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71 YJ i . r i , t ft H i K i VOL. XV.-37 RALEIGH, X. C, TUESDAY MOMLXG, APRIL 15, 1879. S5.00 PER AMUM. News KALE OH WASHINGTON. mi. riiMEcnixcji URAPII. BY TF.I.E- Tkf Ilea mi Wrk )f anda .( i jr L-1ltl Yet Blaise Rleat Bjtly'Wlthr. mf lrlal. NveaU la the r!at. ('trut. VA!tustTox, April 14. Hocsk Immediately after the readlnar of the Journal, the Speaker proceeded to call of the State for bill for reference. twinning with the Slate of Maine. The ftrt reaponae wu made by Ladd of Maine. ho introduced a bill to put the coinage of gold and silver on some footing or point of order. Thereupon. raided by l onger. of Michigan, that the Introduction or lulls require one dar s notice, and that no m-h notice bad been gixen. Tue Saker after quoting nevexal rulci bearing on the autyeot over ruled tr a pvint of order, an appeal from a"deeisdei taken ub by .Conner, and a motion to lay Uie appeal on the table a ma.le by Cox of New York. A question m then debated by Stephen, of Georgbt. who expressed n opinion that the decision was clearly right, and that at all event the object of the bill could always be attained by presenting a petition on noiue aubject. A cvire which he himself had pursued tbi morning i" regard to all object. he desired to promote. f 'oncer now Ie.n debating the ques tion, and thus Indirectly attaining his obieet. Wh eh is the consumption of the Q'truh k honr. After brief argument by Reed, of Mur, in support of theiint of order. aal by Cox. of New York, acatust it, Conner called for tellers, on motion to lav it on the table. Tmreuon Springer of III. -remarking that be wished to expedite the de e aiOti cf question . called lor the vea and tur w hu h were ordered, ami on hih t 'oncer' ludicn U comment vrsm lliat he was c'.id to that delay was hem oe taioned by action of the Democratic idde of the Motive. The appeal a. tlx1!! laid ou the table tyeas nys7." , but the nioniins hourwai us.1 up in the obje."tion. div-ussioii and tak mg ote. Si ati; After the usual mom in? bu. ne had resumed considered on on the army appropriation bill. Blaine proceeded to address the Senate. J5l?tATt. Blaine opened the debate, he said: The Democrat instead of strik ing out the eight words that are offen sive to thstn. vie "Or to keep the Peace at the Poll." repealed the whole section of which those words were a art. and then reenarted it, thinking to get credit lor ortnalim? it. but this law was pass ed in time of the war and signed bv Lin col u when he had a million of men uuder his control, and could have con trolled the elections without any such ITd. The purpose of the law w as to in sure fairness in elections, ami the dem ocrats now bare witness to its titnesa for that purpose bv trvinc to risMiact it He derided the idea ot dancer from mil itary Interference, and said there were only .757 soldiers east oHinh, and only 1.1. 15 in the southern sta.es. .ilmut 70 to every million people. Tiie !-m -cratic cijr of military dcs'iui wou.d injure standing of the couutry abrotd, but a Europe-oii would laugh at it if he knew that there was only one soldier to every seven hundred square miles of territory in the South. This was not the real issue. The ulterior purpose of the other side was to prevent the gen eral Government from being represent ed bj it civil olBeers at the election in which it was specially interested, and over which the constitution given it full control. He would not profess to know what President would do when these bills come to him. but it seemed to him that the dead heroes of the Union would rise from their crave if he ohould consent to be Intimidated and outraged In his proper constitutional power by threats like these. The ap propriate response from hi lip would thv servant a dog that he should do this thiug?" Withers, of Virginia, said Maine's remarks would not produce much ef fect on either Senate or country. It was not a question tote dtcided wheth er there wero soldiers enough to domi nate and control election, but w hether under Operation of existing laws it was not possible for the executive to dis tribute and use the soldiers so as to destroy freedom" of election. It was no to confront present danger but to remove from the present or any future President the temptation the existing law would offer to destroy the liberties of the country and erect on ruins of the republic a despotism supported by arm. He argued that 'the presence of troop at the polls wa. incom patible wltn free Government and wa the principal on which the tending bill wa bied. The democrat did not propose tosh ape their course as to what ma v or may not tx the oition of the President. The dete was close.! by Wallace of Pensvlvania, who ileclared the single Uaue'in this bill is: Miall the executive loucer puwen.s the pow er topbve trooa at the pollsT Their presem e is a menace npon the richt of free elections. Tliis right is fixed and certain. Its protec tion rests with the states, and the feder al government lias nothing to do w ith It. Iraprtjal !-llti. Wasitt?TOs;. April 1 4. In the case of the New Orleans Canal and Hanking Company against the city of New Or leans, the United States Supreme Court to-day affirmed the judgment of the Supreme Court of Iuiaiana. in which ll ts held that the canal does not invade any right of the city cien to it by the Constitution or law of the United Htate. The decision also rendered in the case of Ihivid V. liaxron, adm'r. vs. Ix gan Hun ton, applied from the United Wtate Cireuli Court for the District ot Ixiuisiana, the Court holds that the Circuit Court had no jurixiiction, and orders Its Judgment reversed, and the cauae remandeU to the state Court from which it was taken. Allesapl rssslkf KsmIs Rsiersr s Lire. Wahitu5, April 14. The Iciart meut of State U-day received a telegram froui the Unite.! States charge d' aiiairs at St. Petersburg-. Col. Wyckham liotl ntan. announcing an attempt made on the Kussian Luiperur ufe tliis morn ing, while his majesty w walking near the ImperLal I'aia.