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RALEIGH, If. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1879.
$5.00 PER ANNUM
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A N LI 3 y v rvo -
MILITARY AGRICULTURE.
tUOPOITIOX TO ABOLIMII
Tiir
JrWathaa Jf the
al. with CI (!! frooa
Urtryrd Lllermlo re.
i .rnp-'l-Mnlore of the New.
Mt. lilLKAD P. O.. May lO. A lltU
hit I wrote to Colonel I. Ifc Polk,
"the Honorable Commissioner and
iutrd of Agriculture," a he styles
tntu-lC at Raleigh, about horu 6 prettv
talt stare-nie-nt which I found In that
ne advertising book which he baa put
i.uu I thought there mnt bo some
thing wrong about them, and, mire
enough, the " Colonel ' writer lawk to
m and m) i this om is a mistake of the
printer, and that one was a m 1-itake in
I -mof-reading, and tho other wu a tyjo-a-rapbical
error. Of course, this was all
vjliafjactory, aa far a it went, and ut
my mi ad entirely at eane uon ihe
prtiuUr points, bnt left me in a slate
wf aonoring tuu-vrlaiuty a to the rest
tf the book. I can't well write bim
about every particular fact and tigtire
in the book, and If I did, I upi.e he
might get tired of answering. So. how
aui I to tell whether a tory that re
mind lire of Mr. Munrluuton'ii histo
ry is Teritahle f-t, or nome wort of a
mltke
I'm AN Ol.f ,
and have not ery Ion if to lire, but 1
uld like to know- the !ttm f-t of
th-ao uum ( iikw. I'm nuieh in
te condition of Dr. Siinuei Johuon,
vfn. after he had read a hook of Afri
cm explorations, remarked to IImwi1I
that to more than half of it was true.
Then." aaid lUawell. let u tliave
the half." M Ah. there's the dltnculty.''
aid the gret moralist; " d.n't
know w hi'-h hlf to lielieve.' Couldn't
you Mtrteat to the "tlitrj he. 1 oj the
" Ijirtmf , r of Agriculture tl
he ouicht to publish another l.ok. and
let u ktw which half ri-l and
whi' hhalf untrue
I thiok it would le a kimh plan to
hiire the name of the new V.n t-
'mf" X, and oall it bercafter. "The
I'ubrbthlnif snd Advertliuic Iepart-
nieut." It eenit to me tint it takes
ni.re printer's ink to tell a little, and
do little, in that "deartmeiit," than
arrw nam I naveeser cruiwn. j never
j the Colonel lut once, when he
made a peeh in our conntr. It wa a
nuhly good spH-h, with a little about
farming and a gool deal alout the " De
partment" in it. I don't think I tot
much agricultural liiht from that
spewh. but I was thorvuchly atiorlel
thtlttok a big LuM-pim-r of elf--xmp4a-eocj
to run tliat "lart-
UiCI t.
W on't you tell tt r.nietliiii? slout
tl.a: law poned ly the feiUlii re. so
they aar, allow ing thU Chat lot te Yait
kee I And Agent. hi! Uhi name?
Immont, to print aaiutny looks as he
plra.se. at the State's expM e. w itliout
sayiug anything alioul the fit-, ct r
character tf (he books, and
T IV-TT Til.. I k t v 1 1 tv- r.l--rwii u i- it,r
I no objection to h's advertising.
or printing a book, or telling lanis, f r
tin w u.- four times w h.it they Mrc woith.
il to .tm, but why wh.aiii dp brsal-
rts4tK f--r bim, gra'i, I can't make
o it. I f it tn.e, no dotiht he' l m il.e a
k -1 rti'ni; oi it. i noiu: i.o: won.n r
ifheh:.! h;. tongue in his i-hee. anil
w s cTiuntng at our greeimt-s i..u
.i a.s the old Initio liMiiunur hail
i'. II ne no-, no i greener than any
ankts e er hcird of.
Iiu: I really forg t to tell o i . !nt
:!.c uit!itar "Cin4iiii!.i..icr sivl I'. Mid
of Asri ultuie" sent inc. That is, I
uppve he did, lor there ain't another
iitui In Haioigh that ever heard cf my
rtan. I don't iptae. anil iftl reis
he'il not be likely to kno.w I'd chanced
my pt of.ii e during the la.st month
unless he'd seen my letter.
It w a the following t ircular:
To rut: iioxoR in.rit)nn'if'M;R asd
luiRbor Anr.n t i.Tt r.: iokm,bth
i AHULIMA.
Your pel ili oners reahing the great
necwity of mora eiklUfhtenmeut. and
the permanent establishment of an or
gan for tliat porpoe among the farmers
of our good old ttMtt would res te-t fully
reemment lhat you aulsTite lor at
lM lO.Cl'i mpi.-jt nf n p'iprr, trAofy lr
ret to f n-tnft of thnn irAo pui ur
agriculture for a term of at Uat ttro
Vtrj; said pper to fr tlmtrtl.ittt'i
tkmntjknmt omr rntxrr St.ttr umiir th
rrrt'tjn nf your vorth y 6y.
W tssiieve this the cheapest snl et
w ay to dirTuse the inforuiat ion w hich
joiir jMnl tku established to-oI.etTt.
lU-bevhir further that a paper tn, tet
um lr-r yMr rla.ce in fAi. rI.V. aud
thu furl Hilly tmffrtr'l iunx'; if.
df-n-mry, wouhl, iittKr lo nf tw v '".
bs able to a'i mia i a tttlf Aiao'a.'y.
ajMlbaofvast benerit to the producers
f Norlii Carolina.
