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IliOrr iruui uiautuic buuuijr, iu j ii-ii t'ver Friday out of respect 17 S T-V I to me' memory oi rreu uougiass, the half breed, who had too much white blood in him to be a represen tative negro and too much black blood to be classed as white. That he looked down upon his own race Is shown by the fact that he married a white woman, and associated as much as possible with white people. It is surprising that a Legislature composed mainly of white men should have adjeurned out of re spect to the memory of this man, and scarcely less surprising that a self respecting negro who knew anything about him should have offered such a resolution, for while os tensibly espousing the cause of the- negro, and never letting slip the opportunity to widen the breach between the races by attempt ing to force his own race to the front, he kept a sharp lookout for the in terests of red Douglas, and he feathered his nest well. He profited by his championship, for 'years held lucrative Federat offices, and was at his death one oi the wealthiest col ored men, in this country?" He was in some respects an able man, and might hive been much more useful the race for which he spoke if he had thought more of them and less of his own interests. There are plenty of negroes liviog and dead who are arid were more creditable rep resentatives of that race than he was, and more entitled to its admiration. He excelled the average intelligent negro only in being more able. The same House of Representatives, composed mainly of white men, who aojuurnea to nonor ine memory oi this man, refused to adjourn to do honcr to the rriemorv- of Robert E. ee and of George Washington. And yet it claims to be a body repre sentative of the people of North Carolina. What can' be expected from men, calling themselves white, who show respect for the memory of lrred Douglass while refusing to honor the memory of the two greatest Americans, Washington and Lee? If they had only degraded themselves' it wouldn't have mattered so much, but such action brings disgrace upon the State among people who do not know what this Legislature is com posed of, and may think it a repre sentative body; but it is a disgrace to the State that men who voted for that ffscjlution could be elected to anythin; THE 01 S& HALF SHOULD HAVE I - GONE. r- ' One half the House of Representa tives df this State were at the New bern Fishi Game and Poultrv exnosi tion4isj Thursday. . The other half r shouw hkve ffonp. toe. for then thev would l ave escaped the shameful i show taev marie of 'themselves in Vilipg ?or that resolution to adjourn w do hbnor to the memorv cf Fred "otigiass. The probabilities are that the majority of Jthe the emir r,f tH gang- who, negro who SPrUn that roclntinn ,n thm n D nave the nerve to vote it wnl as thev had nreviouslv voted rf r j oowa resolutions to honor the birth aays of the immortal Washington Qd Lee. wished thev were at Ttfew cm or out in the wnnrls when that vot6 was taken, and thev saw the in "anon it aroused in the decent. sCH-retDecliriO- white r..nl r.f ihf O ...WW - . v . " V State. This is written of course, on the presumption that, they ans not ost to i sense of shame ' and do not enjoy making themselves contemp- iiDie But if they had eone to Newbern and spent an hour or two on the Ex position grounds they ,would have escaped the disgusting SDectacle thev ae oi themselves and possibly ... rf ""&ul nave learned mnch ahnnt North Carolina that manv nf u . . '"cm Qon't know. Aenndmanvnf those SOlohs from th ' mMHU arwl western portion of the State, doubt la.. I . i ' s, naa never been any further East "U Kl flh anrl max- t ' .1 VOL. XXVI. never that far until they went there to take a whack, at making the laws for the State, about , which, ; ; as a whole, some of them are as ignorant- as they are about the interior of Af rica. North Carolina is a large State, with a stretch of ; four hundred and fifty miles from East to West. Until the completion of the "Western Nortb,' Carolina Railroad there was but lit tle travelling from the East to the West, or from the West to the East, but little mingling-of the people of the different sections, and but little knowledge save 'what was gathered by reading or conversation with inose wno naa travelled in one or both sections. There is more now, but not half as much as there should be, especially by those who are dele: gated to make the laws for all sec tions of the State, laws which affect alike the people of the East, the Cen ter and the West. , h- - - As a matter of fact much of the time of one Legislature in this and in other States is iaken up in repealing laws passed by a preceding : Legisla ture, some of which were, passed' for want of better information on the subjects legislated upon, and of the; needs and condition of the people for whom the legislating was doue. The solons now at Raleigh have fixed up a scheme for, county gov ernment, for which some ot them are howling, and yet they do not seem to realize that a system of government which would suit one section, of the State very well would be ruinous to another section. If the statesmen from the highlands would pick tip, their grip-sacks and sojourn in the East for a while and keep! their eyes open they, might learn something and form a better conception of what should be done, or not be done, in breaking up established systems and attempting new ones, and they would understand, too, why the white peo ple of the East stand together, and maybe realize the iniquity of the schemes they -advocate in depriving the white people of the "East of the means of self protection. . But a they all can't travel and acquire education' in that way the next best thing the solons can do is to visit the expositions held In " the respective portions of the State and thus -come into contact: i with the people and learn something of the resources as seen In the various ex- hibits made. " ' An impression prevails to a large extent in other portions of the State that the productive capacity of Eastern North Carolina .is .confined to pitch, tar, turpentine, lumber, cotton, peanuts, fish, oysters, soft shell crabs, mosquitoes and sand- fiddlers. 