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Hews d!W2iM V j I ACT H . I ; i. i. i If VOL. XV. 10 RALEIGH, N. C, FEIDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1879. $5.00 PER ANNUM. .41 I I JL il WASHINGTON Till; PBOCEEDIM.K UT TELE. unini. Tfco II Hmr r if Active T1 Wrk Moe Mlmm- SrsTfc-(n the expiration of the morning hour, the appropriation bill wm uiken up. Morgxn. or Alabama, being entitled to the floor. M organ aaid, ItuU bervufter he intended to sieak ia vindication of the Attitude of the Southern nerubrof which had bven the object of :nr h unjust as persion. meouin ws tui rrsmi)ii Me for the exUteti.e of ue queatiou now agitating the public lie had eon- Idered it the bo-t at pre. to yield to hi friend from It. .' ia.. i Yuoheo). Voutnn called aXtcutioii to what Jie f.rd wm not pr-.iT-l ! v real! rod, narnelv, that federal in.r. fraue ex tended not only to Catrrional hut to ail Stale and local eleuon Ameri can ritti4vs by thus having ovennym put over them, were reduced to the condition of alve. Voohee detailed the ytetn of elec tloo law, and pointed out provision therein dangerous to free ballot, vnd uaurpers always uko the advantage of ut h tl Law s; alre wl v our eople hare seen them ued to defeat the popnl.tr will. Cea.sar sent etmarie Into the )TTvinoe to incite disturbance a.- an v-u.m to use ine army to Keep T t'. Thoaatue thing might Ihj done and had lriiluii bv the President of the Unit ed tate- Teller followed, and said the Ik iBM-nu had uulil now utaiiicd ti- ve:o power oftlie President. The pf pr place to lest the validity of law wa- In tae courts. The IVmocratic cry f-r f.e ballot ts !nxnsitent, as all rieclioj frauds for the l.vii thirty year 1m ve been advantage to the leniocratic party. He concluded by citinir evi dence heard by the Teller eonunilte as proof of correctness, injustice to his artlment- W'AnHixnToM. April IT. Hoi-s: Imtucdlatcly after reading the journal theuetion carue up from yesterday iiiormnc on t e bill reortcd from the Coimnitteee on Coinage, Weights and Me inures to provide for exchange auxi liary silver coins for legal tender uioin-y and to make such onin leal tender in nil sums uot exceeding ten dollars. The question was, on a rivHion made by i;uckner. of Missouri, chairmau of the Committee on Banking and Currency to refer the bill to that committee. That motion w as opied by Stephens, of Georgia, chairman of the Coinage Committee, who argued that the bill tune from the appropriate committee ii now before the House was short, simple, and ought to le acted upn by the Ho to-day. A motion to ri tcr w ics sustained by liuckner, w ho argued that if the Coinage Committee, hod juiis-di-tion of the question involvel in tl.c Lill then it had jurisdiction of tin vv hole system of currency of the coun try, whereas the functions of that com luiitee were properly comined to tt-h-nicul piuts tit rviiiuv device, dies, Vc. 1 he ume -ointa were enforcetl by t helieiulen. of New Vnk. wiio h;ul presented a s CiIion o:i li. h tin ul v as reHrtet, but the bill w as be to the iloiix' and should le .f.nc.l on ii.i uierits aioiiM. opjoi.c tlte view was held bv Chatiln, of Maa husetts. w ho argued tliat the juridii-tion of the banking ixunmirtee was -jntineil to luatters connectel with the national I anks. The bill, therefore, had i-ouie from the appropri tte committee and should b pas.el. 1'rice, of low., tle riared himself in favor of abolishing the Uanklmr and Currency roiminittv if I. had not control of the subject of tl e ill. 'i'ue discussion is still '"K He House has been lrought by previ ous qutsttion to vote ou a motion to re er the, silver bill to the flanking Com tuiittee, and that tL umhIoii ial Wen rejected J to V7, and that the bill was uow before the House for action. At the close of morning hour the sul sidlary ailver bill went over till to i.iorrow. An effort was made by At kins, of Tennessee, to have debate on the legislative bill closel next Satur day. That provokei a oontrov ery 1h tween Atkins and Conger, the latter in terpreted a remark ol Atkins into an apology to him. Atkins informed him, however, that he was incable of aj-ol-ogizimj to that gentlemau to that man. Conger aaid that be was equally glad that the gentleman w ithdrew hi apology. Atkins told him that he had not withdrawn it. Conger was equally glad the gtntlenan show ed some little feeling. Atkins thought it a pity that Conger did not show some, but he had none. It was agreed la extend the de bate until Friday of next week. The House then went into a commit tee of the whole on the legislative bill. Kelly niade a speech against the poli cy of attempting to coerce the President into signing the appropriation bills, and warned the Iemocratic party that if it attempts to override the mm' in an v other than a constitutional way it will be trampled under the feet of an indignant people. Said he would vote for a repeal of the test oath for jurors il before the House as a se(arate measure. At the expiration of the hour, Kelly's time was, on motion of Mr. Carlisle of Kentucky, extended fifteen minutes. Ilia speevh was .listened to with mark ed attention. Carlisle followed. In his remarks he aid: " Disclaiming any intention to make appeal to passions ; disclaiming any intention to excite partisan feeling or to distract the judgment of the peo ple's representatives on this very exci ting question, I say to the gentlemen on the other aide, not in any spirit of arrogance or dictation, but with all the deliberation and correctness which the frravity of this great subject demands, that these laws must be repealed, aud that this power of the executive to con trol the election of the people's repre sentatives must le taken away." I Ap plause on the Iemocratio side. Mre Vrssl Iioaa. Albamt, April 17th. In the assem bly Mr. Fish offered a concurrent reso lution that a committee be apointed to tender the hospitalities of the Slate to Grant on his return to this couutry. Laid over under the rules. t'ir Damp mmi lelBk. BrCsaxlh. April 17th' An explosion from fire damp in the A grippe Coa. Pit, near Mons, Belgium, caused the wood work of the shaft to catch tire and fall In. There were 240 men iu the tains, and tear that many ierished. Ta Wlf Msrdrrsr llM(f4. CHAMBKBSBtro, Pa., April 17th. Hes ekiah ShalTer who uiurdereAl his wife, February, 17S, was hAiigeU to-day. A PInmabI Affair. Correspond nc of th News. lULKiuu, April 16tli. On Monday. 