It la elear tothemlnds ofyourrw nds
here petitioning, that our .eople for
whose benefit your department wa e-UbUsSe-4,
grWtlv need enxwirageOieat
arul auca Infomullon, a4 tufttill it A. a i
miixt could give; yoH arnijAiay it
fUiitor ariA nil yi r rrj.trt titi
(m'J, rau., gj!ttitn, ""., fiooi
oarfaiA wAicA, Ci eacediuglj ta-rrf-tMj,
attractive and instnu-tlve to Hy
iaaae oaaWd te wwide.
Further, w e lelieva that a xmnlt i
frr gvUrn Hp un Am phi, would b of
more beneot to tb uianaen of our pro
fession than One o mitr? prrtrHttoHA, for
afewyram, and that afterawhilc.lt
W Oil ltf IIROW TO HK A I'KRMANI.NT
Til I o and nlitrgrr pmpnrtinn.
And in conclusion would further sug
gest, vou advertise for proposals, nml
that vou accent the cheapest, upon re-
-eipi'of a good and suttlcient tond. for
the faithful execution of the coo tract for
the trrtn of faro yrttra, a agretxl ujKm.
. If vou endorse Uie above, pteaae se
cureafew of your friends' signatures
who also eodvrae it. "J forward to
ol. U 1 Polk, lUleigb. N. C.J
Names. Post mUces.
That circular redeemM the "Colonel"
in my eyeaat one. I had been Inclined
to make Light of bWo before. There
wa a sort of airiahness about him that
didn't seem exactly agricultural;" the
"Iepartment" baaineas looked rather
upanaiva lo me. aa if he had ' dif
ficulty in precisely denning bis own
K"' graphical limit, or as soma of the
philoophera aay, tuarkiriK the line be
tween the "ev" and the "won
but I freely retract all such ideas now
The rapacity for grand results of this
maguilicent m heme, mark "the Com
misMioner and Board of Aicriculture" as
Til K !I.ITIX-AiKI-l-ITt'RAI. NAKil.K
OX OK II 1 AilC.
I'm hi-i m in and ho's mine, ami so I
w ro:e him. I never w ent in for "Col
onels" much )efore. bu. now I am sat
isfied that they ate the gre.it moral
want, the military ue.-exsity, a it were,
of the age. What we need i about 40,
us morejist such.
I slartwl out with that petition that
very day and got names to it till you
couldn't rest. I carried half a quire of
aper in my hat and a loltlc of flour
paste In my pocket, and kept putting
on names till it was about live yards
long, and scratched all over, as if a rloek
of pigeons had roomed on it after a
shower. Then Suiro S.im l'urdie. he
said he kuew
A TRICK WORTH TWO OF TUA.T,
snd be got some more , paper and we
went over to the graveyard and copied
otTali the nsuiea on the headstones and
put them on it too, all except some old
centennials, w hose names w e could not
make out of course, every one that
sign w ill get one of those trn thousnuii
paper ajid aa 'Sqoire S.mi H postmas
ter we allow ed We d divide the grave
yard copies. 'Twont cot nothing now
that the publisher h;iM to ,iy the pos
lag and the Stale is the publisher.
Tle plan suits me to adot.only, I think it
might le extended a little. a.s it no doubt
w ill be, hen the Colonel gel.s fully tin
ier way. He micht add some I it 1 1
thin as an ihic-m nt to sulisi-ril-i ,
not any iMNik or dictmnary trash l.ut
imiiii niui; nitraj-iiTe. say h ie pjiiii.i.s
of olaitt or a lt.i1 Ion of '.M.ninl.iiii
iew or some ottier ai-icultunil pro
duct that would be acceptable to 11 lost
every liody. He i-oild gi e away a hun
tlrrtt tht,H.i-tM I jui as well a trn (Avu-
is- then!
I hpHtied to mention it to the edi
tor of our untry-fsper ird
II K OOT I T gVIrKI K
than I e known him to in forty year.
He anil no beauty anyhorv, out his face
jut lookel awful and he tni-ted alout
as if his iusides vas full of oung L1 rk
suakea. I was really Beared. But alter
awhile he grablnsl hia cn, called for
his "fool-ki ler" and swore he'd b
eternally roaateil If he didn't nave
somvbotly's Mcalp. Then, I left.
Pixr fellow ! It wotild ma.sh his little
one-hk, jackdcgired i-ountry pajer to
flinders, hiiliX woulJ l c an
in
ula-
ble lenelit to the people.
Then too, you w Ul notice , that the
etlUon saya very jvsrtV ulsr, r a
r-rw of at lat ttvt year.," that N, as
I construe this very suggestive phr.ise,
fMnt AITKB IUK SKIT kLUTIO !
ThUs a magnificent idea! Of course,
it will support the "Coinmiasioner and
Hoard of Agriculture;" and his friends
aiders and abettors, ami how, I would
like to know, is any man to stand be
fore the editor and controller of a paper
with ten tkmttnn'l snbsrrilers for two
years secure on his itooks, their sub-
s Tlptiops paid up in advance out of the
State Treasury It's a big idea! It
seems to me a little too lig for the
Colonel. I know, small oaks from
little a-orns grow, but . Well the
fict is Mr. Kdilor, I am just living to
know, if the suggestion didn't come
from (iuv. Jarvis or some one else. It
seems mighlly like Jarvis to me. He
don't handsome much, but he's jmwer-
ful sly; and they do say thai there are
several aspiring genta who want pow
erful bad to take the deceased Robin-
soil's place m tne late i ommaaiion
Troupe." Honestly, Mr. Kditorwho
w as il that put Polk up to this dodge or
wa.s it just to keep himself from being
;ifii out anu nis "jjeparinieiu wnn
him, as he came so near being during
the laat legislature ?
