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DAILY NEWS. S TONK & UZZELIi, - . - Proprietors. Faykttkvii.l,k Street, Over W. C. Stronach & Co.'s Store. CASH IJS VARIABLY IN ADVANCE. The DAILY NEWS will be delivered to subscribers at fifteen cents per week, n.tyable to the carrier weekly. Mailed at $7 per an uum ; for six months ; $2 for thre a The W-KEKLY NEWS at $2 per annum. MORNING EDITION. DAILY NEWS. Y RATES OF ADVERTISING . One scmara. oho insertion t t m One square, two insertions ... ..... 1 so uni square, wree insertions............... 2 50 One square, six insertions.................... 3 00 vme square, one monm s 00 One square, three months 16 00 One square, six months. ... 80 00 yjuc square, v.. eive months.............. 60 00 xur larger advertisements, liberal con tracts will be made. Ten lines solid non pareil constitute one square. VOL. II. RALEIGH. WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 4. 1873. NO. 86. News. 1 1 Jej ' - - - i : I 1 - - She jMttcjlt gniUj HJews. WEDNESDAY ,, JUNE. 4. 1873. LOCAL MATTER. E. C. WOODSON, City Editor ""Contractors Avill not be allowed, under their contracts, to advertise any other than their legitimate busi ness, unless by paying specially lor fuch-advertisemeuts. J- TUE AGRICULTURAL. JOURNAL. AND the News. The state agricultural. Journal, an eight-page Weekly published in tnis city, will be clubbed with the Daily News at $S.50 per annum, and with the V kekly N ews at 83 50 per annum. Orders direc-ted to either paper will receive prompt attention. f As the enforcement of t7ie Cash system ic ill cause us to strike from our list the names of many of our subscriliers and after the first of this monthtwe trust that no offense will be taken by those who viau thus find their papers discontinued, as 'ice mean no disrespect to any one in duing so, but only to carry out our deter 'initiation and the recommendation of the late Press Convention. We trust, how ever, that those thus deprived of the News will at once rcnetc their subscriptions. STONE & UZZELL- June 1, 1873 , State of the Thermometer. The Thermometer yesterday stood as follows at Branson's Book Store : At U a. m . . . . . . ..... 74 At 12 ra 78 At o p. m 80 At G p.;m. 80 Local Buiefs. The Board of City Commissioners meet this evening. - Only oTie little case came before the Mayor esterday. It is not worth re porting. The Citizen's Curnet Band will treat our citizens to music in the Capitol Square this evening at 6 o'clock. Tdmmy Harrison, at the Green Front, Hargett street, 13 serving up delicious turtle soup. Try it, you vill find it ex cellent. The session of the Courts, State Su preme and the United States Circuit attractsmany visitors to the city, and now our streets present an animated ap pearance. Letters addressed to Mrs. Ella Y. Carter, Eufaula, Ala., and T. F. Kirk land, Chapel Hill, N. C, are held in the postoffice of this city for lack of pro per postage. Among the prominent guests at the National, are Judges Pearson, Rodman and Settle of he Supreme Court, and United States Marshal Douglas and lion. W. A. Alien, of Duplin. We were glad to see in our city yes terday Col. D.ivid Settle, of Rocking ham. The Colonel is one of the most popular and faithful members of tiie House of Representatives A fine Chickering Piano is for sale. Now is the time to make a good bar gain. Prolcssor Bolilman has tried the instrument and pronounces it a fine one. See notice elsewhere. . ' We learn that Jno. Spelman, Esq., of the Daily Sent ine','s ubout to accept a position on the editorial staff of the N: C. Slate Agricultural Journal, and that T. if. Hill, Esq., of this city, is to succeed . him as local editor of the Sentinel. V The colored Fire Companies of this citv lelt vesterdav on an excursion to Xewbern. Besides the Companies, a liir7e nunrbvi of both sexes siezed the opportunity of making a brief visit to the aucuiiit City ot .Llms. I lit excur sion returns to-morrow tvcuinir. Tba fire companies made a handsome ap- nearance as the marched through the 1 htreets to the depot. Closing Exercises of the Spring Term of the Wesleyan Academy. Last evening the pupil3 ot this flourish ing and excellent Academy gave an en joyable entertainment at Metropolitan Hali, in the shape of declamations. Al of the vouog gentlemen acquitted them selves handsomely, and their graceful bearing and Ipertect self-possession be tokened the care with which they had bi-en trained bv their zealous and efri cieut instructor, liev. Sidney Trawick. We should particularize in this notice but space and time forbid and a general allusion must suffice at this time. The , large audience we;e highly entertained, and heartily applauded 'the youthful orators. Maj. Seaton Gales and Arm stead Jones, Eq.. were present and de livered interesting and instructive ad dresses. We shall take occasion to al lude to this matter again. Fayetteville Hotel. The good old town of Fayetteville can boast of as well kept a hotel as almost any place in the South. The proprietor of the Fay etteville