-e. The woulu reaaa.in dlschargel rtve sno: at the Car, but fortuuately without eitect. his majesty being untouched. 1 lie a-ss. -sin has ben arrested. RSMiDesMlla Ills Jr. Wiljii.sutox, N. C, April 14th. A special to the star says: "P. J. Wll liame, a merchant of Iurinbur, N. C, while eugagel in closing his store Sat urday nig tit, was shot and killed by 11. Ogle by. The shooting was the result of an old grudge. Ogle by is in Jail. lost f Eastern Boamellsw Vajmixoto5, p. C., April 14th. A Loudon special trow Vic una to Pail 3 Telegraph aaya; hesuinplioo of nego tiaUou reuuva to the mixed occupation of Eastern lCoumelia, which sioppd w hen the port proposed that Instead of mixed occupation the povers should aree to the nomination of Aleko Pa.h i as Governor or the port, agrowinft to the p.-olongation of the international com uiivsiou for a yenr.nnd to abstain during that riod from occupying toint it ha a richt to garrison, ban only serv ed to increase the state of the dire eon funion that prnvaile-d when they wera suspendei a few days aco. terniany has refused to send the Commander in Chief and his rtalT, and It 1 ntnted that another power which had the leading part in the whole business, ha only to reject the offer of Chief Commander. Russia ha also raised new rlltrlcultles. Bos led. IxiMnoTi. April 14. The old estab lished Cbarle litmn it Co.. hip an insnnuu-e brokers at No. 17 Cuanco Allev. failed. PARIHIAX tAHIIIOMs. Taie Bsaisie Fresien Wsuin nre Werla Breloa Ije- ! Demand. Iaa)on jueeav In Paris we are still wearinc felt Itonnets and the charming colimacon lsnnets I have freouentlv decriUsJ. Very few new bonnet have as yet been worn. I lie colimacon capotes are made of narrow black lace, commencing in the centre of the crown, and turninc round ami round a hundred times, just like the rincs on a snail's back; a tutt 01 sprinc nowers are ia-sieneu at tue aide. Mme. Caroline Heboux intro- tluced this caiote. which has !een adop ted bv the most aristvratic heads in Paris, tl.e Uu pu t tieing chance.), to be in unison with the toilette. Some ladies have taken to wearinc natural tlowers in their Itonnets. Mine. Iteboux i 1hi ginniug to show black straw Itonnets, ami 1 remarktsi a lew ot tlicse at the Aiiteuil ni-es, where thev were irini inel with plush; a larce fttv of cardi nal plush at the lop; plush strings; a line gat hcrihc tf plush msid the brim, anil a row of narrow fine ecru la-e edg ing it. Up to the present 110 white straw have Iteen worn, but those in prepai atioii aic iriiniiied with watered and plush ribltons. The (alitiu is the now is (Mtiuiet that h:is yet appeared; it has a tlat crown and ttoiiievvhat high brim, like the Auxergnate. but with this iiM'eren. it is lowenil somew hat o cr one ear; on tiie lell mere are nvu ostrich tips, forming a very graceful tutt that falls over the back hair, while on the right siie there is a plusa Itow . The maraltout caisttes are made of black net, the brim Iteing embroidered w ith jet. w !nle round the crown there are hiaraltotii te tilier loi nunc a sort of (itronot; at the tslge of the brim there are mimiiotits nxel with jet. Phis s:le f Uniiii't will bo reproduced I nit h in I'n r i i-h am 1 i t. ilia 11 straw . and v iih i :ir'd 1 1 r ilnais. -miiiiiii r 1st incis are to 1m) trimmcMi with .l.ipam-se ribiMtr.s. m icatel t'nt ted a ul artist icall v d.'-igne I, a. id with plaid r i'i'-oi.s m i'V ' ihi. k so!: silk. wtinatiiK 01 iio,e s 1. i-i. -in 1 at tne back. The w re.it '.i the black st raw s have no b-ae-. ai d ar" usual! v cniii- po-cd f tiadcd rosi-s Parma vioU-.s ch r -anthi-muiiis and snowballs. Among the new Itonncl trimiiiings are straw lieads strung in friiigis and in jatteni ns gall'X'U ; and tinsel gal lMiii ; ;uul tinsel galloons in islttrs dusltsl w h si , ,-i 01 wiih.gold. Bra zilian Iteciles ait niounted n brooches or in sprays with gilt sellings, t orua metit the brocades of gree'i-Mue s'.iales. and also th white chip or brad Istmiets. Tiie w hite crystals are bril liant in silver settings in buckles. brtt.: hts. crescents and Is-es. '1 he jet onujifiib for bt.uk la-e lsiin-Ls are extremely hanrlsttme ami will be large ly used again. For the inside of a close tt:tage-shasl bi.n-k lace iMtnnet is a row .tf gratluatetl jet balls, growing larger toward the middle, that would answer xery well tor a necklace, yet makes a very pretty coronet. To bind the edge of other brims are black net gilloons emitroidcrtsl with jet beads, w hile for the outside of the crown are butterflies of jet, descents, leaves and rings. Black net Isumct.s are trimmed withjet ornaments, jet leathers and black Bre ton lac; the material of the bonnet is Brussels net of very small meshes, without tlots laid suhkiIIiIv over the frame. When colors are ucd in them thev are the new tea shade, oh! -gold embroidery, white, or Prim e of Wales red. For black chip bonnets a pretty m!e! from Tuvee s has the brim lined with black satin, on which i laid quite smoothly black lace, embroidered with old-gold silk to represent leaves. Out side are fold of black Kit in laid care lessly around the left side of the crow n, w hile at the top of the right is a group of four very small black tip, from which hangs a long black plume down to the shoulder. The combination of sdor most seen in millinery is thai of dark red with cream color: this arrangement is popular Itoth for blonde ami tu nnels. The jtalc Sevres bine is used with tea color, and to these i sometimes added Jacqueminot red in the way of roses or lnuls not quite blown. The gendarme blue htoks well w ith Itoth red ami cream olor. The f.ixorite cap lor morning wear i the oriental tiiritan, mane 01 a silk handkerchief to match either tne iieignoiror costume. Algerian scarts also make up in erv picturesque caps. I'risoual. Adelina Patti is worth io.uim. All the PavenjKtrt family are now on tne .stage. Boston Corltett, who shot Jno. Wilkes Booth, i represented to Ite extremely pttor and out of employment. President Polk wa a stern temper ance man. out ne usei 10 nae w:u serve.! at his State dinners, although he uever tasted it himself. The Paris Patrie announce th:d it ha reaaou to believe that the marriage ,.