'Generally when- the "fel lows from the West come to the sea shore for the first time they spend the first three days chasing sand fiddlers, which in turn! have a good deal of fun watching the manoevres of the awkward fellows who are try ing to catch them and hardly ever doit. These Western statesmen who vis ited the Newbern Fair might not have been surprised at the exhibits of fish and wild fowl, for they natu rally expected these, but we will ven ture to say that the exhibits of live stock, poultry, dairy products, corn, potatoes (Irish and sweet), turnips, cabbages and other products of the farm, were a revelation to most of them. These would have opened their eyes to what Eastern North Carolina can do and is doing in the wav of erowine food products, and they could have seen there in pre served form some of the luscious fruits which grow in such abun dance and to such perfection in this section of the State. Knowine what they can do on the UDlands and thus learning what we can do on the Eastern plain, they - 1 would get a better conception of North Carolina as a grand whole, catch new. ideas and broader views, and more than ever realize the re sponsibility of the trust reposed. In them and the necessity of legislating intelligently for such a State. A day at Newbern would have been a day at school for them, and one of the best day s schooling that many of them ever had. - It would have been well, we repeat, if they had all been there, instead of killing a day at Raleigh in doing honor to the memory of a man that most of them wonld have scorned - to sit at the same table with when alive. It cost this Government- $224, 514.37 to run its side of the Bering Sea arbitration business, of Which the thirteen lawyers employed got $121,396.02, the clerks $12,555.49, and the arbitrators $40,000. The remaining $43,000 was paid lor trav elling expenses, stationary, print ing, &C .:-. : V; French chemists are now making an imitation ot gold out of 94 parts of copper and 6 parts of, antimony, which when polished up resembles gold, so much that it Isn't easy to tell them apart. It can be drawn, wrought and soldered like gold, and ran hr manufactured at about 25 cents a pound. - ' , - Prof. H. G. Seawell of Carthage, N. C , was In the city yesterday. A Wisconsin paper says that State pace had, a superintendent of public schools who spelled gone Mgbn" and whole Mhole-'t He was a phonetic sup.; . This Is proof . thatWisConsin had tad spells of other things as well ' ay w wtherVl.XW In 1893, for the first: time in four jears the birtiiFainmi.'iigbtiy exceeded the deaths. , But it isinot saying much - forj the morality of France when it V stated that ; 76,000 or 8.8 per cent, "of the births were illegitimate Tf''Mtti: I ''"i-'i -'V':'?Aiiit to Star.'-- A LOCAL KEMCnSCOTCE; " X Airiend of many years recently called my attention to an old document in his possession which was nearly fifty , years old, and very travely asked me, if I recognized It. . A single .-glance was sufficient, tor it brought up recollections ottbe most pleasing ; character in coa- nectieu whb scenes and incidents of the put. but which were also saddened by the thought that so lewof those whose signatures were attached to that Instru ment cf writing, and" wiih whonr my fifend and myseif had been so intimately associated in public and ,t in private affairs, were still living. , .. ' J.-i. i'icrt About the year 1845-6 the last Thalian Association was organized by certain gentlemen' in" Wilmington for mental improvement, and the cultivation-cf a pare dramatic art. They gave a number of performances with . great success, and to tbe delight of the public generally. But they labored under the great disad vantage of having no wardrobe, and con sequently when a play was cast, each actor would dress, the character he as sumed according to his own fancy and in many instances they were not only in bad taste but sometimes even bordered on the ridiculous.- lo ooviate tnis it was finally-determined T to . purchase a comp'ete wardrobe, and arrangements were made witn a nouse in . Mew x ork who agreed to furnish one for the sum of tour hundred dollars casii. - The as sociation did not have the money in its treasury at the time, s it became neces sary to go into bank and borrow it, which was done, and a note for the sum i need ed was drawn np and signed by Alfred Martin. John L. Meares and. Edward D. . Hall 7 and - was discounted ! at tbe Wilmington branch . of, the Bank ot tbe State and made' payable to Wo. E. Anderson; cashier. Tbe money was remitted and the war drobe, followed in due course.' It was expected, and tbe expectation was: hap pily realized, that sufficient lands woulcL be derived from the performances -to take up the note, which made those gen tlemen personally responsible, and to se cure them against tbe possibility of loss the members of the association signed an obligation, duly attested, to bold them harmless in case tbe note should not be paid at maturity, and which obli gation made each member whose signa ture was attached liable for' his propor tion pro rata. But no such contingency happened, lor tne note was promptly paid and. no assessment upon the mem bers became necessary. .That was the document presented to me a short time ago by my friend Dr. W. w. Harms, with the - enquiry before men tioned, and who still has ; it in his possession and wonld not : part rub it for scarcely any consideration. As I gazed upon the signatures on that wcrn and faded sheet of paper, memory ecame busy with tbe past and I could scarcely realize the fact that nearly half a century had elapsed since the execu tion oi that bond by those who were then, in the flush of lusty youth or the vigor oi stalwart mannooo, nor now soon and how rapidly their ranks would be thinned by the grim reaper, Death. Tbe