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. v , k . .i s... . j, -, v.. v. EIG VOL. XV.-39 RALEIGH, X. C, THURSDAY MORNLYG, APRIL 17, 1879. 85.00 PER ANNUM. Ral i rr tt II j I JL inilTLi TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. the noKKixuM or wihi.s HEitr. AXUTIIKIIE. IWk fontiaor hi Rniiark I.eJ in r Ala.PU tne t)nrllN Hlcbt. ThHlh nCHlidla Ibf Vatf Intended. Vahiunot. D. C, April !'. I . r t-ull of the CotuuiUW-e Uu morning tephen-H, of Georgia, chairman of tho olillllltU on coinage, ni'icuui nun ini.wurw of aubtddUry coin for legal fender monev in nunm of ten dollars i ml multiple thnrwf. and making .ich coin legal tender in all uin not rriluf tweuly dollars. The report he coinuiilteo'states that the bill in iji. nl uixtn K-litiuns refer red to the minittee. fomrfr. of Michigan, raitl i.i tnrdnt of order that no lull on the .:jo.-t had been referred to the com ifteo. and tlat therefore the com it!.-. ha, I no riirht to make a retort MATK'-The ."senate rc-mnied consid eration of the Army Ml! and Mr. Heck continued hi reiiiark. Beck said lKmocraU were determined on their linil a--eH tu owcr to repeal law paAcd In tim of war unsuitable to time of pence, and forming dangerous prevalent hu'n wouri ic-oiiie umu amental principle? of system of goyern- ment. U left alone. lie quoieu ireciv from histories autliors to ihow i-vrni- rhuit remilt of military interference .itli ivtl functions and to refute the Hrttoii of Hour that the money had ...t l-n withheld bv the Common to r.tn-o kinv to consent lo U-tfil ition. The Commit te on privilege and e!eiMvV to-day, couinit'UifU hearing tf argument in tlie Sbatlord-Kellogg r.vi4 upon the question whether or not aii.tt nr ina Tvenaie uiuii uu n.ts made i-outrovertv Iea adjndicata. r x ouirrvwsunan ShclUbargcr lvan nr intniiu of thin pnM ttton and will le furt Iter heard to- lWrk continued hi remarks tion the . 11m aid rather than the .rm - , , . t.l Urn,. I it had iK-en aivi ... "it tul jlit 1 a.iin. he v otlld fior it alxilition and etablih a mi litia. , followed in oWoMtmn toix-nd- ttif the injure. During hi sf, -Cecil he yielded to Mr. Hutler. of South aroii ., who stated that hi- clleaijuo. ite Hampton, wa present and ready ... wt. Mr. Hampton on erutche 11 forwanl by Mr. I'.utler and sworn in by the President pro tern, Mr. Thurman. taking the m.liriel oath. The Houe in committee of the hole reume.1 consideration on the Legisla tive appropriation bill. A tier di-cus-vkiii the amendment to reeal. ntlcr March Ino. the a U e-.ieatiiii: Smtheru Clanua Commisstion and to transfer to tl iYtirt of I Linns all cases meu .M.lm' before the ("ominissum a- r..io.-iiHL The Committre dis- i,e.! of all the bill ex.-ept the por- i ns arociaiiv reerts.i lr v:'ieriu '(M-US.SIOII leinjf me pro iim. t to the mode of seUs tm . v . . - : m re irrand i ,-tit iimm test oath, and al- in . ..ti.-.-t io Supervisors . .. i -. - - . 1h. .hiv Marshal. The delate xm inc'ortHl. lawis. of Alabama, made a egiU argument acinsi t!ic e ectioi: Jaw, an.i denied that the -ouiii was r..r anv illegal or uneonstitu- tbMial punw. V oul oruloiiWiii w I the North. SmrorJ,ofAUlam,lM l argued npon the necessity and Justice aiing the Jurors test oath ami f repeai Modifying the Suervion of lllee- , .na. Th TrtMMrtr't t trealar. te v,vr tutf. The ccre- , 1 . 1, n ' . - , - ..r i ha TrKiiuirv. in his c hw.ue.1 to-dr. ofTem at one half of one t -;ve nar. and ceruM inter- t,t todate of aGlcriptlon. IW.-V0 of the tour per cent, ruuaeu loa.i o. . t iKALm-Msls to )e appliel to the rtsJempUon of L nite.1 states ten forty bond. In add it iou to this amount L-jt s.i f iI.ma Unls being the re.- . ..,. .k- iikaImI to retleem the ten fortv lnd will reverse.! for the fonTcrsioo of ten dollar refunding rr-tlffnate-. THE OKK Of THIE EJ. SarMfnl though Small Haul t tlaaln(-ta airwl the krrnr T Opratlea. rho thieves hare not yet rea.ed their kedaof darkness, ami Tuesday night i. viaite-l their now favorite place of op erauon. Wilmington Street. The p!a.-e t 1 ich receiel tlieir uadesirable at-to-tirtrw thin time w:vs tlie store of J.,i naon , IUrler. vv herein is kept a to kof nns"erieand li-iuora. The store i on the eat aide of the atreet. is two -t rlee in height, and closely walled m bv other bOlldinc. At a very early i ir yesterday morning Mr. lUirU r nters! the atore ul Mn saw that the . a .httll a.(ron. Walking t. the rear of t;tf room he foftnd it on the Moor. To i er it from It place in the cuntcr f the Kxr, the thief ha.l rippe.1 olfthe top f the tent till, and then prized it away from it fastening. Mr. Ilarber j-nei the back door of the store, ami looking out uv that a heavy ladder. ,:ne thlrtv feet In length, had been b mode of entering of the unlawful vi-ttor. The yanl in the rear of the or U very small, and surroundctl bv m cuce aoiue eight feet high. Overthis rtVMlied the Udder. hw foot rental in tbcyird of the atore next door; ami them went up to a rear window on the ctitnd mior of the atore entered. Ste niug iMM'Jt Into the store to discover the extent of hi loa, Mr. ilarber found l! content of the till tossed about. Krom it had been taken some two or thrro dolUn In amall coin, ail in it at the time. So far a yet ascertained a ailver watch worth o and a few lottles of liquor were the only goods taken. Inquiries were next made of parties near bv a to the ocvurrem-e. The Mesr."oodwin. w ho room over their tore, two doors above, said that alout 11A n ru ther hearvl a noiae aa If cause.! by the smashing of glass. Noise were also heard by artie on the other aide and acrona the square, and a dog In a back rani waa almost w ild w ith rage and barked Incessantly. the rm uE or t alitorma. !V Ktrar AtLavehuitl to the t'nlen filer mt " Eaeweis.:r. reetarte