9 a. ui., the 14th instant, Mr. Robert K. Paxham took his dejartur from thi city, accompanied by Miss Minuie Par ham, Mesara. John Armstrong, Pascal Uriflia, Macon L. Parbaui aud Rev. W. K.Uwaltney,and at 4 p.m. they arrived at th residence of Cape W. S. Harris, of Franklin county, wuo gave the party and several other young people in his community a apienuia reception. About eijnt o'clock supper was announced, all gladly responded to the call, and on entering the dining room, found a long table tMJUUtifullv MUtudied with evi-rv thing the country afforded Mipjer being over, ull returned to fhe imrlor. and when the gentlemen looked at their w atches to sec if it was in o'clock, Imd to their surprise it was IJ o'clock. At a. m. on the follow ing morning. Mr. H. K. I':trtnm and Miss Ka Harris attended by Mr. Johnnie It. Williams ami Miss .Minnie rarham, Mr. Macon I., rarham and Miss Sallie C irims Mr. I ward A. Crudup and Miss Iu SJianiMee, Mr. John Armstrong am Miss lleltie Harris entered the parlor. ani after an impressive ceremony bv Kev. W. It. Ci wait. icy the couple first tnenitioned were pronouueed man and wife. At 10 o clock the party entered their carriages with cheerful he-arts to return to this eitv. Arrived at the res idence of Mr. J. II. Itukcr at 6:30 p. m., where the happy couple recvived many hearty congratulations from their mi merous friends and acquaintance. At 9 o'clock the cheerful party were Invlt- ed in the dining room, where they par took or many delightful sweets tbero In provided. After returning to the parlor, the serenader came, which added greatly to the enjoyment of the evening. It is the sincere w ish of the writer, that peace and happiness attend them till death. M. Where Is Oar llerltc? frrepndfnce of the Oxout, April li. Kieuzi.the last of the Ilotuan tribunes, uttered an ex pression which our eo ple might well co.isider. "Our father were freeman. Where is our heritage? Not sold, not given away : but stolen, now by fraud, now by force, nlchel from us in our un guarded sleep, or wruug from ii with fierce hands amidst our crits and strug gles." The above language prtray vividly to our minds the present condition of our once lutppy country, with the hand of a ciu'ra.iiiig despotism crushing out the libertHs of our people. There was a time when Italiau freemen glo rieil in the thought that they were the citizens of a country whose protecting agis w:ts thrown around her humblest subject when a pereeuted Paul could make the arms ol his iersecutoni fall tremulous by their sides, w ith the an nouncement that they had insulted and violated the rights ol a Roman citi.en. Yea, and there was a time when the unconuerah!v love of freedom that inspire I our venerated fathers made the British lion tremble and respect our rights, as the proud bin! of freedom lifted its pinions on high, teaching the na tion of the earth that Americans knew their rights and dared maintain them. What a change has come over our be loved country since that memorable day when the immortal Pinckney aw ed an arbitrary isxentatc into silence bv rejecting the will of his countrymen in th exprcioii. "millions for defense nut not one cent lor trinute. look at the condition of our country to-dav .... i i v nat uo vv e ie'io..i r v e se-" a minor it v lvesident, ri pi eventing nootie l ilt the men wiio give into a forged tide to another man s oi'.v-c. coninling with the represcntaUv c of the people for the privilege of controlling, bv miiitarv mterference, the elective franchise o the nation. Not three years have ia..scd away since, irom center to ci renin ter euce ! this mighty Republic, the' peo ple were awakened from their reverie with the astounding new s that the re tiring . iiiriutiii or ma corrn pt, thiev nig clan, wus cmcentratiiig troops at the Capitol of the nation. A deed of daring had to le done to install aminoiity President against the w ishes of the p.'" dc. and to keep the many plunderers of the nation in otlb e until the military misruler should sport amid the cour tiers of Kiine to return to assume once more the reins of government; and I'lysscs S. (iraut did not scruple to make the exeriiiient. A lew more experiment of a similar nature, on a more gigantic scale, if carried out to a successful termination, would awe our once proud and prosperous Republic into silence, stop the pulsations of freedom in the laud, and bring the sov ereignty of the states in servile degra dation at the feet of a corrupt, controll ing owor at the capital ol the nation. iiat christian does not feel like he ought to enjoy the privilege of giving vent to his feelings, w hen he sees his Frauduleiiev" occupying the highest onition of trust in this great republic, with his selected emissaries around liiin plundering the country, talking about the great necessity of sending armed grenadiers to disturb the froislom and quiet of elections, and arrest all w ho dare to intimate that they have, no bu siness there, "without pro-ess" of law? Myriad eyes are turned to Congress, tthe hope of the country, in this trying crisis in our country's history. The question is, w ill Congros-s, in t"Ui.s try ing moment, yieldingly crouch at the ieel of centralizing ower, or manfully resist further encroachments on Amer