Hotel, Mr. Overbaugh, is a pleasant and courteous gentleman, and is attentive to the wants and comfort ot his guests. Mr. Q. isj ibly seconded by h;B: son, a young gentleman of attractive manners and obliging disposition. The entire establishment is well kept in every paiticular, and the traveling public can desire no better accommodations than those to be found at the Fayette ville Hotel. Sale of the Works of the Cape Fkau andDeep River Navigation Company. Pursuant to notice the Board of Managers of the Cape Fear 0 ( and Deep River Navigation Company met yesterday in the Executive office I 'i.: tull board wa3 present. We are inhumed that the deliberations of the meeting resulted in a decision to sell the works of the Company on the 8th prox. ot which sale advertisement will be made io a day or two. United States District Court Tuesday, June 3rd, 1873. The Court convened at 10 o'clock. II is Honor Judge Brooks presiding. On motion of Major T. B. Venable, Col. David Settle, of Rockingham, was admitted to practice at the Bar cf this Court. - On motion of Mr. T. P. Devereux, E. W. Pou, Esq., of Raleigh, was likewise admitted. Messrs. Pou and Settle then advanced to the Clerk's desk, where the customary oath3 were administered. Deputy Marshal Hill proceeded with the call of the venire, and the requisite number of Grand Jurors having been obtained they were duly empannelled, after which His Honor delivered a charge of great perspicuity which we give : Gentlemen of the Grand Jury : You have been summoned, and now yon have been drawn and sworn as Grand. Jurors of the Circuit Court of the United States tor the Eastern District of North Carolina, and the duties with which you are charged are of the highest importance to the due adminis tration of justice. It was long since, well determinqd,gen- tlemen, that by a dilligent and faithful enforcement of the criminal laws, the rights and liberties of the citizen are best secured and preserved. By the Constitution of the United States, no person can be held to answer for a capital, .or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indict ment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval service, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger. No step, therefore, can be taken, with the excep tions mentioned for the prosecution of any crime of an infamous character, (and under that designation, the whole series of felonies are classed) beyond the arrest, examination and commitment of the party accused, until the Grand Jury have deliberated and acted upon the accusa tion. Your lunctions are, therefore, not only important they are indispensable tq the administration of criminal justice. Every wherejin our broad land, and in every condition of society, varied as it is in our country, the proper exercise of the functions ot the Grand Jury are im portant. Where peace and quiet pre vails, where a proper regard for the rights of the citizen is manifested, where the law is not violated,even there. t is important that Grand Juries should be drawn ami sworn, and charged with these duties to the end that all who may be disposed to violate the criminal law may be deterred and restrained from in dulging these desires at the expense of society ; to the end that such a happy condition ihall be fostered and pre served, But, gentlemen, where violence rules instead of reason, where the law is disregarded, where persons are known to do those things which the Taw for bids, or leave undone those things which the law commands to be done: when our law-abiding citizens are not secuie in all their rights, whether these their persons, their privileges, or their property, then and there, it is especially impor- taut that Grand Juries shall exer cise their full powers, deliberately, dili gently and faithfully, to the end that all who find either pleasure or profit in indulging in violations of the law, may be made conscious of their errors, and refrain from any further wrong, either from a wholesome regard for the law or tear of its penaltks. The institution of the Grand Jury is of-very ancient origin. In the history of England it goes back many centu ries. For a long period its powers were not clearly defined ; and it would seem, from the accounts of commentators on the laws of that country, that it was at first a body, which not only accused, but which also tried public offenders. However this may have been in its ori gin, it was, at the tjme of the settle ment of this country, an informing and accusing tribunal only, without whose previous action no person charged with a felony , could, except in certain special case3, be put u pon his trial. And in the struggles whiq h at times arose in Eng :he powers ot the crown land between and the righ ot the subiect, it often stood as a barrier gainst persecution until, at length, it in the King's name came to be regarded as an institution by which. the subject was rendered secure against oppression from unfounded per cutions by the crown. In this country, from the popular cha racter