Cllaaate. . . V. Trtbane. Vn Kastern Joam.ilist, who haa re turced from California after three Tar" experience of newspaper work in Sn KranclJ. aaid of atrair on the To. Ific coast ia a recent conversation: -7 lie people care very little alKJtit what goes, on in the East. Their attachment loth I'nion U not strong. Ii tliere should ever arise a second se--ession movement it will not t in the South, b t in Califoruia- The Democrat there are hostile to the t'nion often oienly so end the Kenublican re iniiifler- ent. One often hears taJk f a rciric Co republic There U much rem plaiot of the Ignorance and caret e5nes of Congrema with r4rd to the interesU of the roast. The Und legislation, for example, la all adavJted to region of t rraure, ana ts consequently not at all . apted to an arid, sage-brush region where azricnlttire depend- on, irrim- tion. There is not much indue eineiii for eniiirrution to California, ajid uom at all for men to ifo without capital. Tin poucy oi me irreat I nulow iei is to dis.-urairc immigration. Their plan naa ieeii xu Uivule aM'ietv into two i-la-s-se, wealthy proprietors and a pro- icLrrial. 1 aiu gUil to see that a lew landholders are taking a new course and dividing their immense estates in to small li av is. t. aliloruia ould sup srt double or treble her present rural population, hut the land system must le radically changed and tlie facilitit for irrigation devcloied and utilized rrrnv miuTi an me iant mat ran in profitably cultivated without irrigatiou is aireauv ixvuiueu. "The (HMtiliar climate, of California win eventually develepa iweuliar ioi uLalion. I think one sees signs of this already in the younger generation, in Nan r rauciseo, where fogs prevail, the young tsile are plump. ror.y-cheek- eil, handsouie, rather indolent and fond of pleasure, while those born and r a red in the arid interior are somewhat like the Arabs dark, slender and sup pie. t don t think mere will ever ie a robust intellectual life in San Francis co. lUu climate is eiualle. .Musu ami me arts win noiinli jus tnev do in llaiv ami it im iMs.siiie that their in tercourse with Asia will develop a ten deacy to mysticism in philosophy and religion. 1 he future oi t alilirma and the whole l'acitic inast is a fertile field for sjHt ul.it ion. and its present condi tion is an interesting subject of studv. The Cow .VnlMarr. Com"flindeint of the News. Realizing the isiwer of the press and esiKsiallv the lntluence exerted bv your valuable pawr. 1 am constrained to ask a short spat e m voiir columns. to allnu t the people's aitcnlion to this important ut'jis t. 1 here is not, erhaps, another city in Christendom claiming the l.'t.unu inhab itants that Kaleigh pos-ecn, v hero cows without let or hiinlerance. are fennitel to run at large. IKliesand children are continually iK'iug lrighlencd almost out ol their w its bv the hostile demonstrations of thoe animals uoh the public thor- ouirhtaras o tins cuv. ani are not infrsueiitlv hurt bv them. It has iiuiif lo Im an axiom in law ami practice, mat e joor unmans, wno are so uiilorinna:e as to ihscss a aru or back garden, with a stray flower or eollard stump therein, have no rights win. h the starved cow ol our tieililMtr is lioiind t resi t ; but in one brief night Isjth are suddenly divcsied ol evervthmir irreen bv lliese vegetable- devouring monsters.. iates stand no show at all. u liv the writer of this article. al. r lr nig innu merable experiments, for their perma nent expulsion, in the way ot chains, hooks and everv couei vahie kind o lat. h. h is actual . v had lo naii up the gate, as tlieonic i.ieansoi saivaion ie:i. Is there no n im dv f.r U.isT .Nunc! I'mesM viu go into the cow-kuling businos. and ur.irs yon go; a 'mint ot money, von .-anti r n,':.ir" 1:1 mat long. 11 you kill one o-.t v - ; ay tcu tiiiits its value - and this reminds me: sorely si. i. Ke.i iii.en lu re instruc ted his servant to keep the stock out ol his grounds, and tlie lwy, one d:?r find ing a drov e id hogs therein, e.i'ui.l one . . , . - ' i . . i . t Mil I tllVCSiel It oi lis CMiiuai iippt-u- m;o, no douoi c:ier:suii:g me iio, t- ;i..it it would act a.sagin;.t icmimier to .Mr. II, .I v. and ciiie nun oi me practice or trespassing in the future; ,M.OVVI1(.r tu. ,, thinking it somewhat impaired' the lo k s ot his swinev' sc.';s.cd to the itv author- Itic-t that he nu : 1 1 1 have soni d images. in mere il-on. me Mini iii.u was risjuire-l to .'rk over" a V. rive dollars tor a pigs tan: .nisi i a I supK.se one were to kiu a cow : ir would take a young lortuue to repair the '.laniais. ' They say "an o-ince of prevention is worth a h.iii 1 ! cure. lh! .Messrs. Aldermen, in the name of all mat is charitable, give us "one ounce. It would lc a splendid l-miiniiig for the new Ikik1 when thev are elected to begin their lalrs bv enacting an ordi nance governing this matter la-l Us have that or th. no-lence law, ...!. M-. Kaleigh, April 1 1. a rr.Ri'im ai. Mono.v MAX. t'oloretl ytnn ( onolrurl a Msrhlaf to I'rmlurr I'onfr lira p. t"l,- i-l.oi.l l-ii. ! r Mr. J. H. Inmnington, a colored blacksmith of Clev cleiid, Ohio, reor- ted by the leader b have aoiigiit to sdvethe problem of jxTH-tual motion, has actually invcntel a cheap motiv e uower. T1"o I a -ad cr s;ivs: On arriving the reporlr was ushetcd inlo a side room, in the middle of vv hidi appeared U 1-e a jsjiulerous wheel, miuus a felly, the sjMkcs iM'ing large anl heavy look ing. The axis is produced ea-h side ol the upright Ix'.irings, lwlore reaching w hu ll, how v er, the snail is snapeu nuo two iraiiks, one on wicu siuc ui iuc afores.ud wheel. etnding in opposite directions a. id so eonstrucicl as io pie- v cut the machine coming to a dead cen- - i . .i ter. r roni eacii si.ie i me ciauivs hangs a shrt piston ro.1, w hi.