names of those whose signatures are attached to that document are A. O. brad ley, George Harriss. Eli W. Hall. A. Em pie, r.. J. Watts, E A. Keith. J. R. Rest on. E. A. Cashing, John C. Mc Rae, Wm. Reston. W. W. Harriss, A.D. Waddeil, J. J Hedrick. T. Burr. Jr . J. B Russell. Donald McRae. W. A. Burr, William D. Cowan. W. H Lippitt, H. W, Burgwin. J. S. Williams. R F. Langdon, John Cowan. J. G. Burr, F. N. Waddeil. T. C Mclihenny, Wm. M, Harriss. H. P. Russell. J. G. Green, John Walker Jr.. J. J. Lippiti;! thirty-one in all, not including tbose who signed tbe notei and who were also members of the asso ciation, viz: ' Alfred Martin, John L. Meares and E D Hall, making thirty- four all told. It is sad to reflect that of these thirty-four nearly if not , quite tbree-lourtbs have long since ' passed away, a large majority of whom enjoyed but a brief tenure of life. There are now but ten survivors of those whose signatures are, attached to that bond, who yet linger on the stage of life, a beggarly half-score, and they are among tbe greybeards o! the city whom tbe youth of tbe present day are apt to stigmatize as old fossils, and to whom tbey thin It tbe remark, "super fluous laz the veterans on tbe stage is justly applicable. But ' tbey are, still here, at least for tbe present, tbougb bruised and battered .: by the storms of life. Still here, but tottering out towards the end with the lengthening shadows of tbe darkening twilight gathering closelv around them, and it cannot1 be loner before the places which have known them here for such a length of years will soon, in the ordinary course of nature. know them no more forever. oKNKX. Death of an Aged Xatdr. " ' . Mrs. Maty E Montgomery, mother of Mr. J. A. Montgomery, late Treasurer of New Hanover county; died yesterday moroingatlO o'clock, at the residence of her son. No. 004 Market street, f She was born in - Brunswick county in 1801. and had been a member of the M. E." Church for the past sixty years." r ; The funeral will take place this after noon at 4 o'clock, from the residence of Mr. Montgomery, and the remains will be interred in Oakdale Cemetery. . The A. P. Hurt A fl jr, ,;- - f " Jr ; Mr. D McEacbern, one of the stock holders of tbe company, owning the steamboat A- P. Hurt said - yesterday that he bad received advices from Fay etteville that the steamboat was again afloat, and that she would leave . that place Monday morning for Wilmington. Acquitted Mr. F. S. Willis, who was arrested and brought to this city about one year ago. charged with embezzlement from the Southern Express Company s office at Kingstree. S. C. and was carried there lor trial, as reported in the Star at that time, was tried last Wednesday and ac nuitted. He had many friends, in this - . . . . City. . . : ,,- : WILMINGTON, N. C., rFRIDAY - MARCH 1; 1895. SrATE XEGlSLATUPvE: THE : HOUSE! ADJOURNED AT TWO O'CLOCK IN RESPECT TO TH i MEMORX OF " FRED. DOUG lass.: : -... - All th DamoeraU Totd Ajuintt Adap tion of ther&eolntlon Bii( Pmma tb 8nst te Otv JTannera AUlsooe as Inanraso Veatare and to- Prevent Adul teration of Food Members of th Statdl Board of Agnoultnro JSTominaied. -' - ' Special Star CorrtsoHtUnce t ' p;';J , Kalsioh N. Cw February SI. The Senate ; met at It o'clock th ; V j morbing; and prayer was offered by Rev Mr Ammons oi the Senate. -The . jour nal was read and approved. - .'-t i: -v Mr Long presenud a petition asking for a new ferry near Piraway. t ; - - Mr' Lindsay, a petition from citizens of Llcksvine, asking thatthey be allowed to issue town boadsi'i riijrsiit:- Mr Adams, a petition from citizens of Cumberland county, asking for the in corporation of Rock Springs Church , Jm Mr Westmoreland introduced a bill to reenact chapter 827, of the Laws of 1883; also; a bill to - incorporate the town of Atnerton, N. C -rS " Mr White, a bill for the relief of Dr Rorton. of Wilkes county. Mr White, a bill to amend tbeCode regarding the Pharmaceutical Associa tion. ."yr- .1 -rr.iM r-'r Mr Fowler, a bill to provide' for the publication of Supreme Court Reports. Mr trfOok. a bill to- repeal tbe section of the Code regarding Superior. Courts; also, .a biQ providing for mstices of the peace; also, a biH : to amend the Code and restore to the people of , North Car olina local self government. Mr Duier. a bill to esublish Clear Creek township, in McDowell county. - Mr Paddlson. a bill to amend tbe Code in regard to the age of people working'public roads. - Mr Taylor, a bill to amend the Con stitution, so as to reduce the homestead exemption. :..--- Mr Grant, a bill to amend the Code in regard to search warrants., . . ' Mr Long, but to provide lor workine convicts on the public roads of Colum bus county; also, ' a bill to authorize a public ferry in Columbus county. r Mr -Bellamy, bill to repeal the charter of Kdiquick; in Edgecombe county. Mr Ammons, bin to incorporate Lau rel Fork Baptist cbuich. Mr Henley, bill to incorporate Pros pect Methodist church. Mr Fortune, bill to allow persons hold ing unregistered bonds or deeds to have them-registered. ';------.-! Mr rertoae,- -avbtll to place Stokea county re 'the Eighth Congressional district. - - i. - : - ' - : Mr Moody, a bin to provide ' for the erection of mills and mill dams, ' Mr Do wd moved to take from the table tbe concurrent House resolution to adjourn until Saturday morning in order that members of tbe Legislature might attend the. Newbern Fair. On an aye and no vote the motion failed by a vote of 27 tall. ? F -- : -. Mr Rice moved that when the Senate adjiurn it adjourn till Saturday morning at it o'clock, r: -. Mr Candler moved to lay that mo tion on tbe table and the ayes and noes were demanded.- Tbe motion to lay on tbe table prevailed by a - vote of 27 to 8: Mr Fowler introduced a bill -to pro hibit the sale of liquor ia three miles ot Gosbin M E I cnurcb ' in Sampson county. 