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RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1879.
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News.
ii it ii
LABORS OF CONGRESS.
4 PHUjr4Tri) IJIPOKTOT TKEA
ty with rBAjrt r.
,.1, iaaraNliurHU t Ibe l-ell
lle tpprprUIIn Bill.
iUIMIO, MT l.'.lh.-SK?ATK
sut.-r 1 hrell iiilrwdure.1 a joint
r..lutloti authorising and niiiin(f
tbc President to open eorre"nui.cw
ituthe Republic Of Frtm with a view
and for the purple- of negotiating
nro"" UMtv of re. ij'r.iiy iuul com-
ntrnt lth tlut Government on ternw
!ik honorable and jud, three com
mlionr la be pjoiiuwl Whalf
of the U. S. pieiiuilnary to making
,urh trety. Referred to t omniiliwoii
Koru(u KeUlion.
The Senate resumed consideration
..fthe Iftri'l t I ill. Neiiator Beck
explained lue provision f th bill at
amended, staling that lhe increase by
th iile waa f.4 nikiiiK the en
tire sum tl" .'' Anionic the
ameuduientt ert l"'' for mint,
and fT.m.lr the Interior liepart incut
Mldluottal tthe appropriation in the
mil for ihe-e pnrj-w. He sin: treated
what reform nlioilUl le made by a re
ditclKtB of the mi tuber of More-keeper
aiid yramrera under the Tnnmiiotier
lulental Kevenne. ne hundred
thousand dollar annually omid
aeL He ihourfhl huii'ln-l of tliou
tid mix lit also ivt-l bv re-adjiiH-tmr
the machinery of the ciiMoiiih
department, a.- in iimncrou-. rio- Uk
rjene of collecting the revenue
Ur fiwU the receipt.
Mr. llaiuptn riwc to a erH..nal expla
nation, lie !-4id Lhe Senator from Al u.c
- Wtudoui in hi levviil apce. h iuted
thai be Hampton i had put into the
leiuo-ratie National p'attorm of l
the pU.-ik de- hiring thai tin- re-ont ru. -lion
acta of fwurfii' were usurpations.,
and unconstitutional and m.I. Mr.
Hampoii H-nd he h:l timo and
airatu denie.1 thai he tlid o. and ha.l
tmtei tA: he di I not 1-efore the Kn
lux lu ekicaiini: t'oinnntleo. He
ik at aatitie I l!ie Sen.iror -lid !: Intend
H M iillU lujutt. o.
UViiU.rf.. 4i, heitid not. hu .Inrinif
the i-.tuii-uin'u he nh.it purported
to tn- Hie
:m.-Ii of the Senator, Ml
h..h tiiH iiiir Mid : Thai wu my
ptauk in the pUtrorui ; I w.intt-l n:h
Inj; e.e. for lien the tfreat I eino r;; 10
partv hjd pledged lheinelve to tli it
hii thev ha.1 K-larel that thene acta
V ieouHtutw-'. revolutionary
a.iuOMt. I H ivllliut; to wait in
tienew until that party wo dd U- tn.
umphant. and applv llif leinedy in
thir uaii KvVt time.
Mr. Hjinptou replie-l hei-ould not -ay
shelter he had uvl Uullirjcuaje or
no4. If be did tt tn the 4ene that he
approve-1 the or ! and repcatel i thai
he did nol put Uiciii into the platform.
Senator lnurinan then Mddreeil the
N.'iiate, alluding ! the elaiise oi the
appropriation lull relating t trial
Jurv and eievtiom. He vii.i : 'I ln e
matient had not la-en made the uhievt
of calm, Uelileraie S-iiatorial del. ate:
but of the moMi iiirtammatory and un
jiiHliliabie altempl to at ray om- i.rtion
ihe 11,'itf .iji-t tin- 'her. and to
i in - r ftiTtHi' n m tii omntry
i a perm .lieu . and eiidui the "ii-
ii:.et:: i:.hi-1. If Iti-.i : :"i-i..n"ir'ia
, ou turn iiirnu', " ---
r .ifm-! M !,.: M--ll I-...IUC
. .. . und
eotnif ninevi ? n-tnirl ! the ,'r:u ial
Lalut N e re v..cU on, aim im- '-
proprialio.i full an. 1 par i of t lw ele lion
laouht ly llu i.il! to U re;e ionI
were o en.-.el. In peai'ikt ! thee
ele thn I. I .i.i the.e . at to
ti..n a i Hui u. ibi .i .,r-era:o.t in New
ura illy of a t-ae fiiii oi nn-.i. elter
niif and Auderiug under the aroitrury
mid dKlaloiuU luaiidale ol a i-iriiipt
and inieiu.ihle t-uuniio. er ol ei ;
tiotia. and ite iajuM not uppres the
UioUrfhl lliat a tran-a-Ho.i l.ad taken
pta It) thia ivuiiirv that -ould not
hatd (KvurrvM in :ni other ci di.l
ojntrv nltho-i: LIooN:. !. He pi--li.!.