-h are to work inside ol a stationary pipe or cyl inder, which is extended down to the Iloor. then across under the wheel and i Ly coming up again i mr-i im- tuovi short niston rod. Kmni thes cranks as, very heavy wi ignis aie eniaui. which are luted with heavy runner springs or humrs, w hich lighten the weight and K'riiiit the w heel to jmss the centr, and then unlisted by the weight on the other crank, continue the revo lution. The pi .ton and cylinder betore mentioned assist in the other work by atmspheric pressure, nut to return lo the wheel. Some ol me spoK.es nro curved a.d others aro very heavy. All are hollow, even what might le ter.ned the hub, several holes running in as many different directions w lthout at ail intersecting. The spokes are to bo rilted with a fluid which Mr. uunning ton preiares after a recvipt, the se-ret of which is known only to hinisell. This fluid, bv the action cf centnlugal force, and the Ion e of gfav ity, is pro- otdlcsl toward the extremities as any one of the spokes reaches a vortical nositiou. In the la.ger spokes are complicated springs w hich aid in the passage to and iro oi me num. The alove are the main ioints in the description of the machine, and the My w heel whlcn transmit me pow cr are placed oue on each end of the shaft. Tho ' i - . ...... . - . . i . i . . u inventor claims inai iviiiih.- lo I done to finish the machine, when the future destiny of cheap motive jiow- er will be solved. The man has evi dently worked faithfully at his task. the machine certainly snowing uiucii Ingenuity on the iart of the inventor. The insurance case of Col. I wight, of llingluvniton, N. Y., has again come to the front. He had his life insured for W,J. If he had died on the fif teenth of the month.ou w hich ho diil die, the proc-eetls of his insnranct would have gone to his creditors, he being discharged from bankruptcy on that date. If he had lived till the idne teeth. the ttoiicle would have laiwed. for he could not have txata me premiunu on them. He bad Just throw aay to die in so as to beueiit hie family, and he diM punctually on the night or the fifteenth. THE HALIFAX ALSTONS. a toi.ivi FAMILY. An Old lniiiily IhsieiMii Relates the Story .- Early Projrenj- of the Alstons The leading People of the Ntate Ae.. Editor Murshiill (Texas, Mescngci: I have read the communications sub mitted t me by you, and at vour ro quest will endeavor to correct the dis crepancies published in relation to the genealogy and conduct of the Alston family. Having been the physician in the Alston family for nearly halt a cen turv: a kinsman; and the husband of Mary Clark Alston, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, of whom; Viator in the tialveston I tail v News says, "She was highly accomplished, a perfect blonde, of commanding beauty, and famous throughout the Suite."" The Alstons came from Kngland; as I have indubi table prisjf from wills, jortraits and heir-looms still in tho family. Samuel, Thomas ami William settled in Bute, now Warren county, Willis in Halifax county, before the revolution. Ihev were brothers. Their cousins went to S i.t!i Ca.o.ira. lhe descendants, Thomas and Samuel of th Warren stock, feet tied on the lands in Wako county. North Carolina, owned nv tne father of Thomas Hart Henton. Y llhw, Sr.. and his brother uiiani.w ere mem bers of the Congress at Halifax town, 1 771, and were appointed colonels in tho Continental army in April, ana wero re-elect .d in November, 1776, to form the CoiiNtittittion of North Carolina. Ml the family were patriotic and amongst me nrst to iecuue ior mou pciulence. Philip, another descendant, irom mo Warren stock, settled on Jlickoiv nioiiiuain in Chatham couniv, anu was ecillHliy patrioiic; ior wmeu cause nu was capturetl by David Fanlng, a loyal . .. - ii? and lsld torv. and uonvereu io me Koval tiovornor Martin at Wilmington. J The ai.l and comfort a Horded to Oener- als .Marion and Oreen hy me Alstons in South ( arolmaare historical facts, lwo of those brothers, John and Robert, were (iovernors of that state. The first named married Aaron Burr's daughter, who was lost at sea; and Col. Wm. Al ston, of Charleston, married a daughter of Mrs. Kebeeea Motte, who cheerfully permitted Cenenils Marion and Liee to urn her palatial mansion with arrows, to capture the British command in Forte Motte. Washington Alston, poet, artist and painter, removed to Massa chusetts, and one of her towns bears his name. Willis, Sr., of Halifax, married the laughter ol Jideon 11. Macon and th ... . . I S . si.i r of the 1 ion. .Namaniei .uaeou, oi NVarren county, io whom was Imrn the Hon. Willis Alston, who was a mem ber of Congress from lMil till lS-'d, and chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means during the war ot 1MJ. Jo seph. Oideon and Robert the last named was the faihdr ot ill is, Augus tus aud (iideon, of (Jeorgia. Ho mar ried Henrietta Oreen, of Warren coun ty, a si.stor of Solomon itreen, one oi tlie adoptors of tie Constitution of the Cnitisl States, an! of John C. 