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j 1 - Mews r a. y i HE II t TOL XV.-47 RALEIGH, X. C, SATURDAY HOMING, . APRIL 26, 1879. $5.00 PER ANNUM. RaiLe GH THE AMY BILL IT PlIIESTHt HtXATK WITIIOIT AHKDHfc:T ore irrrviiiif Thlnp la the lla4- Tht kaauu Pepla pr. Ib Nbajuble. u iHiori', Ajril 2.'.-Skatk Tb Senate wxm fUr mating proveed e 1 t aininler the resolution reiauug i the appointment to otlne bv the r:.ry miJ Sorgeani-at-Armn of the et.at. Tb aoivuduieuts declaring no L uion oiciir snail be removed except for urn cU!, and also that no Confel er!e soldier shall take the place of any ulU)Umu union fol.p.er defeated by irn i party votes Ji to Si. me en.ie pei me annv appro priation bill a it ram from th linu without amendment. llot"jK- 1 he House ent nto a commit traontue legislative A ppropriatiou hill tin Jiardsou, of South i.tiolina, tq-oke iu m or or reui. I p-uin to re--e.u jtuied to be an ctfort uu the part of tht Kepuhlicnti party to arrav the did North tumiiii the solid Soith oiil Nuth onlv in it adherence to the l onxiitiii..i. "an Voorhee, of New lork. argued tht the elec tion lawn were Constitutional and recc-urv for the ui.iiIilJiajice ot the hoiu-al ballot lit. ItooKer, of Miivivti:ii, said K a Irmikr had leu prownl dur ing me uetutte rrin tmrnei.f down to the hint ftp--!! Mould h.ie npHed that instead of th Htmple prohibition i irpn irom w polls, it w hh a quun ;u to whether or not the Soutlj- ru spie were liai'.e to le mdicusl i-r uiur.ler, aron and other crfmea. Ilr h. i -!! i,r Ue e.rs alter the w .j bit eltel iifp mnbis to the to.Uin MIiiMp'i headed bv lea l-rH t-ecuevn drawn ninlt, and that ner hai it tjevn rerrded by )epuhli.-an. a- Ait inajiou llie iikflitit ol tlicp-o-1 .id of fret-doni ol the la 1 1 l-1 . Thi outcry of a free ballot lor the iitTrni w ..., ti.retire II r3re(fiite. In the last iui'4vuou in m iHinippi no; a Mingle , ; .rt-a man who ud not ln .- fre ! -.-t a tie an he i"hirsj. Hie reaolulion irivini; the Seeretarv ami "erve.ni-ai-.rm roiute Miwer er Hie 1 1 io a.s un-1 m( nirTiit in (heir r-jx ti edejvrtinentH :w ar--i H'!ker th"ii ent lo the Ierk d-k and (a. read the proteat of inhal'ilaiilN of Myandotte. Kan.i. aanitt toioitil iiouuration, ttnd twtil that it w i! a hn lln' nejrn at a aafe dKt mv that Hpulh-Hiit were hi friend. Thev neer hail ny ftr n';rK- ex--ept t. keep them like heej in tin- !.tnible and run them to the l.ll i- . in th. Interest of thv lepuhlK-an partv. Ila.tkell, of Kau-t. Jeiaul that tli Hp!e in that S:ate w ire hos tile to the nejne but aail they did i. t i .!ifler it w ie to ha e t lio,ijii' I.h f -r p-ople r-a-xt uon one Mint d"iltu'e and boineleM. The . .. i.. ii of Wednesday wa- !ore : roukrh: to eloe and that of Friday ii'iiiincuml. The ielate w a -n- tiniel bv Manniuir. f Mii sh.pi : f New Mle. rt Virginia; 1 1 i.oH'k, o York ; Kinlev. of lhit. and othein. rtaode aid he would not .p-ak ft'oin a pMrtiaan tandmitu. or inlui;e in hiij threat's hut "Jioiild MdiMtite rept-al of the tet o,ith be-aue it wa.o a tiiiia on the peo-e of the South and a ntandin? rlpruM-n on ih Atneritan ntatute Ux)k. lie Ivad KiinruiiH, w hilM lisieniin: to jrutluien on the other side, be-n al niol disposed to despair of the repu 1 I k and to think that prejudice and pa biciuh en?oderJ ty the war won id iievr i-fif, lut ! preferrel to bo lieve that thoe entlenien misrepre-ente-l their enstituentH to submit the ii:e to the grand inquest of the nation with full faith it would deeide that lh a as w h o er aini it question de-ide.l. Hi-e-oely. of New York, said the object a-.uht in repealing ee-tion laws wa.n a Ieiuof ratio u tory in l"' through the remov al of a.tfefruarit' against fraud. ! e.H)k. N. Y.. aent to the eierk'a dek and had read reolutious of the New York Ietfiiature oruleuHMm the tion of the iuio. ratio party in C'onirr with record to the app'ropiation bill aa amounting practically to revolution. In replv to a puestiou by Kiuley, of Ohio, he admitted, the resolution er pH.H.ed bv a arty vote. Kllia. of Ia.. then proi'ee.Ieil to arue akfainnt the a Kiimption that the eh-etion laws woie ne-rv for the proteilion . uenroe aitd anlthe Hepublican party the worwt eneruv the nerro had ever had. That the ne?ro had Ufn it whole tock In trade. The debate wa.n tnen con tinued bv KeiTer, of Ohio, and Sprinxer of Illinois, and flowed on the lemoora! ic aide by K.winir. f hio. who Hai l the object of the reconstruction niea.H u re had been to produce race antac oi.ni aud that Contsrewi in that legisla tion knew perfectly well it wa "nrvati Uin hell" In the South and that KhI eral intervention had U-en the gre.U and Laating cause of race dUturbauco. iHirini; Kwiug's remark a meMSAs w is revived announciun the a.s.su,ce of the Army Appropriation bill by the senate, which wa rtavived with aj plaus on the IwaioiTatic aide. The boor to which the debate had been limited having then expired the rom uiiiiee rte and the House at 3 o'clock adjourned until to-cuorrow. CenitMkrallve ! Wlalemenl- Net receipts at all L'. S. porta during week, 1 Net rvcttipt al all I. S. port -une week la.t vear. Si. 1 6 Total Receipt to thi ilate, 4,-JKj.uil MiUiie laat yea-f Ki porta for the week. Mine w-eea last vear. T'.oit Total export to thi date, name late year. Stock at all I". S. porta. st.n-k at all nort name 3.lJO,"t: l.vt 2,K.1TI 40 1, WW 1 4 v. i b06,M J I ". fair. date last vear. St. .ok at all interior town. name date Uii year. Stock at Liverpool. same ilate last year. Stock of Americau afloat for treat llritain. Stock of American afloat for lireat Rrifaln wme lime last year, pnaHir for the World X. V. Jtar. It la retried that the committee of eitiieus, which haa leen considering the .n-l World Fair here in KM. h IbH ideil uran a aite. or aa Mr. Jack. .,n S. S hntt put " agreement ha ln re-.uh.sl. though the report ha. not been aigned. It U ttU, too that thi. site i near Port Morn;, and eni-l.ra.