ican lilerty? We want no Cromw'ellian influence to preserve the purity and freedom of the ballot lx and the press, and to dictate to the representatives of the jeople what laws they shall pass for the protection and government of the country. Rutherford II. Hayes may place his minions of misrule and corruption in positions of trust and honor, that should Oe filled by the virtuous and intelligent worthies of the land ; but it is with Congress to say whether or not their constituents shall exercise the rights of freemen at the ballot-lsix, or bo driven, at Uie point of the bayonet, to express the will of a usurper. If the treasures of our country cannot be used for a bet ter purHse than the subversion of American liberty, and the degradation and oppression of the people, let Con gress, by a judicious tightening of the pursy strings, teach unscrupulous char acters that the sinews of war cannot lo granted, by sagacious statesmen, to those base enough to use them in up rooting Hint demolishing tho cherished institutions of the couutry. To uso the language of a Northern writer, I will say, "If the acting President wants money for his soldiers, let him promise to use" thoin for no purpose hostile to the rights of the States or the lilwrty of the ieople." If the minority man from Ohio is too intent in his purMse to con trol the election franchise of the coun try to s&iicliou the appropriation hill of" Congress requiring the removal of his troops from the election precinct of the country, the sooner the people learn the unyielding and subversive iutent of the centralizing power at Washington, the better. Marti ia an artful dodger. lie dodged the vote on the army Dill, but toed the mark like a little man on (Jar fields proposition "that no amendment changing existing laws should be at tached to appropriation bill." Ho voied with his party and attempted to accomplish Indirectly What he lacked the manhood to do directly. Martin i not a aucccsa; nd tho seat that, he so seldom tills oa the Republican side of the House will soon know hiur no more, or words to that e.'loct. Hebanvalefr Kemalnm. IoxDOX, April 17. A Berlin dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette, says that Count SchouvalotT. in deferring tdthe Caar's wish, has withdrawn his request to retire to private Ufa, and wi)l proba bly remain the Russian ambassador at London, t ; : ... . DYING DARKIES. Tilt: liA.N-iAS FEVER SETS IX. Destitute In Ule In Kansas Seven teen lluui!rd In Wyandotte Aid Is .4 sited from the I'ut eIMt 4ie -Sic. Help less and Dying. Ity THeirraph to the News. A dispatch 'roni Kansas City states that a larre number of the colored ref ugee frcm th Southern States were brought i the river and landed from the steand oat i at Wyandotte. They are in a nu t d stitute condition. Dur ing the jmst le.v days it has been imios sible for them to uroeure anv place of abode. The churches and public halls are tilled. Tho exposure, to which these homeless immigrants are subjected is great. Many are in a helpless condi tion sick from exposure, worn out and hungry and many are dying. .Mr. Shelly, the mayor of Kansas City, has telegraphed the Secretary of War, askiug for aid from the United States Government, that an order may te sent to issue rations to these starving darkies from Fort Leavenworth. Kan sas. The Secretary replied that he had no authority to issue such an order. He advised that applicatiou be made to Congress, uow in esion : that it was exclusively a matter for the jurisdiction of t. o tigress. committee on th part of the citi- rons of Wyandotte has been formed to look after the sufferers, and have issued a call to the citizens of the United States for immediate aid to relieve their terri ble sutlcring. The committee further state that there are 1700 entirely desti tute already iu the city, and thousands more in the same condition are on the way and begging for immediate assist ance. All contributions should be ad- dressed to Northrup t Sons, bankers, of" the Kxecutivu Couimit- Irca.su rcrs toe. STATE 3TEWS. Foray the. Winston Leader: Revenue raider are reported to tie destroying "the worm of the still" or the "still itself in Stokes county.- We understand that several of our tobacco factories will soon be opened with their full quota of hands. Kncouraging sign. Forsyth Superior Court begins next Monday. Judge Schenck will preside. A series of meetings will begin in the Baptist church next Sunday. Prayer meetings will be held to-night, and also to-morrow and Thursday nights. Winston ought to have a tobacco fair. What savour tobacco men? Let's get up one and show to the world what North Western North Carolina can do. Winston Sentinel : Superior Court begins next Monday. The wheat crop is looking verv unpromising. The jK'ach crop w ill be small this year, but the prospect for a good apple crop is good. About two thousand per sons gathered at the Moravian grave yard on Faster morning to observe the church ceremonies. Geo. Lindsay, colored, sentenced at hist spring term of Forsythe court, for forgery, was re leased last Saturday. llrown A Vaughn's hardware more was broken into again on Tuesday night, and a numoer ot pistols, Knives auil money taken. No clue to the burglars. ew Hanover. Wilmington Star: Our She'' 1 -are nrkiinK i. --- ..v.