'Jreen, a olo.iel in the w..r of I SI 2. Sho was a ladv of superior . idow nients of mind trly every year visi ,'orth Carolina in a The Hon. M. W. Cnitel States Sen t'lieral Robert Ran and person, sum r ten her kin in oiuii and lour. Ransom, of the ato und Major som of the Confederate army were her nephews, and likewise v:is (Jen Thom as J. (Jreen, one of the heroes of Texas I e, Impendence and of the Mier Kxpodi tion Into Mexico. Rols?rt lived in Sparta, Jeorgia, in regal splendor. Their children were educated at the lit st colleges. Gideon was nccidentallj killed. Augustus w as one of the finest specimens of a gentlemen in mind, manners anil srson I over knew, and but for his sympathies and devotion to his friends "his duels with Brown of ( Jeorgia. and Reed of Florida would not have been fought. Willis was ex citable and ungovernablo when he con ceived himself, or his friends injured. A half century has elapsed since, and their conduct should not be judged by the present standard of morals, as duel ing then was encouraged and practiced bv the first men in and out of ongresw. "Willis married a Methodist Minis ter's daughter. Miss Howard, celebra ted for her beauty and accomplish ments, who inculcated her religious principles in the heart of her only child, Col. Robert A. Alston, which governed his actions throughout his life. Ho kept a diary of his conduct ami the occurrences "of each day, and when he was captured with General Morgans cavalry to which he I lo nged this journal inspired his cap- tors w Mil so much sympjunv nect for his character that he ami res was soon. teh eed and amplv provided for He was a genius, noble, brave and hand some, and indefatigable in ail ho un dertook. I have been long and inti ma'Hv acquainted with the Alston family save w ith the oldest ones, and can conscientiously allirm that I never knew so largo ami distinguished a fam lv as theirs, more peace fill. civil, refined and generous. They were provident, rich without ostentation, devotedly clannish to each other, and liberal to their friends and neighbors. Ilv marriage they became associated w'uli verv many of tho most intelligent ami inlluontiaffumilies throughout the Southern States, to-wit: Thomas Hart Henton, Jefferson Davis, Colonel Wil liam, President and Major General Le onidas Polk, George E. Badger, Stephen and Sherwood Haywood, Iouis D. Hen ry, General Blount and Branch, Wil liams, Dickens, Burtons, Hawkins, (J teens, Sommervilles, Cunninghams, M aeons. Battles, Seawells, McLemores and I. G. Harris. Dukes, Jones of War ren and Wake, Rayners, Connors, Bar ringers, Eatons, and last though not least, the lato Col. W. K. D. Ward, of vour city, whoso genius and energy organized and started the first railroad to the Pacific, and was its first presi dent. Hundreds of other families might lJ mentioned. Amongst them were four United States Senators, five Governors, eight members of the House of Representatives, and several Judges'.' A North Carolinian. Nelence and Religion. Nkw Rkrne, N C.' Corresjsindcnce of the News. Mks.sk. Epitoks: Not very long since "Tho News" copied from one of its exchanges, an appeal from a church man to the clergy, begging them to leave for a while, i loast, the discussion of theological q '.-"stions, and boldly faco the theory of evolution, which the writer feared w..-. undermining the faith of many, while the. clergy wer occupied with ti.ings of the past. In the "Popular Science monthly," for March, there is a pajer called. 'Atheism and the church," from tho pen of the Rev. G. II. Curters, a cannon of the church of England, in which this appeal is forcibly seconded, not as referring tb the hypothesis of evolution, but to the necessity of re-adjusting theological teachings so as to meet contempor science. "To the Greeks became I as a Greek." says St. Paul, and can on Curr tar in the same solrit. urges on the clergy of the church of England, that if thev would save their chnreh from be ing trampled down and its time honor ed frame work given up as a spurt to chaos, they must become Englishmen of the nineteenth centrry. Speaking to Knglishnien ot tne nineteenth century, he says, "the cnurcn must not part company with the world, she is com missioned to evangeliie; she must awakw from her renaissance and her mediaeval dreams; to turn over on her couch and try, by conscious effort, to dream those dreams again, when day light has come and all the house is fully astir, this surely were the height of faithless folly." lie emphatically says, evolution there has certainly been, ana ably traces the progress of man's moral and religious development in the Sem itic and Kuropean races, till the culmi nating point was reached, "when the human-divine of Asiatic speculation and the divinely-human of European phylosophy met and coalesced, and from that wedlock emerged christiani ty." Of the doctrine of pnysical evolu tion, he says: "Jo a lar&and mcreas ingnumberof churchmen, the evolution hypothesis appears, not only profused ly interesting, but probably "true. Thev mm mere noming io snake tlieir faith, and a good deal to confirm it. Man is what he is, in what ever way he became so. And here Atheists can nersuade themselves that this beautiful theory of the divine method helps their denial of a deity, the modern schools of theoloA gians is at a loss to understand," He truly says, "The church has had expe rience over and over again, how easy and how disastrous it is to banish from the door an unwelcome guest who was jerhaps, nothing less than an angel in lisguise. et of late years, headds. "it h;us been honestly confessed by divines, that the oldest and the j-oungest, of the natural science, astronomy and ecolo gy, so far from being dangerous, seem prov lueniiany destined to counteract a low and narrow materialism by giving men a higher ideal of the find thv ought to worship. "No one can listen to ordinary sermons, no one can open popiuar oooks oi piety, or doctrine, without feeling the urgent need there is among eh.irehmen for a higher ap preciation of the maieslie infinitude of Ood." In urging the clerirv to lie tin ind doing, he warns them against two mistakes: first, "that of abusing mod- ern science, ami tlenrecatintr its un questionable difficulties in relation to the established theology; and second, the still more fatal blunder of trusting to worn out tactics and to the 'artillery' of Jonothan and David for the reduc tion of