-s a tra.t of 170 of land. It mavbew eU enough to auggeat a alte and to give the roa-son for m doing, but it would tie premature todectae De fore the matter i fully dicuHl by the rrf and public. Thi action ol the wmmittee. how ever, m T lefvl to uch di Mission. If aiifTicienf atc. witrvom eosttn to mil -h, could b' found on Manhattan Ma4id.it wotiU I be U tter to bve the exbibitiou lir t bevond. Double the number of people would r1lt and revisit it tTeentraJly lo cated on Uia ialaod, tiiau if it were aoine mile away. Then, It ahould be cor truetad with a viaw to be furosanent pl.neof report both for autusMiient and inatruction. like the (. rvstal l'nln.o ut liondoii. 'I here should bebvHll mteina a tine wa;ur Iroul, for this would prove ton vcuicut ioi ecl to dinvTiarxe inatoriaK an I ol.j.-, i r,,r . i,i i ,it . ard would U- more h. alf liful l,,r ii- toi-.. o.ii in the world ha renter aiantae oi nite natural Hcenerv, ajui uiii siiouio. ue t-omiMiied w ith Mrch llcctnral lauty. I hei e should be the moot euriu-.ot t .'oris jtnd IilOMt liU'rul u lH. ripiions by our weulihv men to ni iKe this orld s I aii ex.el an that nas i.,-ii n iii. nn. I tin- mam htrm ture t k ... . at lasf i'iouM ! i'.r ik i uiaiieni uvi. I.ery llooe I Kearehrsl. I. Mmi April The Stan. lard wrresj midrnt at r.ciitn. Miyit : In St. t Vlershu rir, one hoiie aft-r another i df iri ho.1 al utitht. and evcrv one whose Sa.sxMrt i lound irregular i arrlo.l. I is naiii tlua 1'riiu- iahaiiott'. Kuui.in Riiila.sHador at ( oustuiitinople, ha kel iM rmisnion to o--ii all letters leaving ion.iautinopIe for Rusia. Probably mi.t Shot. Vn Kwnr-RO. Mis., April 2.. J. T. linden 11 w.ts prolblv fatally nhot la.st night. He s:v that he w.cs !i.t bv F. M. Andr. s,' !t bn.ther of W. li. Atulrews, who was killed lat month. HMrole to Run Again. Idi, April -J.".. I.rillaid'M ''l'a- role" i nominated for the race for the A.-ot stake, on Ascot heath. June lot fi. Oreum'a propol to run hi four-year old colt. Ionoiiiy, against Parole. In cludes three m. mills allowance to Parole s ireldiug, and nt to Isonotnv. a Lite. I veienlav. Ieailteullar for Poindexler. Kn itMoMn. April J.V John K. Poin- dexter. who was tried l"-r killing t". '. I 'urtis. ha Lxfii coiix ictsl of voluntarv manslaughter. The iiirv as's-.ed his pu nis'ini.-nt at two yea's jM tlie peni tfiiti.tr v tMtilnienl t on 11 rmed. V-.iii.,xt.n. April -The Sena'i lo-iiay conuriiusi t lie loiiowing nomi nation".: Kd in . Keiirhtlcrx , of .Mi. liikMii, li ix' i'lin l AiKiilor ol tin Treasure. V. Klwell ' Joldslw rtugh, of I .a liiiiori. to !. I . s. ( iisul at Atnov MrnmrlMl laj 4m AtlaaA. ... - . . . 1 ti anta. April . -t rami preptira t i.Mi a re m k l Hi; lor t he Jcnit IOQ of Memorial dav here to-morrvvr. Sever al iiuin.ir i-miaiiies ha- already ar- ii an. I .en. t itIturn Iee, Of arri-o io ia aim. win ueuver iin . : ... i iiii iii.'i i.ti a-i-wes-. w)-iiicirn . i ne Richmond hussars, of Auirns'.a. l.lg IM-Id husH-irs and Iturke onintv hu .ir na.i a tin ai itrietiiorp l ark tin alteriioou, m whi.-h l.dMrield Iiu- s.in were i.-torioiia lrtllnrl m. krolarky N kw V..HK. pril If is sf i'e 1 th.it 1'i-iit i.. . .I'.u !. ou iht f P.uoii an. i l a.-w is i lark, a : .. riesi( eiil of Hid l...... ill.' Jockey ' ub. Have nettle 1 the preliminaries of a w.ier lor fifty t hoiisand do! lars. Hy the lei ms ( lark is to s-i,et thre.- Kciituckv horses that will any ihrc d..i.-, bie-l n lr lliam s la. in. lno i.kim in all are to l run. one being decided each year. with ten thousand dollars ;.ike-. on tho rcult of each. The lirst contest will Ukr inj.-f iif.! vear cutler at J.oius- ille. K v.. oral Monmouth l'nrk. N f Ietb of ltih. A me. fill 1 I v. . . r . .pril -Ilsl.(J mes foil l ill illcl tins morning in his su ent - vear. i ollou ItroUer" Irealar. I .t v i hi .!.. April iMIi. The t 'trcular oi ihe Liverpool i.oiion lirok.en Asso ciation savs: oitoii was in imxierate demand earlv in the week and jriccs for some description were in favor of fuivers. u WV.Inesiilay and Thurxday biisiii.-s increased and the market was firm though quotation Hoan oi y chang- ed. American was in fairdailv request. It declined an eighth early In the week but has Mince ralliad, and Jhurday . i notations are jjenerai-fy fepa ited. Sea lian.rwa.s in fair demand and advanc ed a half to one penny, rut u re open ed sieadv but on Saturday, Monday ami Tuesday ith considerable pres ur to seil deciiued to 3 l- On Ved nes.lav they were stromr aud recovered fiuiv an eighth. Mi Thursday they mix anced a sixteenth but the advance was not maintained. The final rate how the same prices for the April and Mav and May and June deliveries thT M.sitioiis have declined 1 -:t (a, I 1-7 since last TIiui-imImv. Ihr Hauufaemra l!tll Mail tiaaette f Iron. An liilerestinc table has Ix en drawn up to ahow the fluctuation in the pro r duction of iron throughout the world during twenty-seven year. Since lSai.it appear "from the tisiire re id at a meeting of one of the societies interes ted in metallurgy, therehaa ken a very large inereasM-in the production of pig iron in rcsjKjnse to a demand pnxluced bv the grow-in ue of the meta and by the formati'Mi of vast ronstructii e work in every quarter of the globe. In InVI the ppxiuction of pig iron in ili world wa flievedto be alout 4.'A)t.)oo tons: in ls77 it had risw-n to l.t.ti-1,'Ni) ton. It is iiitcrcslun; to not n-e that f the iron producing countries tii-eat Hritain haa in twenty seven yean trebled its produciioii. but in that jerid the out put of the I'niled SUite ha leun quad rupbl, and that of tJerm iny ha. pro greaaed in nearly M rapid a ratio. The make of France aud Ilelgiuni ha varied greatly, but in lath counlrie it i nw three-fold w hat it wa in ls.Vi. In Russia. Sweden anl Austro-llun- irarv there is now a double production; - ' . . . i . : . . I -n tlie output oi pain has increased .h ner cent: tliat