1 1f-Y- - -.' The bill to transfer ; Mitchell county from the Eighth to the Ninth Congres sional district was taken up as tbe spe cial order at 12 o'clock. Mr Fortune moved ' to postpone the bill till Friday, March 1st. A mo tion to make the bill the special order for Tuesday next at 12 o'clock finally prevailed.-" " I - Mr Rice introduced a bill to supple ment the bill to. repeal tbe charter of the Brats wick Bridge and Ferry Com pany. f I HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House ! met at 10 o'clock, tbe Speaker in the chair, and prayer by Rev Dr Hoover of the senate. . PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Mr Lawrence, petition against ship-, ping logs out ql tbe State. - - - - Mr Abbott petitions in regard to dutch nets, and the dredge law. Mr Duffy, petition in regard to fishing in New River.f i ! Mr Gallop, petition to modify laws as to drainage, j . I Mr Bean, memorial to create tbe office cf State printer and binder.' . Mr Duffy, petition to prohibit tbe use of seins and nets in certain streams in Onslow. -... I . -: - . -:. RESOLUTIONS AND BILLS. , . Mr Lusk. resolution ia favor of the State Attorney adjusting the debt of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. - ; i Mr Ray, bill to amend section 1002 of the Code.' - ! -M-"-;- . ' : Mr HigginsJ ! bill for relief of John Holden. .Hi- - ! ;. - - Crews, a - resolution to adjourn in respect to the memory of the late fredenck Douglass, coiorea. . Mr Lawrence, bill to extend time of collecting) taxes in Martin county. Mr Stevens, bill for tbe relief of Jesse Rogers. . ., --'V:- - -,- -- Mr Lee. bill to pay certain vouchers of teachers in Haywood county. . - Mr Abbott, bill to fix official bonds of Register of Deeds of Pamlico county. Mr McClammy (by request) bill to extend the time of the Carolina Mann facturing Company, and of the North Carolina Investment Company Mr . Lusk. but to incorporate Black Mountain, Buncombe county. : . Mr Gallop, bill to amend section 2840 of the Code.- . i U -. Mx Gallop, bill to amend chapter 286. Laws of 188s, and to amend chapter 120. uawsoi ioo. Mr Campbell,! bill to provide for a special tax in Cherokee county. Mr Nelson, bin in - regard to sale pi liquor at certain school bouses in Cald well countv. t -ri Mr Smith, of Cleveland, bill to amend chapter 199, Laws of 1885. - Mr Young, bill in relation to the Raleigh Water Works. " -'- BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. - Bill, to amend chapter 821. Laws of 1893. Relates to streams in. Moore countv. Passed third reading. Bill to allow Commissioners of Mont gomery county to sell part of jail lot Amended and passed. Bill to amend chapter 25, section 1, Laws of 1883. Relates to fishing in Ca tawba river. Passed third reading. ; Bill defining butter and regulating tbe sale thereof. , Referred to Judiciary Committee. BUI to amend chapter 120 Private Laws of 1893. relating to Caliowee Nor mal School, passed tbird reading. Bill asking the Treasurer of tbe State University lor certain information, -Re ferred to Committee on Education. " Senate resolution to , balance off old claims on - tbe I ; Treasurer's books. Passed third reading, i . Bill for relief oL ex-Sheriff of Pamlico county.' Passed third reading. - - -' Bill to -amend section 297. LawA of 1893 Passed tbird reading. - i ' Bill to incorporate the town of Rota bel, Bertie county, pass:d second- read ing and was placed on calendar. --:, Bill to perpetuate . court records. 'Passed third reading. ; r -?-e r -"-'r-: - BUI to make February ISth Arbor Day for school children. Referred to Committee on Education, n . k ' The substitute for the bill to amend the insurance laws of North Carolina was made special, order for . next 'Wed nesday. : ; fify V? -: r-JffiSe-s';" ; - Bill to allow the Treasurer of Ran dolph county T to pay ; school , claims. : diU to amend chapter 448, Laws of 1893. ; Passed third reading. ' Bill to make certain part of Little iver,; in Alleghany county, a lawful fence. Passed third reading. .' . , s Bill for the relief of EM Johnson, late Sheriff of Pender county. Passed thud eadtng. - .-: -. - : . Bill to repeat chapter 54. Private Laws of 1893.. Passed tbird reading. , , I BtlLin 'regard to drainaae of lowlands la Lincoln and Gaston counties. Passed third Teadingv. .: .vl: . .... l:-o 1 Bill to . make a mule or horse come within tbe . meaning of 'section 1799 of tbe Code, , Passed third reading.' 48dl xo repeal section 1260 of the Code, Validates probates ot deeds' by. deputy' clerks. ; Passed tbird reading. Bill to incorporate the town of Ham lei, .Richmond . county. Passed third reading. r ; " - -, . - -' yiiuo allow treasurer of Clay countv to pay school teachers. , Passed third reading... - .,'.v csill to allow teachers to xe examined at Laurinburg. Passed tbird reading. Bui to prevent the sale of I.quor near Ingotd Academy Sampson county. Passed third reading. ' Bill in regard to cotton weighers In Wake county. Passed third reading. - Hall to make it a crime for one person to ia j are another in another State (across State line). Passed third, reading. Bill to amend section 2118 .of tbe Code, Relating to widow's allowance. Passed third reading. - :; BUI to repeal chapter 418, Laws of Passed third reading. Sptcial Star. Telegram - r Tbe House- ad jaurned to-day at .two o'clock.-in honor of the memory of Fred. Douglass.--v--i'ivhvt. Bills were passed to incorporate the Carolina, Tennessee and Onto Railroad Company, and to Drovide for jurisdic tion for probate j of deeds in certain casei--'-.'; r -4"v -s-i'-': A resolution was adopted to inquire into the management ot the penitentiary during the campaign, with reference to statement that convicts were . locked up at Roanoke farms while eaards went to vote. : : i - j-. - !'