Resipec-tfully,
J K.Dt'T II A M JrKMs,
Hi. tc terabura; not a Cavd m Plaee to
1.1 In After All.
Waahlnk'ton Mtar, LTth.
A gentleman who has Just returmsl
from Russia, savs that the effects of the
fmlicy oi reprcjiou are uauiy noucea
le In St. Petersburg. He traversed a
larva part of the eitv late at night with
out Interference or question. Snnday
the i'.lx inat.. being a bright dar, the
streets' were thronged with promena-
ders as happy and light-hearted, appar
ently, as those in any other continental
tity'. He saw the Princess Dagmir
driving through the streets alone in her
carriage.
Mr. J. Uonld IiwlleeJ.
A telegra-n to the N. Y. Hun, from
Freehold. N. J.. May li says : "The
Monmouth count v grand jury have
found a bill of Indictment against Jay
Oould as president of the Jersey
Southern Railroad Company, the secre- 1
utry or me roaa, ana cuwnjwr aouiu oi
their operations shortly ailir the ,im-
. -t ll.l.l 1 'o
piiny w as yeciarin iv i imi un.
Wavthlnrtoo TonnniehC I
Washington star. IS. " . ... '
Tho House committee Cm pQhlie
buildings and groond to-day agreed to
rvnraSlv a bill anPTOPrlstio
64 (M to lx usexl to strenslnen tha
foiuidAtioit or uie aiimgn
menu
'A Royal rrat. 1 ' -
Indon. May 13. The Daily Tele
graph's correspondent at Paris aavs :
It is reported that there is a possibility
of the marriage of the Archduke Rudolf,
Crown Prince of Austria, to tne I mania
Maria Del Pilar. King Alfonso a sister.
The crown prince waa born August
Jlat. KW, and the Infanta Maria Del
Philar, June 4th, 1SG1.
You've a prettv little hand.
Indeed you have, by heavens!"
He aaid w'ith a smile most bland;
'You've a pretty little hand.
My sweet h! ouch! don't stanl
On my corn with your number
aevens.
You've a prettv littte hand.
Indeed you have by heavens!"
rVrtriMaari Enquirer.
He was a daisy with the girla.
And might have been till now.
If he had not so reckless been,
And gone too near a cow.
Hartford Sunday Jovrsfl.
KITCM AND RUSSELL
THE qrRNTIUN OF PERSONAL
PKIVILEtiE O.SJCE MORE.
4'rlea af Rearalar OrderWidow Oli
ver Appear A aal n The OeiMoermt
le Caaeua.
Richmond Diapntoh It.
Mr. Hussell (Republican), of North
Carolina, next srose to a personal ex
planation, and, under the privilege
granted bim, ha-ged that Mr. Kitchin,
of North Can.liui, held his seat by
fraud and corruption, and that he was
beaten J.iXK) votes. His manner waa
provoking, and his assertions calcula
ted to make a lesa excitable msn than
his colleague mad. The Republicans
enjoyed his remarks immensely. Mr.
Kitchin, in reply, fairly stormed, and
was not at all choice in the epithets he
used to express his indignation at the
statements and assertions of Mr. Rus
sell. He characterized what he said in
relation to hiin as slanderous, false.
and infamous, and got so exeited while
peaking mat ne waiKei over 10 me
rltenullican side of the hall and had to
. . . (1 I A. A. I
ho called back by the Speaker, t liiallv
there were cries of "Regular order, '
and the Democrats endeavored to
bring the proceeding to a close, but the
Republicans cried "Go on," and were
in high spirits. The Speaker in the
meanwhile rapped his gavel rapidly
and endeavored to restore quiet, but his
etfort pro veil unsuccessful he became
urbitrarv and declareu tlie persoual-
oxi I.wialion business at an end.
Mr. Kitchin now got in, however, a
I. i:-ge that Mr. Russell was tried by a
con . i-iuartial and dismisseil iVoui the
Con ederate service. "Yes, 1 was,"
said Mr. Russell, "for whipping a con
script officer: but Jed" Davis reinstated
me." Mr. Kitchin here took his seat
relunctanlly, evidently mortified that
he was cut otf lfore he could get all of
his work in. The Democrats evident
ly were much relieved. Mr. Davidson,
of Florida, now rosi to a personal ex
planation, Mr. Russell having charged
t fraud on the part of the Florida Re-
turning Hoard in giving certiticales to
j his i-olleague. Thero were cries of reg-
iriven him finally to make a five-minutes'
explanation. This he did, and
com lusi vel v vindicated his State, the
Returning lioard, the Democratic par
ty, vnd his colleague.
Wirxm- OMVKH A I1KIT1SH SCKJKCT.
The widow Oliver, dressed with re
and wearing the look of a huntud-dusvn
wouiaii. appeared this morning before
the House Committee on Foreign Re
lations. In a very proper way .she an
nounced that she is a subject and ncs?d
ed ad ioenui faioney to aal lief in pnos
eeutimr her righteons claim against Si
mon Cameron. She was treated with
d ie respoj-t and her case was referred
to Sir Edward Thornton, the liritish
Minister. Things now look serious.for
Simon has no longer, through lien But
ler, to bullyi ig and bulldoze a deserted
and impecunious American female, but
will have to deal with a British woman
hacked by tho power of H. M. .
THE DEMOCRATIC CAtTfS.
Democratic congressmen say to-night
that the Democratic caucus will aot
meet until Monday next. The opinion
prevails that no vote can be reaeued on
the silver bill in the House to-morrow.
A.ioniER AccorxT or the
ail rcil l.Rl .SSELL E. COUNTER.
