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. i?n ry.r. uttt'H - V if i III! iGH .i -. - It l r TOL.XV.-57 -1 i . 1 1 i .1 1 . nil " RALEIGH, Ni G., THURSDAY- MORNING, MAY 8, 1879. $5.00 PER ANNUM- ... it i ' ... - 1HE 17 A Tf ft4"4' 1NEWS OUR RULERS. Tilt PO FOKDt OSTFMTCD EI.Et TIOX CASE. Blalaa--. "PmJms" Cat aa -halnr r, federate BxrJ HL Peters r- .Ji Hilary . Wasuisuioj, May 7. Senate-- o.i j ui-moii of Senator Ingall a resolution wa kiopiM caning on the President t communicate to the Senate aa to hM measure- had two taken to prevent o-fation of Indian Territory by white settler. The Houm bill to prohibit military Interference In elections wa rd twice. The Snate by a vote of Hi against 31 disagreed to the motion of Senator Edmund to refer it to tbe Com tmttee on Judiciary, and then laid it on the table, subject to be cahed up here after. Tbe Senate resumed "uidera? ion of Um LousiaXk contested election ease. Senator Kduuiud amendment ki re jected. Senator Conkling then offer! an amendment to the (-ending resolu tion, providing that the inquiry shall he rv tin tied to the matters alleged in the memorial of Mr. SpotTord to be new and different from tho covered bj- the pre in quiry, bich waa also disa. greod to. Tbe committee then aci-epted u utendiunt inquiring w be. her Mr. ST rd hid ued corrupt or unlawful a. can. After consider able diriiftloo, in Vtu-L IoUiiii affair ere alluded t with iiitun aiiim-ilion. the Senate imI the resolution of the Committee oa privilege and election, authorizing itiein to taae testimony in the matter ot the memorial of Mr. Sp!onl content tit tin jel ol Senator KeilotCU. ill the ajiM-teiuieui oi -Mr. iioir, m hi liiulin-m. The rote on tbe adoptioi of the r-!ition a vex 2H, nv 17 The n-te tk up the llmiv 11 f.ir i-roiu titiuic luiUUarv Interference at the m1I. vn;or Hlame onVred an amend M'rro -eua;iic- upon h.ill i-.irrr a -n t.etl anv person h le.tUv r4iii at anv pi, e or Nilinn one mile of ny pla- tiere any eue ral or ixw-ial eie-tion tor reire.i:: i e lo onarr-w m tuf h-i l. Senator all t..-.l. iitt.Iii-l a 1 1 1 approi-rialiiiK $ . lor the iur haf of and err ti. n of puOli.- tutitdin. and Ir tbe tmprnvenient and rei.tlr of the t'ni- lel Si-Ate- l.ui.in- at Ja kaoti villo. IVuvuoit and Ket Wet for the a.-im ni.lA:ion of the l nite. St.i'er inurlH, ltt "iti.-- .nd (her ' to i-i ii m.'iiC pur pa llot"K - M r. Cbalmem. of MHiippi. m iwl up a a o,ue-Uoii ol prinee. a r-iutin prev.uly otlered ly lain lor an intesUrfatton into hi tnl net at hort 1'illow. He e-id. tl.at hin tri-n.l hal j-unteM out to hint the dirti-i:lty iu the nay of such an uve;inatin. "an.i that he himen rexnit-U tne .tauter of rekindling the rl un of pusa.ou a:ij prritidnT ftbu b all rooi men desire to v r 1 up in i:ie ua'ie. lijl it ui hard tUiDkt to -vk the aol.liera who uaJ .i. uc .loitor, to i mil tha alo. to be taken from thtin by the re(eUtioii of ao-uaaliois thai were utterly untrue. The a.;ou of the liouae TrterLaT. hal, toi'r, iAtitlnl nun th-ii tne .'oi.llemen were not iUin tiovt to fcu iuUi tiial investigation. lltd therefore be had imii luvie-t to a. t-ept thea.lTKre of hi fuenda and to make hi own statement. lie proceeled to uarrate the inei.leni of tbe au-k on l-'ort r'lUow. lu which a;:ack he bad li, early iu Ibe day. in command oi the Confederate cavalry, but about nine o'eliMk in the moroltii, General Forrest had arrival nd taken reminanl. He -J uj ltuvi lhi a nuuAOer of the icarnaoti ui-tkin; a rush for the nun ut had l-. rtre.1 at aud kii.-l. Iut if any bad t-- n kiile.l'in violation ( ;he o.i. of war. the moat -4niiiiih- examitkaLion on the part of lite ixui(reMaional loniant Ue ha.1 len unable to tlx any ren aibihiv f.r It. at leant. on thet.eoeral of Overa in ivmiuAu.l. lleieuiei that any wouniel men ha I ln turited up in the quarters that u-.i l-e:i set ou Uie the ruomintc after tbe capture of the hort. He awaertei that forty per wot. of the arriaon were saved whol.y uulou.-hevl. I'axt of lh Ke.ierai lrut iiad ruu out of iie fort, and uerlv all ol thie were kille-l or oui..U-l, but a larK'e num)er of the pjrriaon, uioatly white men. had remained and liad kat he re 1 around en rai r r real aud himaelf lor pntection, and had been prtte-t.i. A to the Con federate taking adAantae of the tla of truce in order to gain a better por tion that siatemeol waa uol true. He sa.d eo m t man at ion ofhisdeal wui wander. For lilory is the soldier s pride Tb eoldier'a wealth la honor." In reply to questions by Mr. Hawley, of Connertieut. he state.) that the Karri-s-n of Fort Pillow nuinlrwl $71 men, of whom aloul forty per cent, were aaved: that about Xi were killed and wouuiei. anJ about on the Con fed era'e side. Itetnarks were made by Mr. tiartield aa to the impolicy of re opening the subject, with intimation tiiat the ofbew m were not o reaonnble as ha.i at first ben auppoaed. Hut tbe general Unpreewton at Uxat time had been ireagtiMoed by tbe enter iseued a lout tore weeks previously by Oeneral For real, that if the fort wereaurronder el the garriaoo should 4 treatl as prisoners of war. but if tbe works were vrwei, no quarter tuittbl be eJtpeetel; be was iclad inal much ba.i been done br th fraUeman from Miiippi, to -lis no nerf Li name from the reepouai ilitr in tb matter. After further remarks between MeMsra. Chaliuera and Ourrougha. tbe aabject waa finally laid on tha table. The HoasAjdlacusssed, without action, the bill directing the exocutive oficera of the government to carry out the aight hoar law, and than proceeded to aha conatderattoa of tha rotnaga bill. The dbsenaaion a which waa cootlntmi until ad)oemmn&. " ' ' Ttaa Lesis;sbeiessiisi sMUl Mrik. j "!frw Yok. Mar ?. The atrflca'of t&a longshoremen appears to hat a been ' partially acreeafuL The agent of tha PaciAa Mail Staatuahlp Company find -.leg It lmpoaaible to get hla steamer off o time yesterday, decided to glre tha men their former waea. lie had nu dlCUrolXj whAtsrer la finding plenty f kxighorinea ready to go lo work. It waa rumored latt algbt thai aaTeral of the coaatlns com pan ie would ollow thia example ta-day. The French line raa.fe taat rdVht took U th Old hand. giving IhaanTLa aid wage of forty -fire eenu per hoarfbcnlht work and thirty cetiu tor day wora.