- . i . r . : ... .1... . v. . I . OI Jving .AllOlls 01 .spam 10 iiiu .nt.ii- duch a . of Austria w ill take place in Julv. The late Mme. Bonaparte had many eccentricities. She uever adopted gas, but always uaed candle, nor would she allow "a car itet to be lHid Uton the floor of her led room. It la eatimate.! bv the Post-Office IV- partment that there aro no fewer than ,nn) women Postmasters in the United States: and tliat the numlter is on the increase. Tiie residence of ox-Hov. Shepherd in Washington, recently rented by Sen ator Cameron at it,( a year, i sum to be the mort elegantly furnished private house at the Capital. A Matter efrubllr Dutj. Pbtladclphl Times Now that Mr. KoIjcsoii I a indiilter of the committer ou foreign affairs, he will be able to give some uttention to the peregrinations of nerul Jn n . It will le a matter of public duty, us it w ere. a taw-Ha. Newton Knternriae : Major Wilson, presideut of the Western North Caroli na Railroad, while in town Inst week, .00 k a careful survey of the work on diat itart of the road which is being graded ao as to turn the main track by khl pLace, and, we are Informed, wa wall pleated with the, progres the force is msalng. HIS BUDDLXG HOPES III I.I. A HI" KANTKR-IIAY S1XON. 51 C lie Becomes fco ra e w Ii a t Corainuulra In Rf(Mrl to Iro.peetlve C'onven tlonn, and lit PassluK Tonehes I'xn n lew Editorial and IsCgal Idiosy nerawles, ete. Atlanta Citnst It nt Ion . lis a hopeful season of a hopeful y ear. K very I tody seems to be feeling good and trying to do something. The far mers are wide awake planting corn, clearing off the new ground, burning brush, hauling guanna, and putting in a little more cotton than usual. You see the lower the price the more they must raise to bring enough money to pay for the guanna-The doctors are holding con ventions to raise their mileage and de termine whether the widow, or the coffin man, or themselves, is entitled to the first money after a poor man die. The law itt unsettled on this pinte; but tliey can control it, for if they are to be cut out they wont .9t him die at all. The lawyers are going to memorialize the legislature, because when a man employs em to git him a homestead, ami gives his note for the fee he pleads the homestead agin the note when they sue him on it, and they never git any tee at all. The railroad men are holding conventions to fix their freight so a to build up the big cities and dry up the little ones. I had . a ixtx ot 01 anges sent me ironi riornia which I donl grumble at. but tind I could have had em shipped clean through to Koine for 7 cents and brought back to Cai tersvllle for a quar ter, and pave a whole dollar bv it Thev sav its cheaiter to run bv a little town than to stop at it, for the friction on the breaks is mighty expensive. The teachers are holding" conventions to d icus whether its. best to put bovs upon their honor and let em do as they Pieasc or lick em first and appeal to to their honor afterwards as a side show- Its a contest between Beman and anti Bemun the tight and the loose sys tems of instillin larnin. In my opinion narrv one of em is going to make a good scholar out of a hostile subject. Judge N right" says he weut to a Beuian school for teu years and never found out w hich one of the boys set behind him. He was nfcared to ltok back. He favors the Beman system for other peo ple's children und other people favor it lor hisen. And the editors are to have a conven tion. Thev are coming right here in Bit tow, the centre of old Cherokee, the focus of space a county whose lauds arc taxed higher per acre than anv countv in the tate the heaouar tcrs of imaginary independence w tanners have got as tat andsassv as stall-led cattleaml wont mix with the common herd. They've had their own way ami their own congressman so long thev don't believe there's any other wav. anv othor uian that's fit ting. 1 ni glad von are coming up. ror it s time our people found out there are some other people with a head on. Wil- linham must be talked to by the pa triarchs. He remind one of the fellow who went t enmp-meeting at Fair mount and was Stundin off' by a tree w hen a preacher came up and axed him if he didn't want to get religion, and he htoked sorter astonished and said: "Youre mistaken in the man, I reckon, I live down in Bartow." 1 wish you would tell Willinghham that last fall's race is over, ami his man was elected. so that he can now turn his attention to some fresher subjects. There's a power of good in him yet, but you can't get it out bv cussin at him. tf a brother be overtaken in a fault, entreat him: toll him along gently ; show him a bundle of fodder. Kditors are just human, like all the balance of us. They will get stubborn sometimes, and the more you punch em the further they go in their hole. Then theres that Okalona man ! He ought to be put up and stabled for the next war. Why. he's the slowest crit ter on emotions I ever heard of. Its taken him just 14 years to git mad enough to tight. How we are all doing our best to make peace and restore the union and have a love-feast, and this Oakalona editor is just beginning to git mad. Why, he writes like he would siz if you was to throw water on him. There are some folks who are always ahead of the miudc, aud then there are tome who keep a mile or two behind iU lie reminds me of a feller I aaw a a harbecu last summer. Two fellers had got into a tight, and they fit and fout and fout till one of eni hollowed enuf. end the crowd enjoyed it ama ringlv. Some three or four hours af terwards a feller stripped off' his coat and rolled up his sleeves and, tied his -allu.