Rnsaell Make m Lam Attempt 'to
Imitate Frye ailtehen WalkaXear
Illm and Denooneea Ulna In tho
Ntronireat Term a, .
Washtincton l'ot Uth.
The House prooeedings were made
lively yesterday with personal expla
nations, one or two of a very spicy and
"personal" nature. In the first phv e
Mr. Shelly disposed of a Radical false
hood in relation to his own election.
Then Russell, the ex-rebel Republican
of Norih Carolina, who got a judgeship
for adding h's influence to the Radical
pariy, felt called upon to reply to the
recent strictures of Mr. Kitchin. He
first denied the charges that he had
"never gone through a law schooL"
but didu' I say whether he had simply
teen kicked through or walked through
one. He made a lame attempt to imitate
tle style of Mr. Frye, but only suc
ceeded to the extent of charging his
colleague with plantation manners.
He endeavored to explain what he had
said before, rehashed a lot of stuff
about fradulent Democratic returning
boards, and denied having slandered
the "noble old State of North Car
olina." His was not a personal expla
nation in any senso of the word, but
still the Democrats let him go on. He
amused them and they would not in
ter:" -re. Captain Kitchen replied in a
very "impassioned" manner. He
walked to the area in front of the speak
er, and began in a moderate tone, but
soon grew excited, and in a few mo
ments he was shaking all over with
rage. His face waa livid, and his words
crowded each other in rapid succession.
Walking as near to Russell as the seats
would permit, he denounced him in
the strongest language. He contradict
ed his assailant in detail and in general,
and said he knew he was dealing in
falsehood when he made the statement.
He had tried to avoid any contest on
this question, and requested Russell
not to bring it lefore the House as he
f Russell) would have to act as judge In
the case of his (Kitchin's) seat being
contested. He aaid that Russell had
chosen to prejudge the case, and thttt
wa-s his way of doing business on the
bench; he associated only w ith the most
degraded, and had never had any chaa--actery
in North Carolina. He asked
Rusell if he had not been dishonorably
dismissed from the Confederate army.
The latter said he had been, iuit was
nrstored by JelT Davis, whereupon the
Republicans shouted appareutly. re
garding that as a high 'endoisernent of
tkej concert. .
Vinally several members made the'
point of order, that the discussion had.
goneWrond the "peradTrar' lindt."
The Speaker admonished the gentle
man aceordinly, and remarked, in. a
loir tons that rthese" personal txnla
riatlons are becoming a nuisance." Mr.
Davidson, of Florida, very briefly re
plied to Russell's charges against tliat
Stale, and showed that tliev were fal.-e.
Hesaidhe didn't know whether the
gentleman (he meant Russell) knew
they were false or not, but false they
were. Russell's exhibition may do
aome good, in that it will show the
Northern people what kind of South
ern men have gone over to the Radi
cal party.
MOREWANIIIXUTOX NEWS.
The Stalwarts In lliarh Favor mt the
White Ilouae Aetlon and Exp react
ion on the Veto Tlie Bane and
the Antidote An Early Ad
journment Urowing In
Favor.
Baltimore Sun Hth.
Washinuton, May 13.
THK SITI'ATION.
A large number of stalwart republi
can, iucluding Senator Chandler and
Logan and Representative Frye, Con
ger, Jovce and others, were at the
White House to-day. With the ex
ception of the brief time occupied in
caoinet session the President devoted
most of the pay to these gentlemen and
the reception of their congratulations
and praise over the course he has pur
rued. The entente cordial between the
Prestdent and the radical element o
his party is apparently now ftilly res
tored, and the stalwarts, who have fo.
more than two years made a point o
denouncing him without atint,publiclj
and privately, now have nothing bu
honeyed phrases for him.
The Southern Senators and members
who have heretofore been credited,
whether properly or not, with possess
ing so much influence over the Presi
dent, continues to visit the White
House, or at least some of them do, but
the stalwarts among the republicans
are threatening to-day that they will
soon make It too warm lor the ex-Con
federates to come to tne executive
mansion. But notwithstanding that
the President has apparently fallen
into the arms of the radical republicans,
some of the shrewd ones are already
prophesying that the present reconcili
ation will not be permanent, and that
before six months have rolled around
the President will be as obnoxious as
ever to the men who are lavishing
suca praise upon mm.
Although the President has for the
time being placed himself in accord
with the desperate and dangerous Con
gressional clique which has so long dom
inated the Republican party y his in
stincts and his inclinationare such
mat in tne not remocejruiur toe asso-
ciatioa may be leas liliftiaul Iqliiui
for the present moment. So far as the
Democratic leaders are concerned, the
opinion is gaining ground among them
that as matters now stand it is useless
to attempt to patch up the political
measures with any hope at this time of
coming together with the President.
The vote in the House to-day on pass
ing the anti-military interference bill
over the veto of Uie- Pi evident disclosed
a majority acting with the Democrats
of thirty. This is a large, majority than
the Democrats have ever been able to
muster since tho beginning of this ses
sion. The veto message was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary. The ob
ject of this is understood to be to give
an opportunity for a formal reply to be
made in behalf of the Democratic ma
jority to tho ;ii iru incuts of the Presi
dent, both in this mid the previous veto
message. It will he submitted in the
nature of a report from the Judiciary
Committee, and w ill state the Demo
cratic position. The purjose will then
be to Jet the veto messages and the refu
tation go out together to the country.
The Democrats of the two houses will
hold a caucus either tomorrow or next
day"lo determine definitely upon the
ne.-tt move by their side. At this writ
ing there remains nothing additional to
be said oo this point, except simple and
idle speculation, other than to note that
he sentiment in favor of an early ad
journment is increasing hourly.