of our institutions, there has sel-' dom been any contest between the Gov ernment and the citizens, which required the existence of the Grand Jury as. a protection against oppressive action of the Government. Yet the institution was adopted in this country, and is con tinued ftom considerations similar to those which gave it its chief value in Encland, and is designed as a means. not only of bringing to trial persons ac cused of crime upon just grounds, but also as a means of protecting the citi zen against unfounded accusations whether such should come from the Government or be prompted by partizan passion or private ' enmity. No person shall be required, according to the fun damental law of the country, except in the cases mentioned, to answetsdor any of the higher crimes, unless this tody consisting of not less than sixteenXn more than twenty-three, good and law ful men, selected from the body ot the district, shall declare, upon careful de liberatron undar the solemnity of an oath, that there is good reason lor his accusation and trial. . From these observations, gentlemen, it will be seen that there is a double duty cast upon you as Graud Jurors ot this District ; one a duty to the Govern ment, or more properly speaking, to society, to sed that persons against whom there is just ground to charge the corn mission ot crime, shall be held to answer the charge,, and on the other hand, a duty to the citizen to see that he is not subjected to a prosecution having no better foundation than public clamor or private malice. The Government has appointed the District Attorney to represent its inter est in the prosecution of parties charged with ' the commission ot public offences against the laws of the United States. He will, therefore, appear before you and present the accusations which the Gqvernmentj may desire to have considered by youi He will point out to you he laws which the Government decrees to have beeD ri olated, and will subpoena for your ex amination such witnesses as he may con-, sider important, and also such other witnesses a3 you may direct. In your investigations you should re ceive only legal evidence, to the exclu sion of mere reports, suspicions and fceresay-evidehce. Subject to this qual ification, you will receive all the evi dence presented which may throw light upon the matter uader considera tion, whether it tends to establish the guilt or the innocence of the accused. And more: if in the course of your inquires, you have reason to believe that there is other evidence not presen ted to you within your reach, which would qualify or explain away the charge under investigation, it will be your duty to order such evidence to be produced". Formerly it was held that an indictment might be found if evi dence were produced sufficient to render the truth of the charge probable. But a different and a more just and merciful rule now prevails. To justify the finding of an indictment, you must be convinced, so far as the evidence be lore you goes, that the accused is guilty, in other words, I you ought not to find an indictment unless, in your judgment, the evidence before you, unexplained and uncontradicted it. would warrant a conviction by a pettit jury. How far you should proceed to in quire into other matters, than such as are brought to your consideration by the Government, through its persecuting officer, has been a matter of much con flict of opinion among different Judges. Your oath requires that you will dili gently inquire' and true presentment make ot all such matters and things a; shall be given you in charge. Then the first designation of subjects which you are to ' consider are those which shall be given you in charge. This means those j matters which shall be called to your attention by the Court, or submitted to your consideration by the District Attorney. The second designation of subjects ot inquiry are those which shall otherwise come to your knowledge touching the present service. This means those mat ters within the sphere of and relating to your duties, which shall come to your knowledge, other than those to which your attention has been called by the Court or submitted for your considera tion by the District Attorney. But how come to'your knowledge, gentlemen ? ! Not by mere rumors or reports, but by knowledge acquired from the evidence before you. or from ybur own observa tion. WThilst you may be inquiring as to one offence, another and a different offence may be proved, or a different offence may be even committed, for wit nesses in testifying before you may com mit the crime of perjury. Again, some of you may. have per-, sonal knowledge of the commission of a public offence against the laws ot the United States, or ot facts which tend to show that such an offence has been com mitted, or possibly attempts may be mada corruptly or improperly to in fluence your action aa Grand Jurors. If you are personally possessed of such knowledge, you should disclose it to your associates ; and it jany attempt to influence j'our action