-es around him, andwent about crving like a school boy and w hining out- "Whar's the man what shoved inv cousi back ? " I just vunt to tind the man who kept my Cousin Joe from see in the light"' and he pop I ted his list in his hand and the tears of anger and iii'lignation was just a rollin dow n his cheeks. "Whar's the man that shoved my cousin back?"' Well, the man had gone home and he know.l it. But another big strappin feller jumiH-d in front of him with a whoop like an injun and, throwing off his coat, shrieked out, "Iiu the man that shoved your cousin back. Im the individual you are looking for. 1m the bull of tiie woods. Im tha best man that ever snapped a jawbone. Bring 011 your i-otisiii, my friend. I never tight less than two at a time." The crvin feller ami his cousin were seen in about two minutes gallopin down ti e road on a little grizzly gray mule riding double. I never hear from Oakalona that I dont unconsciously exclaim "Whare the man that shoved my -onsin back. Bill Arp. TWO 1IEROF-S ah. Carried tbe British Color t hrough the Znln Army nt the "t of their Lives. i-..i,..i,oilv the Victoria Cross cannot Kn ,rivn 10 dead heroes or their fami lies else many other less fortunate men who fought the subject ot cetenay would have had it lid upon their tomb. There, for instance, was Capt. Stewart smith, who, morally wounded, spiked the guns he could no longer defend When all was lost, IJeuts. Melville and Coghill were given the regimental col i to save, and cutting their way with desperate energy, the colors fo ded round Nelville a heart, they pierced the Zulu ranks. The leal was 1101 a,- nlished w ho managed to esca reports that he .. ;7l .l,.ul,inr ror it Slid lell 111 : !..! w hfll L ..HOI I. ttl ICa wva aaw UOKUiu '""'""B --P.. . " .ovore wound. Butlhelriends S pii-Vr" nii cached the l r 1 wL- -t MnrVfH Drill IO IIMJ 0"'v to uuu 11 BUI - cam p - - 1 , h - rounded Dy me " , - been uiadnsss once more to charge the l ny but, although again attacked a d fatally wounded, they gained the Buffalo Aiver. They had strength enough to sim their horses across; VS. once safe on English ground, and tl reo hundred yards from the stream SSSff wounded to death, dropped frSS Tbli aaddJe, and his comiaie dis So?nXed tTaaslst him and to close hi. eves. Melville struggled to remount but he fell back by the faithful side c his brother officer, and there they foun him. with the colors still wrappe around his heart, crimson with his life blood. As achronicler of the incidents has said: "Who will not regret that n posthumous honor like the victoria Cross can guild the memory of this nob fidelity? " The Nominee and Democratic Vote.. Montgomery Advertiser. Any democrat assuming to he a "teacher." who declares that if Mr Tilden or any other particular individ ual is nomiuated, he will not yield the nominee a support, puts himself and bis party in a predicament that patrioti and wise men everywhere must look upon with pity and amazement with amazement that his wisdow is so nar row, and with pity that his patriotism is so puerile. A Dark New York Htar. Horse Tic .ei. Our esteemed eotemporarv. the Sun. suggests a democratic presidential ticket inscribed with the names of Speaker Randall and Juhxe Field.of the supreme" court. Such a Y.;tet would bring vic tory without question, and if the na tional convention does as well as this. we shall have 110 fear of the result. Tbe Mate Normal Kchool. Chi' pel Hill Ledger. '' wk President Battle ajaPhis advisers are perfect in:c the programme for this coining Normal School session. There is every prospect ot a large increase ot attendance. Indies from Alabama and Mississippi have written to make inquiries concerning the School, and the surroundings. Considered merely as a delightful health-giving, and in spiring w av of spending six weeks of the hot weather; the State Normal School offers attractior.s that can be equalled nowhere in the State. For beanty of location, purity of air, cheap ness of living, informality and kindli ness of manners and customs, and the general gaiety and zest of life that comes of good work well-performed, in good company and with good re sults, actual and prospective, the-Chap-el Hill Normal School has no rival. A month at the Warm Springs is not him? to it. The entire expense of the six weeks here would not pay one month's board at a watering place ; while here is neither fashion, nor dissi nation, nor expensive necessaries of any description. The w hole six weeks is one of gain morally, mentally, phys call v and socially. A Diajrrace to the City. Correspondence of the News. The plan of allowing cattle the free dom ot the streets of llaleigh is a dis grace to its city and its people, alike No other place w hic h makes the barest pretence ot being a city would such a thing lte allowed, ami public opinion or good sense should rebel against it here. Kach day the Capitol souare or ornamental yards and gardens are in vaded bv vagrant cattle, who trample or ea: anything tney come across. -ow do the authorities suppose that this sort of thing is to be submitted to quietly Far, from it, it is hoped. If steps are not taken bv the authorities to put stop to the nuisance, it is suggested that the shot gun be introduced and the animals treated to a liberal dose of its contents. It kind words win ao no gKd. (as has been the case) why tr other methods to redress the grievance. PUOI'KKTY OWNKK A Wood About the N Philadelphia Kecord. 