f Ilalv is stationary. and that of Norway nhows a considerhle failing off. rilflnon Lartles Hlioes. Krrn a New . ork letter in the Rich mond liitelliireticer.. we take the fol Irtw iug. auroHs of Uie Curtia-PoiiideA-tor caseit.V uw VTk girl invited her aunt, from Savannah, ia., who wan visiting her. to enter a Itroadway tdioe store w ith her. The niece, to her aged relative's horror, projected her pretty foot and ankle aorom the shoe clerk s kue ,had hrold lajota removed ami .iub uiitUsa iutereatedly. holding her dre.sa couvenieutlv out of the w ay, w hile the clerk liegan the process of encasing the fair niece's ne;her extremities in a new and extra-long pair of 1 "hlgh-hut-toners."' The Savannah aunt was shiM-ked bevond expression at her nie. e s strange immniesty in exKsiug her sloi kiugwl foot to male gazo, but when the shoe clerk, beginning at the lower buttons, gradually progressed upward in hi work, tieorgia nndesty and propriety could not longer endure the stock iuspot-Ude with complacen cy, and down came the old ladv's ann nmnrMla mi the sho rterk'w head. It w as to no purjHs. that the young lady explaine.1 that auvh o x'urrences were the 'regular-thlnff in -New York." HMQiiblf. We invite buyers to examina our large and com. -leie stock of Summer hits for men and boya call at R. U. Andrews it Co., Clot hie ra and Hatter. Babies are; an Institution and should !. iruardoJ from attacks of Colic, Flat ulence, etc. by Dr. Baby Syrup, Frice 'Z5 cents a bottle. , A GREAT HURRICANE. nrsTKi mo by a t vao.M: MOI'TII CAIIOLIM. Walter bo ro Leteleil lo the i round Harelou Kseape-A Deasi ly Visitation. On the afternoon of" the 16th instant, a most destructive hurricane or cvelone, alMut a mile wide, passed over apart of the town ot alterboro. South Caroli na, in the neiirhlKrhood of Charleston. Seen churches, one academy, and aliout 4i dwellings were destroyed, ami six jHTsons kilhl.livesoriously injured aii'l several others slightly. Tlie de struction occupied less than three, min utes time. A correspondent of tlie Charleston Courier describes the destruction as follows : "A dark cloud began moving up' from a direction somewhat west of south, and very soon aiterwaraa came a gust of w ind, and a terrible sound unixersally described as reseuibling the rushing of many trains of steam -ars. Those w ho looked towards tho cloud saw the bill green tretftoj in tlm woods tossing alwiut like troubled waes. and the earth trembled, its vi brations being distinctly felt, and the houses, which were almost without ex ception of wood, seemed to shudder, a if endued with life and sense. Hasty movements were nnde to shut doors and windows against the storm, and families, as if by instinct, huddle! to gether. Then some house were i It to twist and shake. Persons in other. were iusLantlv enveloped in darkness, and masse of debris. In ai-vut one minute the rsin poiireii i.oaii iu tor rents, and there was no wind but a slight breeze. Those whse house stood were horribly astonished on going to their doors to see a vacancy where a minute before buildings hail beo and the fallen lreis piled one UOii another in wild contusion. The roar of the wind was such tli.it tlie tremendous crash w hich must hae been was heard by no one. i ne gentleman w no w as looKing from his piazza at the time saw three large trees fall in his front vard, but heard no more sound than if they" had been feathers, lie says they wore not d lahed to the ground, but went over sjowly.is if they had been undermin- ed. As thevpoople bl Walterboro ruhel .'from their houses into the rain a terri ble and indeserilml.le sight iwel their e3'es. The-town runs east ami w est, the court houe boing at the western end. From about a block east of It, w here there had been bright gardens, masses of green, and dwellings and churches ol.seurmg the view, a few dismantled houses and trees stood barely ahnte the wreck, leaving ail almost perfectly clear space. The frail cabins of the colored people, and many of the out-houses are not only blow n iiow n, but blown aw ay, and their fragments scattered for hun dreds it varils. It is an actual fact that the sites where some of them stood can only be dis.-overed with difficulty. Some of the larger houses seem to have been beaten down after being on the ground, the debris being flattened out. others apjear as if they had simply fallen to pieces like structures of cards, the sides tailing some in and some out side, and fh roof going clear of them all, ami smashing itself against the ground s.me distance away. All the streets were tilled with the wreck, and all lines were obliterated. The seven churches of the town Fpis- xYh'oaVsV.'iv- iJafsrJraVjr.tt eltesiisi , colored, are heaps of rubbish, and the Academy is in the same condition. A Hr ioii of the weather boarding lias been found on a farm five miles away. No store.s were destroyed. The phenomenon seems to have been a genuine cyclone or hurricane. The rotary motion wa distinctly to be seen in its eilects, the trees, for instance, falling in exactly opposite directions within a few feet of each other. It is probable that two revolutions of the terribly circle were made in the town, flie centre being more to the northeast during the second one.'" Who Shall le Irelleul T Correspondence of the New. Wakk Form Com.kok, X. ('., ' Aj.ril -JUIi. IsTSK i There is a good deal of solicitude among the friends of our College as to who will be the successor of the late Ir. Wingate In tlie Presidency of the Institution. Mr. Bailey, of the Biblical Recorder says he has received a large number of letters suggesting suitable men. I do not believe there is a man living who can till the position with that degree of acceptability with w hich our late President discharged the duties of his otlice. Kverybody loved him, rev erenced him, and his "ability w ;is never qm-stioned. But the good man is gone, and his place