corruptly or im properly should be made, you should inform your fellow jurors of it also , and your body should act upon such infor mation thus communicated as it the same had been presented to your body in the first instances by the District Attorney or the Court, ij; But unless knowledge is acquired by you in one of these ways it cannot be considered as the basis for any action on your part. i I therefore instruct you, that your in vestigations are to bo limited . First. To such matters as may be called to your attention by the Court. Second. Such as may be submitted for your consideration by the District Attorney. Third. Such as may come to your knowledge in the course of your investi gations of matters brought before you, or from your own ; observations, and fourthly, such as may come to your knowledge from the disclosures of your associates. You should not allow private prose cutors toiutrude themselves upon you and present accusations, lor generally, such parties are actuated by private emnity, and seek merely the gratifica tion ot their personal malice. If such prosecutors possess any infor tion justifying the accusation of the per son against whom they complain, they should impart it to the District Attor ney, who will seldom fail to act in a proper case. But if the District Attor ney should refuse to act, they can make their complaint to the Court, or to any committing Magistrate, before whom the matter can be investigated, and it sufficient, evidence be produced of the commission of a public offence by the accused he can be held to bail to answer to the action of the Grand Jury. When the court does not deem the matter of sufficient importance to call your attention to it, and the District Attorney does not think it expedient to tONSubmit it for your consideration, and the private prosecutor neglects to pro- cecd belore a committing Magistrate, 1 tuinK it may De saieiy lnierrer. tuat publie interests will not suffer if the matter is not considered by you. A preliminary examination of the ac cused before a Commissioner or Magis trate, where the accused can meet his prosecutor lace to face, and cross-exam1 ine him and the witnesses produced by him, and have the benefit of counsel, is the usual mode of initiating proceedings in criminal cases, and is the one which presents to the citizen the greatest se curity against false accusations, from whatever course they may arise. And this mode ought not to be departed from except in those cases where the attention of the jury is directed to the consideration ot particular cases by the Court, or by the District Attorney, or the matter is brought to their knowledge in the course of their investigations, or from their own observations, or from disclosures made to the body by some of its members. As regards the character of the offences within the jurisdiction of this Court, I do not regard it as necessary to describe any considerable number of them. I will say, however, that every violation of any criminal law of the United States is within the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court, and every violation of such laws, committed within this Diss trict is given you in charge. I desire to impress upon you that there is both a propriety and a necessi ty for a faithful enforcement of the pen alties incured for any non observance of the internal revenue laws of the United States, and on this subject I will repeat to you a part of that, which was most ably expressed by that eminent Judge, the late and lamented Chief Justice of the United States in his charge to a Grand Jury of the Circuit Court of West Virginia. "The war," said that great judge, "in whichthe nation has recently been engaged itr the preserva tion of the National Union and Gov ernment, endangered as it was by rebel lion, made the contracting of a large debt inevitable. This debt is the price of our national existence, and binds ir revocably the good faith of the people. Its inviolable obligation has been recog nized by a solemn act of the nation in adopting the 14th amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which declares that the validity of the public debt of the United States, author ized by law, including debts incurred for the payment of pensions and boun ties lor services in suppressing insurrec tion or iebejlion, shall not be question ed. "There are differences of opinion as to the mode of payment required by the contracts of the American people made through their Government : but nobody now questions openly, if any questions at all, that the debt so con tracted must be paid, and paid in per fect sood faith. To provide for the reduction and final payment of this debt and the usual expenses of the gov ernment, taxes are necessarily imposed And he who withholds from the Govern ment his just proportion, deprives the rest ot the people of exactly the same amount withheld. The sum total nec cessary to meet the obligations of the nation must be raised, and fraud up6n the revenue does not reduce that sum it merely shifts the