these earth work." "No success will be obtained, how ever, unless churchmen will remember that the vast domains recently conquer ed by science aro ( practically speaking) assured and certain conquests." "Theology," says another English divine of tho present day, "accepts every certain conclusion of physical science as man's unfolding of God's book of nature." And when men can realize that theology is not religion they w ill cease to fear that true religion can be injured by true science, or dread even the hypothesis of man's physical, mental, moral and religious develop ment from tlie dust of the earth, of which he was formed bv the Lord God. M. B. C. SICE LEiaSLATORs. A -Newspaper Correspondent Stirs I'p the Illinois Menagerie. To th k Speaker and Gentlemen of the Hoi'sk of Representatives. In my published dispatches to the Chi cago Tribune from Springfield, I have hinted at some of the vices which have disgraced your body. I have by no means told all the truth ; but, perhaps for the reputation of the Thirty-first General Assembly, and the honor of the State, enough ha.j already been said. Yet I feel constrained "to add that there was a time when it was es teemed a-i honor to sit in your House : Init there a.o honorable, hbrh-minded ge'itlcien upoi tho floor to-day who fool humbled by tho conduct of some of their fellow -members, and aro ashamed to be there. Members of the General Assembly have visited the newspaper ollices in Chicago with stories of jobs aud bribery which have caused the ed itors of those papers to suppose that this Legislature was little else than a banditti preying upon the interests of tho State, and have begged the press to stir up this frog-pond of tilth covered with the green scum of corruption. It is a well-known fact that the dens of vice with which this city is crowded are nightly filled with members of your body. For evidence of this, your In vestigating Committee have but to call upon the police of Springfield, or the gamins, gutter-snipes and tramps who infest the town, or upon tho blear-eyed bawds who are the partners of their commerce, among whom these facts are notorious. From these places of infa my they straightway hie a.ul seat them selves at the social board among the wives and daughters of the best citizens of Springfield. It has been stated in the nature of complaint against the press that the people of Illinois are beginning to think that the Thirty-first General As sembly is a vagabond, worthless body. The press is not responsible for any ill opinion the people may have of it, for the reason that nothing has yet been published in any newspaper that these members have not said themselves. It has been said by a member of the House (Mr. Scroggsj that the Trinune has always been engaged in stirring up investigations, and that Mr. Joseph Medill, its chief editor, would never forgive this Legislature for electing John A. Logan to the United Stats Sen ate. It seems strange that the honor of this House should be jso suddenly wounded when it is notorious on the streets of Springfield that acts a hun dred fold more disreputable than any thing which have vet been published are occurring, and" when the current opinion escapes criticism the Speaker or tue j louse Dartereu rus vote tor United States Ssnator for the position he now holds. I have been called upon for the source of my. information. What I know was given to me by a gentleman of the House, whose veracity is unim pachable, and whose standing is as high as that of anv, under the strictest pledge of secrecy. Tf an exposure, of some of the notorious praotice of the members of this Assembly is seeking self-mar-tvrdom, as the gentleman from Coles (Mr. Neal) has asserted on the floor of the House, then I acknowledge myself open to the charge of seeking self-mar-trydom. The gentleman from Coles also says: "It seems to be the business of newspapers to make promiscuous charges." Probably he considers that the publication of the names of the members of the General Assembly who recently made the tour of the bawdy houses ofSt. Louis was a promiscu ous cliargel Frank E. Nevins, Correspondent Chicago Tribune. The death of a.New York man from pyiemia, or blood poisoning, occasion ed, as the attending physician decides, by poisonons matter received from the outside of silver coin or nickles which he had tested by biting, is another il lustration of the case with "which poi sonous virus is transmitted. Qne of the New 'York Health Board says sim ilar instances of infection are alarming ly common. ' ANOTHER WAR CLOUD I.Vn AXD FRANCE Ai AIXST EGYPT. The Khedive Disagreeable. Ills Op position to the Powers Fears of a Conflict. N. Y. Tribune. A dispatch from Cairo states that bus iness is completely suspended, and is likely to remain so until the decision of England and France is known. The Government is collecting money throughout the provinces, using every means of compulson. ; An immediate levy of 10,000 soldiers has been ordered. A special envoy has ! been sent Irythe Khedive to Constantinople. He tooic with him a large sum of money for the Sultan' The Khedive's opposition to England and Frahce'appeai s to have been well timed. Last month these nations de manded that the two European mem bers of his Cabinet should have con jointly an absolute veto on all measures they might deem inadvisable. They also stipulated that the Khedive was not under any circumstances to take part in the deliberations of the Council -. Miniotura ThA KhAlllVA ITlfiflklv ('- of Ministers. The Khedive meeKiy ac cented these terms, but in less than a month he has dismissed the European ministers, and is now busily engaged in collecting taxes and enrolling troops. En? and and France are of course, dis satisfied, but