A EItO EAST MARRIES A WHITE
WOMAN.
A Writ or Havkseaas (orbnai Refused
Them by Sndg-o Ilng-hes of
Virginia.
Richmond, May 14. In the United
States Circuit Court to-day a writ ol
habeas corpus in the miscegenation case
of the negro Edmund Kinney, and tae
white woman Mary Hall, now confined
in the penitentiary for violation of the
statute prohibiting the intermarriage
of races was refused by Judge Hughes
on tho ground that the United States
Courts have no jurisdiction over ques
tions of marriage.
The opinion holds that the laws of
marriage are at sovereign control and
will of each State unaffected by any
provision of any article of the constitu
tion of the United States. That abso
lute and entire power over these laws
is necessarily left all over the world
and in this Onion of States to the gov
ernment of local society. That the law
under which the parties were convicted
was with the unrestrained legislative
power of Virginia to enact . it and that
it is not prohibited by any provision of
national constitution. As to making
contracts the opinion holds that section
177 of Revised Statutes to all persons
within the United States the right in
every State to make and eii force con
tracts etc., can only refer to contracts
lawful under the law or States wherein
it is proposed to enforce them. Admit
ting thst marriage is a contract to hold
that the privilege of enforcing it, ex
tends only to lawful marriages and
that if a citizen of Virginia, went to the
District of Columbia or to the territory
of Utah and was there married in ac
cordance with the local law, he could
not return with bis consort or consorts
to Virginia, and expect to subordinate
her laws of marriage to the other Juris
diction. The case will probably be
taken to the Supreme court of the'Uni
ted States.
Lexington (9Io.) Raees.
Lkxinuton, May 14. The weather
continues tine and the track is in excel
lent order. The first purse 3200, one
mile dash. Peru, 1; Glendalia, 2;
Checkmate 3. Time, 1.44. The contest
between Peru and Glendalia was close
at the finish and was only won by a
length. Second race, a selling of one
mile and a quarter, eight starters. En
quiress, 1 ; Rrilliantine 2 ; Dunkirk, 3 ;
Crosslet,0; Grapple, 0; Stilton, 0; Cali
gula, 0 ; Chief, 0. Time,'2.11. Caligula
was a great favorite in pools.
o -a
In vestls-atlou or the Swindling; "Freed
uan'a Savings Bank.
Washington, May 14. Chairman
Bruce has called a meeting of the se
lect Senate committee on the Freed
man's Bank for next Tuesday, when
the commissioners in charge of affairs
of tliat insolvent institution will lay
before the Committee a detailed ac
count of their management and persop
aily respond to the cognate inquiries.
The committee intend to apply to the
Senate at an early day for the authority
to sit during recess, and also for sutadry
powers not explicitly conferred by the
resolution under which the geh'erai in
vestigation was originally ordered.
Great Fire In Bombay.
BoMBAY,JMay 14. There was a great
conflagration last night at Poenah, an
important Government and Military
centre, eighty miles Southeast of this
cuv. The Government School, Booxi
war Palace, the Taw. Courts, the Post
Office, tlie Police Office and Fortv
Houses were completely destroyed.
The tire has since been extinguished:
Henry Ward Beecher's Lecture.'
Niiw York, May 14. A Memphis
special says Henry Ward Beecher was
greeted by an audience or 4uuu people
at his lecture in the Exposition build
ing last night. He was presented to
the meeting by Keating of the Appeal
and his lecture was frequently inter
rupted by applause.
At its close, Mr, Beecher presented
Mr. Keating with a check ior 250 dol
lars, to be by him distributed between
the Orphan Asylums of Memphis,
Chattanooga and Atlanta. Engagements
have been cancelled and Mr. Beecbjer
will return to Brooklyn on account of
physical inability "to fulfill thejn.
While in Memphis Mr. Beecher has
been treated with; utmost respect ahd
his coming wss the occasion of exclu
sion trains being put on all roads lead
ing into Memphis, all crowded with
people from Western Tennessee, Nor
thern Missippi, Northern. iAlabaLna and
Arkansas. " J f
COLLECTOR WHEELER
WRITES A LETTER AI DEM.tD8
AN INVESTIGATION.
A letter From the Cashier of the
Winston National
Bank.
Correspondence of the News.
Winston, May 9th, 1879. My atten
tion has been directed to an anonymous
communication in your daily issue of
the 7th inst., which refers to me. I pro
nounce your correspondent a ronwm
matcliar, a mehda 'ions wretch, about
and villainous poltroon. I defy the
thieving rascals, affiliating with the Re
publican party, only for pelf, and the
scoundrelly Democrats, who have abet
ted and sympathized with them in their
nefarious designs. And Gen. Scales
and his Congressional Committee to
which you refer, invite the severest
scrutiny to my official acts from the in
ception of my administration to this
hour. Ros;:ectfully,
- w W. H. Wheej.br.
IT r TEK
KHOJ4 Mil. ALSPAUQH.
Winston. May 9lh, 1879. I seo in
vour isuo ox" the 7th inst., a :i a. tide
ho-uled "Collector Wheeler," and
making numerous charges against that
gentleman as an officer of the govern
ment. While I know Dr. WTheeler to
be a gentleman, and believe the charges
preferred by your anonymous corres
pondent to be utterly untrue, and the
emanations of a bad heart, stung with
envy and malice, by defeat in an effort
to get the office the Dr. enjoys, I am not
his advocate or defender. This is a lit
tle job the Dr. knows best how to per
form himself. But when your corres
pondent goes out of his way to make
false accusation against this Bank, I
feel that I cannot do less than pronounee
him a calumniator; and if he is the par
ty I suppose him to be, he has been a
defaulter himself, and perhaps a thief.