--- ; The House also-appointed a commit tee, consisting of Messrs. Lusk, Monroe and Mitchell, to investigate a charge made by the Caucasian this morning that a bill which had been re-referred to the Judiciary Committee had been pur loined. Tbls bill provided for jortea to bringj in verdicts of punitive damage against railroads for delay and neglect, and tie Caucasian charged that it has been Host wnue in the bands of- the corn- mittee. .:- .. l:. .:; . Tbe Senate passed on its third read ing the bill to pay ; Rev, Solomon Pool $2,284. being the amount of interest claimed by bim on salary as President of the State University. The salary was paid in 1887, but interest was not in cluded. Ji'-'-V "-p-- ' ':;''- : Bills also passed the Senate. . to srive the Farmers' Alliance an insurance fea ture. And to prevent adulteration or mis branding of food. ! The Senate nominated as members of tbe State Board of Agriculture to fill vacancies, E. A. Aiken, E. L. Franks, of Onslow, and J. J. Long, of Columbus. Raleigh, N. C Feb. 22. - senate. The Senate was called to order at -11 o'clock this morning by President Doughton and prayer was offered by Rev W M Curtis of Raleigh. The journal was read and approved. - Mr ; Moody - introduced a resolution authorizing the State Treasurer to pay witnesses in contested election cases. Mr Norris introduced a bill to amend section 8063 of the Code; also, a bill to amend tbe charter of the North Carolina Savings and Trust Company. Mr Starbuck introduced a resolution of respect to the memory of Georee Washington, providing that the' Senate ad jourrrat 1 o'clock in respect to bis memory. -"?! of- --- - .. Mr Marshall, a bill to restore Surry county to the Fifth Congressional Dis trict, i . - r ' .'"r-:: '. -: Mr Adams offered an amendment to Mr Starbuck's resolution providing that the Senate adjourn at 12 .o'clock in honor of George Washington. Mr Moody said this was another Dem ocratic time-killer and moved to ad j urn at a o Clock. Mr Moody s amendment was aoopteo, as was also Mr Adams. - -p : Mr Marshall offered an amendment to adjourn at 12 o'clock' to-day and meet at io o clock to-morrow, but this failed.- "" - -r-; vr-- -t Mr Starbuck introduced a bill to au thorize the aty of Greensboro to ob tain electric lights; also, a bill to amend the charter of tbe city of Greensboro. Bill to prevent the adulteration and misbranding of; food came up on tbird reading and - was explained by Mr Moody, who said : it was a bill tor tbe benefit of tbe farmers of the State.' ' He said it was a bill to provide for abso lutely pure food. Mr Hoover spoke against the bill and said it would fill the State with endless litigation. Mr Moody said it was an ; honest - and square bill, and there was no chinqueptn business or peanut politics about : it. Mr Moody finally demanded the previous question and called for the ayes and naysandtbe bill passed its third reading by a .vote of 23 to 8. 'f r Bill to incorporate the Saeford, Lil lington and Eastern Railroad Company; passed second reading, There was barely a quorum present In the Senate, which was also the case in the House, and legislation was very s'ow and was confined to unimportant bus ness.;: . -j" r :f; , j," , ;;. a HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 11.10 o'clock, with the Speaker in the chair, and prayer by Kev L L Smith, of tbe House. ; PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. ' ' The Speaker, petition! of citizens, of Davidson county, to prohibit the sale of liquor near certain churches. - . Mr Hilerman. petition of citizens o! Concord to allow an increased tax in said town and to require the convicts to work within the corporate limits. ' j RESOLUTIONS AND BILLS. - Mr - Lusk, resolution in regard to ad journment in honor of George Washing ton. -:. ....'.:-1 ;- ! '-.:.:: .- Mr Turner, of MitchelL resolution to Ky tbe expenses of Committee on Penal stitutions on their . visit - to. State farms, r-. - -i v. -: ;. Mr Alexander, of Tyrell, bill to place Robt W Garrison on tbe pension roll. Mr Bean, bill to prohibit the sale of li quor near Bethany .Church, Kandoiph countv. Mr Lusk, bill to enforce leins of sub contractors and others. - -- - ; - - -----r-. f Mr Lusk. biQ to amend flection 12&S td the Code. Mr Lusk, bill to amend chaoter-47. Laws ol 1885. - 7 Mr Smith, of Cleveland, bill to incor porate Mt Pleesant Cburcb. Cleveland county. nd Shannon M E Church, - - Mr Peace, bill to amend chanter 481. Laws of 1893. Makes a countv res Don - sible where a lynching occurs. Mr King, bill to amend chanter 168. Laws of 1893: to chance the time of hold.. ing Superior court; in Graham county. aor vrcom, bill to reenlate .the wry system of the State., ; - i. ;: - Mr Winborne. bill for-the protection of policy holders In insurance companies. Mr Turner of Mitchell, bill to invali date a certain election for railroad lands in Mitchell county. ' " : -; ; Mr Turner of Mitchell, bill to amend chapter 270. laws of 1888. v,; Mr Speer, bill to reeulate the collec tion of taxes in Forsyth coanty. - . ' Mr speer. bill in regard to tbe sale of liquors near certain- churches- in For syth county. Mr Whitener, bill to incorporate Ber- ryman, .Catawba county. -.--r-irUV' - Mr laliao, bill to prohibit the sale of liquor near UPaitb, Academy,' Rowan-J county. -. ... .;.s:- Mr Harreison. bill in resard to sale of liquor at Cnadbourn, Columbus coanty. Mr LineDack, bin ta establuhxounty boards of medical examiners, r Mr Walser, bill to modify chapter 14. Laws of 1881. Relates to sale of liauor hr Davidson countv. - - - ,-, Mr Walser, bill for the relief, of the ate sheriff of Davidson county. Special Star" Telegram Bills passed the House to-day as f ol- To require all public school teachers to be examined. - ' ' . . - To ajlow the . people of . Buncombe county to vote on the question of sale of liquor at Asheville..c'--." ..-y To require railways to leieem unused passes and to prevent the ticket r scalp ing business In North Carolina.-, Xl - -; Raleigh, N. C Feb. 28. SENATE. . - 7s ' ;: h' ' The Senate met at . 