1 The manner in which the Stalwart Republican journals are using the exo dus of the negroes for the purpose of manufacturing political capital eannotbe regarded as anything less than a crime i nee l.sbo the condition 01 the negroes of the South, their capacities of civiliza tion and their future prosperity should have been the subject ot earnest and ac tive solicitude for in elligent and con scientious men of all parties. Unfortu nately, however lor the blacks, the for tunes of a polittical party were made to depend, in no small degree, upon arousing and perpetuating a spiritof ha tred between the two races. The whites came out of the war with a feeling of grateful affection for their former slaves, by reason of the fidelity of the property interests aud -the women and children of the South while their mas ters were with the army. It should have been the Doliev of a wise Adminis tration to.nurture this feeling, that the welfare ol the whole country might thereby have been made paramount to the success of a party. This was not done. On the contrary, the carpetbag gers left nothing undone that was cal culated to engender a spirit of hatred between the races. In this way the planters, who were the best and only real friend of the blacks, came to be pointed out as their unyielding ene mies, vv lien the story 01 reconstruc tion passes into history we believe that the burden of responsibility will be placed on the shoulders of the self- seekiug Republican politicians and their allies the Southern carpetbaggers. Now, when through a union of caucus the blacks in particular pertions of the Mississippi valley have been led to seek a promised land in Kansas, we hold that for a partisan journal to seek 111 the most unreasoning manner, to turn the movement to political account. is reprenensioie 10 tne last degree. e would not excuse, the whites of Mis- 9ii;-) i and Louisiana for any injus tice dealt out to the blacks, but this affords no ground for the exaggerated statements that are made. The condi tion of Southern society is one which demands the earnest attention of pa triots, without regard to partisan con siderations rather that the unscrupu lous treatment it is receiving at the hsndsofthe Republican press. drnnt A Weak Candidate. Boston Herald. The Orant movement is the most rid iculous political stampede since the war. It began with tiie satellites of the last administration who want a new- chance to plunder, and has beeu strengthened by the revulsion of the stalwarts ' against the i'resident s southern policy. Nobody pretends that Gen. Grant would get a single vote that any other decent Republicn candi date would not get, while it is absolute ly certain that his nomination would repel a large and influential class of vo ters who .were disgusted by what was generally known as "Grantism" Before.Jlf the national convention were to be held this spring, we have no doubt that he would be nominated, but he would be a weak candidate, and, if e;eeted, it is by no means certain that he would satisfy the extreme men who are pushing his nomination. He is by nature conservative, ami a rest of lour years will not be likely to make him any less so. The Republican Administration hired five thousand political bummers and roughs at $5 a day, last November, to carry elections for the Republicans in doubtful districts. These hirelings Wire armed with pistols and bludgeons, and had the power to arrest without warrant. They did so, and acted solely for the Republican party, at the ex ense of the tax-payers of the co untry A SAD SUICIDE. TIIE DEJIOKD OE OESTRI (TIOX IX IXIOX (OUXTY. The Old Man's Presentimentairis Fear of Being a Burden An Op portnntty in Presented The ' Borrowed Knife -Tbe Old, Old Story. Monroe Enquirer. After going to prows ou last Satiirday, we had some meagre reports to th effect i than one Mr. James Edwards living near Olive Branch, had on the previous Wednesday, the 2nd - insfc, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a knife. From neighbor who were attending court this week, we get the full particulars. It seems that his mind was deranged income respects having formed the conclusion that a cancer was growing near one eye and arhe would soon be a greater charge upon his son's family with whom he and his wile were living, he being some seventy-five years old. On all other ubiects he seemed quite rational. . For some time his family suspected that he would attemnt to take his life and wwice he was detected making prepara- 11011 to nang himself, but on tne flay in question aim iu lactior several uays prw- vious he seemed much better and at the time the deed was done he had gone out to the barn-yard to fix a plow for a boy to go to plowing and while there called on a grandson for a pocket knife to cut a leather tap, but being there almost alone he seized an opportunity to carry into enect his long c herished purpose and began making efforts to cut his throat. The knife being quite dull, he lid not succeed in cutting into the lar ger veins, but did almost, if not entirely sever the wind pipe and swallow. His grandson at once gave the alarm and his wile and daughter-in-law came out hut thev could do nothing to prevent his efforts, as he threatened to kill them it not let alone and by the time his son got there (who was the only person on the place who could manage him) he had injured himself to the extent as above stated, lie expressed no regret at