-virsion to this city on the HKh of Mav. The erection of the propo d tobacco factory on Chestnut, neai the corner of Seventh street, hs U'un comniencetl. A col ored individual from Charleston was selling very tine straw lorries on our streets yesterday at cents per quart. The police "report that a little child of Mr. George Doyle was assaulted by a colored girl Tuesday afternoon, who roblK'd her of a small sum of money and took her rings out of her ears. The police were informed of tho fact, but no club coukl bo furnished as to the perpetrator of the outrage. Review : The work of digging out the bar in Bald Head or Seward Channel by the steamer Woodbury, is progressing finely. She digs out about one hundred yards of sand a dav. Mecklenburg;. Charlotte Observer: A thief entered Long it Bros, grocery store on Trade street, but only got a Ik)x of to bacco, having been scared oil bv one of the firm. There is still somo talk alout the presentation of "Pinafore bv amateurs, An attack like the one made on Mr. C. Kucster was made on Mr. C. W. Kddins, a clerk in the post ottice. A negro waylaid him, and might him, but Mr. Kddins plunged his tocket knife into him, when his assailant lied. The occurrence rather scares the people. Shad are now be ing caught on tho Catawba river in con siderable quantities. Abont a doz en pairs wore brought to the city day be lore yesterday and sold lor sixty and seventy-five cents per pair. A move ment has been set on loot to organize a cavalry company to le composed of citizens of the town and county. Up to yesterday a'wnit '25 names had been secured, and it is likely that the num ber w ill lm doubled in a few weeks. (Iranvllle. Oxford Torchlight : The young men of Oxford are making arragenients to make the "May day Ball" the grandest of the season. The beauty of Granville will be present, and fair friends from other counties are anxiously expected. Granville Superior Court is now in session. 1 nere are im cases on tne crimi nal docket to be disposed of. The In ferior Court was in session only three days last week, and disposed of '0 cases out of 41, and only one appeal to the Superior Court taken. The cases dis posed of were not verv important. Dr. II. C. Herndon, President of the Oxford and Henderson Railroad, re turned from Baltimore last Friday, where he had been to confer with the President of the R. A. G. R. R. Wayne. Goldsloro Messenger: The Superior Court will wind up its lalwrs for the present term by Saturday evening. But few cases have so far been disposed of 011 the civil docket. The crimnal dock et Mends Henry Griswold, colored, to the penitentiary for one year for lar ceny. Ruffin Iodge, K". of P., only re-in-stateu a lew weeks ago, is aireauy s 1 1 . again in a very nourisuiug conuiuon, even more so than at anv previous pe riod since its first organization. The trial of Josiah McKinne Butts, indicted for the murder of Jack Smith, on the 6th of February last, was commenced in the Superior Court luesuay eveuiug. A special venire of seventv-nve naa been summoned for the occasion. Jones. Goldsboro Mc-senger : Gen. Robert Ransom has bee.i assigned to the work of cleaning out the 1 rent river, the river will be navigable to irenton Dy September next. dull ford. Greensboro Patriot: There seems to be a revival in the blockade wnianey business. The revenue men captured a few barrels entering town last night. Mr. John A. Barringer has aoeept- ed the invitation (o deliver the Memo rial address at thJonfederate cemetery on the luth of May. Col. James rt. Morehead will act as Chief Marshal on that occasion. sDr. R. K. Gregory has recently invented a little contriv ance for registering the beating of the pulse. It is muafa aim pier and che;r than instrument fbr that purpose w in use The partj of engineers v.., ur Mr. Morrison arrived here last iiight and will at once begin the survey of the Fayetteville road at this end. When the survey is made the work of grading will at once begin. Marry. Winston Sentinel: N. A. Boyden was arrested on Friday last on a bench warrant from. Judge Schenck, charged with mutilating the records in the ottice of the Register of Deeds in Surry coun ty, by cutting oat a leaf containing a (.feed "he had madeito the late Chief Jus tice Pearson. Deputy Sheriff Dickey carried him to Stokes on Sunday. M'ss Holton, th young lady who sometime since received license to prac tice law, we learn, has located in Dob son, Surry county, in partnership with her brother. Anson. Wadesboro Herald : The fruit in this section is not all killed. A few peaches and apples yet remain uninjured. The bird law is now in force. No one is allowed to shoot, trap or net auy partidges, doves, robins, lark or mock ing bird, or wild turkey, under penalty often dollars for each offense. The Chcraw A Wadesboro Railroad will reach this place about December 12th, next, it is thought- M eeklenburg- Charlotte Observer : The Central Ho tel dining rooms was the scene of an elegant german last night, the first, save one, since the Lenten season be gan. The Inferior Court, last week, failed to furnish a single railroad hand to the State something unprecedent ed. Iredell. Statesville Landmark: It has been mooted that business generally will be suspended in Statesville on the 20th of May, and the younger portion of the population will repair to a grand pic nic at Buffalo Shoals, on the Catawba River. Hon. W. M. Robbins will deliver the address on Decoration day, May 10th. Oranjre. Durham Tobacco Plant: Julian S. Carr and family will leave for Florida in a few days "where they will spend several weeks. The contest for May oralty of Durham is growing warm and the friends of the candidates are active ly at work. The great revival at the Methodist Church has closed, alter pro gressing for over two weeks. About 1 persons have professed faith in Christ, abou. 40 of whom joined tho Methodist Church last Sabbath. Beaufort. Washington North State Press : The prisoners in the county jail made a suc cessful effort at escape on Sunday night. There was an accident on the Wash ington A Jamesville Railroad a day or so ago, wherein a couple of cars were smashed and a few passengers hurt. Person County. n't l.o X wa a v Roxhoro, April 15th. The scarcity of news in my county is the cause of my long delay in writing, and even now there is but little of general inter est. We have recently had two deaths from paralysis, M. D. C. Bum