11 o'clock a m and was called to order by Lieutenant Governor Doughton. : Prayer , . was offered by Mr Hoover of the Senate. Tbe journal was partially read-, and the further reading was dispensed with..,:, The Confederate Monument bill was the special order for 12 o'clock and be tween the opening cf the Senate and that hour tbe Senate galleries were con stantly filling with ladies, tbe members of tbe Monument Association attending in a- body. Before noon the galleries were'well filled. . " - Mr Mewborne introduced a bill to encourage horticulture and to aid the work of the State : Horticultural So ciety. , r v i "... :.,v r,-. .... - Mr Marshall, a bill for free passage of fish in Arrarat river.' " ': Mr Lindsay, a bill to allow the town of Leaksville to issue bonds. Mr White, bill to provide for building a j nl in Alexander countv. Mr urant, a bill to amend tbe charter of tbe city of Goldsboro; also, a bill t0 investigate certain election frauds; also, a bill to amend the laws of 1889 In re gard to soldiers in the late war. ' Mr Duier, a bill for tbe relief of cer tain taxpayers of McDowell county, on account of loss by fire. - . . Mr Fortune, a bill to amend the char ter of Besesmer City, Gaston county. Mr Fowler, a bill to prohibit the sale of liquors in three miles of Goshen Church, Sampson county. : Mr Hurley, a bill to amend chapter 811. Laws of 1893; also, a bill to incorpo rate Mount uilead uiurcb, Sampson county. , - - ' - Mr Black, a bill to incorporate Spring Creek Free Will Baptist Church; also, bill to repeal chapter 297, Laws of 1889. Mr Murer. a bill to incorporate the town of St Louis, in Edgecombe county. Mr Starbuck,- a but to incorporate the Westanna Milling and Mining Company. BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. The bill to allow the commissioners of Montgomery county to sell the jail. was taken up and tbe Senate concurred mthe House amendments. - -:- - ": Bill to incorporate the Sanford. Lil- lington and Eastern Railroad Company, passed its third reading. Bill to change the time ot holding the Superior Courts of Durham county, passed third reading. ' Bill for the relief of S E Petty, a school teacher of Robeson county, passed third reading. . . Bill to amend the charter of the City of Wilmington was taken up, and Sena tor Rice said that while there was some politics in it, it was mainly designed to put tbe Republican party in charge of the " offices of the city, but to leave tbe Democrats in ." charge of the financial administration of the city.- He went on to state that the aty was now in debt and that the financial inter ests of tbe city were about to collapse. He wanted tbe Democrats to continue to control the finances and to bear the responsibility. . - Mr Adams declared that-this bill was nothing but a gerrymander, and said that Mr Rice had practically admitted the inability of the Republican party to take charge of tbe financial . manage ment of the city of Wilmington. - Before the bill was disposed of the hour for tbe special order arrived and the Senate took up the Confederate Monument bill. By this time the gal lenes were crowded to tbeir utmost ca pacity with the ladies, and tbey even filled the loonies on tne floor ot the sea ate. Mr Moody of Haywood, first took the floor, and made a. strong speech in favor of the bill He declared that this tax fund was to a large extent the- money of the men who fell in the late war, to whom it was proposed to erect this monument. He said these ladies asked this money not as a gift, but as a loan And if demand was ever made he felt confident they would - pay it back. Mr Moody was warmly, applauded. - Mr Moody went on to show that if " tbe money- was wanted for a public school fund this could i be better" provided for by tbe succession tax bill which he re cently introduced. Mr. Moody said he was a Republican, but he pointed out tbe tact rbat tbe Republican party had erected monuments to Grant and to other great men, and although be was a Republican, be was in favor of this bill to enable the ladies to erect a monu ment to the Confederate dead of North Carolina. - He declared that monuments and painting And art and statuary were the greatest educators In the world, and this money could not be applied to better cause. ':r' ;.v -v HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES, ' The House met at 10 o'clock, the Speaker in the chair. Prayer by Rev L Branson, ot the aty. - ..5- V; PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS; - Mr Huffman, petition to prohibit sale of liquor near certain churches In Burke county.': i . ." V.s .-J, S-f --p-Z .' Mr Huffman, petitions for an appro-. pnation for tbe Deal and Dumb. Insti tution, and also for the State Hospital at Morgaaton, " NO. 17 - BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.' V- V Mrlulian. bill to incorporate Eldora Mining Company. Mr tilts, bill to ; Incorooraie John Hodges Business College- "1,- Mr Taylor, btlLto establish stock law in Cross Creek township,: Cumberland countv . " : " -.'""7 . ..- Mr Liooey, bill to regulate the sale of iquor in North Carolina. .. -'r--. W'. - Mr Aiken, bill to construct -roads in acitaon and Transylvania counties. Mr Bryan, bilCto amend sections 2299 and 2300 of tbe code. : . . -f Mr Self, bill for the relief ot the late sheriff of Harnett coanty. - - Mr Turner, of Mitcheil. bill to Dretect deer and other animals - in - Mitchell country. - .-n . :-;.,"-:- ... Mr Henderson, bill to prohibit tbe sale of liquor near Pleasant Grove Church, Borke county.. --; ;-v:. Mr McCall, bill to change the time of holding terms of Superior Court in the counties T Of "T Gaston. Mecklenburg and Stanly. , . ., ; . '..,.'..-,, Mr Turner, of Mitchell, resolution in regard to expenses of contestants and contesters. Adopted. . -:' -r-v j - 1 : BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. V C Bil to amend the charter of Gastonia. Passed second reading, placed on calen dars ;-,,'. :-v. - .-.."-...; Bill to extend corporate limits of Grif- ton. Prssed second reading. Calendar. Bui to incorporate the town of Bel mont, Gaston county. Passed third reading. r !. ' " ' - -.'"- Bill to incorporate -Wake Banking and Security Company: . Passed third read- Bg. : - t - ' .:-:-"' :'.'-. --"." Bill to incorporate tbe - town of Co- ambus, Polk county. - Passed second reading. .Calendar. Bill to incorporate tbe Roanoke Rail way & Bridge Company. Second read ing.