what he had done and refused at first to let the physician. Dr. J. L. Bost dress the wound but continued to tear it open with his Jingers that it might bleed 'more rapidly, so determined was he to end his life. However, it was known that he could not then be saved, as his injuries were beyond the reach of surgical skill, and he was allowed to peacesibly depart. He died in six or eight hour after inflicting the wounds. Agricultural Prudence. Ncwbernian. We desire to say a word in season to our farmers in reference to their sys em of cropping lor the present year. Do not let them continue to be deluded by the old glittering snare of cotton making, of the exclusion of simpler and -more profitable investments. The measure of harm done to this country by the usurping royalty of cottOk. no m:in can compute. The Washington School. ( orreapondence of the News. By invitation I attended the closing exhibition and concert of the Washing ton School in this city 011 the evenings of the 9th and 10th of April, and was much pleased at what I saw and heard This school has been for twelve years under the management of Miss Esther P. Haves, and is under the auspices of the American Missionary Society of Jew York City. Ihe Washington School was opened 111 ISoo, and has been m successful op eration since that date. It has been aided by the Public School and ' Pea bodv; funds, but has been for the past session a private subscription school. There have been in attendance 12.J pu pils, and many ot these exhibited grati fying proticienc-. The dialogues, and speeches were well rendered, and the spirit with which a number acted the parts assigned them was highly credit able to both teacher and pupil. I was particularly struck with the excellent moral precepts inculcated -in the vari ous pieces selected. Miss Hayes has been assisted bvMrs. Elizabeth Smith and Miss flattie Min- ton. . 1 he latter lady has been in charge of the musical department, and the very- excellent manner 111 which the vocal and instrumental pieces were rendered bpoke volumes in lier praise. r . W. FAITIIITL I'XTO DEATH. A Wife Fulfilling Her Marriage Yow Even to the Trap of the dial lows. A touching story is narrated in con nection with the execution of Walter Watson, at Highland, Indiana, on Fri day last for the murder of Ezra Coiup ton. The parties had quarrelled about the charge of a quarter dollar for some soap made by Compton, who was a storekeeper. The wife of Watson, to whom he had been but a year married, endeavored to restrain him from the quarrel, but her entreaties failed. A week betore the execution, .Mrs. Wat son visited the Governor, with her babe in her arms, and made a strong personal appeal for mercy, but that official de clined to interfere because the sentence had been confirmed by the Supreme Court. The faithful wife was a dailv visitor to her husband's cell, and joined him in fervent prayers for forgiveness. During the last night most of the time she sat on his knee breathing words of love and encouragement, or at his feet, caressing his hands, lie was truly a penitent, and expressed himself as having made peace with uod. As the time approached for the execution she was for a moment overcome, and fell on her husband's neck in uncontrolla ble anguish, but suddenly' she raised her flaxen head and assisted in arraying him forhis doom. She had contributed a necktie and a pair of slippers, and put them on hini with a fierce .determina tion that overmastered her agony. She combed his hair, and seeing all was ready, said she would go with him. All present remonstrated with her, in which the minister joined. Her reply was a rebuke that few women would have ventured. "I should not have expecteu this, from a minister. When I was mar ried I promised to cleave to my hus band for better or for worse. I promised this to a minister, and I am going to xeepmy word as farasGod will let me." On reaching the gallows the pair soon to be sunlered mounted the steps hand n hand. 1 hey were seated side by side over the fatal trap. She again took his iiand and sobbed with her little head resting upon his shoulder, while the minister made the closing prayers. Meanwhile the culprit sat m his chair unmoved. A heart-broken wife was sobbing on his boson i, strong men sob bed, but the man about to bo hanged seemed an uninterested spectator of the absorbing scene of which he was the central figure. For folly five minutes he sat there without the least percepti ble twitch 01 a muscle, mere was no bravado in this composure: it was the calmness of resigna.ion. At the close of the religious exercises the two stood up, and for the last time she embraced him, kissed him passionately, and, with "Good-bye, Walter," stepped back and fell back into the arms of the good Christian ladies who were there to re ceive iier. The last words of the un happy man were a fervent prayer for mercy and for heavenly aid to his poor wife. Atthesherriff's house she saw the remains of;the. husband in his coftin,and kissing his lips and arranging the hair, turned away with a look of woe and said, "I can cry no more; I have no more tears. God "have mercy on me and my little baby." An hour later the coffin was in an east bonnd train, accompanied by the wife. At Richland, a bleak station seven miles from this point, it was de posited on the barren ground, and as the train moved on only one other per son beside the widow "was in charge. The face that broken-hearted woman turned up to the occupants of the pass ing train, most of whom had seen the hanging, will haunt many in their dreams. THE MAKE-TP OF IOXGRE88. The Union and tbe Confederate Sol diers in the Pnblle Kervice. Cincinnati Commercial. Washington! April 4. Exclusive of vacancies there are 3t2 members