on consideration they find that they are pracucauy powerless. The Sultan is ready to oblige England so far as to depose the .Knedive, nut it is supposed that the latter wouia resist this decree, andproba bly declare him self independent. Unless, therefore, Kutrland and ranee nave recourse lo force the Khedive may act as he sees fit; and as neither nation is disposed to speak first, war seems out ot tne question. The Khedive is now in nis -yin your and there are reasons to believe mat ne has for some time entertained the am bition of throwing aside, to a certain extent, his subserviency to the Sultan and becoming an independent mon arch. He has an army at his disposal consisting of 4 regiments ot infantry numbering 12.000 men, a battalion ot chasseurs 1,000 strong; 3,o000 cavalry, an excellent artillery service with 1,5( 0 men and 2 battalions of engineers, which consist of l,o00 rank and nie. Beside these there are 'I regiments of black troops from Soudan 10,000 strong I Ilfs navy consists of t ships of the line, M) frigates, 9 corvettes, 7 brigs, 18 gun- lxats and 27 wooden transport snips. The financial scheme proposed by the Khedive, and which is the none oi contention between lnmseii ami me French and English bondholders, is based on the belief that, without at all increasing the taxes of the agricultural classes in Egvpt, and by compelling the foreign residents of Egypt, now ex empt from taxation, to bear their due . .... i - 1 3 proportion ol tne puimc ouruens, a sum sufficient to pay the interest upon the bonded debt, and provide a sinking fund which in twenty years would ex- tinenish the debt, can easily be raised. The conflict of opinion in political and financial circles here respecting this matter is becoming more acute; and al though the bondholders have thus far to a great extent obtained the public v. . t j- . i . : 1 . .. . ear, tne otner siue oi mo question jjj-s its advocates, who will prooably make themselves heard in Parliament on its reassembling after the Easter recess. contributed. My Willie. Art thou gone and left us here. Child ot our love, To realms where thou shalt shed no tear, In Heaven above; Where praises will thy tongue employ, Where happiness has no alloy, There thou wilt be our angel boy, My Willie. Thv father thought that thou would be, When aire did come. A pillar of great strength, that he' Misrht lean upon; Though thy young laugh was full of glee, ... Thv father thought that time would see. Thou weep for him, not him for thee. My Willie. Thv short sweet life was but a span. Mv heart's first joy, Twas done, ere it was well begun, Mv darline: bov. The'eveningsaw thee bright and gay, The midnight withering in delay. And ere the sun shone, clay was clay. My Willie. Thv life was as a morning flower. Whose gloom is shed. And within a single hour, For thou art dead, Who now will cheer thy niotiier s heart, : Since thou who wast of her a part, Has been laid low, by Death s it read dart ? My Willie. i But yet we hope to meet again, BeVond the tomb, Removed from scenes of grief aud pain. In heaven's home. And dwell forever with thee there, Revondthe reach of toil and care, Where we each others jov will share. Mv Willie. Memorial Iay at Xewbern. Nutshell. We aro glad to learn that the Hon. Alfred M. "Waddell, of llnungton, has acepted the invitation of our La dies' Memorial Association to deliver the. address here on Memorial Day. Col. Waddell is a very pleasant speaker. His address betore the Wil mington Association, ana tnai io me Cnion soldiers oi jsew i jik, weieiiMj-- r in conception, excellent in taste, and broad and statesmanlike in then- views. The observance of Memorial Day with us is always an occasion ot much interest and from the reputation of our orator for this year, wo are sale in promising all who may attend and we hope their names will be legion that the exercises of the 10th oi May next will be in no whit inferior to those of any previous 3-ear. STATE SEWS. Xew Hanover. Wilmington Review: The Superior for this Court and Criminal Court county are both ordered to meet on tno same day in the month of June. About 2 o'clock Sunday morning an attempt was made to rob the s.oroof Mr Geo. L. Schutte, on the corner of Fourth and Walnut streets. Star: Deputy Sheriff Daniel Howard starts for Kaleigh this morning with three colored prisoners for the peni tentiary. The Duplinese, the I'en- derites and the Onslowites picnic at Croom's Bridge, on the Northeast river, next Saturday.: They will do so in cel ebration of the Legislature's passage of the Angola Canal bill. The drying department of the plough manufactory of Hart, Ifailey A Co., was injured by fire yesterday. Loss about $300. Sheriff S. R. Chinnis, of Brunswick, arrived here from Smithville on the steamer Passport, yesterday afternoon, with three colored prisoners in his charge. Craven. Xewbern Xut Shell: 80 instead of 60 casks, or 3.3J0 instead of 2,r20 gallons of oil, win be realized trom the 'monster whale recently caught near Morehead Citjy. J ustice Stanly issued a warrant yesterday on an affidavit made by Sarah Thomas for the arrest of one Grimes, (not old Grimes) for forcible trespass; or in other words she was under the impression that Grimes was a kidnap per, etc. AASON, The Health or the People A Word About the Frost- Presidential Preferences. Correspondence of the News. Lilesville, X. C, April l.r. There is considerable sickness here abouts now, pneumonia, diarrhoea e being prevalent, but no very serious caes reported. Early wheat is injured by the late frosts and freezes, and some oats are killed. Of fruit we will have an entire failure. A few peaches, plumbs and cherries are left, but will most likely drop off, and a few apple trees are. put ting in a late