--- TUX I. i w. ruaia rsella XVall The strike on Lha raoa Pcl23. xZ-t - - ' Rail way engaged io IV . Jha cauef t tl la the reduction Of waea from two doj lar per slay. It la aiao owinz W bad board, and a demand de-re x4 la tha. prtce of . board from t tJ Wfi Er weak. Tha taaa are dir ti U -k1 t- U oaxiaawi aaiJkar ariii aeixe. ti I I s WbeM n TleJanew-offered.' ,,;ilr.4iii -Ufcel B-Uiia, L'oalnn ior Solicitor in Winne pe, h.u repifnl 1 the situation to 'hief Jutii-e Wood, a lininistrator of the Government, uith h view of having ) repit-iv measure raken. Tbe Chief (Justice ttleranheJ for authority to dr.iw i. j n t he U-a! o.unteer orani- m'hw irxl prtHtxl to the loenlitv.w ith MuUicient fon-e to breik uptheatiike. A pe i:il t the Free I'renH from f'roM Ijikc. : No tro'ible i anti- oipa.vJ. o th-bii jMnn:. ndeui aavaAIr. N hitehe.ul in pieitared to imv olf all tht h.i-id and enir-'e new one. The uiiiirnry are onfered to be in re lin-, but It in believed Lhal their. er " w HI not le reuiroi. The airiker lld not drittroy any projerty. rnt rapturel jro iion. MOtTII AnCUllA. Tbe ft'lrsl Eagaiuriil af tbe Two Xatloas at Hr. Panama, April 2. The first naval ciioouuter of the three-vornered duel now ifointt on In South America took pi on the H-h. od the Hiver Ism, le iween lh Cldlia i rorvt-Uu Magallaneo oti one si'k. M-tl the 1'ernvLan veaaels I'niou and i'ilcainayo on the other. The Peruvian vewelii nailed from C'allaoneT r:il weekn ago to Autafayi;utta, aud on :irri-al at thnt wint found the hat lr deertel. They then proceeded north, and when abreast of the Hiver Loa tihtel the hilian veel. Short tiring m maiutainevl for two houn. but niieiirs that the damage intlicttnl m t alurht. The 'liilian veel hud sixvu to oppoao twenty, ana aner jmnnti:' it little w.l-r without ofVH-t the Chili; .n t-.ptain .n. lude1 to withdraw from the It 1 it. u In. Ii he ditl, ruunin away easi ly from the Pcrnvi wi ship. No report f anialtie h: s liven made pnblic. bu ap"Ain 'mil-is. In -otmii.in! of the T'o ruian viwe'i, reporta thnt lii i:it inand In-h ivel rrmarkahly w'll. Tbe Kuaaiaa Kearla Intrue. I.xikjjs. May 7. The Jmirna o St. Pcierhu ;iv, the new pu1 i-'-'.l :..n.A. alout the state of attair :i: t . Petersburg untrue. There Un 0 n no prohilution ajiiut the j.oiv W'li .f anus. Inn .cr-..'m iis-iHinr arniH mUnl inform t he aiiriioriti-, Aii tratii isentif'c fin' ;ir ) imiuiN'divl. Tin ntateme ua t li-it the thentres on I not ! tiit. I i .u; '"i i.l trrnit. and lh.t :hc .ilu . i l:oii. - would not Ih nllow.-l niter lu oV!. k, are rediciilotu (ttiewtioiii. T' e city liiaiid works in ii.viiin' iiMiinrr :h heretofore. witl i'tit excitfiiicnt and u H'list u r t e I in its iaily hie ami intercourn.. STATE E. Snrrj. Mt Liry vuttr. It is wore than i juuwu.cnt f.r eroikers to s;- that the road to ML Airy cannot lc built. The State furn is!xs I o i-oiiv i-u, pays fur the clot hin g ft'-' linf and ctiardiu. And it is not so ei . her that w ork wm not i? cominrn.e.j until th- gap UtMccii the i.nll and irelnslHro is coiuple: 1, an the meet in of the Iir'.-'ors of the ro id at lav- etteville. 1 ss t'l iM :' weeks aico, re s.iv" l to comiii. :i ;nc work w iihin the next Hixty day. Ms.srs. Win. .V. Moore and .In. M, Rrnwer, of Mt. Airy, left lor iirt'i-ii-L ro lat Monday. They went ori nil- roui luisiiu-s.s. . . . ;ire -crreei:v inttruii-l. thev w.m: to see the Frei- lent of the rad and make some ar- r.in jreiejnts, ii nueli eiilil iione, lor -oiiiiMeiicuiK' the work of 'rndintr this si.ie of lint" ii'r' luunrsliateiv. If thev suc-esi, the uradin will le;in at t. e. and be kept up until M t. Airy and Fnvrttevtlle are iftuuecte-l bv railway. muc the ahove was nut in tvie, we ienrn from Menn. Hrowerand Moore, bo have just returned, that everv- tlit iti? is all nghtand thai work w ill be uiinencel this si.ie ot i ernersvuie Moilay. IIMatsred (ss(reumes. Washlncton Cor. New orleun Ileal une. N'evec have so many LU-tavocdeonn- leiunm -in2reuatis toi;etiier unuer lie dome of th i-ipitol as at present. For this the VtlH ongress, with it.s oft- inoted "briijaiHeis" umhi lth side, its ralh-a! Tetel ani raiii iai warta." will be famous long. lng after tbejr windy bickertnes are forgotten. The man whom Lincoln was fond of i ..tiii as 01111; even homelier than hitiieif is surely there, but it is dilu- nlt to distinguish him iiiiouk aeeral -re who miht with propriety claim thvt distinction. If it W true that mightiest I. rains lie beneath uglieat features, our natioual legislature may well challenge the world lo produce so powerful an array of headworkn. v ben a numler of cripple are among them, too the one-eyed, the deaf, the bold, the sicklv. the halt, the lame, at tended bv a perfect w ilderness of w eye-glasses. c-ane- and crutches. Aud then their haiuiimeiiis, enough to drive a Cdteetertieid craxy, or a repor table alet to the verge of snreide! Evidently mot of their 'tailorimr'' ha. 'been done bv tinskllb-'i houaewives at home or purchased at Hebrew alop hopa reaily raaile and warranted to tit. whether the wearer be lomr, short, obeee or acrawnv, "jooat like the paer on the vail," aa Isaac would Insist. IeHee-frawi EdBats. Richmond Ftata. . gentleman in thia eity baa just re ceived a long letter from Kdwin lloutb, dated Chicago, April 3Kh, and tm it refers to the recent attempted aa.isi natlon by Frank Gray, we make a few e x tracta from it, aa follow : "Your very kind and welcome letter of congratulations reached me in doe time, bu tbe nervous shock referring Lo the shooting baa leen ao severe to both Mrs. Booth and myself, that we have boan unable to do much more than plar nurse to each other since the event. .The poor fool that committed the ouiragexUdn eafe-keeping, and I hope be will be confined in an asylum for tbe rest of bis life." lie is a danger ous lunatic nothing more." I fear it ia in the far- way-fat are, if erer, when we shall meet in Richmond, bat I hop some kindly Influence will draw tra together again somewhere. , " Utile tha trial detain me longer, I hall return In a week or ten days to York-" . 