pass and George Oakley, both near neighbors, living in the south eastern part of the county. Our'neople are anxious to see the rail road bill passed by the Legislature, in which they are interested. We want a railroad as an outlet, and wish to sen the bill, to acertaiu-MBoon as possible whether we can comply with its provi sions. The town of Roxboro is constantly improving. Mr. J. A. Long, an enter prising merchant, has just built a largo store house, and has it nearly complet ed; W. H. Winstead has erected a grist and saw mill, with three sets of runners and one circular saw, and a distilery attachment, run by a fifty four horse lwer engine, which is being pushed to completion; there are two schools in successful operation, one for the while and the other for the colored race; be sides other smaller improvements. The farmers are preparing for their usual crops, and the favorable weather of March has greatly forwarded their interests. It has been the dryest March within the memory of our "oldest citi zens, in fact it lias been and is yet, too dry. The oat crop, from fall seeding, will be light, being mostly killed by the severe winter. Tho adjournment of the Legislature seemed to be a relief to the people. They certainly did not make a favorble impression in this section. They were too much like the Indian's pole on the retrenchment question so "straight that it leaned a little the other way. For example, they made a new form of a deed of conveyance, and put the pro bate at ten cents and the registration at twenty cents. This cuts the clerks out of fifteen cents, and the Register of Deeds out of sixty cents; and to accom plish this it must have cost the State not less than twelve or fifteen hundred dollars of the people's money, raised by taxation, while the little fees were paid i,v riT-atrv.riiM h w th miainnaa " f " J J. I done. And this is in keeping with a great deal of their legislation, if I have read aright. But at one fell swoop they tax the people to the tune of F1FTT THOUSAND DOLLARS for one Railroad. That is retrenchment and reform with a vengeance. Where the money comes by taxation they are lavish, but when it is paid by private Jmrties, to a little county officer, as a ee, they are excedingly parsimonious. Officers in small counties can scarcely live by their offices at best, and another such Legislature would put county of fices in many counties at a premium. But it is hoped that we will soon have the Acts out, so that we may know exactly what has been done; then we can form a better opinion of their work. With present light their work appears rather unfavorable. Equity. A North Carolina Pedestrian. Oxford Torchlight. Pedestrianism continues a theme among the gentry of Franliuton. Hear what Mr. Samuel V. Smiley says: 4 1 can leave Franklinton by day, take breakfast one hour b' sun at Mt. Ener gy, take dinner with friend Noel at Mt. Tirzah, and reach Roxboro one hour by sun and sell a couple of hundred of pictures on the way."Thus he will trav el on the direct road over fifty miles,anJ allowing the day to be thirteen hours long, he will lose one hour at break fast, one at dinner, three hours in sell ing pictures; and as he gets to Roxboro one hour before sunset, it will take two hours more from the day, reducing the actual time of travel to six hours, which will make upwards of eight miles an hour. Smiley says that he has done this. Call for the "Towntalk'by M. Grans THEIR FLYAL DOOM. THREE VILUWS TO RWIXG 1L1.SUORO. Fairly Tried and Properly Sentenred Davis, Andrews and Carl ton to Die Blay 2nd. Hlllsboro Recorder. The Court continued in session all, last week, adjourning on Friday, Its business was confined altogether to the Civil Docket which was gone through with, and many old cases finally dis posod of. ' -1 ' y The only matter of real interest did not transpire until Friday morning Soon after the call of the Court, Solici tor Strudwiok rose and informed his Honor that the transcript of the action of the Supreme Courtin the case ol the State vs. Henry A. Davis et als; duly certifying to the Clerk of this Court that there was "no error,'' had been received; and asking that the parties defendant be brought into Court. The order was given to the Sheriff, and Henry A. Davis, Henry F. Andrews ana iewis Carlton were brought 111. The Judge asked "the prisoners ii'thev had anything to say why the judgment of the Court should uot be pronounced as prayed for 7 Mr. Parish, of counsel for the defence. rose auu saiu, uiat 111 ue.ua 11 01 tlic prisoners, he could only say that they had uo .reason to complain thai they had not had every advantage which "a 1 1 . 1 A. 1 1 1 I . .. full, fair and impartial trial had given them, and he could therefore only ap peal xo the mercy ol the Court m-initl gation of penalties. He added, that Henry A. Davis uesired to address the Court; whereupon Davis rose in a calm, unexcited manner and said, that he had no cause to complain 01 the action of the Court which had convicted him; mat nis trial naa ueen lair ana impar tial; but that his life. was forfeited to the mis-statements of a witness (referring tc Atwater, col., wno turned State s ev idence;) and he added, "God knows I am innocent. I know lam." Tho other prisoners remained silent; and his Honor theu rendered thejudg meut of the Court as follows: The certificate from the Supreme Court being filed and read in this cause, certifying that there is "no error" in the judgment appealed from; aud af firming , the same, and directing the Court to proceed according to law: The judgment of :the Court now here is, that the prisoners at the bar, Henry A. Davis, Henry F. Andrews and Lew is Carlton, be remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Orange county, and by him to be safely kept in the common jail of said county until Friday, tho 2nd day of May, 