appearance in the way of blooms. We ought not to complain ; because we have had five successive big fruit crops ; and T "will remember when. if in two out of three years the April frosts did not destroy everything, we were well satisned. Gardens have suffered greatly, and early vegetables will le amongst the unenjoyable luxuries this spring, i Our Fee Dee people are for Thurman, Hendricks or Baj'ard in preference to Tilden ; would prefer, probably Han cock or McClellan to any one of them ; but they are ever of tho leal and the true and will support the nominee. A communication sent you some two weeks ago was not published, or if it was I never saw it, right enough prob ably. But there were some things in it that your Kaleigh readers ought to have "seen ; and you ought to dig it up, out of the "waste basket"' and dilate a wee bit on certain matters therein re ferred to. I mean the "trade" of this section, which by proper efforts Raleigh could secure. More soon, Yahoo. The ArmyiBill is in the Senate. The threat of a Presidential veto hangs over it. It is the boast of Americans that their Government is free that it is the Government ofthe people, not of the Executive. We are wont to deplore the lack of liberty in Great Britain. Tt is spoken of in this country as melan choly. Our orators are shocked at the terrible powerof athrone. Mr. Tucker reminded us a few days ago, quoting from "Hatsell's Precendents,"of a frag ment of English history: "On the 17th of December, 17S3, the Ho. tse came to a resolution. 'That it is now necessary to declare that to re port any opinion or pretended opinion of His Majesty upon any bill or other proceeding depending in either House of Parliament, with a view to influence the votes of the members, is a high crime and misdemeanor, derogatory to the honor of the Crown, a breach of the fundamental privileges of Parliament, and subversive of the Constitution of this country.'. The motto for the Grant "Aut Caesar aut nihil." boomers is, An Afternoon at the Bench Show. Correspondence of the News. Pouohkeepsie, X. Y., April 12. Asa representative of the Hunting Club of Raleigh, an afternoon was spent at Gilmore's Garden, Xew York, before the close of the greatest Bench Show ever held in the world. The catalogues contains nearly a thousand entries and embraces dogs of all varieties from nearly every portion ofthe world, such as mastiffs, rough and smooth-coated St. Bernards, New foundland and Siberians, greyhounds, deerhounds, pointers, English, Irish and Gordon setters, spaniels, fox hounds, beagles, daschunde, collies, coach dogs, terriers of every variety, pugs and poodles. A number of celebrities were on ex hibition. The Westminster Kennel Club exhibited the well known pointer, Sensation, lemon and white, five years old, winner of seven prizes in England, and thirteen prizes in America. His well known superiority caused his name to be excluded from the list of competitors. Mess. Lincoln and Hellvar, Warren, Massachusetts, exhibited the champion pointer "Snapshot," lemon and white, nine years old, winner of twelve prizes in Europe and America, who proved to be the champion of the Bench Show of 1879 bv bearing away the first prize. The'display of English setters was extraordinary, embracing scores of prize winners. The black and tan setters exhibited by tlie Nassau Kennel Club of St. Lou is", Missouri, were of a fine order and much admired by sportsmen. "Korv O'More," three years old, ex hibitcd"bv Wm. X. Callendar, Green bush, X. Y., won first prize over all the red setters. Mr. Callendar holds him at five thousand dollars. The Red Irish were abundant and the best collection ever displayed to the view ofthe public. The first prize was awarded to the Baltimore Kennel Club who exhibited the champion "Derg" four years old. The display of mastiffs, St. Bernards and Siberians jvas very creditable. These were giants some weighing over two hundred pounds. The lot of pug's was a beautiful one, also that ofthe Italian greyhounds, but the display of terriers was not merito rious as regards quality. Quite a number of ladies were found admiring the little pugs. Making my way through a crowd to a party of la dies that surrounded a kennel I saw the object of their admiration. It was the little pug "Bothnia," three years old, entered by Miss Henrietta Brow nell, of Providence, R. 1., who placed the sum often thousand dollars against its name on the catalogue. "Bothnia" rilled the eyes ofthe ladies as well as the judges for they awarded her the first prize. Special prizes were awarded to little "Nell" the beautiful pug owned by Mrs. W. H. Beadle, of New York. The Bench Show has been a irrand success. Yesterday afternoon the com mittee paid tho prizes in gold to the amount of two thousand and fifty dol lars. Giving besides ninety -three mod sis. The pleasant event of the Bench Show will long be remembered by all lov ers ofthe canine family who in the future will look forward to their annual re union with much pleasure. Over seven hundred entries have al ready been made for the coming show to be held at Philadelphia on the 21st of April, under the auspices of the Phila delphia Kennel Club, which promises to be as great a success as the one just closed. Very respectfully, ' i. p. c. MRS. MARY MOON. A SKETCH Ol' THE Fr.MiLE Hl VIVAI.IST. From the Hooaler State Katia Ur Home Ordained a Minister She Coinea t North Ctirolina The Ex tent of Her Work. The subject of this sketch lias been carrying on the work of the revivalist in this State with great power and ac ceptance at intervals, during the past two years. The State Press has teem ed with accounts of her work bat no sketch of her life has yet been publish ed. The Xews has deemed it of inter est to lay before its readers a few par ticulars of this lady's expe.Ience. An inte.