4 : . i , l . I 1- i i . j llw . the lhlMaU BaTw . '. '., j-r r4iaoT. j.-. ' j Xonda "World, AptUiX.nUo j k young man in full uniform of a procurateur'a'-i aecratarrv called: laat week. on UnOoTmor-Cieexai of Cba( kow, Coartaooaly aalnUng, aald bat M. theProcdrateiir bega yoof Excel lenrr to Ueaotrood m 'lo'rotne aVon" to hi office. " Anytblnff yery Import ant TV waa UAaaawar.'4..,,A raoasqe traok WiFrir! KrapoUn i murderer. .and . Xoux it Jxoe rice fa moat nscesasry." GoJ, 1 1 rwiu rlnjr ad erder the crrijiV s Pray do not trouble to do ao." The Proeurateor has Wnt nls own carriage for ; Your Excel lexer ti)mUm'. I oat;.lvtegyttiIriir depeada. otv . xpe41UoueaVgA,he Oorerwor aaxl tn yoassnr n puw the arrlage' dwrve otf aewt 1xaT"at .inra been seen. The ttoTerfiorewd" himself CalW Ww WW hwftela tr theJ yihilistt., .The head pX SoIlra has ahto rci a letta t lrOXI m raptuxeoi aoyemor uru lorig him not to rproaeeata the wetreh tor KrapttTa-aiaal1 a- af- r-s Tu tt! I dtrectlott 'wcrcKl'be To'Jowed, -l of b'.t (the uorenrori; nam, cf aa'a hoatag. WASHINGTON. a rcw ?IOTR FROM OrRSPEHAL t'OBHESPOSDEST. eereay ef the Caucus A Probable Affair of Honor Between Klteh In and Ituell. WasHtNOTOx. D. C. Ma3- 6. For once in the historv of democratic cau cuses, tbe obligation of sec res y was strictly olerved at the one held last Friday. The iuemlers were exceed Ingly reticent aa to the proceeding, more k than uual, and the ubiquit ous correspondent was troubled. The law makincr statesmen looked aa wise as the bird of Minerva and were as si lent as a tomb that bad been explored by the students of an Ohio Medical Col ic ee. The muscles of tbeir mouths were closed as tischtlv aa the claws of a lobster to a dog's caudal appendage, yet notwitbatanding this the "ubiquitous correspondent," with bis "sisters, aunts and cousins," knew all that was done. The eorresjRMidents enjoyed the fun hugely. They pretended to know noth ing w hen they were fully posted and "d rew" the statesmen proving conclu siely before they finished their round : i Ji tie congressman of the present day uoe NoT KKsKM I'.I.K oKoKHfc W A s II I N il TON iu oue iai ti'-ular. K itchiu's hot tiro iulo Russell last week was followed on Saturday by Da vidson, of Florida, w ho gave the obese representative from the Wilmington District a brondside, that if it had struck him in the region where his principal weight and all his brains lie, would have rendered a new ventilation of tle House necessary. Tbe solid thinker from the Alligator State strikes heavy lows too heavy in fact for so small ".".'a mark as the Wilmington states in mi. Hull, from the same State also give Russell a passbig blow and it would seem that the obese Representa tive will have more w eight on his shoul ders than HIS STOMACH CAN St" I'POBT, particularly if the weather should be warm. It was common talk atout tbe hotel lohbie last night that an atlair of honor between Representatives Kitchin and Russell, growing out of the language used by the former In reply to some of the language used bv the latter in a speec h published in the Record of April Uth. Friends of Russell who have leen interviewed to-dav sav he will meet the issue squarely. Much inter est is inanilestcd amongst those who know both the parties. Kitchin is known to be a man of eon rage and the finest type of honor. Tho knowing ones say that the plaius or Ulauenshurg will once more be the SCENE OF .MORTAL COMBAT letween American Congressmen, un less matters can be amicably arranged through the intervention of friends. . The latet democratic Presidential ticket named is Irtvid Davis, of Illinois, and Clarkson or Potter, of New York, ami it i-icets with favor in some quar ters, particularly amongst Westeru tucti. This is a strong ticket. Perhaps the strongest that could Ikj made for some sections. Davis can carry Illinois against irant, "or any other man'" and he is the only man who could do so. Il is quite app.rent that neither Hend ricks, Thurm iu or Tilden can be tho winning card in the next Presidential ileal. They are shrewd politicians but not statesmen. Rayard is the only one of the old democratic leaders who rises to that rank and he is handicapped by his hard money doctrines, which make him unpopular in the West. The democratic Senate is still served principally by republican employees, the changes which have Ix-en made aro "to oblige Renson." Renson in this case Ifing Senator Withers, who It Is1 said, has succeeded in getting several of his sons-in-law into good positions. If this had been done by a republican I should call it nepotism, having been done by a democrat I dare not say so. Mr. Morris Joldstein, a wealthy to bacconist of t his city has undertaken one of the mst charitable and laudable enterprises ofthe dav. He proposes at his own expense and trouble to supply the inmates ol the various charitable in stitutions and hospitals in the city with; rdin-.r matter of all kinds. To effect .oil l.c has established a nunilw of depot w here all those so inclined eaii dejssit the looks, papers, periodicals and other reading matter or all kinds which they are willing to give, and three times a week these are collected and distributed by Mr. Goldstein. Xo distinction on account of race, color, religion or anything else is made. Those w ho have ever been confined in a hospiyil w here nothing to read could be had will appreciate this charity. It will write ..v.. " . OOLDSTKIN in letters of gold on the memory of all who are the benificiaries of this mover meut. ... JlOS.'B. F. ARM flfLD, ' , one of the beat lawyers in the House, to-day introduced a bill to repeal the law which allows U. H, Dlitri.rt Attor ney's W proceed agftinst cnTendrs"'on informations," in crimes below the grade of felony. His bill requires an indictment bj: a grand jury in all cases, and is considered an important move in the direction of checking federal inter ference. It will arrest existing erlls and is a step In the right direction. Mr. Scales, who has been four years chairman ofthe Indian Committee and who has gained a well earned reputa tion for ability ana; fairneaa, at the head of that committee, to-day intro duced a bill authori ling the use of the army lit controlling Indians or whites in the Indian Territory or on Indians, res- erraXions. Thia bill la Intended to urerent raids noon tbe Indians, such a Is' now1 bein a organized by some Railroad corporative, to 'xob . the In dians In the territories of l&eir land, j J. Al. II. BOCTMEXlCO. 