must lo tilled. Wake Forest College, in June, will celebrate its forty-rifth anniversary and its cata logue will show about 18.) grail nates ami near 2.000 matriculates. It is said tha' less than three per cent, of its alum ni have failed to be of service to their State and an honor to their Alma Mater, Few institutions can say as much. If such be the case, need the Trustees go out of their own , household to find a suitable person ? If affcor an existence of forty-five years tlie Institution has failed to produce, a iuul Suitable to knp ply its own demands it ought to cease longer to be such. Ir. Wingate was an Alumnus of Wake Foi est. and 'Iris administration proedthat he was Itho right man. I know- the Trustees are good and wise men and w ill make a wise choice. But the question is who will be the man? We can see no good reason for not mak ing that choiceamongthe present mem bers of the Faculty. Thev are all strong men, gisvl men, men of ability and men too pure to be ambitious for such hon ors. But they know the College, its wants and its interests. They under stand its government and have sat so long and often iu council with that g eat aud n ble chief" Dr. Wingate, they can have but imbibed of his great'qual ities. For instance there is Prof. W. G. Simmons, a man of genius, of talent, of rare qualities of heart and mind, and of extraordinary executive ability. He is now tilling the duties of the office as Chairman of the Faculty and his man agement has elicited the highest enco mium from all the students. But there is an accounting for this partiality for the Wake Forest students ' have eA er looked uish Prof. Simmons as having but few equals and no superior, lie is modest, unassuming and retiring, and one must follow him to the lecture room and tireside to appreciate his worth. He has leen connected with the College now more than twenty-live years and his ex(erience and his knowledge of the institution would peculiarly tit him for the Presidency. Besides it would be an honor richlv merited. And too there is Prof. W. B. Royall, a (Hirer, better, nobler man never lived, lie conies nearer assimilating the pure character or Ir. Winga e Mian any man w hom I have ever met; an 1 the explicit confidence that all repose in him, his w ell-know n executive uiienis auu ins thorough scholarship pre-eminently tit him for such a position. The students would rejoice to see Prof. Royall thus honored and have often expressed the he pe that it may be done. nd there is Prof. L. K. Mills, Who graduated in the -sajne class with Prof. Hovall in 1L. and tow nils so acpt4- - " bly the chair of Mathematics. He has ever proved himself equal to any emer gency. Daring the war he was a bi ave, gallant officer in the army of Northern Virginia and was never wanting at his post. He has such a peculiar tact of making a success out of every thing he attempt ! But then he would not be a brother of Jack Mills were he lacking in that quanncauon. ro oe a man of such ability, I have never seen one so unpretending. He graduated with the highest distinction in his class, yet he asked the faculty to confer the 'honor upon some other member. And now we tome to Prof. Chas. E. Taylor. It is true he is not an Alum nus of Wake Forest, being a gifted sori of the University of Virginia, but then, he Is so thoroughly identified with all the interests of our, oollege, and bears such a pure and generous love for it, that he alone should be made an excep tion. He i in every way qualified for the place. He is energetic, persevering, thorough; a man of large, liberal views, free from ostentation, and possessed of those qualities of head and heart that win the lovo and respect of every one. He has alr.-ndy done great things for Wake Forest and that love he bears for the institution will yet magnify itself in still greater proportions. It would be fortunate for the college to secure such a President. If a member of the Faculty should be thus honored as we really believe thev deserve and ought to be, it is generally thought among the students that Mr. N. Y. (iu Hey will be ottered a Profes- sorship. .Mr. dullev is a member of the .reent graduating class and at the same tirm- is acting as Tutor. He is fully qualided for such a positiou, hav ing taken rirst distinction in all his studies ami will take the highest hon oi s in his class. Mr. W. L. Poteat is also spoken of in the same connection. M. THE I VSANE ASTIXM. uperlntendent'N Report-The Affairs Have Been Well Managed. Corresjoiidence of the News. The report of the Superintendent of the Insane Asylum to the Board of Di rectors at their late meeting for the re organization rendered necessary bv the act passed by the last General Assem bly, is before us. It is a remarkable paper and will make an impression on the public mind throughout the State. Dr. ( J risSOIll shows in faeta norl fitr- ures, that seem to be indisputable, that wie Asyium nas neen conducted with increased economy and success from year to Jyear, the "per capita last year being less than at anv period of its his tory, anu as low as curative treatment is incompatible with. He noints out mai me coai ot provisions was only I64 cents each daily, or less than tbe allow ance to convicts iu jail. He explains the important duties of attendants, and shows that the wages paid to them never equalled the amounts paid -to penitentiary guards, in spite of the dif ficult duties and the high qualifications incumbent upon them. He relates the etlorfs to manage "and sustain the Insti tution with a largely increased number of patients, for KjJ,ol0 instead of $70,000 as heretofore, and shows that while the Board through its honored president. Dr. E. Burke Haywood, respectlully asked for a larger sum, that it might w holly fulfil it work, the request was answered by an appropriation $12,000 less, or only f-"o,non. The embarrass ments of the Institution thus induced