burdens, evaded by the fraudulent, upon others who pay their lull proportion besides. All honest men therefore have a common cause against the dishonest." It is your duty to see that no de- frauder of the revenue who can be brought to justice escapes merited pun ishment. The higher in office and the higher in social position the delinquent may be, the more unremitting and searching should be your diligence in inquiry and presentment." The war has demonstrated, beyond all question too. that which all who are disposed to violate these laws should know, and that is, that the general governmsnt possesses all the power ne cessary to enforce obedience to its laws throughout the limits of the Republic, The late war.too.erentlemen, has given rise to three important amendments of the Constitution of the United States. First of these is that which declares that 'neither slavery nor involuntary ser vitude, except for crime of which the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or in any place subject to their junsdic tion. Second. The amendment which ex tends citizenship, and which declares that, "no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the Drivileszes or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor deprive any person of life, liberty or property with out due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws ; and thirdly, that which extends the right ot irancnise to a large number of persons who thereto fore were not allowed to take any part in the management of our governments, either State or National., These amendments make freedom, when not forfeited by crime, the legal condition of every man within the juris diction of the United States, and equality before the law his constitutional right. Each ot these amendments contain also , a provision empowering the Con gress ol the United States to make such laws as may be necessary to enforce these important rights. Pursuant to the power so conferredj the Congress has enacted several laws, to which it is made my duty to direct your attention. Two of these acts are inainlv important now. First. that of 31st of May, 1870, and second,: that of 20th April. 1871. These laws are hot only designed to render effectual the the right to vote, bur also to do any and every act which 13 required as a pre requisite to the proper exercise of that right. There are heavy pains and penalties ..provided to be pronounced upon those who shall band or conspire together to prevent the free exercise and enjoyment of the right so conferred or to punish any for having exercised such rights. If there sflould berfoundany necessity for more specific instruction upon the provisions of these laws in the course ot your deliberations, such will be cheerfully given you by the Court. I will remark in concluding this sub- Meet, gentlemen, that in some' parts of this district an erroneous opinion pre- vails in regard to the classes of persons these Taws were designed to protect, and also to those provided to be pun ished. Some express as their belief, that these laws in fact do not protect the white citizen but only colored citi zen, and that the penalties cannot be visited upon colored persons who may do the acts forbidden but only upon white persons who may disregard these provisions. And it seems this erroneous opinion is not confined to this district, for in a recent case determined by the Supreme Court 01 tne united Estates, this view was insisted on with apparent sincerity. Such a construction, gentlemen, is Dot reasonable, nor 13 it just. uch a con struction does violence to the plain lan guage ol the amendment as well as the spirit and purpose of the amendment refered to. Equal rights, equal im munities and equal punishments do these amendments and these laws require to be meted out to all without regard to race, color or previous condi tion. So I charge you, gentlemen, that while the colored man is equally enti tled to the protection provided by these laws, so is the colored person equally liable to the penalties they provide to be inflicted on the disobedient. As to Hie, liberty and property, every human being is designed to be protected by our laws. . It should be observed that in a clause of the 14th amendment the term 'person' is used instead of "citizen'as commonly used in such connection, and "life, lib erty and property," as well the terms "privileges and immunities," "life, liberty, and property" are forbidden to be taken "without due process ot law," and ''equal protection of the law" is guaranteed to all. Life is the gift of Almighty God, and the right to preserve it 13 the most sacred of the rights of man. Liberty is freedom from all re straints, except such as are justly im posed by law. Whenever that limit is exceeded the domain ot usurpation and tyranny is entered upon. Property is everything that has an exchangeable value, and the right of property includes the power to dispose ot it according to the will of the owner. The public mind became satisfied that there was less danger of tyranny in the