1 AjssVWbu tiMf . H W tfcer kVAvew ( ... ... i '.-) . .- In Fle sn svatsl aa ifc'xloo City correpon4enoe Qdcago Time. There la a high clviLlzatlon-tn Sfexloo Jmong a certain .clas. - All the people, tgb and low' are oatwardly poll te. 'All low' are oatwardly poll te. eople drew with taate and Sd ilfraCuief ' the rfc anq uve ckiiul jf.The 3ft good t lie Mexlcana-llkaitheJatTtnch. are line aharera and halrcutter when they want loi do it.-.rTBr"ra asranany liaea of Street car, and ur good, a there are In EL .Louis. , Thf cauital )fitaln 220,000 people! ln;7r,Wl;urla-,WjDW; fjioinaluato. CML0O0 : .Guadalajara, CO.OoO: keSdeLclebrSaSl xmUenXea, ; LagoV Pirrango, j luile, iioaterey, Mouclova, Caerravacej, JaU- F- Vera Crnt, Oriraba'AeapuIoo and hihnhuA avera?re'trorn SO.0OO ty 10,-; J txxc. H.?re axa many. more ox toe came i iaalisiL' cannot enumerate, them I here. Tlx cities e-re not built of adobe, I but of stone, Mdihlelliiiato,'ioo. I Thev never -get on fire. Nobody ever heard1 of a Mexican city being bumed dawn; some have been battered down, however. They have state college in most of their six and twenty states, and have municipal schools almost on the model of ours. There is no such thing aa domination of tbe priesthood, whose power was overthrown in 1857 bv the liberal party. Consequently, there is no church aducAtion to any influencing extent. They have an army of 43,fMu men, not including to.uuu or tne " rarai guard,' who are better material than the regulars- Thev " conscript " when they cannot get volunteers, for the con stitution is not regaruea wnena neces sitv for men arises. Santa Anna used to write " Octt and Liberty'' with hi signature to -official documents. Diaz writes " Liberty and the Constitution." which is magniloquent and insincere. There are complete lines of telegraph between the oftv of 3iexioo and all the large cities. seuth to Vera Cruz, oast to Matamoraa and Monterey, west to A'ca- pulco, andnosth to Chihuahua. These lines all follow - the stage ' roads. ' and most of them have been put in under Diaz' - adQHntsrfsflon.V-'There fa one through line, via Matamoraa and lirowii8Vilie. connecting witn the Uni ted States. There is a magnificent rail road, through one ot the nnest coun tries in the world, from Vera Cruz to the eapitAl, with a branch line running from Apizaco to Pueoia, and a tramway from Vera Ciuz to Jala pa. There is a narrow gauge railroad from the capital to Cuatitlan and othr points in tho val ley of Mexico. Another narrow ganuo road is being bailt from Celaya to iiw uajuato. Tbere are street car acootn modatianain a few-of the lirger towns outsidethe "city or Mexico. Their cli- niate except for tho long drouths, is better thau ours neither hot in sum mer or cold in wiuter, alter you leave the Gulf and Pacific coaU and theine ot the Rio iirande. Th Danger of Celluloid. It is a singular fact that a great num ber ol our modern inventions are dan gerous inventions. At the present time a great deal is being said about celluloid as a material for all sorts of Ui-os, and some in illustrated circulars that are sent about describing its ad vantages It is said to be made iroui camphor and cotton. Now, tliis is oue way in w hich the truth can be partially tout and a very enormous impression conveyed, for the cotton in this cane is nothing more nor less than gun-cot ton one Ot the most explosive substances known to chemistry. In its com pounded state, as celluloid, it loses, , it is true, a part ot its dangerous charac ter, Dut mat it oecomes by no means a perfectly harmless article anyone can demonstrate by putting his celluloid collar or shirt trout in such a position that the flame of a match w ill touch it. Hy a little experiment of this kind quite a successful pyrotechnic display can be obtained. As long as fire is kept out of the way no trouble need be ap prehended; but the same qualification might be made respecting gunpowder. the danger will come m tne ignorant use ot tne article, ana n a man s iiuui- od cigar happened to fall upon his cel luloid shirt tront, it is to be feared that tho consequences to him w ould be tar more serious thau they would be if his ample breast was shrouded iu starched li ncii. uostdi) (iiizritc. The Political Opening for Educated Urn. Kwe York Nation. It is no exaggeration to sav that it is doubtful whether at this moment colle giate training can be made to tell ou public lite in any way except tnrougu journalism. Here we do believe there is a tiehl lor tnone w no wish to exert a powerful iiitlueiice on public affairs in the United States, which nu n of wenlth and education have thus far strangolv neglected, and which oilers immense opportunities Tor shaping the thought of the country. It is a held which thus far. in spite of the great number of new spapers, has been very little w orked bv ibe kind of men whom Mr. White seeks to prepare for public life, and yet it is. a held iu which we feel sure they must labor a good deal before they an hope to labor in any other. So great has been their abstinence of late ye as from all attempts to influence public opinion on anv but