Respectfully,
J. W. Alspauoh,
Cashier.
STATE SEM8.
Craven,
Nutshell, g
John R. Thomas, John C. Gardner,
and Alex. T. Stransbury are the newly
elected Newbern police. 1
Our city yesterday seemed almost
ver-ruh with green peas; turn where
you would and you stood a chance of
stumbling over piles of them; a con
stant stream of carts and wagons
were passing to the steamers' wharf
and to the railroad depot nearly the en
tire day, and both places were thor
oughly stocked. Not less than two
thousand boxes were snippea yester
day by railroad and the Old Dominion
steamer and yet the Railroad Compa
ny's v arehouse was again filled with
peas, for shipment, last uight. Major
Hughes intends sending out anothei
extra train to-day, by which at least
one thousand boxes more will be ship
ped. The irncking business has been very
successful this season and Newbern
stands far ahead of any place that we
hear of. A canning establishment is
now needed. Who will untake the
enterprise? Stir them up, George.
Newbern now has a cotton factory, a
wooden-plate manufactory, and with
the addition of a conning establishment
and soap factory she will enter on a
new era of prosperity.
Surry.
National Visitor.
I JDr. Ed. Allred, of Yadkinville, in
Torms us that the prisoners, three in
number, confined in the county jail,
made a successful attempt at escape a
few days ago. They have not been re
captured. A rattlesnake measuring two feet and
nine inches and having six rattles was
killed near Green Hill, on Tuesday
evening, the 6th instant, by Mrs. R. P.
Rawley and Miss Mary Phillips, Who
can beat this for bravery ? I
Our townsman, William P. Gilmer,
has lust invented a self-adjusting tobac
co clamp, which is destined to be one of
the leading labor-saving machines of
the dav. .Mr. uumer is a nrst-ciass me-
chanic and, we hope, will make his in
vention pay him for his time and labor
in bringing it to perfection. He has ap
plied for a patent. North Carolina is
fast arousing from her lethargy, and we
cordially join the Visitor in the hope
that Mr. Gilmer may meet with that
saccess which home industry deserves.
Orange.
FIlllBboro Recorder.
In connection with the action of the
Commissioners, we learn that the pris
oners remaining in the county jail at
the time at which the repairs of the iail
are commenced, will be transferred to
the jail of Chatham. This will include
Rot. Boswell under sentence of death,
and Rebecca Ann Dyon, under indict
ment for capital felony.
We claim to be no epicure; but we
were not insensible to the charms of
mutton and green peas, boiled rock
and mashed potatoes, and the many
other good things that stood around as
outflanking sentinels our more favored
viands. The cooking is excellent, the
service complete, and the gentlemanly
proprietors are detei mined to make
the National a success.
Mr. P. C. Cameron sent us last week
bub-just too late for notice a stalk of
wheat full headed and of superior
growth attaining a height in strong
contrast ef the average appearance of
the crop.
The condition of tlie wheat crop is
variable, and is not suggestive of big
fortunes from the ground.
The condition of the fruit crop is ca-
Ericious in the extreme. Some neigh
orhoods have a sufficiency, while
others are blasted with black disaster.
Granville.
Torchlight.
Mr. M. G. Thomas, who has been en
gaged as gardener at tl e O phan As
lum died of pneumonia last Wednesday
night. . "
Mrs. Moon, the great Methodist re
vivalist, is expected in Oxford at an
early day. There is sufficient material
here for her to accomplish much good
and that she may be successful is the
sincere wish of all. .
- The proposition to tax the townships
was voted down in Sassafras Fork,
Tally Ho and Fishing Creek. Oxford
and Walnut Grove have gone for it.
This gives us $44,000 from taxation,
which, added to the private subscrip
tion, makes about $55,000, being lo,oo
of enough to build the road. The road
is a certainty and will be built.
All rigbt, Davis 1 We hope the first
engine will be named "Torchlight," and
that the officers of the road will tender
you a D. H. pass for 99 years.
The sharp crack of the pistol and the
dull swosh of the assassin's knife are
now largely heard in the Northern
States. More shootings, cuttings and
killings have taken t lice on the Ncr.h
side of Mason and Dixon's line within
ten days than the bloody " reports in
a month. Baltimore uaz?ttet
Xeg-ro Refugees, afce.
St Louis.Mav 14 Heavy rains prevail
ed over a considerable extent of territo
ry west of here yesterday, benefitting
crops greatly. The officers of the
steamboat companies having head
quarters in this city, and the officers of
the steamers plying between here and
New Orleans, deny having refused
transportation to colored refugees,
whenever the latter had money to pay
passage. They also deny that there
has been anv eenerallv expressed dis
position on the part of merchants and
planters to withdraw patronge from
the boats which carry immigrants.
This has been done in a few instances,
tut the desire lo prevent the negroes
from leaving the South is changing,
and now planters do not seem to care
whether they leave or not. Officers of
the latest arrived boats say they were
not hailed on the way by negroes and do
not belive there are any such numbers
of refugees on the river banks as has
been stated. They further say the
excitement is fast dying out and will
close altogether in a short time.
Washington, May 14. Senate Sen
ator Vest gave notice of his intention
to introduce a bill proposing to organ
ize Indian Territory into a State and
Eroviding for its admission into the
nion. His resolution making inquiry
as to whether any part of Indian Terri
tory had been purchased by the United
States with a view of locating Indians
.
or lreeumen tuereou wa agioou w.
The Senate resumed consideration of
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill.
