to the besement it is probably Blight, and is covered by insurance. The Iitfftaioar. In the Senate, Wednesday, the vote by whioh tbe pension bill was passed was reconsidered. . An amendment was then offered making the rate of taxation 3 cents on property and 9 cents on poll. This was adopted and the bill as amended was passed. The amount which will be realized from this tax will be about $27,000 annual ly, or about two and one-half times as muoh as the sum .heretofore appro -priated for pensions, whioh was $30," 000. , ;;7.: In the House the machinery bill passed, which provides for the collec tion of taxes. Tbe bill also passed appropriating $37,000 annually for tbe support of the institutions for the deaf and dumb and blind. Jobany Get xoar Con. -' Tbe grape-vine telegram put in cir culation on Water, street yesterday afternoon, that the TJ. S. . man-of wax Nipsic had . been ' blown up with a torpedo by a German war vessel at Samoa," excited, a great deal of inter est and many anxious inquirers visit ed the newspaper' and telegraph of fices to learn if the disquieting news was confirmed.-"- v- : The statement appeared SS a tele gram In an afternoon paper at Wash ingtony D. O. The Star's press dis patches, last night, say that tho 're port is discredited at, the State ' and Navy Depar meats. v , OEHJCUAl, AHMSMBLiT. Potato la ttto SXowoa om tbo Ktaotlow Lavr-Tba Bill rosace Tblrd . Beaa- .! ? :; . ' 7 -1 Special Star Telegram." v. Raleigh," March 7. The House , was crowded to-day and there was an exciting and animated debate on the proposed changes ia the elecdon law. The changes are slight and unimportant, bat the Repub licans pretended to believe that they would disfranchise - tbe - lenorant negro. They tried to filibuster. Holloway, colored, said that If the Democrats passed such a law the negroes would not stay in North Caro lina.' Cooke and Daughton defended the bill, showing that the Republicans did cot understand it, and that they were unduly alarmed. - ' : The bill passed its -third reading by a strict party vote. Rajlbigh, March 8. The magistrates for tbe State were elected la joint session last night. To-day the House passed a bill, intro duced by Mr. Cook,, to require the com miationer of labor statistics to gather statis tics in regard to railroads and. their . busi- ness, and to make a biennial 'report to the General Assembly. This was a moderate railroad commission bill, and stirred op the opponents of that measure wonderfully. It passed by an overwhelming majority. It fell upon the Senate like a clap of thunder from a clear sky. The railroad Senate men first tried to filibuster and then moved to postpone the matter until Saturday at 12 o'clock. This was in effect a motion to kill the bill, and was so understood. ' The vote to postpone jmUl Saturday was a tie. and President Holt . decided fo postpone and thus shouldered the responsibility of killing the bilL There is much feeling here about the matter. The bill was very moderate and gave the commissioner no power, except to investigate and report. . The Senate concurred to-night in : the election law passed by the House. The chief, changes were to give the registrar power to require satisfactory evidence that a voter was entitled to vote, and to give the canvassing board judicial powers. The changes have been much over-rated, and are very slight in fact. The following were elected as the Board of Agriculture: Dr. W. R Capehart, of Bertie; W. E.Stevens, of Sampson; J. T. Payne, of Robeson; Augustas Lsasesr, of Iredell; Dr. C. D. 8mith, of Macon. The Legislature will adjourn Saturday night. Raleigh, March 9 The House agreed to the Senate bill to increase the appropria tion for ex-Confederates to three cents on the hundred dollars worth of property and nine cents on the poll. This will raise $78,- 500, is $58,500 in excess of past appro priations, and has carried 'joy into the hearts of tbe old soldiers. V The j tint committee to examine the Wl roads which do not pay taxes, and report to the next Legislature, was appointed., It is composed of Senators B. F. Aycock and E. W Kerr, and Representatives M. E. Carter, T. H. Sutton and J. B. Holmaal The House committee on examining the Treasurer's books is C C. Lyon, of Bladen, R A Daugbton, of Alleshany, and A. H. Temple, of Wake. -,, . '"j The Senate tabled the bill, by a vote ef 22 to 17, to require tbe Commissioner of Labor Statistics to secure statistics of rail roads and report to the General Assembly. Other routine of the closing business was transacted. A resolution of thanks, of fered by Mr. Cooke in the House, was tendered by the lawyers to the farmers for so faithfully standing by them daring tbe session. Tbe farmers, through Mr. Mc Donald, expressed their thanks to the law yers of the body for their devotion to the interests of tbe people. Mr. "Leazer spoke in praise of the House, and particularly the Judiciary Committee. - . CHINA. Anti-European Biota at Cblakong Marrow Eaeaoe of tbo Brltiab an American Conanla Tbo Cbapcl and Bonoeoof miaaloaarloa Barnta. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. SaH Fbabcibco, March 9 The ' b team ship Belgic, which arrived here this morn ing from Hong Kong and Yokohoma, brings tbe first detailed advices of the re cent antt Earopean note at Cbinkang. Tbe place is in ruins. It has had many vicissi tudes from the time when the first foreign residents lived in junks on the north shore ot tbe Yangtze. ISy and ny tne concession was laid out, houses were built, and the north shore was abandoned, muoh of the land there being washed away by the river. Gradually it became a thriving communi ty, with the belief that it would become the terminus of tbe Peking railway and would supplant ShanghaL The trouble began, it ia claimed. in a street row, in which a Chinaman was knocked by a policeman, l nia exeitea tne mob. and their first act was to destroy the police station. , Then they made for the British consulate, where the Chinese in- snector. who has not since been seen, ia believed to have taken refuse. On tbe way they fired three foreign houses. The Obi- nese general in command sent inree nun dred men to protect tbe consulate. As soon as tne mob appeared the soldi ere ca pitulatedsome flsd. and the rest joined the mob. The consul s wire nea nereioot ed with her children from the back door of the consulate, while tbe mob, aided by the soldiers, sacked and burned everything The missionaries' houses and chapel nearly shared the same fate. While the ilriusn consul himself was twice in imminent dan er of deatb, tbe American consulate was looted and more houses were burned. The residents took ref age on the hulks and the mob tried to follow them, but the connect" ins bridirea were rased. Tbe Viceroy telegraphed to the British Consul that be was sending two tnousano soldiers to restore order. Foreign residents who. fled to tbe hulks stationed la tne river subaeauentlv went on board a merchant steamer and were taken to ShanghaL One f nrniirner ia renorted missing. ' ' - Gen. Jones. American Consul, snd Bri- tlnh Consul Mansfield remained at Ohing kansr. under the protection of a British gun-boat, but sent their families to Shang hai. ' . a man? the f oreige buildings burned were the British consulate, the British marshal's house, tbe Baptist chapel, and tbe houses of two missionaries Rev. Mr. Hunnex and rt Mr. Brvant. The U. 8. consulate and Methodist chapel were not burned - The ifa of the American consul naa to ran far her life. accomDanied bv her children. heine nnrsued to the river by the rioters. When General Kennedy reached Cbin kang he bad the American - flag raised at tbe U. S. Consulate. The cnuan snip Mortimer arrived the next day and area a salute to the British flag. Within nve min ntes after the firing ' of- the first gun the Chinese in the settlement had fled in all di rections. ' ----- -- i The U. S. steamer Omaha has been re called fromOorea. Fayetteville Observer: We are nained to learn that Mr. Dan Hugh-Mo iMit of Harnett, waa stricken withparalv- aia im one whole aide of his body Friday night, while oa bis return - iron mm to v tilt a j- - AaIUBKWB. , - NO. 19 '-'JSAur TKNXK88EK. : A Pitebool Bnttlo -BttwMa Raliroaa Contractor and teepereoee. Eft Lotus. March ?. Advices from East Tennessee say a party of mountain desperadoes, headed by tbe notorious Clabe Watson, Lee Watson. Bill Turner and Judson Bell, attacked thercaops of Hays& Rivenac railroad contractors, at work near Cumberland Gap. Tbe ruffians were drunk, and armed with Winchester rifles and large Colt revolvers. ITbey first overran the commissary department and ate or destroyed all tbe - provisions. Tbey then went to tbe shanties and cabins occupied by negro laborers and beat several of tbem nearly to death. By lb is time Hays and Rivenao got a number ot their men togetner ana opened- are upon the desperadoes, and a pitched battle took place, ia which Judson Bell and Lee Wat son were mortally wounded and tbe re mainder ot the gang driven away. Next day the railroad men, with officers Ingra ham and Gavin, raided Yellow Creek and captured tbe desperate outlaw Andy Wat son, wno naa isrrom:a lieu county for years.. : He was taken to Pinevllle jail. There are seveial indictments for murder against him. The railroad men have thoroughly armed - themselves, and say if tbe Kentucky authorities will back them up tbey will rid the Yellow Creek region of all the vigilanta that overrun it. ' - EARTHQUAKF. Pennsylvania Town Given a Sligbi Hbfclag-Cp Llttla Delaware Trem bling, " w , e j Telegraph to the Homing Star. Rkadihq, Pa . March 8 Shortly after 8 80 o'clock this evening, persons residing in this section experienced a strange rock ing and trembling of tbe