-view was kindlv granted the re Iorter by Mrs. Moon last night. HER APPEARANCE. In stature she is of average height and rather inclined to corpulency. , Her face is quite prepossessing.her complex ion fair, eyes large blue, and her hair flaxen. She is of middle age and talks tiue.itly but in the quaker style ; she was very modest and did not secmanx ious to parade her history before tho public. The reporter after a most faithful exercise of his wits, succeeded 'n putting together tho following littlo narrative. HER LIKE. Mrs. Moon was born in Indiana, where she spent the early portion of her life. Before sho became of age the family moved to Kansas, which State she claims as her home. In the county of Lyon, on a quiet little farm Mr. and Mrs. Moon spent their fi.st few yea.sot married life. It happened thai a series of very interest ing and imp: essive meetings were going on in the neighborhood, aud Mrs. Moon was a regular and much concern ed attendant. Finally the weight of her guilt that had been so heavy upon her was suddenly lifiod and from that time she dates "the beginning of her conversion. For a whilo it seemed very bright and happy, "but soon I bega l to shrink from my plain DtlTY, said she, "and for three long, dreary years, 1 traveled a dark road. I don't like to look back over those honrs now; nut after awhilo 1 sought comfort and help from above, and ever since that time, I have felt as if I was moved by Divine power, my labors seeiu to have been crowned with wonderful success wherever I went." For a while in the early stage of her conversion, Mrs. Moon "exercised" some before she was regularly brdalned a minister, which occurred in Jasper county, Mo. in 1871, but she did not even then consider herself as wholly conse crated to her work, she "occasionally shrank back and would' HAVE SPELLS OF oLOOM," and it was not until about throe years ago that the season of uninterrupted peace of soul and entiie devotion to her work set in. The first j'car of her ministry was carried on in Indiana. From place, to place she, with her husband and littto family, would go where they were called. They had no regular place of abode. In tho early winter of 1H77 sho was called to this State and spent tho whole of that season in her religious work. She returned to Indiana last summer, and again being importuned by numerous of tho churches of this State last fall, sha came back and has been steadily pursuing her EvaugelicaJ work ever since. She has been most actively engaged in the work and has conducted large meetings in Charlotte, Winston, High Point, Greensboro, Goldsloro, and a number of other places. Her efforts have been most successfully rewarded, having been instrumental in the con version of over livo hundred souls dur ing the past few mouths. HER WORK IN RALEIfJII. Mrs. Moon is not feeling well. She is much worn with the fatigue conse quent upon so much incessout labor, and she feels that it will be necessary for her to take a short respite from her work. She is very much encouraged at the prospect of her work here. , " of course," said sho, " it is not as good as we would dosire. There are eight con verts and nine out seekers, so far; and as soon as the church becomes thor oughly stirred on the subject we may look for a large number of converts. She has a nnmler of reqnosts from other churches in the State, but as, yet has not decided where she wili go next. Possibly to Wilmington. A Call for t'onnervntinm. Vick-sburg Herald. If there over was a time when the Southern people should labor lo break down sectional and race prejudice, that time is now. We don't Want a "S,olid Xorth" against a "Solid South," and it is very hurtful to have race arrayed against race in the South. The Conser vatives of both races in the South have a grave responsibility on-them. Will they be equal to it ? The Wilmington and Xorffclk Canal. Wilmington Sun. Capt. F. W. Frost, chief engineer of the water routes, who had been in tho city for some days past, loft yesterday for Newport, a station on the A. A N . C. railroad, whore he will be joined by a party for tho purpose of surveying tho route for tho proposed canal from Norfolk to this city. No opium ! No morphia or other dan gerous drug is contained in Dr. Btlll's Baby Syrup, for tho relief of Colic, Teething, etc. Price 25 cents. The Fourth Annivertrjr. Correspondence ofthe News, Raleioh, April loth. -To-morrow begins the fourth year of our arrival in the city of Kileigh. On tho 17th of April, infd, we opened at our preient -stand, a "Regular Boot and Shoe Store," and ' selected as our motto, "A Good Shoe at a Low Price." Please permit us through your valuable paper to express to the citizens of Raleigh and vicinity, especially the ladies, our most sincere thanks for" the liberal patronage they have bestowed on us. and at tho same time to inform thorn that ye have largely increased our stock of boots ami shoes of all kinds; having recently re ceived from tho leading manufacturers a very full and variea line of all the latest and most fashionable Spring and , Summer styles for ladies, gentlemen and the children. We are also pleased to note a very marked reduction in prices. As an instauee wo would quote a very good gaiter at $L formerly sold at 2." Indies Nevvjiorts at 1.2o, former price 2.25. Again thanking the Rilcigh public for past favors, wo shall le happy to continue to receive tho same.1 Very respectfully. Heller bros. No. 31, Fayette vi He t. Jnt Opened White ve.-its at 1.00 $1.251.50. R, B. Anorbws A Co.. Clothiers auJ Hatter. Crackers and CUe, In large quantities at Watson's cheap grocery atore. m "' '
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