philanthropic ques- . . . t . , - . lions, mat tuey nave aimosi, in me pop ular eyes, lost their right to be listened to witii anything but indulgence. What ever they have to say against existing practices has come to wear the air of "theory," which in the average politi cian's mouth means a plan which is in capable of execution iu this world; and the list of thiugain politics w hich are only practicable in heaveu h every year enlarged. There are, loo, now regular strata of politicians, each considering itself truly "practical," and the one above it merely "theoretical." To the hall jolilician Conklin is a "theorist," because he makes no money out of his patronage and never calls for a 'divvy.' when we get down to the man who sells his vote for a quart of w hiske', we liivd that to him all the rest of the polit ical world is a mass of vissionaries, whose heads are tilled with impractica ble schemes, little suited to a plain Democracy like ours, w hich is after all a i o ernment of "the boy s." Ballet 0 1 rla la Lsadon. A London correspondent, in writing up the spectacular play, "The Birds," at the Athambra, says': "The stage is set in the form of a monster-gilded bird cage, aviary. The king of peacocks enters, surrounded by his court with spreading, swaying tails; next follow all the .birds ofthe air, in gorgeous feathered dresses. There are in all three hundred more or less beautiful girl engaged. This well-trained corps, in soft and rnanyr colored plumage advance and retire in groups. They dance in and out, round and round, and make be lieve to bite and coo and tight. The whole effect is deliciously quaint. There is one matter connected with the Al hambrft ballet susceptible of improve ment. Tbe cleverest and most favored of these girls earn an averageof one pound sterling a week each, but a vast major ity do not gain more than nine shillings weekly per girl. They are picked out for their line limbs and handsome faees, and as it is impossible for them to exist on their salaries, I think I need say no more ou that point. Another ballet is called the Union of Nations, and it is also admirably. managed. Companies of girls, lr fancy costumes of all the principal countries of the world troop in, bearing aloft their banners and en aigns. Advancing to the footlights, each company dances a few steps to the national air .oflbe land they are intend ed to represent; and I was pleased to observe that when the bevy of beauties dreaeed in! striped bodices and;tronks of pale bine silk, with silver stars, and Sroudly waving the tlag of the United tates, footed: it to the tune of Yankee Doodle, a great shout of re -ooitioii and admiration rent tbe& vast theatre, and proved the sincerity ofthe warm friend ship between r our. nation' and ours." I . ; Hew tm Get Kvesu , 'it3rfield bis ""gone t,0nld'jtd'w4tch Sherman, who has also- gone to Ohio to watch aarfleld. . If the ' great men of Ohio can bet kept vboay -watching each other the rest ot the" country may get a chance noir; nd tnerLjAifaaeYpAia TtAt.' U ill-. i U -- i -t 11 a -, i I I 1 1 I 1 M1 ill M rri-.-.J I Moth Mother will prow weary., and sigh over the baby' troubles when DriBall ByHyrop wou Id relieve tha chill and give' the mother rest. ' .. f . DR. GRISSOM. II IS REPORT TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE IXSA.VE A8TLIM. A Id t tie Anecdote Tbe -Doctor's On slmug-ht How Xeedlessly Frlffli t- ened -Eitbia Waters Correspondence ofthe Nevs Greensboro, May 6. Some kind friend has sent me the above neatly gotten up pamphlet of 47 pages, which is written with a "treiichapt" pen, and if not always logical, is at least at times eloquent and pathetic. Indeed, to an emotional nature like that of vo ir cor respondent, it is difficult to read pages 18 and 19 with composure. Let any such try it and the chances are that he will soon find himself in the condition of the Irishman witnessing his first theatrical performance. It will be re membered how this worthy utterly lost in the intensity of bis interest, and ob livious of his surroundings, leaped to the st:ige over the heads of some half dozen spectators, and seizing by the thro.it the "villain of the plot ' in the act of kidnapping the beautiful heroine, yelie 1 in his car: "Ue jabers, if ye don't let the lalv be, I'll pitch ve through th i ull', so high the blue birds will build in ye before ye git to the ground." He quickly subsided, how ever, when reminded by the tumuliu ous applause ot tne audience, that "it was only a play." So, Mr. Editor, there m no telling the amount of strangula tion which, under the influence of that beautiful rhetoric, 1 would have in flicted upon that villainous Legislature il a recollection ot the "bottom facts ' had not suddenly reminded me too, that "il was ouly a play." But joking aside. I confess to an unpleasant im pression made upon me by this over wrought paper, that ITS DISTINGUISHED1 AUTHOR travels somewhat out of his legitimate sphere to indulge his taste for rhetoric. to grati y the promptings of personal spleen, and it may be to lay the founda tions of political ambition. In this I hope I may be mistakeh : but it is very certain that the report is not so much a calm, dignified statement of the condi tion and needs of the Institution as a passionate onslaught upon the General Assembly and those two unfortunate committees, who, by its order had this noble charity in charge. .Letters, too. bearing marks of decided kinship, if not of the same paternity, have gone forth from Kaleigh to papers outside, retailing the many bitter things said. directly and indirect iy, of these com mittees. I don t propose to go into these now, further than to sav that it we are forced to either of the very unpleasant alternatives presented to us by this report, we greatly prefer the charge of laboring under "a monstrous delusion to the criminal one of "wilfully for the sake of popular favor decreeing the degradation and gradual ruin of what has been the pride ot tne