head than of anarchy and tyranny in the members. And hence the provisions ot the amend ment referred to. The language em ployed is unqualified in its scope. There is no exception in its terms, and there can be properly none in their ap - plication-. After the delivery of the Judge s charse. District Attorney Badger an nounced his readiness to proceed to business. A number ot cases were called over but no trial gone into. The Court took a recess until .3 p. m. . ' ... afternoon session. At 3 p. nr. the Court convened. No regular trial wa3 entered into. There were a number 01 continuances, ccc, and a few submissions. No case of any public interest was called. Court adiourned to meet again this morning at 10 o'clock. Organization of a Board of Trus tees for the Carolina JLife Insur ance Company. In pursuance of a call from the General Agent for this State of the Carolina Life Insurance Company, of Memphis, Tennessee, of which Jeffer son Davis, Esq , is President, a meeting was held on Monday, June 2nd, at the office of Messrs. McPheeters & Devereux, for the purpose of organizing a Board of Trustees to carry out the purposes of the Company. On motion, Jordan itone, Esq., was called to the Chair, and on further mo tion, the Chair appointed a Committee of three, viz : Messrs, James McKee, T B. lancev and Julius Lewis, to nomi nate permanent officers. The Committee reported, nominating Julius Lewis, Esq., as President, Jordan Stone, Esq., as Vice President, and Messrs. T. B. Yancey, J. P. Gulley and A. M. McPheeters as an Executive Com mittee : Dr. James McKee, Medical Ex aminer, and J. rP. Devereux, Esq Attorney. On motion, the President and Vice- President were added to the Executive Committee, and it was ordered that any three should be empowered to transact business. On motion the meeting adjourned to meet on Monday next at 7 p. m. Jordan Stone. President McPheeters & Devereux, General Agents, and Secretary. The object of this organization is very simpla, it being nothing more nor less than making the Carolina Life, a home company, the premiums taken here being loaned here, under the di rection of this Board. The names of the Board, which we give below, are a guarantee that the business will be well and truly administered. The following gentlemen compose the Board of Trustees : N. 8. Harp, Julius Lewis, W. K. Barham, John C. Gorman, A. M. McPheeters, James McKee, M. A. Parker, W. H. Furgerson, T. P. Devereux, J. R. II. Carmer, T. B. Yancey. J. P. Gulley, Jordan Stone, J. J. Nowell. The Postal Card Manufacturers The Morgan Envelope Company, of Springfield, Massachusetts, have not furnished any postal cards to the De partment for several days past. The Postmaster General is determined not to allow the cards to be printed on the miserable thin cardboard last offered to the Department. As the matter now stauds, a disappointment to the public in not securing more postal cards for a temporary season seems inevitable. It is understood that the Company cannot urnish more cards at the contract terms ike those originally issued with out losing money, and the fest- master General is only awaiting urther evidence before revoking the contract of the company. The Depart ment is somewhat incensed to think that it has been deceived and the public disappointed by these contractors. The company is being given time to comply with the termsot tneir contract, put just now the matter isai a sianu-siui, al . . . i 1 i. : 1 1 1 though the company are said to be add ing auuitionai macuinery wuercuu uu manufacture these cards, 'ihenext lowest bidder under the proposals is Jno. E. Ray, of New York, at present engaged in supplying the Government with stamped envelopes. it is poi known whether he would accept the manufacture ot these cards now. Supreme Court. This Court met yesterday at 9 A. M. .No arguments were heard. The session was taken up in the examination of applicants for license, which will be concluded to-day. At 11 o'clock A. M , the Court ad journed to meet again this morning at 9 o'clock, when appeals from the first district will be called. All of the Justices were present except Messrs, Reade and Boyden. TELEGRj1M1MIC JTEITS. NOON DISPATCHES. International Typographical Union. Montreal, June 3. The Internation al Typographical Union convened here to-day, President Hammond- in the chair. After receiving an address of welcome from the officers of the Mon treal and the Jacques Cartier UnioDS, and appointing a committee on creden tials and other routine of business, the Convention elected the following offi cers for the ensuing year: President, Y. R. Machean, of Washington : 1st Vice President, Wm. Kennedy, of Chicago; 2d Vice President, W. G. Johnson, of Troy ; Secretary and Treasurer, John Collins, of Cincinnati ; Corresponding Secretary, J. E. Hawkins, of Memphis. The Convention was the largest since its organization. One hundred and twenty delegates were present. Meeting: of the Stockholders of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Com pany. ; v Annapolis, Md