are forcibly relative as follows : .stift'e's oV America, of winch' "the statis-tii-s are at my command, A'c, (see p.) After showing the peculiar needs of the treatment of the insane with hopo of cure, he discusses the duty of the State w ith freedom but dignity, and as though more in sorrow than in anger, mints out the error which good men lave hastily fallen into. " These solemn consideratitHis.o the" bounden duty oftha.tftJrteT'' "(see p 23. ) He states thftf the history of his ten years in office, is one continual record of the will of the people faithfully to sustain this great charity, and thanks the State press for the "enlightened liberalitj'" of their voice, and makes this earnest appeal : "What would mankind say of the millionaire" ore., fsep27.) We will not deny that, in the interest of the tax-payers, we favored every possible jnst retrenchment in the use of the puoliu funds, but the facts of this report make it clear that it was a mis take to cripple our noble Asylum, and we doubt not that the effects of warmth of zeal in this direction will receive a timely correction from the cool judg ment of the people. 1 Whatever opinion may be on these vexed questions, Dr. Grissom has. un doubtedly, added ancther link to the warm ties that bind to him the friends of the atllicted under his charge. tozExno a rni'KT. How Tw o Smart Men Fooled a Whole Bench of Justice. The Supreme court of the District ha goi itself into something of a dilemma in respect to its latest appointments of constables. Simon Joseph made appli cation for a vacancy, which he stated existed by reason of Constable Kck lofTs resignation, and having a long list of backers was duly appointed to till the supposed vacancy some time last week. lie rented an office on Four-and-a-half street, and has lately dis played a gorgeous sign. S. T. Laickett made similar application on the alleged resignation of Constable Benter and was also appointed. The law of June 7, 1M78, provides for the appointment of twenty constables and fifteen justices of the peace and no more. There now appears to be twenty -two of the rirst named, for yesterday'Mr. EcklofT made his appearance at the clerk's office and aakedtosee his resignation. This not being in the clerk's possession, he was asked if he had not tendered it to the judges, and promptly replied that he had not nor did he intend to do so. Mr. Benter has not been heard from, but he is spoken of as not the kind of man to resign in a hurrv. Wby a Match waa Ilroken Off. N Y. Tribune. A gentleman in Rome who had told his love and whose suit h3d been ac cepted, was invited, for tbe first time, to dinner at the young lady's house. During the evening the wedding was talked of. Now in Italy it is the correct, Ibough not indispensable thing to con fess and take the communion during the church service. It is 011I3- a few men of the modern school who object to the religious part of the ceremony, a id to these, unfortunately, belonged the bridegroom. The revelation of his anti Catholic feelings fell like a thunderbolt on the girl's family. The mother at once expressed her indignation by say ing that if she was in her daughter's place she would not marry a man of such principles. The following day the father reprimanded him severely. He promised to do all that the mother de sired, but that did not satisfy her. "It would now be a rti K'kery," she said, "and he would soon make my girl an atheist like himself, and his children also. I withdraw my consent let hiin not come here . again.", And thus a match that was looked upon as a bril liant match was broken off. The way to find all when ah is riot in. a girl out is to BURIED LT A MINE. 8ETE.V MEJT PROBABI.T SUFFO CATED. A Terrible Accident at Sngar .Voteh Hand reds of Miners Trying to Reach the Prisoners. Special Dispatch to the Phil. Times. Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 23. At a very early hour this morning the earth began caving in at No. 10 slope of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company, at Sugar Notch, near this city. There are three gangways in the mines, and in the lowest of these, twelve hundred feet under ground, a gang of men were at work, opening a new gangway. These men were thousrht to be from half a mile to a mile from the place when the caving took place. They are completely cut off from escape, and 110 way of reaching them is open except by cutting through from the surface in the hope of striking ah old breast communi cating with the gangways. Under an arrangement made by Mr. Lathrop, receiver of the Central Rail road of New Jersey, which has a lease upon the mines formerly worked by the Wilkesbarre Coal and Iron Com pany, Mr. Charles Parrish produces the coal on board cars. In the progress of events it became necessary to extend a main gangway at No. 10 slope in the vein twelve hundred feet below the surface in order to.open up new breasts. In this work were employed William Hawkins, Edward Pierce, 'Patrick and John Green, Barney Riley, John Clarke, door boyj and "William McKin ney, driver boy. I For several days past the dangerous condition of the mine in that particular section has been a sub ject of discussion among the men In the language of j a miner its roof has been "working very heavy" for a long time, and this morning, at a period some time between three and four o'clock, the catastrophe occurred wliich has shut out from the daylight perhaps forever the seven above mentioned miners. SCEXKS AT THE MINE. The news was hot long in reaching Wilkesbarre, and Mr. Parrish started0 off immediately for the scene of disas ter. When a Times reporter reached tlie vicinity of the miner soon after the accident the scene was heartrending. Miners' lamps' flitting hither and thither, gave out a sickly light. The relatives of the imprisoned men, wives and daughters, fathers, mothers and near and dear friends, gave vent to their