people." In other words, we preier tne 1001 to tne knave. And I leave it to you, Mr. Editor, if the world wouldn't be vastly better off if everybody exercised the same taste. Hut 1 trust we shall not be driven to either horn of this terrible dilemma. I am not without hope that w hen this whole matter is thoroughly sifted, it will be easily seen that the delusion is all on the other side, and has existed there for years at a heavy annual cost to the State; and that those "unfortunate Committees suc ceeded preitv v eil at last, to quote their own words, in tneir "earnest endeavor to discharge the delicate duties assigned them, without injury to the public ser vice, or to' tho efficiency of our hbble charitable institutions; on the one hand, and with a proper! regard for the popular demand tor ihui c.h i.incnt on the other." Neither they themselves, nor did thev suppose the people "were willing to sacrifice the efficiency of their great charities. FOR YKARB MUTTERINOS HAVE BEEN HEARD through tout the State, against the man agement of this institution. It was the duty of the Legislature to investigate, and if the result justified it, it was as much its bounden duty to save "one and two-fifths cents of taxation on the hun dred dollars of taxable property," as to save one dollar. The result did justify it, and the people would have justly held the committees and the Legisla ture morally criminal, had the one recommended and the other voted even "one aud two-fifths cents" beyond the requirements of the institution. This same plea, of smallness of rate of taxa tion, is often urged in legislative bodies, and never more zealously than when there is none other to use. Men with large salaries are not so apt to appreci ate the imiortance of these 'little things to the toiling masses important be cause of the principle invo ved, and because, just as drops of water make the ocean, these pennies of taxation make up the great sum ofthe public burden. In this one instance thev amount, ac cording to the Doctor tb 80,000. But our purpose is to show the Doctor and those excellent gentlemen who are the legally constituted guardians of this sacred charity, how KEKDI.KSSLY HE IS FRIGHTENED, because how much he is at fault in his premises. Firsti the Doctor says the amount of the appropriation was ""arbi trarily fixed," by which it is jresumed he means, without investigation and due consideration, andj without regard to the needs of the Asyliim. Is that true? Let us see. ' Firstly, Dr. Fuller, the second officer of the institution, a most estimable gentlaman and skilled physi cian, upon w hom its medical duties have chiefly devolved lor auout is years, ana whose whole soul is in his woric, but who has nothing to do with its management otherwe, is upon sworn examination, stated in substance, that while he could not undertake to say then how much or in what instances expenses could be reduced, yet with economy kept prominently in view, he thought they might be. Secondly, two Directors ap petred before the committee on Re trenchment and Reform, and under examination, stated, also, on oath, that "if the $8,000 debt were paid and the proper restrictions placed on purchas ing and expenditures, the sum of &, 000 would be sufficient, in their opinion, to properly run the institution. A third Director, as I am credibly informed, demonstrated by figures, before the Joint Committee on the Insane Asy lum, that this amount was sufficient. Now,' who were these men? They were the Kxecutive Committee of the Board of Directors men who from their po sition were of all men, except the imme diate officers best informed of the inner workings of its management, men whose bare names throughout the State will be regarded as the synonyms of .Integrity and dtrtess, and men to whom the State owes much for their patriotic action in this matter. ; I am informed, but -don't know the fact personally, that a fourth distinguished member of the Board has long entertained the opinion that he management heretofore - H4li;y'TW2iCrESSABi'tx SXTRA.VA- a-'The Jouifatandng committee on the insane AJiyium, after a thorough investigation of, I think about two weeks reported this amount as the proper one. 4th, The joint standing committee on Retrenchment and Re form, after an investigation longer and more laborious, came to the same con clusion. 5th, A minority of one, a dis tinguished Senator of the Doctor's own party, and understood to be his warm personal friend, and in his confidence. and after consultation with him, re ported $3,000 less than the actual appro priation made. Hear him : "The mi nority would recommend an annual appropriation of ijjj53,000, and would suggest that no additional legislation if necessary. ine italics are mine. ot it was never contemplated by either committee, certainty not by the latte that the o0,000 appropriation was to inr elude the 8,000 debt. This was to be arranged for separately and subse quently. But the minority report says no further legislation is necessary. So that iis author proposes $55,000 in place of the $58,000 granted. The Doctor was an active persistent participant in all of these investigations, being in daily, al-i most hourly, communication with these Committees or their individual niein-i bers, backing np his own side of the question as earnestly, ai untiringly andj as sharply and as ably as any attorney' ever conducted the cause of his client in a court oi justice. Surelv, then, our distinguished Superintendent must have taken a very LARGE DRAUGHT OF LITHIA's WATERS, when he affirmed that the amount was arbitrarily fixed, for once he knew and so expressed himself, that these Com mittees were striving to arrive at truth and right. These waters too must have washed away also all mem-' ory of tne . pregnant lact, that the bill as passed vas at last but a COMPROMISE, 7 f that while protesting that the $58,000 was not sufficient, yet the Doctor ac cepted, if he did not propose the bill as it is, to avoid the