ho e er, now to e . tile
...o;Uiitio i. if lhai i.i".iniieU miuhl
ne.i::oiicl w.t!. u. olle . alll tioii
.ii..4re l lav jury .... a Una
irml ty jury wa . h .r t i r a.nej-i..i-
Uvia; U hieiviei o .i .i,.if Iruiii
o re-l e ' ' e'l 1 1 m -ii . I i -nl liT
11 iiV wuh iv' mi t-.iil-.ea! ' i , -Mi
lUaj-Man ..ke.i n tie r i:innd
;.. ii irrn lo old niuwi.. 1 1 ! ' h
i.l Jit'lic. unit ietrui pi ik -?:. a I. alter
it. i.r .he .N.irtUetn :u.nd ai.: I l ol
Lie ikitut U Itortll of the !.i !!
A lh"U l ie ili-r.Ailiii'U uai;.; t:ie
t tl. liouiia'i nit t .n. He
aiulTted t!ie law p "t
. in I e le-
i . ed a-i'l itiu i
;l. i !. ; e in
, h . .ltllKMl llirif .
l : el e i:n I t lie
..ait in rlli.'ui'f !.o:n Ho- jiny io
a 1 puuiLe 1 tlKi- wtioriilii no: lake
t e iron el . ia.ii. Iw.-.i-e they h id
ijive i tle -., oi un i vuu r eeii u ,
auv one wh- had ppoil tlie i,o-. ern- .
inenl. If Hie law w m-nnable in
w ar it i no t o now . .t (iuie . hen all
ln.al i unite in the pa iin-ii...Ti .f tue
. ouiitrv and re.-tore harmon v ever
wl.ere." l'aii.j: from tho suLjeit of;
jurie. Mr. 'I liuinian joke of eii-t ;ons '
all I their freedom frt-m p,i:ii-al in- ;
terfeniMf and the m-n -i:y ind :
of repeating the present law wl.ih j
were uitruiu utali;.'- ot io.rit, t.oii ;
and fraud. !
Va11INoToV, Mhv IV Hoi i I
The Houe renew e I in the iiiorniui; '
laur the dieui'of the ill to aiue.id j
the aUtute) .el lime to the removal of j
eae f:o n SwUe to I". S. fouit. an.lj
rth. or Indiana, eoiiliniiel ami e.ii- :
eluded hi argument aw'aint the lull j
tns m r.iiloweil lv McUm, of Mi
oiiri. ih auiiort of it. - !
Th, pending tuolioii wa. to la t.ie
bill on the Uble; which wa m-jf.a v.tl.
The Drevloua auction waathen ordeal
3uUPSV aubUuent areemcrit tha
rht. order would only apply lo the fin
iiLliOB of U. hill, milieu proTiden that
nnVlluUl one -f-dlar piece or
uni t ? 1 grain, and a .,uar:er
w a. (u. r -e. 1 to. , . .
The uue-iion then re urre.l on t ie
aood .e-t.on. which provide that he
allrer in- .hall be a dollar, or iinil a
bAlf dlWr. a iiuarter dollar and dime;
tUl the -eiiu of the dollar MH
41 irratn Trv. the weight of the h df
on.eMlrid tlrv .lime one-half and .M e-
Vnh , TLiSJlUelv of that of the half
ColUr M that ailver dollar ,., the
r i", w hen retimed in wenrht ..y
nitural abra... more than one , er
. rtl,.U I" r.H-oti.ed. Thia . ti. n.
' ! .oe dia. ll-lol.. a-reed to.
n lheniXUt,oU. thieh provi,..
ir?; a-v iwKr ..f -ilvrr bullion may
le,-it the auie at any mm . . lo U.
lar of 4Vik 0? "n after
taken up ul Uie H"""'
Tirrta adjoiirtel.