earth, which is believed to have been caused by an earth quake. It was felt very distinctly on South Mountain, this county, at houses on the outskirts of the city, and at other points in Berks, Lancaster and Lebanon counties, which could be reached by tele phone to-night. Many buildings seemed to tremble. No damage was done, Lajscaoteb, Pa, March 8. Two pro nounced earthquake shocks were felt here this evening about 6 40. Buildings sway ed and people ran out of tbeir houses. Reports from points in tho county show that the shock was very perceptible. . Cabt.iht.k, Pa , March 8 Tho earth quake shock which passed over this part of tbe State this evening was felt throughout the city. A number of buildings were shaken and the occupants frightened, but no damage has been reported. Lebahoh, Pa., March 8. A light earthquake shock was experienced through this section about 6.80 this evening. Gbttybbubs, Pa, March 8. At 6 40 this evening a slight earthquake shock was felt on Cemetery HilL Houses were shaken until windows rattled for ten seconds. -It was also felt at Hanover and points east. At Lineboro, Md., a noise like thunder was heard. At Emory Grove Junction it was thought a train had left the track and had knocked down the sta tion. Yobx. Pa. March 8 A pronounced eartbquake shock was felt here this even ing at 6.40, which had the effect ot fright ening nearly every body in tbe city and suburbs. Houses trembled for nearly a minute and articles . of furniture were moved. Each citizen thought an explosion or some such accident had happened in the house of his neighbor, and it was not until they ran out of their houses, to find every body else outside, that tbey found out that it was an eartbquake shock. There was a low report with very distinct .vibrations, and it was the most violent shock ever felt here. Women ran shrieking from their houses with their infants in theirlarms, and for a while in some sections ot the city the excitement was intense. No damage re sulted. Wilmington. Dbl. March 81 What is believed to have been an earthquake shock was noticed by some people here aoout e.4& p. m. There was a perceptiDie snaae ac companied by a rumbling noise. Tele phone inquiry snows mat tne enock was felt in tne surrounding country ana in neighboring towns. Tbe shock lasted about 3 seconds, and was from west to east. CALIFORNIA. Continued Excitement Over Gold Dle- . covertea. - By Telegraph fc the Morning Star. Los Ahoxxos. March 8 Gold discove ries in lower California have created intense excitement in every town in tbe southern part or tbe State. The Santa Cl-ra district, where crowds are rushing, is about 160 miles south of San Diego, and forty miles west of Eosenada. All along the line thousands are en route to tbe scene of ex citement. An average of six hundred men a day have left for the mines for the last four days, and to-day the number is mnch larger than that. Waiters at tbe hotels nd restaurants nave largely lett, ana iwo-iniras of the force on the Cuyamaca railroad are gone. The nest indication regaraing tne vaiue of the mines ia (hat no one has returned except to replenish "grub stakes." Tele graphers have joined tbe prospectors. Eight nundrea men were encampea at 11a jnana last night, waiting clearance from the cue- torn house. Ensenada is practically de serted. W. O. Ysnderun and C. Amend, of San Diego, who were among tbe first at the mines, arrived at Ensenada last night. Both are enthusiastic. Fifteen good rich ledges have already been discovered. This promises to be a permanent camp. . Ban .mego cas aoout gone in a nouy to the gold country. Four telegrams have been received in this city requesting mat hoUl waiters be sent at once to San Diego, as none could be had there at any price. Guests were left to get rheir own meals out of the kitchen for one entire day. Upward of five hundred men will leave Los Angeles for tbe mines at once. MASSACHUSETTS. Weavers at Fall River milla to Striae ' fllonoar. Fall Ritkh, March 8. A mass meeting ot weavers was held in Carrollton Hall to night to take final action in regard to the proposed strike. Ths hall was filled to overflowing, a large portion of the audience being women. There was a strong strike feeling manifested, and the excitement was intense. : A motion was made to strike on Monday next, and only one vote was beard in opposition. This speaker took tbe plat form snd advocated further efforts to avoid a strike. He urged that one more appeal be made to tbe Board of Trade. He pic tured tbe suffering that had been caused by former strikes, and earnestly advocated one more effort to secure recognition from the manufacturers. He was frequently interrupted by outbursts of disapproval, and finally driven from the platform by the overwhelming contusion, a. motion to strike next Monday was then put and unanimously carried. . MASSACHUSETTS. Tbo Weavera Strike at Fall Blver. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Fall Rtvbb. March 9 The absorbing question in this city to-night is, how many of tbe fifty thousand looms, which stopped at tbe usual hour inis aiiernoon, wm start up Monday morning. At the weavers' ball to-nlsht the officers of the Union and the executive committee were arranging details and plans for carrying on tne striae. members of the board of trade and mui treasurers generally state their belief that the strike will not. oe general, ana win oe of short duration.- Outside opinion seems to be that the weavers in tne outsairis or the city will stay oat Monday morning, bat that in tne centre 01 we city were win weavers enough report to ran the mills. - Oxford Newsi Rufas Amis, one of Eaves's reliable -lieutenants, expects to .secure the place now neia ny ux. tiaie, who la consul to unncnester. wen, iiuie mav get 4here, He is certainly a mean enough naaicai to ueservo pay anu uik a about us sue 01 an naoicausm. ... : Spints Turpentine. 7 - ' Elizabeth City Nem: Every merchant business man in town Is com plaining ot dull times. On her last trip we steamer no Dens Drought up 200 boxes ; of shad the Roanoke marshes. Joshua t ' B. Hill, of Raleigh, is an applicant for the position of U. 8. Marshal for this District. . :' The Carolinian favors his appointment. Rev. O. O. Horton having accepted a call as pastor of tbe Baptist Church at 8a lem, in this State, will leave here the latter part of thiB month. ;. r - ,: : - .r; : Red Spring's Scottish- Chief : The new Presbyterian Church will soon be - -completed. The only native Scotch man in the present General Assembly Is Archibald D. McGill, of Cumberland. He ' ; served four years in the Confederate Army, ' ." and stacked bis mnsket at Appomattox. Many prosperous and enterprising far-: mersfrom South Carolina are locating in Robeson county. Real estate is In demand and men of capital will soon find our sec- -tfon admirably adapted for Investment. We are pleased to learn that the erection of buildings and machinery for manufacturing is soon to be added to the other industries in progress at Red Springs. : Charlotte News: Mr. E. J. Heath, of this city, this morning received telegram from Waxhaws, in Union county, informing him that the general merchant dize store of Rodman & Heath, of that : place, and of which he was a partner, was burned last night. Tho stock' destroyed . waa valued at $10,000. It was -partly in sured. Yesterday afternoon, just about dusk, an ugiy-looking negro man confront . ed Mrs. I. Adams and her daughter, Mrs. W. M. Pegram, on the pavement on fouth Tryon street, and tried to rob Mrs. Pegram of her pocket book. The ladles screamed and the ruffian fled without attaining Jtne object He gave the ladies a terrible fright, nowever. Raleigh News Observer: The argument was closed in the case of Major Long vs. the R. & G. Railroad yesteraay" and the jury brought in a verdict of "no damages" for Long, t Hon. William Saunders, Secretary of State, has accepted tbe invitation to address the Teachers' As sembly on June 25th, "State Day," on "Colonial Times in North Carolina." - Tbe directors of the North Osrolina Insane Asylum.met yesterday. All of the other old officers were re-elected. Drs G. A. Foot, E. B. Haywood and Mr. Richard Smith were elected as the executive com mittee of the Institution. The follow ing notaries public were yesterday ap- . pointed by tbe Governor: M. S. Willard, Wilmington ;D. W. Kerr, Swain county; John A. Williams, Granville county.. Newton Enterprise: On Tues day morning last there came very near be. ing a serious accident on he railroad at- ' Oonover. A western freight engine was standing on the side track, while the engine eer was under it screwing and unscrewing taps, looking for something that was out of repair. Just as tbe narrow gauge pas senger train was approaching from the west, the engineer accidentally toncbed some delicate part about the engine and it bounded forth in an instant right towards the coming train. As both roads have one rail in common the narrow gauge having pat down one rail between the other two a collision at the moment seemed certain. But fortunately the switch was open and the big engine ran off on the ground just as tbe narrow gauge train reached the place. The engineer was considerably hurt, though not dangerously, by being run over. . Wadeeboro Messenger: There are 440 students at Shaw University, col ored, Raleigh. The postoffice at Mt. ' Gilead, Montgomery county, was broken . into on the 25th of February, and robbed of a registered letter containing (60, which belonged to a Mr. Beacbum, and was to have oeensentto the bank at this place. The robbers also got about $30 worth of poetaee stamps and $12 in cash from the money drawer. uisnop juyman last Sunday preached morning and night in the Episcopal