187l; upon which day the said Sheriff is directed to take the said Henry A. JDavis, Henry F. Andrews and Lewis Carlton , to the place of pub lic execution between the hours of 10 o'clock, a. m. and 4 o'clock, p. 111. and hang them all by the neck until they be dead. Judge Buxton followed the formal annunciation of the judgment of the Court with a brief address to the pris oners. He said it was the first time he had ever seen them, and while com miserating their awful position, he must caution them ifiWdtlg&Tiikis tence. They must 6et about seriously and at oiice to make preparation for eternity; he advised them to seek the spiritual aid and counsel of ministers of Uie Gospel and of good christian friends; but at all events to realize that the judgment of this Court was final; and would most certainly be execu ted. The prisoners received the sentenco with calmness aluiost with stolid in difference. Their deportment struck every spectator; and it" could 011I3' be accounted for : upon the supposition that they did not realize their situation, or that they clung tenaciously to that hope which is the last possession the human heart gives up. On the contra ry, the spectators, of whom there were many, were deeply impressed with the solemnity of the occasion. During the time occupied by Judge Buxton in writing out the judgment of the Court, a deep silence reigned, only broken when he announced the conclusion of the writing. The prisoner were then remanded to the jail there to reuiaiu until the day fixed lor the execution. Thus ends another act in this long and deep tragedy. WHY THEY "EXODUS." Tne X eg-roes Leaving- tbe South He- cause They Want a Change. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "Come this way," said a gentleman at one of the desks, "this man wants to have a talk with you about going home, and is going to put your name in the paper." "What is his name?" the reporter asked. "William Chapman," answered the darkey. "And where do you hail from ?" "Ugh'n?" queried William. "Where do you come from?" "Mad'son pa'sh." "Well, now," said the gentleman at the desk, "tell the reporter here why iu. CJ..l. o 1" . ' ell'n ," said ( hapman, threaten ing to wipe his black nose with the rim of his hat, "l aunno. 1 wuz a nyeanm de people all talkin' about comin' an' a gittin' ready fur to come, and dey wuz a sayin' wat a nice place Ka-ansas wuz, an' so I jes' bundled up my things an' come along." "Was that your only reason for leave ing?" asked the reporter. "Dat'sde only reason I know for it," said William. "No one ever harmed or threatened you in the South ? You had no fears of the whites?" "Oh, no, no ; no, indeed. Bless you, no w'ite man ever ha'ed me." "And you never heard of any trou bles with the whites?" "Deed'n I didn't. Dar waz no trou ble 'bout in our parts; but I hearn say 'at over in y' other parishes dere wuz some shootin or sich. "You're not afraid togo brck South?" "Noh, I'm jiot'fraid! Wat I got to be 'fraid uv? Ef dere ain't no much shootin' and killin' dir we'n we . let". I can't see nulfiin' to be askeared on." "Then you are anxious to go back ?" "Deed'n lis. De Souf is good mil' fo' me. I ain't a hod no health here since I kum. I've a bin nios' ail in' to do. Nali, nah, I tell you I ain't fraid togo back. I had a nice place down dar, and wus livin' with Mr. Crandell Fo'r over nine year Mr. Crandell -was a nioeiuan. No, indeed, dere ain't no killin' where I cum from, 'cause if dere wux I bet you I wouldn't want ter git back." Xhe Case ofUeueral Porter Abroad. London Telegraph, April loth. No better evidence of the excited pas sions aroused by the American war can be adduced than the fact that seventeen years should have elapsed before it has been possible for a general, branded bv the severest sentence short of death which can be passed upon a soldier, to obtain a court of inquiry in order to sift the .evidence which led to his unjust condemnation, it seems scarcely cred ible that General Fitz John Porter should have been refused the chance of AT renabilitaang himself in the estimation of his eompxtriots during the eight years oi trenerai urant s Jt residency, yet such is the case. At length Presi dent Hav-es consented to grant to Gen eral i'or-.er the court ol inquiry for wmcn ne uau never eeasea to pray, and it will be a satisfation to the officers in every part of the worid to learn that of alter a thorough and searching exauii nation of the case it has been decided that the former verdict was nniust. Not only is General Porter declared to have tjoen wroiigfully convicted, but it is also recorded ,that at the second battle ot Manassas he was instrumental in . 1 i . preserving me reaerai army irom a still more crushing disaster. The re port ot the court ot inquiry, which awaits the President's approval, restores lutz John Porter to the position of which the sentence of 1862 deprived him, and entitles him to receive the back pay due to him since the date of his dismissal from the army. We en tertain no manner of doubt that this re versal of an unjust condemnation will be acceptable to the citizens of the great republic. General Porter was widely known and esteemed among his con temporaries in the old Army of the I nited States. And the harsh verdict of LS& was received with surprise and disapproved, not only in the North, but also by the Southern officers who had been with him at Y est Point. In this country, it took much more than sev enteen years to procure for the late Lord Dundonald a reversal of the in justice which expelled him from the British Naval andiorced him to display ; ms singular vaipr ana energy as a sail or in t he service of tne Peruvians. Gen eral Fitz John Porter is fortunate that his life has been spared until the day of his rehabilitation has come and that his case will not henceforth be quoted as lending new point to Dr. Johnson 8 ia mous lines : See nations, slowly wise and mean' y just, 10 uurieu mem raise me xaruy oum. IGov. Seymour ou Politicians. 