June 3. At the an nual meeting of the stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company today, A. P. Gorman wa3 re-elected President with the following Board of Directors : James G. Berrett. of Wash ington City, Gilmore Meredith,-Patrick Hamill, Green Gary, M. Watkins, DanT S. Bisor, and M. Bamon. This is the old Board with the exception of George S. Brown, who declined re-election on account ot ill health and business en gagements, in whose place Patrick Hamill was elected. Resolutions were adopted that the Board of Public Works of Maryland be requested to take the matter of extending 1 he canal to the Ohio river, and report to -the stocks holders at a future meeting any propo si tion deemed important on the subject, The meeting then adjourned to Tuesday, July 8th. M3DOCNEWS. The Captnre of Captain Jack He Stands on his Dignity His friends are Setting up the Insanity Plea for Him, etc. Laqueli.es Valley, Lost River, Oregon, June 3. The last captured netted 34. including 13 able bodied braves, some ammunition and several lank ponies. Boston Charlie, who killed Dr. Thomas, is20J Schonchin.who crippled Meachim, is 50, Surfaced Charley is next. Captain Jack is the oldest warrior of the band. The Mo- docs say Captain Jack is insane. There are twelve Modocs still at large. Later. Captain Jack with a warri ors, 5 squaws and several children have surrendered. Soldiers peer into Cap, tain Jack's face but he heeds them not. He is as still as a statue. From London.' London, June 3. A Paris special to the -Times says that the Minister of the Interior has circulared (?) prefects of Departments urging good citizens to energy in the maintenance 01 order and conservative principles as the only means of restoring the country. Thirty thousand laborers assembled in Hyde Park to protest against the laws which unjustly affect the interests of the rights ot labor. A letter to the Post says that Don Carlos has ordered the release of Repub- lican prisoners upon parole. A Town Seized by Marauders. St. Louis, June 3. Caddo, in the Indian Territory, was recently captured by marauders, and is occupied by 1 ede- ral troops of Fort Gibson. Six marau ders were captured. Two -.murders oc curred while the marauders held the town. A man named White was found dead near Jay's house. The people, convinced that Jay was the murderer, killed Jay. : -- The Widow Fisk on the War Path. New York, June 3. The following are the officers of the Cotton Exchange, President, Arthur B. Graves ; Treasurer: Walter G. Miller. James Fisk's widow has commenced a new suit against tne union .racinc Railroad, Credit Mobilier, Gov. Dix, Geo. Opdyke and others. A Big Swindle and Parricide. New York, June 3. The Building Association of Cabinet Makers sue their officers for palming on them heavily mortgaged property. The swindle reaches nearly a half a. million. A youth aged nineteen Bhot una killed his lather who did not live with his family. A Bloody Massacre and a Royal Suicide. p London, June 3. A Shanghai dis patch says that the Imperial General Tolefero, in southwestern China, massa cred thirty thousand, and the conquer ed Sultan suicided. - ; Fires. The Otis block was burned. The loss is over $500,000. Portland, Me., June 3. A thousand acres of pine timberwere burned in the northern part of Cumberland county. Mails Stopped Paris, June 3. Carlist officers have stopped all Trains to Vittorgia. The frontier mails now go by sea. Wrecked. ' London, June , 3. The ship Drum- mond Castle wai wrecked in the China Sea.' Thirty were lost. Washington Affairs. Washington? June 3.-McKenzie's course in sending bisprisoners, twenty- four children and fifteen squaws to Fort Gibson is approved, by the President. The Cabinet did not consider the ModOo question. The President announced that he would leave on inursday with his family, but; will return every two- or three weeks lor business. . Eighty-three distilleries were closed during May, decreasing the production 58,000 gal Ions. , Major Ben Perley Poore i3 elected commander of the Ancient Artillery of Massachusetts. MIDNIGIIT DISPATCHES. The New-York Parricide A Sketch oi me victim. New York, June 3. The murder of Mr. Walworth, by his son created a profound sensation, owing to the dis tinguished social relations of the family. The deceased was a eon of the late Chan cellor Walworth, one of the most dis tinguished citizens of this State, and a man identified with the great Tempe rance Tract and Bible societies. The brother of the deceased is a popular and eloquent mission preacher. The family being largely identified with the most prominent interests in this State in the judiciary, in the chuich, and in educa tion and literature, and they have wide and influential connections. Mr.' Wal worth was born in Albany, in 1830, and was consequently m the forty-third year ot his age. He was educated for the legal profession, and after being admitted to the bar assisted his father for a short time in his office at Albany, but the profession becoming distasteful, he soon turned