grief in loud and violent lamen tations. A hundred volunteers were ready to explore the mine, and squad after squad went down into that dark and dangerous abyss and searched for communicating gangways to circum vent the fall, but to no purpose. The rcofofthe mine was dropping from the inside every moment. Above the vein in whioh the men are at work are other veins, worked wholly or partially out. Between these veins there are commu nications by; stairways at different parts of the mine. At about six o'clock this morning, when the crowd of mi ners and speelalovee-'iiv mousancf, the proposition to dig from the surface to the-tirst vein at a point between the supposed "fall" and the "facing" was w ell received, and willing hands with pick and shovel at once initiated tlie movement. But the progress is very slow, It is at least thirty-live feet from the surface outcron of the -v6m to the gaugwa-'7 - TTiid -much of JL is shale rock, so that the progress docs not average over nnom one toot per hour. But there has been 110 rest. Fresh hands spring energetically to the w ork of relieving the fatigued, and all that human aid can do has been dili gently attended lo every uiiuuie. Ht'SPR KHs OF MEN WOOING. Fully five hundred men were at work digging this afternoon to reach the old breast. 1. r nrst attempt proved unsuccessful, as a bed of rock was struck. A second effort was then made. It is not expected that the men can be rescued before morning, even if there is no unusual obstacle encoun tered. Several miners came out of the mine only a few moments before the . disaster occurred. Ihe men arc iso completely isolated that no tidings can be.obtained as to their condition or e en as to whether they survive. To-night a drill has been started to assist the workmen who are digging. A gang of men went into the main entrance late in the afternoon to try and force a w av through the fallen mass, but had not succeeded at latest reports. Work will be kept up all night by relays of men. Two thousand persons visited the scene to day. The falling of the roof still continues. Nothing has been learned as to the whereabouts of the men. Tlie excavation on the surface is made at angle of fifty-five degrees and alout one foot of the earth per hour is taken out. The excitement at the mine is so in tense that two new excavations were started at 11 o'clock to-night. The one legun this afternoon has already reached a depth of twenty feet and is thought to be nearly to the old breast. There is an immense crowd at the mine, and hundreds of miners have volunteered their services and are put to work as fast as they can be used. There is a growing belief among expe rienced miners that the men in the mine are dead from suffocation. TWO FATAL CASES OF HYDROPHO BIA IX BROOKLYN. Death of Thomaa Kelly John Mee, an Enffinecr, Decided to be Suffering- from the Disease by a Counsel of Ph3lclan. New York Star. fid. Thomas Keliej' of No. 3 Atlantic Av enue; Brooklyn, who was bitten by a Newfoundland dog two months ago, died at 1 o'clock yesterday morning. The patients had intervals of conscious ness Tuesday afternoon and night, du ring which he conversed with his rela tives. These lasted for only a few min utes at a time, and were alternated with the spasms and foaming at the mouth, Coroner Simms was present at Kelly's bedside and said that he would impan 11 el a jury of physicians to hold a post mortem "examination. A second cse of hydrophobia was yesterdav brought to "the attention of the Brooklyn authorities by Dr. Daniel Ambrose, of No. W Second place. This gentleman was called on Monday night last to attend Mr. John Mee, aged about 40 years, an engineer in the employ of Messrs. Pease & Paillon, lumber deal ers of Bond street, living at 129 Fourth nlace. whom he found suffering from an acute pain in his right hand. It was learned that- Mee was bitten by a New foundland dog during the first week in January. The dog was kept in the lumber-yard. Mee unintentionally ir ritated the animal, and was bitten badly in the right hand. He had the wound cauterized. The wounds gave him trou ble for a time, but finally healed. Last Monday Mr. Mee felt a peculiar pain in the hand that had been bitten, accom panied by chills. Drs. Byrne and Am brose were sent for. The man's pulse was beating with extraordinary rapidi ty, wnue tne nervous symptoms peeu nar 10 nyaropnoDia were apparent. On Tuesday night the patient, who naa nitnerto been in vigorous health, sank so rapidly that it was decided to remove him to an hospital. He remain ed conscious. Upon learning the inten tion of his friends, he began to rave and threaten to bite those who ap proached him. Force was employed to keep the patient in bed until yesterday morning, when he was taken to the Long Island College Hospital. The resident physician at tho hospital deci ded that Mee's presence would prove injurious to the other patients, and he was forced back to his home. At a late hour yesterday evening his malaay was pronounced to be hydro phobia by a council of Brooklyn physi cians, who said he could not live many hours. Queen Mary's Escape. From All The Year Round. The attempted escape of Mary Queen of Scots from Loch Leven was a case of royal disguise. She knew that if she could once quit the castle, and cross the lake, friends would be on the opposite snore awaiting her ; but she was strictly watched, and had need of every pre caution. One morning her laundress came to her, and exchanged dresses with the royal lady ; attired in humble weeds, muffler and fardel, Mary was conveyed across the lake by boatmen who did not suspect her to be other than she seemed to be or rather, they did suspect something, on account of a certain elegance of form and deportment of a gentlewoman not usual among laundresses. One of them, in merry mood, endeavored to remove the muff ler from her face, to see what sort of a dame she might