2iev York Sun. "I never loved the exercise of power, never cared particularly lor public places, but I always loved politics, and what is more, I like politicians. They are a much abused class. It is the lash- ion to sneer at them, but I think they are better men , as a rule, than merchants and bankers and other representatives ot what is called respectability. They make more sacrifices and do more un selfish work for others than business men ever think of doing. They culti vate a certain chivalric sense of honor Lven some who are naturally corrupt will refuse the most tempting bribes when the integrity 01 their party is in volved. I have seen enough of political life to satisfy me that its influence is elevating and not degrading. I would much rather be tried by a jury of my politcal opponents, who were acknowl edged politicians, than by a jury ot res neetable business men who said that they took no particular interest in pol itics, but usnally voted the Republican ticket. From them I should expect gross injustice and prejudice ten times as intense as my avowed polical oppo nents would display. J he man who serves a cause, if it is not a positively bad cause, is eunobled by the service. lie learns to look at men, as well as doctrines, from a higher standpoint than. jnemnxo iiiie boliticians Wize- as poJUiica, uut x not lino uuii c. 1:.: 1 . . . t . . . . 1 1 . . , ' ' The Trial of Duncan Johnson, The X eje ro Boy yt 11 rd e re r . Goldsboro Messenger, j The all-pervading object of interest; this week has been the trial of the boy Duncan .Johnson, charged with the killing of little John Edinundson. As .was stated last week, the grand jury failed to find a bill for murder, but in-) dieted Johnson for manslaughter. On this indictment ho was arraigned last Monday. The young defendant was ably represented by Messrs. W. 1 Dortch & Son and Grainger fe Bryson, while Messrs. FairclothtV. Simmon haq been employed by trends of the de ceased boy, to assist Captain Galloway in the prosecution. : The youthful homicide occupied the prison box, and maintained his compo sure with wonderful sang froid and an almost stoic imperturbility. . The Judge's charge was clear anq pointed, and the case was given to the jury about noon Tuesday, who after remaining out some four hours, re turned a verdict of "not guilty,', whereupon Duncan Johnson was dis charged from custody. Deep interest had been manifested throughout the trial, and many who had listened attentively to the testimony, the arguments of counsel, and to the charge of Judge Seymour, made no concealment of their disgust and ex pressed indignation at the verdict, and even His Honor appeared hot to be pre pared for the acquittal. On the other hand, Johnson received the congratu lations of his friends. Gexeual James Shiklds, ater thfe close of his last short session in thfe Senate at Washington, returned toMisj souri, and spoke at Jefferson City a fey days ago, and referred to his former service in the Senate, twenty yearp since, as a Senator from Minnesota. On his return to his old position he found many changes. The only thing he found unchanged was the strife between the sections, and asked is it never to end? And this is his comment : "The American people as a whole are deeply injured by this coutlict. To them it is productive of nothing but unmiti gated evil. No people on earth are bet ter fitted by nature to live together in amity. They are children of tho same soil, citizens of the same republic, and heirs of the same destiny, and, in spite of their divisions and dissentions, and even in spite of themselves, they will have to submit to the same destiny so long as a republican government lasts in America. There are not two desti nies marked out bv fortune for this people one for the S'orth and anothdr for the South. The North and South must go up together or down together. Providence has bound them together by chains forged by nature, which are as hard as adamant and as strong as iron. If, in an excess of madness, this people ever break these chains, they will all no down together. North and South, Fast and West, will all sink to gether to the dead level of the other tin 's . . 1 . . 1. - ' fortunate repuuues of this continent. The Meeting, at (he -VI. E. Church. Correspondence of the News. RALKtoif, April 10th, There appears to be quite an interest ing meeting going on at the Methodist church. Mrs. Moon has been serving our citizens very faithful for nearly a week in presenting the way of salvation in a pure and holy manner. I think all our churches have not taken hold of the subject in a proper way. All of them ought to become united to aid this good and holy woman in her great endeavors to win souls to Christ. I hope all the preachers of the different churches will have a consultation aud aTeeon some plan for all the churches to become really interested in this im portant work. Citizen. "Towntalk" cigar, filler, only Scents. a clear Havana THE NILB IIORROll: TlI.CltrEI- KIIEMYtra-OPPREMS. EUNtlUKCTM. Mtftbl Scenes 011 the Line of an r.rt' tian Km! lro4l A fUMektn Tale ol' IitreM. The accounts of the distress now ex isting in the valley of the Nile, remin ded the writer of a scene .wiUicteed iji the winter of lt00. Starting from Cai ro for a trip up the Nile, we stopped the first night opposite 'tho' ancient Memphis, to which we walked .in the moonlight. We were surprised at SQer ing on the plain a mile or two south Pf us a large gathering of people bearing lights. Upon going to the apot we found more than a thousand iuet wor men and childreji engaged in throwing up an embankment for the railroad the Khedive was building from Cairo to Thebes by forced labor No machinery or tools