Kernan aauresseu uie oenaie uvu
catins the repeal of the test oath and in
opposition to the use of the army at
elections. The Senate afterwards adopt
ed the amendment for paying arreara
ges of pensions with that portion of the
ten million dollars in the treasury
kept as a special fund for the redemp
tion of fractional currency.
Washington, May 14. House.
The House committee on revolutionary
nensions to-dav agreed to report faver-
ableon Dibrell's bill to prevent the
witholding of pensions from pensioners
under an act of March 9, 1878. The ob
ject of the bill is to prevent the with
holding of pensions from those who
have been restored to the pension roll
and then dropped on the charge of dis
loyalty. After the passage of the bill allowing
expenditures for the purchase of sites
in connection with the improvement
of Kentucky and the Great Kanawha
rivers, Warner, of Ohio, attempted to
have his silver bill considered, but fail
ing to obtain the necessary two-thirds
vote the business of the morning hour
was taken up atl:25,being the bill in re
gard to the transfer of cases from State
to Federal courts.
After the morning hour the silver
bill was taken up and discussed untill
adjournment. The vote will probably
be taken to-morrow.
Memorial Day at New Bern.
Wilmington Sun, May 14.
New Berne. May 10. The profes
sion was comprised of the Ladies' Me
morial Association,the NewberneSilver
Cornet Band, four companies of the
First Regiment N. C. S.G.,the Kinston
and the Goldsboro companies, and
the two Newberne companies and a
large portion of our citizens together
with many visitors, making an assem
bly around the Confederate monument
of about 2,000 persons. The ceremonies
were opened with music by a choir
composed of the I e t voices in our city.
The piece selected being "The Guard
Around the Tomb" The prayer was
then delivered by Rev.S. C. V ass, of the
Presbyterian churclot this city.
Col. A. M. Waddell was introduced
in a
short and elegant speech by our
isman Major John Auphus. The!
townsman Mai
address was then delivered. It was con
sidered the best ever delivered here.
"God Ixve the South" (hymn) was
sung, benediction ottered, a salute fired
by the military and flowers scattered
over the graves.
The Sultan's lft toUrant.
Constantinople Correspondence of the Phil
adelphia Telegraph.
In March last, when General Grant,
in the course of his cruise in the Vnn
dalia, came to Constantinople, his first
visit was paid to the Sultan. Imme
diatelv after this interview His Ma-
jesty charged Munir Bey, the master
nf Pdt-puinniea. to present the General
with an Arab horse from the imperial
stables. Accordingly a number were
led out, and one chosen and set aside
for him; but owing to some misunder
standing the gift horse was not sent,
and the Vandalia sailed without him.
Recently, the question having been re
vived, 1 he steed in question was hunted
up among five hundred and seventy
horses which compose the imperial
stud. He was found, and accompanied
by a second horse also for General
Grant, transferred to the care of the
American Degatation. Arrangements
have been made to send them in a few
davs on the Gorman Monarch, a steam
er"of 2,0(0 tons capacity, which will
probably sail direct to New Haven.
Thev are to be housed on deck, provid
ed w"ith canvass belts to swing in in
rough weather and treated like saloon
passengei-s. So it is to be reasonably
hoi cd that at the end of thirty days'
passage will rind them both sound in
wind and limb. One is a dappled gray
I of lair size and having all the
j traits characteristic of the Arabian
I blood small, well-set, restless ears,
wide pink nostrils, and large soft eyes,
waving mane, and long tail reaching
almost to the ground, and a skin of
such delicacy that the stroke of a lady's
whip is sufficient to draw blood, the
other stallion has all these points. He
is a glossy black, with a white star on
his forehead and white hind feet.
When the long forelock falls over his
forehead the large black eyes have all
the expression of a Bedouin woman's.
The gait is periect, De it euner tne rap- ,
id walk, the long swinging trot or the
tireless stretching gallop, while a rein
of one thread of silk is enough to guide
their delicate mouth. Let one of these
Arabs in the mad rush of a charge or a
flight losa his rider and that instant the
docile steed will stop as though turned
to stone. These horses are of the fa
mous Saktan race, the purest Arabian
blood, only found in and near Bagdad.
The dapple gray is appropriately
named Djeytan (the panther) and
the black Missirli (the one from
Cairo;, which cognomen he derives
from the fact he was bought at Cairo
all! ou-h foaled at Bagdad. For breed-in-'
p irposes as well as saddle horses
then blood and gentle temper are high
recommendations, and I have no doubt
that our great General will be highly
pleased with the Sultan's gift.
Eptaeopal Convention.
Ski.ma, May 14. The Episcopal dio
cesan Convention of Alabama convened
a: Groeasboro to-day. Bishop Welmer
presiding. The attendance both clerical
a;.d lay was unusually large.The session
will last four days.
-The members of Victor Fire Com-
p; nv express their sincere thanks to
Major Tucker for the use of his cistern
on Tuesday last, and! are proud to say
that as firemen we are always ready ahd
willing to tight against the destroying
flame. We respectfully ask the city to
put us a light in our engine house, so
that when we go in we can see what we
are doing. Jas. Jones, Foremanj
OUR WATER SUPPLY.
THE PROTECTIOM WE NOW HAVE
AOAIX8T FIRE.
The Capacity of the Claterns-Tb
Present Condition of the Fire
Iepartnaent.
The question of a water supply is a
vital one, and of the greatest Interest to
property owners and holders. The
only means we have of guarding our
selves, here where we have no water
works is by the use of cisterns, wherein
the rain water may be stored
until such time as it is needed
for use in case of danger. Some years
ago the city had a few cisterns excava
ted, but these proved inadequate to the
needs of the growing city, and early in
the present year orders were given for
the building of six uioYe. The cisterns
now built, filled with water and availa
ble for use by the Fire Department, are
eight in number. The location f each
of these, with Its capacity in gallons
is given below:
Favetteville street at Heartt's
"tore, ti.UOO.