!.le,p-.Uo-May for Vohi.
tread. Vk -ixty foW.ii l-jr",1 iTSnS
Slot kpxirt for a .xutou null at I ' '
Ontario. There were five hundred -pllcauU
for the alxty places.
Nkw Catlk-? Tyn Vm.. M
1Mb. At a l onferem-e liotwcen tna
commilteea of niaatera ami minen --
tenlav. t w o arbitnitorn wero apKinted
l ea-h iile. to w hoin an umpire di
pute eoiieernitn; w aice in the Ihirhiim
coal mmin dit. i' t, will be lell for set
tlement.
Th atrike of the enplovres often
iron manul'.u-turera in IajiuIoii, which
lcian Mime months ao under tlieau
lie- of an auialiramati! aia-iety of en
mn.T4 itiiiiiiletelv failevl. A similirr
ftrike at llelfa.l Ireland, resulted in
like manlier.
Cold Yt rattier In t:ui;laml.
Iimxo, May 1 ". The w eather i in
rleiuenl. A hiiNtorm ui-ct)inpanied by
'hunderand lihtninj; tx-curred yester
day Willi much rain ami hi;h cold
w imN throughout the ni:!it.
Shooting a nnllnrer.
Vahimton, May 15. The War
lVrtnietil ha leeii infortnel of the
hoo!in at an Antonio, lexa., yester
day of a tidier of the nd Infantry for
miiliny. by i apt. ijiwion.oi me lounu
Cat al r .
It n I a.
New ork II. r.iid.
Monday' New York print a
five iiihimn Interview with a leading
Iiui.iu on the now eu.urinj aubjtH-t d
tho tiitorv and horrors of lui..iau de
i'.iiii -why Nihllim bi-i-allie neee-
n v, and how it li.c grow n. A irre iter
danger, if poible. tlian Nihilim i
loreh iilow itl : Ili. a revolt of tho pro
letariate! If the I'olo should seek to
epar:it- from Hu-ia tho Nihilists
would l-e ready to join in a war of re
tn(ii:. If Little Kussia atleuipt to
carrv out the threat of secession, vv hich
are no a op.uly muttered, the NihilUts
of the North s-iv tliev would le the al
lie of ire iter Auia. This Kiitheiiian
in. . . :in-nt, nfiire 1 to in the interview,
i. in the liclit ol" the philoophv of his
tory, tin- j;iu.ir r of the two dangers
w hi"f nove threieii! foemnroit tuiia
in a dreadful civ il vv ar. Nihilism si cks
to ehaniro the condition of ti e individ
ual, to dethrone the present rulltnr
honi. but io i.rcrve the St.ite in soiiie
improved but not eU-ir'y defined eon
ditioii. The Kiithciuau-. m the other
hand, aim at nothing lei than the divi
sion of the nation. One stukes mthe
form, but the oihei at the existence of
the rov eminent. Secretly' aidisl by
A;i.ria. and u:ainel bv many mil
lion ot peonlc, a leader of the rijrht
km nii-!ii 'aii carv c out a new State
oiihemip of Kiiio,.e. lhe southern
! ir!ion of Kussia i the most vatuaoie.
con-i.len-l wit!i re'ereiiee to her level
ed prvi:re.s tow ard the Hosphoi u.-.
Mm il 1 ilils tt pra.-i c5 i.iuie Kiiia
! I ..I a. . '
ever tc -ome an a.-.-oiii.iinei uiri mo
Miivin ite dream wo.il-i lie carrie.1 out
ii a m inner, in which Oreat Kussia
would rot profit. T. ' one .;nd sinew
of the tioop w h;. !i iii iii hetl Iroiii tho
lru:h to the hei.. of r..ijukde e w e e
from the disatl'eclcd legion. The C'o.
aack who led the vv :v into the enemy'.
ii)iin;r. n t 1 1 1 in th:'.. event show the
men of the North how to fiirht. I 'hanit
iriir the orthography ol ! he river, whidi
jives him hi Iih-.i! naiiie. lie voiilu be
come fr Ku.ia:i liberty thv- i o.s i.k of
the iMwu. I':ie se i of a ui-Mt mon
archy mi; ' ' o'.-.: i'i;iiio.;e, lo tit
w ould li.'. c.iiicd ('-.il -.'i ad. This
would be liie coniiiet of luia herselt.