of the present congress, including, of course, the senate. Professionally, they are di vided as follows : Lawyers 241 Professional of- Merchants 24 rice holders 2 Bankers 12 Miners 2 Fanners 16 Carpenter 1 Editors 10 Stone-cutter 1 Manufacturers 9 Miller 1 Doctors 7 Surveyor 1 Railroaders 5 Live stock dea- I Teachers 3 ler 1 Clergymen 2 Tick agent I Insurance men 2 Without regular Lumber dealers 2 occupation IS The following is a list of those who served in the union army during the Logan Burnside Yocum Sherwin Dick Hayes Bouch Marsh Davis Thomas Henderson Calkins Boyd Sapp Morrison Dunnell Myers McCook Weaver Hammond Anderson Van Arnuni McGowan Young (O) Farr Finley (O) Bailey McKinley Richardson Keifer Kellogg Garfield Overton Warner Shalleuberger LeFevre llouk Ewing Bragg. Mitchell White (Pa.") Joyce Nawlov Hawk Fort Forsythe Brown McCord Carpenter Ryan Valentine Ketchum Miller Plumb Bingham Total ex-union soldiers in the fortv- sixth congress, 5o. The following is a list of the ex-confederates in the forty-sixth congress, house and Senate: Morgan (Ala j Butler Manning Clordy Kitchen Steele Richardson Evans M'-Millan Atkins Culberston Beale Cabell Kenna Caldwell Ellis Talbott Hooker Clarke Davis Ormrield Call Harris Lamar Ransom Hampton Maxey Johnston Sanford Forney Slemons Davidson Smith Ga. i Garland Gordon Cockrell Vance Coke Herndon Shelley Lowe Cravens Hull Cook (Ga.) Walker Williams Vest Withers Herbert Lewis Dunn Gunter Nichols Persons Blount Blackburn Robertson Mu Id row Chalmers Hatch Scales Vance Dibbrell Whitthorne 'Youngi Ten. j Aiken. Jones (Tex.) Tillman Joe Johnston House Richmond Felton i ibson Si mon ton Mills Huntou in the forty- the late vice- King Total ex-confederates sixth congress, 77. This does not include president of the confederacy, or the few who served in the confederate congress, but simply the ex-soldiers. Summed up we find the following: Cnion soldiers in senate 4 Union soldiers in house "1 Total 55 Confederate soldiers in senate 19 Confederate soldiers in house 58 Total 77 The ''confederate brigadiers" have considerable majority, but less than generally supposed. There is a smart sprinkling of "brigadiers" on the other side. It is the senate, and not the house, that has the overwhelming confederate majority. "OLD SI. He .Hpenka His .til ml on tbe Emigra tion Craze. Old Si finished raking down the win ter cobwebs from the rile shelves, and then began to wrestle with the ex changes. Finally he said : "Dar 'pears ter be er ginrul moobment 'niong tie Massysip" niggers to'rds de norf-wes' "Yes, indeed. They are going there by thousands." "So dey is, an' (ley's gwine dar er heep faster dan day's gwine ter come buck, too !', "Do you suppose they will want to come nacK v "You kno dey will ! Talk 'bout kar rin de sliell fum de sho' an' hit'll sing ob desea, er totin' offer blin' cat in er bag an hit 11 turn up presintlv in de same chimblv corner whar ver tuck hit fum, but dar's er streak ob graverta- shun "bout eravridge nigger d at draws like er injun-rubber strop an' ar' alius pullin" him back to'rds his birf-nlace, fer er fack !" "You don't believe thev will be con tented out west, then !"' "Dey can t be taint hurnin natur . Dey's fool'd 'way now on false pre tenses. Lb rv one ob tteni niggers spects when he steps on de steambote ter be landid on er privit w art 111 frunt ob er reddv fnrnish d plantashun, wid er United" States marshil standin' by holdin' er gub'ment deed in one lian' an er thurrer-oreu-guu mem untie wid de odder han' ter weleum him ter de Promis'd Lan' !"" "They will some of them undoubted ly be disapjiointed and feel like return ing." f "Bill dere aint up way ter stop hit. sense cuius ler oem oniy wia scare- in -e. i(-v gamines on ne (-nances mm ile kradle ter de grave, sartin. But dat aint me, now ! W Jieuebber I .migrates fum hyar dey's got ler tie dat mule on t'o'tyakcrs ob groun' in clar sight obde licorv line, now yer nean me 7 So thi) old man is likely to e .iain with us lor some time to come. Hftndome, but not Properly Irettd. Utica Observer. The telegraph tells ns that Geogre M. Robeson, in his maiden speech in the house, made a "highly favorable im pression." The ex-secretary has a fine-lv-rounded figure, a shapely head and ah oii-handed manner, which under most circumstances, please the specta tor. But he would appear to the best advantage in a lateral striped suit of jeans, with an accompaniment of shaved head. . . - . .. Tbe Best ia tbe State. Salisbury Hews. , ; : We cosider the Raleigh Nkws the best newspaper in the State. LAST OF THE DOG SHOW. THE KEJTXEL (M ITS EXHIBITION VISITED BY TIIOI NASDS t 1 EMTEItDAY. TheKhow a Host Jraif inn Knereaa in npiieoi me v retched Weather 1 ne EsnioiTon, an a Knle. 1'ieaseu Vllh I he Awards. New York Star, April 12. The dog show at Gilmore's Garden was closed at 10 o'clock last night. The owners of a few of the animals took their pets out of their cages and carried them away, but the multitude showed no hasty inclination to quit the Garden. At lO.:i0 o'clock there was no percepti ble diminution in the unusually. large crow d of visitors, and it was 11 o'clock before they all streamed out, and the gas in the great arches of colored globes was turned off. The attendance yesterday . morning was larger than on Thursday, and the audience last night was probably the largest of the exhibition. The atmos phere in; the forenoon Was damn, and did not much improve in the later hours of the: day;-' The house-dogs shivered in their cages, and dogs with thin and tender skins burrowed in the straw or were wrapped in blanket. The expression ou the countenances 01'. some of the bull-terriers and other short-nosed animals whs of extreme disgust, and they manifested the feeling