exciting contest which was anticipated over the more Radical provisions proposed bv the bill in its original shape the principal of which were personal to himself. The triends of the Asylum and of a more economi cal administration of its affairs, in view of the expensive litigation which it was understood would certainly follow the bill also thought it best to its interest to pass the bill by agreement and without contest in its present shape. It was therefore announced on the floor of the Senate and! the House as a compromise meaa- ure. and so accepted. But the fact to which this report gives new signifi cance, and which "would be incredible were it not before us in gloomy reali ty " (see page 20), is that our earnest and distinguished friend who writes so beautifully and so grandly upon this much practiced theme, and who is so devoted to the welfare of the Asylum, should accept, on ANY TERMS, a lull wuicn decrees tne degradation and gradual rdin of what has been the pride ot the people (p. 24), " which re fuses to w elcome " to the fostering cure of the State " her faithful soldiers in the battle of life, all wounded and broken though they maybe" (page 18), and consiirns "yonder lovely ijirl (ibid). tender lamb of spotless innocence, that never had a thought of evil, to half the convict's allowance of food '' (page 20; and to hopeless woe; "which fat tens an outcast in the jailor s cell and starves the stricken child of woe " (page 22). " There is something SO ASTOUNDING IN THE CONTEMPLATION of this fact that it can only be accounted for as monstrous delusion" (p. 22). But to accent! a bill which prescribes ' the treatment carried to perfection in Bed lam a hundrel years ago" (page 21), and, in brief, converts our noble charity into Dante s internal regions, over whose sombie portais is written that saddest inscription ever penned : "Who enters here leaves hope behind," TO AVOID THE RISK OF A CONTEST OVER His OWN I'KHSONAI, CLAIMS ! ! ! ! Alas! what a terrible mistake. What must be his reflection when tie awakes to understand the damage he has in dicted, "(p 24 Had he resisted to the last extremity or had he only stood still and washed has hands in the pres ence ot the General Assembly, then when he met the "poor liuttering dove with that look upward from the gulf of intolerable anguish, dumbly beseech ing his manhood to save" he would have found some consolation in tho thought: "I had no part in this matter. What a lost opportunity!"' But Mr. Ed itor rhave consumed so much 6f your space and patience, that I cannot in good conscience draw further on either at present. As however mv earnest desire is to calm the anxious hearts of the "venerable fathers" and "lovely girls," of our good old State from all of whom, may our God in his mercy avert this calamity, MORE HORRIBLE THAN DEATII, of which we have been talking, I trust bv vour kind indulgence to show here after that there is no ground for alarm, that under the present Board and our excellent Governor, who is wisely by this act made its chairman, the institution can and I have an abiding confidence will, be run as efficiently as heretofore, to vindicate before our people the General Assembly and the Committees; and ia doing this I will necessarily discuss the erroneous premises and conclusion of .. - i i . . . . our distinguisneu uperinieiiaeni. Other engagements and a necessary ab sence from home will prevent me from doing this at once, but 1 hope to find the time soon. In the meanwhile 1 am very respectfully yours. UNE OF THE COMMITTEE. 'eat Suggestion to Gen. Grant. New York Graphic. Open letter to Gen. Grant: "Dear General: It is now generally reported that the politicians are trying to hoodoo you into becoming a mere figure-head for tnem to nurrati over on tne grand monster excursion contemplated as ,a welcome on your arrival in San Fran cisco, l tiev oniv w ant io use .you as a stone to grind their own axes on. Now, just you make a landing at San Diego, scoot quietly across the continent by the Southern route and leave the office seekers up North out in the cold. The people will see the point at once, and, if making popular capital is your lay, that ought to be your little game." Besolution of Thmnlss. At a recent meeting of the Busy Bee Band of which Miss Bettie Perrick is Cre.M'.eiit, -Miss Addie Marsh, Vice President and Miss Ida IIarding,Secre tary, a resolution of thanks was unan imously and enthusiastically extended to Miss E. Matoon of Peace Inst, and Mrs. Prof. Ban man for their valuable assistance so friendly given in prepar ing the little Band for the recent Festi val and Old Folks Concert, the proceeds of which were devoted to the sacred cause of Foreign Missions. ' To Miss Matoon for her excellent lessons in Calisthemis and the thorough training of the little ones in their mo tive songs. To Mrs. Ban m aim for fur nishing the music and training the children.. The ladies of the -congregation who rendered such valuable as sistance in preparing for the Festival now alike remembered; in the resolu tion of thanks, as were the generous public, who so liberally patronized them. DOOMED FOR LIFE. Oil HY UOiMNYPOORDARLI.W IX OR IFF HUE TUED. Cex, the Alston Mnrderer Is Doemrd The Aajrony of HI Grief Ntrleken Mire. Atlanta, Ga., May 7. The jury in the Cox case were out all night and came in nt noon to-day, to be recharged in full. At a quarter to four o'clock, p. in., thej- came in and announced that they had agreed upon a verdict. It was detained to correct an informality, and was then read as follows : We the jury find the prisoner, guilty, and recom mend that he lie punished by imprison ment for life. Cox received the verdict with calmness and stoicism, having evidently nerved himself fbr the worst. His wife' on hearing words so fatal to her hopes, sat for a moment trembling, and then rushed lor the-open window near by for' the purpose of throv,g herself to the ground below. f. SHE WAS WILD WITH GRIEF. As she reached the