perchance be. " She put up her hands," said Sir William Drury in a letter to Secretary Cecil, " which they espied to be very fair and white ; wherewith they entered into suspicion whom she might be, begin ning to wonder at her enterprise. Whereat she was a little dismayed, but charged them, on danger ol their lives, to row her over to the shore, which they nothing regarded, but straightway rowed her back again." She was, of course, more closely watched after this ; nevertheless, she really affected her es cape five weeks afterward. SiWilliam Douglas, Governor of Loch Leven Cas tle, had a sou, William, about 17 or IS years of age. Whether through love of adventure, or sympathy for Queen Mary, he connived at a scheme for her escape. One evening, w hen Sir WiUiam and Xady Douglass were at supper, tho youth obtained possession of the keys ol the outer gates Irom the keeper s chamber. Mary, her maid, and ll liani passed safely out of the castle, sudiciently muffled to ward off atten tion. They entered a boat, which the maid helped William to row, he having locked the castle gates alter him and thrown the keys into the lake. Mary safely reached the opposite shore, wherte numerous well armed adherents await ed her. How short-lived was her free dom it is not here to tell. ITABTLIXti STATISTICS. 1 The Colored Death-Rate DonhWt - The report of the bureau of vital sta tistics in the Health office for the past week shows that the total mortality in the District was 90, er at the rate of 29. & per 1,000 per annum. Of the decedents, 47 were white and 46 colored, showing a death-rate. of-21-.59"rje"r 1,000 per annum for--thr whfite and 44.3 for the colored population. Zymotic diseases killed 22, and 1 died from viole ice. Twelve deaths resulted from consumption ; 13 from pneumonia; diptheria, 5; bron chitis, :;; maaslcs, erysipelas, ...croup, scarlet fever, dysentery and malarial fever, each 1. Of the deaths, 71 oceured in Washington, S in Georgetown, 2 in the county and 9 in Ihe hospitals. Eighteen white and 3o colored were under five years -of age, and . white and 7 colored were t0 years and over. The grreatest mortality 1 15 deaths) occurred on tne j.itn ani nun the last (7 death) on the I'Jth. T, e 11 mar 7 colored. rin-rei renorLed bin ...... . tiirtns rcporieo. -i-f. ales, 12; whit' ttiiales, !-: colored feiii-iles. 9. nales, 11; ! 1 BOOTH'S .HARROW ESCAPE. A Would-be Assassin Fires at Him in a Chieaso Thewter. N. Y. star. diK-AOO, April 2-"t. A desperate at tempt was made to assassinate Kdwin Booth, while playing "Kichard the Third" at Mc.Vicker's Theater to-night. TLe play bad advanced to the second scene of the fifth act, known as the prison scene. The lights were turned down, and the theater almost as dark as night, when suddenly the flash of a pistol was scene in the balcony at the right, quickly followed by another. The shots were tired at Booth, who was upon the stage. The assassin made an at tempt to fire a third time, but was p re vented by some one sitting near. The greatest excitement prevailed among the audience and on the stage, wonfen screaming and men yelling to catel the assassin. The scenco was probably equalled when J. Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln at Ford's Theater, Washington. The lights were turned on as quickly as possible, and officers hastened to where the assassin was held bv men of the audience. He was inarched off to tlie station, where he gave the name of Mark Gray, and said he was a dry goods clerk from St. Louis. He would give no reason for attempting to shoot Mr. Booth, and ap peared perfectly cool and in his. right mind. It is whispered that there is a woman at the bottom of the affair, and those who have seen the young man, who is about 25 years old, say he strongly re sembles Booth. The affair has caused a great sensation throughout the city. Neither of the balls fired went within a dangerous proximity or the great actor The weaKn shooter. used was a small six- The Rowan Grave Yard Sene. Salisbury Watchman. About as we expected from the first, this aff air was greatly exaggerated and especially designed to defame Joseph Eagle. "David Barringer, Esq., who lives in the immediate neighborhood, has written a letter to the Salisburv News, over his own name, in which he savs: "I was not at the funeral, but have" interviewed both parties, awl pronounce as utterly false the statement that Joe Eagle refused to let said child be buried in said grave yard." Then he shows that the grave was dug out side th limits of the grave yard, to which Eagle did object, and urged that it be made within the plat laid off for burial purposes. This did not suit Eagle's adversaries, who seem to have been in a contrary mood and hence the trouble. We know nothing personal of Mr. Eagle, but common fame is muoh kinder to him than the correspondent of the Raleigh News, and Mr. Barringer shows that but for his liberality and pi6us zeal there . would have been no Liberty church and no graveyard at it over which to make a public disturb ance. Anil teE3wc -Vv III NEWS OF THE STATE. ATTEMPTED RAPE IX CHARLOTTE. Judg-e Kerr Tet 1 11 A Xesrro Drown- erf at Wilmington fttrnek by IJg-htnlng-. Meeklenbnrg. Charlotte Observer: Judge Kerr tele graphed the Sheriff" of (iaston county yesterday, that his physician would not consent to his attempting to hold the Superiour Court of that countv. which should begin next Monday. A week from to-morrow the general committee of arrangements for the JiOth of May eel- eurauou win meet m tno court house to hear reports troui the sub committees and attend to such details as have not yet been coinuleted. The Ladies' Memorial Association have in vited Col. J. P. Thomas, of the Carolina Military Institute, to deliver the me morial address on the loth, and the in vitation has been accepted. Annie Joutiston, a colored female. male affi davit before J ustice Davidson yesterday