church in this place. Large con gregations greeted the distinguished divine and the verdict of all was that two more powerful sermons have rarely been heard in Wadeeboro . The peace of the ubu- . ally quiet village of Parchland was dis turbed Friday night by a free fight between two colored Methodist preachers, E. C. Smith and W. D. Dickersen. Dickerson was severely cut in several places by a knife in Smith's hands, Fayetteville Observer: We announce, with pleasure that Dr. Bobbitt. whose sad afflictions was mentioned in these columns last week, is better, and his recovery looked for soon. That whole- 1 souled and genial railroad man, Maj. It. P. Atkinson, has been in the city this yrrr k, to the delight ot his friends in the Cental City of the Cape Fear. Mr. 8. O. ton kin, of this city, at one time priuoipal c' . high school here, received a check last week from one of his former students for the last installment of his indebtedness to Mr. Ran kin for tuition thirteen years ago. Since our last issue tbe Fayetteville Iron Bound Bucket factory has "commenced op erations in earnest, turning out about twenty-five dozen buckets dally. Tbe mor tuary report of Fayetteville for February shows that only nine deaths occurred here during the past month. Mr. John M. Rose and daughter, Miss Annie, had tbe misfortune to be thrown from a buggy Sa turday evening last by. a runaway horse, from which they' sustained quite painful injuries, though we hope tbey will not prove serious. Raleigh News' Observer: The negro exodus fever instead of abating as some papers have intimated seems to be raging higher every day. Scores of nea groes from this section are emigrating every day. Nearly one thousand left over the Richmond & Danville road during Febru ary, and the present month to all appear ances promises to double the number. Most of the emigrants go to tbe cotton plant tions of Mississippi and Louisiana. The House yesterday refused to concur In the Senate bill to sell the Governor's Man sion. Jt is now as it was, and it was as it is, so it stands a monument of "income pleteness" for the next two years, at least. The handsome portrait of General Cooke just placed in the State Library and which by tbe way, ia a capital likeness, waa presented by tbree of tbe Colonels of his brigade, vis: Col. W. H. Yarborough, 15th Regiment N.'C. Troops; CoL. J. A. Gilmer, 27th Regiment N. C. Troops: Col. W. L. Saunders, 46th Regiment N C. Troops. Hatteras, March 6 The Wilmington Oil and Leather Company, which has for the past four years been do ing an immense business at Hatteras, has suddenly collapsed. Sheriff Smith bas levied an execution on the factories snd machinery of the company to satisfy the claims of a Mr. Taylor upon the company for $17,000. Weldon News: - The Rt. Rev T. B. Lyman, Bi&hop of this diocese, has made the following appointments for his spring visitation in this section of tbe State; March 17, Sunday, Eittrell; 24, Bundav, Warren ton; 26, Tuesday, Jackson; -27. Weanesday p. m., Weldon; 28, Thursday, Halifax; 29, iriday, Battleboro; 81. Sun day, Wilson. Tbe town of Tillery has been incorporated by the present Legis lature. We regret to note deatb of Mr. John P. Savage, which occurred at his home in Scotland Neck on Friday night last. Mr. Savage had been in ill health for a year or more from softening of the. brain, it is thought He was about 75 years old. Uentlemen irom Bcouana neca in form us that the - cotton factory at that place is an assured fact. They want $25. 000 to begin with and already $18,500 of tbat amount has been secured On Friday nigbt last a homicide occurred on the farm of Mr. R. J Herring, about two miles from Scotland Neck. ' It seems tbat two negro men, Harry Jones and Pow ell farmed together last year and some time ago had a dispute and lawsuit about divid ing the crops, On Friday night tbe two men became engaged in a quarrel when Jones called Powell a damned liar. Powell dared him to repeat it. Jones repeated the remark and Powell started toward him when Jones shot bim with a pistol and Powell died in a few hours. Jones escaped. On Saturday night Messrs. Sberrod and Salisbury, two students of Vine Hill Academy in Scotland Neck, from Martin county, were in their room at the residence of Mr. JV. C. Allen, Principal of the school, with whom tbey board, when Mr. Sberrod was accidentally shot by Mr. Salisbury.- It seems tbat Mr. Salisbury bad a pistol in his hand "fooling" with it and it fired off, the ball striking Mr., Sber rod in tbe mouth, knocking out one of his jaw teeth and lodging in the back part ot his head between tbe jaw-bone and. the base of the tongue. ' The ball wss extract ed by Dr. Wood. Tbe wound is painful, butisnotserions. m. ' ".A ' : -1 : -. :.'V.'V";..- - V j i -:".'. i :.-',-'l'. 1 :"-M Am : - - . ": i. I .i. J- " : v. --v -it -, . i ; . .. . ",.': r-' ..; F