window, she was caught by Cox, who held her fast. She threw her arms around his neck aud clung to him w ildly, exclaiming : "Oh, my God ! Oh. mv poor darlinir." Her shrieks were heart-rending, and the occupants of the crowded- room could not restrain their tears and pity. Cox used all his hpower to calm her, -and finally soothed her grief until only her deep moans broke upon the solemn stillness. Judge Hillyer sentenced Cox to "be confined in the penitentiary or such other place as the Governor may direct, at hard labor for and during his natural life." Gen. Gartrell gave notice that the defence would make a motion for a new trial, and praying a writ of supersedeas. The execution of the sen tence was thereupon stayed twenty days. This penalty is virtually the ex treme of the law in thia State, as a law passed with Alston's aid at the last ses sion of the legislature, giving juries the right to recommend the life impris onment iu all cases of murder, aa they see fit, in effect abolishing the death penalty. Cox is the first man convicted of murder who receives the benefit of that law. The verdict is received with general approval. BOROEAITX'S OO.WICT DEPUTY. Tbe Personal History of the Head and Front of tbe French Communist. Richard Whiting's la tew t Paris Letter. Bad news. Blanqui has been returned for Bordeaux, and Blanqui ia in prison and under sentence of forfeiture of civil rights. The question is, can Bordeaux legally return him 7 This man is quite insane, a monomaniac of sedition. He has passed nearly all his life in plotting or in confinement. No matter what the government royal, imperial, republi can, revolutionary its first .case, fol lowing the common instinct of self preservation, has been to catch Blanqui and put him in a cage. Blanqui caged, it has turned quietly to its adversaries, to resume the interrupted gane. He is the extreme type of the men who since '89 have brought all the trouble upon France. It is impossible to get along with him without giving him all be wants, and all he wants is simply the abolition of poverty, misery, crime, inequality, luxury, ignorance, with one stroke of the pen. A stroke of the sword will do as well, but whatever the implement, the operation must be per formed d'nn coup. You are to take the whole framework of society, put it into the melting pot, pour it into a new mould, let it cool off, and you will have 'such a new earth that you need not trouble yourself about any new heav ens. He was the spoke in the wheel of every government until, warned by ex perience, tho later oues took care to clear him off the course at the start. Louis Philippe's government con demned him to death, but did net daro to execute him, because of his hold on the masses, with whom his supreme fault that of demanding for them than can possibly be given was naturally a supreme virtue. The wildest revolu tionary leaders of 181" found it impos sible to get on with him, because he found them so retrograde and slow. They thought they were refashioning society in the most radical fashion, and he was forever sneering at them as botchers, and asking them when they were going to begin. The empire made short work of him. The 4th of Septem ber brought hini out again. October saw the agents of order once more on his track to put him out of the way. In that short month or six weeks of lib erty he had made propositions enough to ruin his country for a lifetime. Blan qui is seventy-four, and he must have spent more time without communica tion with his fellows than perhaps any other man of his age. He passes weeks, months, years in reading and thinking, lie knows nothing of meu as they are ; for -him they are mere geometrically built puppets that he moves at will in a prison game of solitaire. His drink is water, bis food dried grapes, vegetables, a little meat. He has no history outside the history of his dreams. There have been no friendships in his life, and but one love, and that was buried in the grave of his wife. Mail delights not him nor w oman either. He is all for his ideas. ' - RUE COt'LDXT 0 IT. Inglorious Ending of a Great Femi nine 1'ndertakln;. Cincinnati Commercial Wilmington, O, ili-ipuich.J " The !idy mentioned in these dis patches of last Sunday's Commercial aa having entered into an agreement with her Husband to hold her tongue ten mi.iuies in each quarter hour for one thousand one hunured and thirteen con secutive quarter hours, failed in her task.- At a o'clock on Tuesday after noon, as suu waa completing her nine hundred and seventeenth quarter hour, and her backers were feeling sure that she would win, a neighbor lady return ing from a shopping expedition passed aioiig the stieei in irout of the window wearing her new purchase, a beautiful shawl. Now the lady who was holding her tongue should have tightened her grip at this supreme moment, and concentrated her thoughts on Some thing else than this new article of Ureas belonging to her neighborjbut it is said that the ruling passion is strong even in death, and that ingrained habit is unconquerable, and these axioms weie pro ven in this instance, for the tougue ho' 'er, mi fortunately for hcrwelf,leiied over and whispered in the ear of a lady bystauder; "What a horriod shawl?1' She immediately saw her mistake; but il w as too late. The j udges at one de clared in favor vf the husband, the crowd filed slowly out of the building, an itiie in si in;i;chyn record oftongue hoiHin' aa,n.-t time was over. One lady ai .east in Wilmington will attend ciiureii iliia summer in a last year's bonnet, " be linsbaud ia in vesting the iu he s.tved in strong plug tobacco He says he never before enjoyed such peace and quietude as daring the past nU e days,. And now the other mar ried men of vyilmingtQn are hoping that the fbngue-holding fever may be come au epidemic, and strike the coun try with emphasis. i 'rt- ' y r r !C T.1
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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