whatever were used excent baskets. These the poor wretches were filling with their handa. placing" them upon their heads, and slowly atid wea rily, except when accelerated by the voice or lash ol the overseer, dragging themselves up the embankment and dumping them at the end. This emr bauk men t, I judged, was about twelve or lii'teen feet wide. TJie baskets of the men would contain about three' peckii of the light, dry and alluvial earth; those of the women about a half busl- el, and the childreu perhaps a peck. This was all forced laboi" ho pay whatever. The Khedive wonld aond a steamer up the river to a village, aud call for from filly to two hundred people of all ages and sexes to go, without pay, and work on this railroad fbr one month, at the end of which time he Lwould send them, or what was left of them, back, lhe bodies ol those who died from exhaustion heljoed to swell the embankment. No time for senti ment. What their hours of labor wore 1 could not hud out, but 1 saw them at work at 10 p. m. 1 saw villages up the river partly depopulated because of a late visit of these steamers, and one en tirely abandoned and partly in ruins, having beeu fired into, as was said by our dragoman, because the Shiek could or would not furnish the required quo ta, it was the intention to grade the entire road of several hundred, miles in this waj Whether it has been accom plished I am not aware. Our party chartered a government steamer lor the trip. At tho coal station the officers impressed the first natives they could catch and compelled them to coal our steamer in the same manner the rail road was being gra led, in baskets car ried on the head. 1 do not wonder that with this system of unpaid labor in full force, with all the palaces of the Khedive, with his great desire for im provement-, and his large disastrous attempts at cotton growing and sugar- making, there should finally oe dis tress in the valley of the Nile. The Medical Prol'eswion iu X. '. Correspondence of the News.. . Sai.km, N. C, April 15, 1H7!. You are requested to publish the following, for the benefit of your pat- . rons and the general public. In order to regulate the practice ol Medicine and Surgery in the State of N. C, tho General Assembly, at the session of 1868 55 passed an act to es tablish a Board ol .Medical Examiners. Without a license from this Board rn practice 01 nitf prdiesaion in this state, after tne loin. 01 ivnru ioo-j, snau practice Medicine or Surgery, or any of the branches thereof, or in any case prescribe for the cure of disoaso lor foe or reward," nor "shall ho bo entitled to sue for or recover, betoro any magis trate or court in this State, any medical bill for services rendered, (Seo Laws of N. C., l!So8 6!t.) In co.il'ormity with the provisions ol this act, tho State Board ot Medical Examiners will meet 111 tne city 01 Greensboro on Monday May mh. l7t. Bv authority ol the Board. Pktkk E. iliMis, M. D., Pros' t. Hk.nkv T. Baunson, M. D., Sect'y. Diabolical Murder In Alexander. Statesville Landmark. The usually quiet village or layiors- ville was very much shocked on last Saturday, the 12th ihsL, by a tragedy ot very unusual occurrence 111 civuizeo society, viz : the killing ot a man on the public streets, in mil signi 01 uuy or more people. A negro by name An derson Denny, was intoxicated sitting in the middle of the street playing a banio. whereupon one . C. league deliberately walked toward him, and began belaboring him over the head with a large oak stick. Denny attemp ted to rise and Teague drew a pistol and began firing, two balls taking effect in Denny's body, causing almost instan taneous deatn. The whole allair occu- iiul onlva few mimitcri. loairuo was slightly wounded in J,he head during the rencountre. The prisoner is a very worthless character. lie had recently been liberated from jail, and been ap pointed as raider in tho revenue ser vice. itviU!ou follejfe. Chailotte Observer. The catalogue of Davidson College for the collegiate year which closes June l-!th, shows tho names of 100 stu dents. Of this number 51 are from North Carolina, :J7 from South Caroli na, from Georgia, :i from Alabama, 2 from Iouisina, Z from Teunmsee, 1 from Arkau.-.;w, 1 from Florid aud 1 r from Texas. The class wliich gradu ates this year has only eighl young men. - 1 The Argentine Itepiiblic forPeaee. London. April 10, The Consul-General of the ArgontineVltepublio has pub lished a telegram dated Buenos Ayres, April 14, from tho Minister of Finance denying all rumors of a probable com plication of the Argentine states in the war on tho Pacific coast and declaring that the Argentine Government intends to carry qjit the convention on the frontier question concluded with Chili last December. The New York Mail is "assured 011 excellent authority that Thurman's physical condition is quite as alarming to his friends as Tilden's marvelous tenacity is to his Democratic rivals." The health bulletin to which the Mail is indebted for this startling information is not quoted, but Thurman's Ohio friends should not rush into a prema tu :e purchase of mourning goods. Mr. Thurman has leen a very lusty dead iran for about fifteen years. He lias an uncle, older himself, who was killed by the papers about thirty years ago, but wuo is still well and healthy, long evity is the blood. Cincinnati En quirer. Tbe Colored Kefi-ir Klwk. Baltimore Gazette. It is to be hoped that Deacon McKce is. not permitted to handle any of the funds which the benevolent Mr. Hal Stead is sending to St. Iouis for tho suffering colored tourists, iu care of the GIoIm:- democrat. The Force of IlaUU. Cincinnati Commercial. "I have got so in the habit of ' being married by an Episcopal clergyman, that I really don't feel satisfied with any other kind," aaid a Chicago widower, 1 f
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