Fayetteville street at Williams
& Haywood, ti.Otw
Fa3'etteville street at Mahler's
store, 6,000.
Fayetteville street at the cross
ing of Davie, 35,000
Hargett street at Wilmington, 14,000.
Davie street at Cottage Hotel, 30,000.
Capital Square, two, 20,000.
Total, in gallons. 117,000.
There are five cisterns below given,
now in course of construction t
Newbern Avenue, at Mrs Ste
phens, ' 30,000.
Hillsboro street at Albert John
sons, 30,000.
Salisbury street, near Col. Shaf
fer's, 30,000.
Blount street, near Col. Heck's, 30,000.
Person street near Methodist
church, , 30,000.
Total, in gallons. 160,000.
One of the cisterns above named, that
at the Person Street Methodist Church,
is complete, but it appears leaks so
much that it cannot hold water. It will
in a few days be placed in proper order
bythe contractor.
Besides the public cisterns above
enumerated there are in the city several
on the premises of private parties, or in
daily use, but the use of which is
granted in case of lire. These are loca
ted as follows :
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum, 5.000
Yarboro House, two, 14,000
Maj. Tucker's, Hillsboro Ave., 6,000
Total, 25,000
There are doubtless other cisterns
which may be in such aituation as to
be of use, and it would be a good idea
if persons on whose premises, any
such are situated would inform the
Fire Department, as it would be of ma
terial benefit to them, and to property
holders near by.
It appears from the figures given
above that the public and private cis
terns, now available "for use by the
engines have a total capacity of 142,000
gallons, and that those under way will
contain 150,000, so that in the the course
of a month, if proper haste is made in
the work, we shall have at our dispo
sal nearly 300,000 gallons. But this
amount is not enough. Four more cis
terns should certainly be provided, of
30,000 gallons each, or else eight of 15
000 each. There are many portions of
the city, thickly built up, that the fire
men cannot reach with their hose.
The city now has one steamer, the
Rescue; one hand engine, the Victor;
one chemical engine, the Phoenix; 'one
noos ana laaaer company and one
bucket company. There are 2,000 feet
hook and ladder
oi gooo. carooiizeu nose, almost new,
and in good order. The hose reel of
the Rescue carries to fires 1200 feet,
while that of the Victor carries 600 feet.
The remainder is kept in the engine
houses, as a reserve. There are also
some 300 feet of old hose, which has
been put in such a repair as to admit of
its use for light work, but it cannot be
depended upon with heavy pressure.
A Few Bfewa BTotea.
03rster, to thee I sing,
Thou luscious fruit of ocean;
Say, why dost take affright
At such R silly notion?
Boston IVanscrijtt.
Judge: "Have you anything to offer
to the court before sentence is passed
on you? Prisoner: "No Judge, I had
10, but my lawyer took that."
It is said there are 100,000 women in
New York city who support ' them
selves. It would be inter anting to
know how many support their hus
bands. As long as some of the religious pa
pers continue to offer pistols as premie
urns for subscribers, it is a little too'
much to hope for the suppression of the
hip-pocket.
Miss Penny saved from drowning by
Jonathan Smith. In equity she belongs
to Smith from this time hereaftar,' be
cause a Penny saved is a Penny earned.
Funeral of Mr. If. J. Brown.
The funeral services of the late M r.
Henry J. Brown, who . died Monday
night, were held from the Edenton
street Methodist church, at 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The church waa
tilled with a large crowd, and the servi
ces impressively condncted by Rev. W.
S. Black, the pastor, were listened to
with great attention. The remains
were carried to Oak wood, attended by
a number of friends. A good man and
citizen has been laid in the narrow
Erave, and there awaits a day for which
e was well prepared.
Mr. Brown was both an Odd Fellow
and Mason, and both of then societies
attended in a body. The casket was
beautifully decorated with flowers and
was borne by Messrs. B. C. Manly, D.
W. Bain, Eugene Grissooi, John T.
Morris, E. B. Thomas, A. P. Bryan,
W. C. Stronach and P. A. Wile v.
The Eajfle Brewery, KiaimoHd, Yaw
The brewery is entirely new,' fitted .
up with the finest modern appliances,
and has a capacity of 100 barrels or
400kegsper' day, which 'may be in
creased to any desired amount A
large bottling establishment Is at
tiched to the biewejy. where large
quantities of the beer will be put up
for the Pacific coast of South America,
it being, with one European exception,
the only beer which wil: stand the
long voyage around the Horn. The
goldinedal was awarded Mr., Geo.? W.
Robinson, the proprietor, by the Vir
ginia State Agricultural Society for
187H. D. W. H. Taylor, State Chemist ,
tor Virginia, testifies to the purity and
excellence of the products of this brew
ery, either as a medicine or n 'leverage.-
See advertisement.
rniverwlty Commencement Ball.
Com sp ndence of the News.
ChP.-il, Hill, May 13. You are in
vited lo attend the commencement
ball June 'th, complimentary to the
senior das of tho i. uiversity of North
Carolina.
Moniye,: B.C. Sharp, Chief, C.
D. Hill, W. E. PhiUip, J. jr. AlcKae,
R. W. Win borne. .
Honorary Monnycts-. Hon. A. G.
Thurmam Hoi. M. W. Ransom, Hon.
W. D. Steele. Gov. T. J. larvls, Hon.
Paul C. Cam mm, Hon. Jim. Manning,
Hon. A M.. Waddell.
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