by very earnest and loud vociferations. The grey hounds, generally the quietest of all, w ere more dumb .and pathetic than usual, but the toy -dogs, the hair less and the woolly, did not Jet the chorus grow weak at aiiy time. Many of the St. Bernards, Newfound lands, mastitis and hounds have suffer ed considerably because of the small ness of their cages, and some of their owners complained that the managers of the exhibition should have provided larger kennels. The managers say that the number of entries was far beyond their expectations there were over one thousand and the space for the kennels had to be used to the best ad vantage. Better things are promise for next year. The list of awards was finished by the judges on Thursday evening, yel there were a few animals ou the plat form last night. Many ow ners of dogs wished to remove them yesterday mor ning, but this was not aflowable"under the rules. Several protests against awards were lodged with the Commit tee 011 Protests, and a hearing was given them in the forenoon. Altogether there were about thirty protests in the three days of the exhibition. No awards were set aside because o those protests. although iu some cases considerable feeling was exhibited by unsuccessful exhibitors. The decision of the judges was irrevocable unless fraud or mani fest favoritism could be show n. ; Mr. Lincoln, the Superintendent, said ilast night, that all differences had been' ' amicably adjusted, and that the exhibi tion had' ended in the most satisfactory and encouraging way. The managers were highly pleased'at the result, and thought that future exhibitions would' grow in extent and importance. He ; was not able to estimate the total re-, ceipts, but he had no doubt that after the prizes and other expenses were paid .there would be a balance of probably 700 or 80U to the credit of the Kennel Club. Although no financial statement has yet beeu made, it was thought hImjui J,(X0 had heed paid out for prizes. Had the weather been favorable tbe re ceipts, it is claimed, would have been probably 40 per cent, larger. These facts encourage the club to continue in its efforts. All the cash prizes wore paid in gold in the afternoon and evening, as fast as the fortunate exhibitors could reach the platform, and the diplomas were given out at the same time. By o'clock tiie prizes were paid aud a largo 11 um ber of the diplomas filled out and de livered. Many heedless exhibitors fail ed to respond to the ringing of the bell which announced, at regular Intervals, the disposal of the various classes, ami then ran about more or less excited, inquiring of committemen why their demands were not attended to. Their . own carelessness will necessitate the seeking of the judges to-day, or some time in the future. At 8 o'clock there was a parade in the . wing at the west end of the Garden, of the prize dogs. The inclosure is laid three inches in sawdust, and as some of the little dogs were carried or led in they sank helplessly into the track, and ' the big hounds, mastitis and hulls tram-1 pled over them. This of course u 111 used ' the pushing multitude around the ring, but did not elate the owners of the7 ca-; nine mites. The animals were all glad j to get, out of their keunelsr and they frisked over the sawdust with all the agility and more than the eagerness of circus tumblers. After their IroJic they were taken back to their cages, ami they resumed their part of the grand chorus which the others' had in the meantime kept up to a deafening heiglit. As the hour of 10 approached, inqui ries were made of committeemen as to when the dogs should be taken awfay. ' It hud been announced that those hot taken home last night would be as carefully guarded as they w ere on the days of the exhibition, and owners could return for them to-day. Of ( course the toy-dogs that reposed on satin and velvet, in elegant cages, were carried off at once. Many of the larger animals were also taken away. All will be cleared out to-day. The Hallway to Warrculon. Gazette. I A party of gentlemen from Enfield, through their representative, Mr. Reid, whs here this week looking after the Warren ton railroad. Tney say there was a strong probability of extending it on by Ransom's Bridge to Rocky Mount, and that there were capitalists anxious to take hold of the enterprise. After a meeting of the directors and stockholders, Mr. Beid was Informed that any proposition his company might make would be gladly received., Mr. Keid left Wednesday for Enfield tocou fer with his friends, and it is expected that proposals will be made within the next ten days. Oxford has sulmcribed thirty thousand dollars for the road to Henderson, and w ill pay every dollar of it. It is a reflection upon the enter prise and public spiritof the business men of Warrenlon that they cannot raise tour or live thousand dollars to complete our road. We are badly in heed of something to revive our ener gies and trade, and If we do not soon make an intelligent and united effort, it may be too late. Tbe Anld Eanjf Syne. V. Y.Star. We trust Mr. Hayes still keeis green the memory of that dramatic era, twelve years ago, when he announced from his. seat in the House of Representa tives that he would not vote a dollar to carry on thp Government unless Presi dent Johnion signed the Army Ap 4riation bill with "the bayonet law1' at tached to it. He i said to be a sentinel man fond of cherishing Hie anld lang svne. Such a Terrible Fellow. X. Y. Star. The "Confederate Brigadier" in Con gress Is such a terrible fellow that when he invites a Radical Representa tive to take a drink, the latter hasn't the courage to decline, if j h 1 a- !;! , 1 ri 17 1 ft v. . 1 ' i i
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