Thee are the Hirx I conclusions,
whi'-L aeeui to lr justified by thee-hau-tivo
interview it print. To the
student of history. wc-aniiot imagine a
more interesting "tieM for tho iht.
Plain Thontchl for Plain Women.
When a wouiaii lose a desire to
pleaae, says the Yimn H'n,ia " n .Joiir
iiu, ahe lose half -ler chjcrins. Noth
iinr la inorv conducive lo la'aiity than
eheerfdlnes and Kd huinor; anl no
ni'roe or unhappv woinui can be
K'xxl-huniorei rihI cheerful. Tlien
there are vat numlHTS of ill-tempered
women who art ill-leiiipered I;uim
tnev are ul y. They do not know w hat
is the matter with themselves; neither
d their friend know. Hut the in--s. -ant
nv(le-l nd indifference with which
they are treated tinaly doe it work of
embittering their feeling until the ef
ft el ;ipu their moral character i most
prcnicious. Kverv woman otiht to
tin lerstami that nothing short of de
formity enn in ike a woman utterly mi
unattractive, provided s!ie will
study her Mtint; and fioi'lts of at
t r.n 1 1 v imh-ss ev cry womnii ha.
A t h -roughly i etine I. graceful man
nci tn be acquired by any woman,
and i a owcrful charm. Tho best
gr.i-- js jtcrfec! iiat u ral lu-i. Still, you
mut stu lv yourself, and form your
ma-iaci's by the rule of that art.
win. his Inn carrying out the law of
nature. Hu'.ifil is your nature to be
forev er assuming some uupiitureapuc,
ungraceful altitude, pray help nature
w ith a little irt. If yon arestouf, a vol t
the srntllest chair in the room; and be
. ire. if von do sit on if. not to" lean
back on it with your hands folded in
front of you, jusi below the lineof J'oiir
wait eps-ially while present fashion
hut. I' youare thin do not carry vour
selfvv ith' your chin protruding and your
piri'il column curving like the bowl of
a poon. !' not w-ar flimsy material
made up without a ruflle or put!" or
floum-e io rill up the hard outline of
i. ur l ad figure, socruellv denned by
the lightly piilled-Uick diaperiea.
s-.udv the art of dres.
Ilrr KtoekliMC.
Toklo .iMpail 'Mine.
The prettiest and ilantioMt of Japa
nese belli' now in i'.umpe was rei ently
dis.-oered in partial dibubille by
some ladv visitors, who vva.ro caplivu'
ttl by the effect of the neat and closely
fitting t ibi upon her tiny feet, and pro
nounced them, after leavinsr, Jnat too
awfully nice Tor anything, while (he
coiitniat lK-twecii tlie snowy whiteness
of the linen siindal and tho eculiar,
delicate tint of the stocking beuesUh
wa. irfectly plen-did! They easily
procured the tabi, but they searched
the citv in vain for inatcbeMte the love
ly hose. The new i-olor was evidently
a' rare Oriental dye. which had not
reached the mart o'f Kurope. Tn their
li.-ipH.iiitment sore they went to the
Japanese ladv ami explxinod to her that
thev had e: their heart mi piodiieiii
in "their uioriiing mtrligeo Uh snine
combination thev had noiiced oil' her
feet and ankle. Would she le so kind
as to lend iheiu owe of her storking to
enable iita?iiinertirer ter H.tempt-imi-talioii?
And then the Uulc Udy amihvd,
and graceful lv whipped a.side her
iivv;ig1. nnkagi, nnd sfciratri," dle0
ing that the admire 1 stockinn woie
not the nivsteriou products or some
jcalouslv-guardisl Ki.stern loom, but
the duvkv, unadortsl tcgunient with
which nature had provided her.
-
Niiuir-Takliiir -lrl.
Atl.'iiln "nniiv South.
We are ac.,u:iinte l with daughters
Vkhone siiull laittles un) -tiieealel 'fn
their rooms, w here they ue the con
tents constantly, without the knowl
edge oftheir pa: e it. We have seen at
Ixvanling seliiml. girls go into hytei liv
when depilva! for a ilay or two of
their an ii tt', and lurrow tobacco from
th.. servant a sidtstitute. until thev
i ioul I obtain their uunl stimul.iut
Scotch or Mj-.iwv; ami we a,re well
actiuaiutcil with t.iiee:en l-eautinil
young girl, were it not for the sallow
hue tarnishing their complexion who
are at present under medical treatment
fur derangement of the nervous nystem
and dige t ve organi arising fiom Ue
uai nt ueof HiiutT.