mac a do at 1 o ciock in the day she was assaulted by a white man named Car rell, who attempted to commit an out rage upon her person. The magistrate decided that Carrell should be bound over to appear at tlie next term of the Superior Court to answer to the charge of assault with intent to rane. Beimr unable to give tlie required bond he was committed to jail to await trial. There will be a joint inspection and pa rade of the lire department next Mon day afternoon. The inspection was to have taken place several weeks airo. but was prevented by a lire wliich broke out just as the companies were preparing to appear on the streets. Democrat : 1 Ue Carolina Fair Asso ciation has rented the Fair Grounds. and a Fair will lie held next Fail. The Premium List 011 special crops will soon be prepared and published. The U. S. Assay office in this city has assayed and put into bars about tM.(HX) of gold dust since the 1st of April. I'orsytlie. Salem Press: According to previous notice, "consolidation" was voted 011 Saturday last with the following result: Winston polled AM votes with a majori ty of 201 against consolidation. The vote of Salem was 130 for and 18 against the measure. A number of -white per sons in both towns did not vote, but the colored voters all turned out. The Main Street of Salem and Winston Is two miles long. Saiein and Winston's pop ulation combined is 5,000. A party of young gentlemen were out takings pleasure ride Sunday afternoon, when one while handling a pistol shot another through the arm indicting a serious wound. Prof. Agtheis busily engag ed at present preparing his scholars in the grand musical selections for the 75th anniversary of S. F: Academy as a boarding school, the Kith proximo. A protracted meeting is iu progress at the Baptist Church, conducted by Rev's. Dr. Mays, Baldwin and 11. A. Brown, the pastor. Service is held nightly. Judge Schenck occupied the bench at our Superior Court this week, and dis patched business rapidly. Some ix-o eight prisoners were v tentiarv. Iredell. Statesvllle Landmark. Shad caught from the Catawba river were sold in this market last week. The prices ranged high The David son College catalogue for the current year shows one hundred and six stu dents. Fifty-one of these are from this State, aud 37 from South Carolina W. C. Teague, who killed the eolorod man Denny, Saturday before last at Taylorsville, died in the Alexander county jail on Monday following from a wound inflicted by Denny in the af fiay Federal Court convened Tues day, Judga Dick presiding. There are about one hundred new cases for trial and a very large number for compli ance with conditions of amnesty by payment of cost. It is stated that not less than fifty will fail to pay the cost, and consequenty.be sent to jail. These, with convicted violators will fill the jail so full "their arms aud loet will hang out ot tne windows. 1 ne leugiu of the session will probably be two weeks. Craven. Newbern Nutshell : In accordance with a resolution passed ata joint meet ing of the two military companies of this place, the Memorial Association has been waited upon and requested to change the dav of celebration from the 1 )thof May, which will bo Saturday, to Friday, the day before and the 9lh, or to the fol lowing Monday, the 12th. A report is in eireulationin this city that Mr. Christopher Wetheringtou, the gentleman who was one ot the coutes- tants in the late "go as you piease . 1 t-m-w 11.! T : f- J ...U race at tne naiaing rvunt, ana who was taken from the track 111 a bad con dition, has had a stroke of paralysis. the result ol over-exertion during 1110 race alluded to. A letter received in this city yesterday states that the con dition of Miss Holland, tho lady affec ted by lightning a few days since, is still precarious. She was about fifty vards in the rear of her more unfortu- nate companion wnun inc. muiiuoiwii. descended, anil yet tho shock was so great as to paralyze her and take away lier eyesight. At first she was unable to remove her arms from above her head, the position in which they were placed when she was found, and she was totally blind. One of her arms Is still in the position in which it wa found, but she is now able to use the other and also to see distinctly out, of one eye An exciting scene oocurrod in Esq. Stanly's Court yesterday. A plaintiff and defendant became clamo rous lor an orphan child an I "hitched" The Esq., concluded that Solomon's iudtrment wouldn t uo in mis case, dui - . . . . . .....1 rift .... n f says bad not uie court anu otuuj y the law with the assistance of Mr. Thos. Watson interfered, the child would cer tainly have been divided in twain, and that it was a narrow escape, as it .was. The dwelling house of Mr. N. Agostine came near being destroyed by an awidental tire Wednesday morning, but it was finally put out. Beaufort. W'juliintrton' Press : We have been beat- firt of two or throe cases of wife in it d 11 rimr the last week, dive thetn their just deserts and it will soon put an end to this brutal outrage. Since the completion of the Jauiesville A Washington Railroad, thereby affording means for the quick transportation of freights, the fishing interest has be come one of considerable importance to our town. Quite a large number are engaged in the busincess of buying and shipping fish. Onulow. Ooldsboro Messenger The friends of the B a rgaw and Ons low Railway Company will hold tldr first meeting at Jacksonville on Mon div of Superior Court for Onslow, it oeing the 12th of May. A public meet ing in favor of pushing on the scheme vv ill be held on, that . occassion st Jack sonville, and a large attendance is ex pected. We learn that Pender, Onlow and other Motions ar warmly in favor of thi? enterprise , . r. , ; ,' . ,V- -: . ' 'v 1 '.' L - s " )
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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