his attention to literature. He married some years ago, and the result that union was two daughters, now between twelve and fourteen years, and a son by whom he lost his life this morning. He has been separated from his wile for some years, and that lady is now keeping a semina ry for young ladies on the estate of the late Chancellor Walworth at Saratoga Springs, where she is living in elegant style. Mr. Walworth's contributions to the literature of the day are embodied in five works. Hotspur. Suller, War wick, Delopaine and Beverly. Mr. Walworth arrived in the city Monday to attend fhe annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Masons of the State of New York, which commences this afternoon. Close of the Modoc Campaign. San FRANCisfco,June2. CoLDavis re ports, June 1st, that the Modoc scouts' sent out on Tuesday, 27th of May from Tulle Lake, reported to him at Apple gate on the evening of the 28th, having found Jack and his band encamped on Wilson Creek, crossing the Emigrant Road, lourteen miles east ot Applegate. Hasbrowck's and J ackson's squadrons, under Maj. Greene, were sent immedi ately in pursuit and came upon them on, on the evening of the 29th, when four teen warriors, ten women and nine chil dren were captured after a slight skir mish. Among them were Schonchin and Scar faced Charley. J ack and three warriors escaped in one direction and the remaining nine escaped in different directions, leaving twelve men not cap tured. He will push them lively until caught, and hopes to close the war in a few days, and start the troops to other points. (Signed) J. M. Sciiofield, Major General Later. San Francisco, June 3. To Gen. W. T. Sherman, Washington: Subsequent dispatches from Gen. Davis, dated Ap plegate, June 1st, announces the capture of Jack and two warriors and families. He expects the few others to come in soon, and considers the war terminated. (Signed) J. M. Schofield, Major Gen. Particulars of the Walworth Par ricideConfession ol the .Murderer. New York, June 3. The falling walls of a burning building in Howard, near Elem street, this lorenoon, severely wounded Martin Welsh and Edward Withelm,two firemen of the engines,and injured a number of firemen. Mansfield Tracy Walworth, killed by his son this morning, was a son of Chan cellor Walworth and a well-know'n author. He separated ' from his wife three years ago, since which time he has . been residing in the city, the remainder of the family living at Saratoga Springs. The son. Frank, came on from Saratoga yesterday. to shoot him. : He called at his iftthers boarding house last night in Fourth Avenue, and not finding .him left a note asking him to call at the Sturveyevant House this morning and 1 mi jv .t 41 1 see mm. ine lamer caneu at uuiei where the son was stopping and went up stairs. In about filteen or twenty minuten afterwards several shots were heard, coming from the room,by one of the chambermaidSjWho ran down stairs and informed the clerk. The clerk im mediately sent out for an officer,but be fore he arrived,Frank Walworth walked aown stairs wun nis coat on nis arm, nnrl etntprl tn'thfi rlprk that he had shot uis lamer auu naaxu ncic iuc ucaicot police station was. After receiving the desired information, he went to the telegraph' office and sent off a dispatch to his uncle at Saratoga, telling him 1 r.ii 1 1 4k what he had done, and asking him to break the news as gently as possible to his mother, before she should bear of it in any other way. He then proceeded toThirtieth street police - station, and walking up to the desk, stated to the sergeant in charge, that he had shot his father, who was then lying dead in the Sturveyevant House, at the same time bandingover his revolver, which proved to be one ot Colt's five barrelled. , Dr. Marsh made an examination of the body and found thereon four bullet wounds ; one in each breast and one on fVio rwrVit ciHo nf the farp thf hall Inrln. ing in the brain the fourth in the right -arm, breaking it. The following is the prisoner's story as told to the Coroner in answer to the questions put by that gentleman: "1 reside wun my moiner in Saratoga, my father having parted from her some years ago. My father is an author ' and I have been studying law. , I think my father is about 41 years old, but do not know when the' was born. My father has not lived with mother since we left here, three years ago, but . he has re peatedly sent us threatening and insult ing letters, it was only a short time and myself. I shot him because of this. Not long ago I met him in the street In Saratoga, and I, then told him that if he did nbtkeep awy from us or insulted my mother any more I would certainly shoot him. SI told him that there were bounds which I would not allow any man to go beyond with impu nity, especially when my mother was being insulted. I went to his house I yesterday and left a note for him to call on me, which he did this morning.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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