- Calendar. .',.::' " .- Bill to incorporate the Newbern Gas Light Company.! Passed third reading. Bill to charter the Mdreanton & Shel by Railway Compiny. Passed second reading. Calendar. - BUI to authorize tbe commissioners of Graham county to levy a special tax to 11 j 1 . . ouuu a jdu ana court nouse. fassea third reading." ' ? . Bill to incorporate Saoona Cotton Mills. Passed tbird reading. Bill to amend the Charter of Waynes- ville. Passed third reading. Bill to amend the charter of Roxabel. Bertie county. - Passed tbird reading. Bill to provide for working tbe public roads of . B;rtie ".county. Passed tbird reading. . . . :;.- B.II to authorize Fayetteville to estab lish and operate a system of electric lights and motive power. Paissd third reading. Bill to amend ' tbe charter of Albe marle. Passed second reading. Calendar. BiU to. incorporate tbe town ot Worth- ville, Randolph county. Passed tbird reading,'" ,' f: : - : ":.;..-:: B II to raise monev for public schools in Cherokee county.Passed second read ing. Calendar. Bill to inoorporate the Wilmington Sewerage Company.PaSsed second read ing, (calendar. - v Bill to change time of holding court in Moore county. Pes ted third read ing, t:- -r. Sir'-.. Bill for tbe relief of John C McLaugh lin, clerk of Anson county. Passed third reading. ' - ' Bill to incorporate the town of Eliza- bethtown. in Bladen county. - Passed second reading.! Calendar. Tbe House concurred in the Senate resolution that tbe two Houses meet in joint ssssion on Monday next at 12 m to fill vacancies on tbe . Board of Agri culture. - 1 .: BUI to enable tbe commissioners of Polk county to levy a tax. Passed sec ond reading. Calendar.' ' -. SpecialStar Telegram. After . cods d era We . debate. Senator Fowler making a strong, speech in favor of tbe bill, and Senator Mewborne and others against it, the Confederate Mon ment bill was slaughtered by tbe Fusion Senate to the tune of 23 votes against it and only 8 in favor of it, Tbe vote was taken at 2 80 o'clock and tbe Senate then adiourned, I " This being private bill ' day in the House no important legislation was en acted.- Among the bills which passed were tbe following: i To incorporate the Newbern Gas Light Company. - . To incorporate the City Sewerage Company of Wilmington : To amend the; road law of Edgecombe county. f.-s" -.!. It is learned to-night that the Fusion caucus will elect H. G. Ewart Judge and Robert McCall Solicitor of the Criminal Circuit Court of Buncombe, Madison, Haywood and Henderson counties. THE UTTEEEST BILL. : Text of the Iw : Hiking 8lx Per Cent. the Bate of Interest In North Carolina, Section 1. The legal rate of interest shall be six per centum (6 per cent,) per annum for such time as interest may accrue, ancrno more; and that the tax ing, receiving, or charging a greater rate of interest either belore or alter the interest may accrue, .when know ingly done, shall be a forfeiture of .the, entire interest which the note or other evidence of debt carries with it. or which has been agreed to be paid thereon. And in case a - greater rate of Interest has been paid, the per son or his legal representatives.' or cor poration, by whom it has. been paid. may recover back twice tbe amount ot interest paid in action in tbe nature of. any action f for debt: "Provided. such , action shall . be commenced within two . years after. , the pay ment in luu 01 sucn indebtedness, fro- vidad further, that in any action brought in any court ot competent jurisdiction to recover upon any such note or other I evidence of debt, it shall be lawful for -Hue party against whom the action is brought . to plead. - as a - counter claim, the penalty above pro vided for, to-wit, twice the amount of interest paid as aforesaid, and also :the forfeiture of the entire inter est. And no costs shall be recovered by any party, whether plaintiff or de fendant, who may endeavor to recover upon any usurious contract. Sec 2: That this act shall not apply to contracts executed neretoiore, " SEC. 8. That all laws and clauses of laws in violation of this act are hereby repealed. r - j Shipping XTote. I' . , ,'.'..:''' ', Norwegian barque Biskop Brun, 682 tons. Neilson, from Garston, bound to Wilmington, arrived at South port yes terday.. , k;. - . .- , - Schooner Gav.G. : Y. 'Smith cleared yesterday for Port-au-Prince with 163, 090 feet lumber; value $1,960.63, shipped try S. W. ti. Northrop. ' t - German brig Atlas cleared v for HuIL England, with 2.764 barrels rosin, value 13.167,75, shipped by Peterson, Downing . The schooner . GreenUaf '-: Johnson. aground on Frying-pan Shoals, as here tofore reported, was towed up to the city yesterday, leaking. , The ahnsan is 871 tons, loaded with, lumber, from Brunswick, Ga bound to Philadelphia. THE:1 fcEPiPOP- LEGiSLAtlJREt VOTES TO ADJOURN IN RESPECT TO ' THE MEMORY OF A NEGRO- - - : : Atd That Becto Tred. DonsUaa An Ene my of tb South asd Iui People They Be fuae to Hooo the Memorjr ot lie Ot to Observe the Birthday of Washington Tof What liowrnr Depth Can Tbey Fall t -v.. Br Tekgtapli to tbe Morning Star.' i " ," 1 Raleigh. N. C.,'. Feb., 81. A great 1' sesatioB was created here to-day by tbe adoption in the . House of a resolution, introduced bv a negro, that when the General Assembly do adjourn, it adjourn in honor ot Frederick Douglats Tbe resolution was passed by a vote of 84 to 29, all the Democrats , voting against it. " -A resolution to adiourn on February . 