COLLECTORWHEELER.
OIK OKRIiP05flKNT DECLARES
HinsiM' Ri:spNNim.K.
TJe 4 hargea are Fart of Keeortl lu
I lie lulrriml Revenue HurfMit al
W M h I il g 1 i
forresoiiileiiee of the NevvM.
Warhknton, May 1". Your corres
pondent-, W. II. Wheeler, "ollector of
the Firth Internal Revenue District of
this State, and J. W. Alspaugh, cashier
or tho Winston liiink, have done injus
tice to some imaginary person or per
sons, w bom they suppose to have been
dlsapxinted rivals for the office of
collector. It is but fair that I should
avow myself responsible for the letter
in the N kws of the 7th instant, and thus
relieve all other from vvliatever blame
was attached to it. While the collector
denounces the author a a liar, and the
cashier denounces him a n culu initia
tor, I am pleased to notice that neither
of them deny any one fact stated, all
of which are faca of record in the In
ternal Revenue Bureau at Washing
ton. I w rote the statement at the par
ticular request of Mr. llusey, a few
days lie fore I left Wirshlngton. The
case v ill be investigated by the Com
mittee on Expenditures of tlie Treasury
Iep ii-tiiient, either at the present
called session, or at the next regular
sessicn. I presume the coarse ile
nunciatioii vv hich was applied to the
supposed author would not have been
applied to me, and therefore refrain
from rep'ying to it.
I i nlv stated what the witness had
sworn lo, and what investigation by
e.erta proved to be true. All of which
will appear of record.
1 am very respectfully,
DaNIKI.11. 1J00PI.OK.
A PAI.VrEK'M AMBITION.
Maklnir. 93.000 Pletare In Three
Hours and Forty MinutN.
New York Tribune
A i.b ture of a beautiful niotlel wldcli
tLe late Thomas Couture painted in
three hours and forty minutes, was
liought bv a lUiskian for ?.t,(XK). Ilia
picture of a Roman s ene, painted in
1M7. inailelnm insianuv a man oi pow
er and lame, iu art. "What ar you
oil? t6 commence novr? asked one of
his pupiUatthat time, "What new grand
worK? "I ll teii you, ansvverea
f'ontuiv; "my ambition is to paint a
giant of water standing on a jHjlished
piece of marble. In the glass will uo a
beautiful ioie w iih a dew-drop upon it,
mil in the marble you will see the
retlecjoii." "But vu are not serious?
exclaimel the youth." Aller what you
have a'-cornplished you niu.-t
ontinue." "e. I am serious. I
n 1 .
wisti to make a loriunc. io wotk ior
glorv and to die of hungor is not ambi
tion." Couture became rich, not by his
own industry, but by the ieath-of his
father and Kinall fortune brought him by
hi wife. After years of separation the
ipiestioii pupil v isited him in his home
to see what the master had accomplished
in the int year. "Come with ine," said
Couture, niter the usual compliments
had been ex lianged;'Voinev ith mo and
I will show you s. unwilling beau'.iful
wmuliioig I have bven painting for the
fMtmy wife, lyook there!" It was a
r e m a glass ,f w ater. rcilectel in the
piece of vvhite niarhla on which it was
standing. "Ah, I know- it!" cried the
pupil. "Know it? lmpoaibte! It was
onlv painted yesterday." "Yes I hnve
known it sin.-- Isj;.-- h wnstho ambi
tion conception which had entered his
head thirty years before, after he hud
been proclaimed victor.
A KKHillTEM.il vll EE.V.
How Hie AtleineI Murder of tho
Cur AITertM Victoria. ,
(jutTii Victoria was strangely moved
when sh heard the news of the at
tempted assassination of lhe Czar. She
has a morbid dread lest somebody shall
take il into his head to put an end to her
happv reign by shooting her. She nev er
travels from Windsor to London with
out an escort of thre to twelve stalwart
genl.wiiieu. l our oi uiese aiienoauis
went lo Italy with her to enjoy the
scenery and to protect her against
a.a-sin. A correspondent of the
Cai ditf Time relates an incident of the
lueen's passage throrgh Kdinburgh a
low years ago. She bad gone thither to
unv ail t statue of the Prince Consort.