22ad,in honor cf Washington's birth day, which is a legal, holiday in the State, was voted down. . The same body also refused ttf adjourn ia honor ol Gen. Lee on January 19th. : . Crews, a negro from Granville countv, arose aid sent up a resolution, civeu ' awlaBvltat4aft ' at t aVt M WS 1 VA O. a-.a - " lists grew restless in tbeir seats and a semi-confusioB ensued, in the midst of which another bill was reported by the clerk, but Crews insisted on the reading of his resolution and spoke to it, briefly referring to Douglass j a tbe leader of his race and to the approprlatenets ot adjournment to bis memory. The Fu- sionists. sremed to be paralyzed. A vtva voce vote was spasmcdically put by . the Speaker! andadtvision was called.' The Fusioffjsts "came np almost under the lashjUl a body to the number of 82. the Democrats voting 28 against it. These ere about all the members present, thej otber half of the House having- gone tQ tbe Newbern Fair. TheChair, in abdued voice. announced the vote; as?? carried, but would not give the vote until pressed personally bv the House reporter of tbe News and Observer ; The affair has created a teoaation in tbe whole city.'and will be a vital blow in the State to the Fusiomsts, who knew . this when thev dared not to iteo aside from the trap set for them by the negro. Tbey see it tooilate, while the citizens of all classes are astounded at the colossal impudence of the whole affair. The News and Observer will say edi torially to-morrow in regard to 'the ac- ' tion of the Hokise of. Representatives7 to-day : "' - ' ' " " ' . "Several weeks ago a proposition was made in the. General Assembly to ad journ in honor of Robert E. Lee, on the occasion of hts birthday.' This resolu tion was voted down, although by enact ment of a prior Legislature Oen. Lee s birthday is a public holiday in the State and tbe -public buildings are closed on that day,:,;'- rj s ij -. "To-day a resolution was introduced to adjourn until 10 O'clock on Saturday to pay respect to the memory of George Washington, whose .birthday is also . a legal "holiday. ' This was voted down. At the same session that the reso u tion-to adjourn in honor of Washington was voted down, the following resolu-. tion introduced bv Crews (coloied) of Granville, was adopted : "Whereas, The late Fred Douglass departed this life on the 20;b inst ; and whereas, We greatly deplore tbe same, now. therefore, "Resolved, That when this Houss ad journ, it adjourn m respect to tne memory of the deceased. "These three dates tbe birth ot Lee, the birth of Washington, and the death of Douglass ari com passed in one month. This General Assembly,, deliberately and after debate, voted down the reso- InliAMi .S-s hnnAi ! ti a : mamff 'rf s tus lUilVUS . SVS SBVUVS jtUV ; fUbmvi v .. va Father of his country, and Robert E. Lee, .who with Grant, was among the heroes of Chepulte pc and tbe com mander of the armies of tbe S juth, but put on record, In the journals of the House, a resolution of adjournment -In respecr to the memory , of. Frederick Douglass." "This action is equivalent to saying: 'Washington,- Lee. Douglass these three but the creates of these is Doug lass. - - - "This action, more correctly than any v other official proceeding of this Legisla ture, shows the spirit of this body. "Fusion is a. marriage of two parties, having no principles in common. "Tbe indorsement ot tbe miscegena tion leader is tbe legitimate heir of this Union." : I - The Late Wm. H. Orees, Jr. The remains of Mr.-Wm. H. -Green, Jr., who died at Chapel Hill last Wed nesday (as mentioned in the Star), ar rived here yesterday evening about 6 o'clock and were met at the A. C. L. depot by relatives and a number of friends of the family. The casket con taining the body was placed iu a hearse and escorted to the residence of Dr. W. H, Green, on South Tbird street, Committees from fraternities of the Dialectic Society of the University, of which tbe deceased was a member, ac companied the remains from Chapel Hill, Messrs. , J. r. Sbanner, Jr., and F- F. Rahnann. nf Salem: F. M. T.nnrtnn. rPittsboro: W. B. Lemly, Winston; H. T Sharp. Granville, N. C, and Messrs.' Jas. M. Stevenson and Adam Empie, of Wilmington, representing tne students. Tbe funeral will take place this alter- noon at S o clock Irom St. -James Church. The interment will be in Oak dale Cemetery. 1 Annlvaraary of the "BUt Pire." - - Yesterday was the anniversary ol the big fire in Wilmington February 21st, 1886 when much valuable property was destroyed - on Water, Nutt, Front, Second, Red Cross and other streets. The fire broke out about noon on the. steamboat Bladen, loaded with cotton, from Fayetteville, just as she was ap proaching her wharf near tbe foot of Cbesnut street. There was a strong gale of wind from the Southwest which car ried the burning boat to the wharvt s ot the Clyde Steamship Company on the north side of Chesnat street. Tbe wharf and abed ignited and were soon in flames, and the fire thence spread rap- idly. as a: st The Code Commlaaion. Raleigh News and Observer'. The latest rumor is to the effect that the trio of Code Commissioners will be Guthrie, Russell and Douglas. If so. Col. Doug las will, it is said, bring more learning education and -experience to the work than any other man who has been men tioned He is a gentleman of high char acter whose chief fault is in having ' proven recreant to the' principles which ' his father spent his life in defending. 4 FUSION FALSIFICATION ' Coneemlsi the Aotlon of the North. Caro- " Una Qeneral Assembly la Barualnc to . '? Adjourn on the Birthdays ef Washington andXiee. ' ' 'Sj Telegraph to die Horning 8tar. Raleigh: N. Cy February 23. Any denial of the fact that the General As sembly of North Carolina refused to ad journ on the birthdays of Washington , and Lee is false from, the foundation. Senator Mewborne.; President' of' the -. State Populist ' Alliance, .in : a speech . last Thursday, spoke of. tbe failure of the Senete In not hav ing -adjourned - on t Lee's birthday which failure is. shown by the printed reports of tbe House and Senate in the Caucasian, Manon ; Butler's paper. These reports state - that the' House passed a joint resolution to adjourn and' received tbe amendment to it of the. Senate and tabled the resolution. This was the only official action taken, ' and fells the whole story.- . s, ,; The Fusioeists are suffering severely under tbe lash of tbe public press, and their denials have been but falsifications not sustained by tbe record. '