The citv was full from gate to gate with
a loyal and enthusiastic population. All
went well with the procession till just
as it was alsnit to turn into the square
iu which the statue is erected, a sudden
stoppage occurred. The liuoen, who
w as silting in an open carriage, seemed
struck with a sudden terror. Shestarted,
clenched the side carriage with her
hand, and, with every vestige of color
tied Horn- her face, huriedly asked
what wa the matter. It was nothing
but h envalry horse performing man
euver not included in the program
me, but it seems as if sho thought that
another brainless lsjy had been caught
with hts obsolete musket loaded with
red pocket-handkerchiefs, and his head
filled w ith designs on the HA of the
Quwcii of England
Nmall Money ofllie Unltel Ntjites.
N. V. Herald.
Thprc luui been printed a verbatim
rep irt of the recent conference between
the Coinage Committee of the Hoaee
and tretAry Sherman, oat of which
we ftiivo railed various facts relating to
thos foDiis of money which are of
mxt feonatant use iu the daily transac
tions QtLthe, -people. They eouaif of
these seve"ral kinds: .
1. Subsidiary silver coins. The
Secretary -was" unable te state - (he
Amount of these now in circulation: -Of
the amount of fractional silver whi. h
m been paid out since January 1, 1H7.",
there is now outst-mdiug J41,46i.4."W,
and the amount on hand at tbe mints
and sub-treasuries is jMi,.V.H,4M-. Be
tides the foregoing there is in circula
tion an uncertain amount of old fraction
al silver hoardc ' during the suspension
which there is no means of estimating.
This fractional silver is a legal tender
only for sums of ti vodo4krs or less,
ainf the ainoilnt of it in circulation is
so excessive as to cause incovenienee
and los to every branch of the retail
tmde. A bill passed the House a few
weeks since making it redeemable at
the Treasury in .sums of twenty dollars
or multiples thereof, but no action has
vet been taken on this bill in the Sen
ate. It certainly ought to pass before
the 'adjournment of the special session.
Its immediate effect w ill be that all
banks will receive the fractional silver
from their customers on deposit at par.
The excess will thus be withdrawn
from circulation, and when it accumu
late In anv bank it will be exchanged
at the Treasury lor full legal tender
money. It is the duty of the Senate to
pass the House bill and relieve the
In Vines community from an inconve
nience which has become a veritable
nuisance. , '
' Small legal tender notes. The one
iloTlar aud two-dollar notes are a con
yenient and popular part of the circu
lating medium. Instead of boing n ex
cess, like the fractional silver, u e
amount of small notes now in icula
tion is iiisuflicient in many parts of the
country. Since the resumption of spe
cie payments, the national banks are
not permitted to issue their own notes
of a smaller denomination than five
dollars, which creates a necessity for
some expansion of the small legai ten
der notes. No legislation is needed on
this subject, but only a little knowedge.
Secretary Sherman stated in the con
ference that he has always taken great
pains to distribute ones and twos., and
that any person receiving motity from
the Treasury cau get .any nuinber of
them he wishes to carry away at a time.;
"Any one who chooses can come to the
Treasury with a draft for $100 or 1,000
and get every dollar of it in one-dollar
notes if he washes." The people pre
fer small notes to coin, and Mr. Sher
man says, "1 am very glad to state aid
to have it generally known that any
body can get as many of them at the
Treasury as he wants, either in pay
ment of "drafts or in exchange for larger
sums." The amount of legal tender
ones and twos in circulation has fallen
off about six millions within ayear,.as
appears from the following table,
furnished by Mr. Sherman to the com
mittee: t
Ddlr. Denoiiunntion. Amount
May :JI, 1S7S. Ones. .?i'l,.76,72 80
May 31, 1M7S. Two.. 21,601,4.58-20
April 26, IS7!. Ones. ls,9.;J, 172 SO
April 26, 1S7. Twos. 18,71,:4 20
There is a further diminution of the
small note circulation by the prohibi
tion of the national banks to issue theui;
but the whole decrease i partially off
set, as will appear under the next
head. j
;$. The new standard silver dollars.
Mr. .Sherman states that his persever
ing atl'orts to put the silver dollars ;in
circulation have had but little success.
When ho pays them out he finds that
they very soon come back to the Treas
ury in tho payment of duties or the
purchase of bonds. Thev are so cum
bersome and inconvient that they are
deposited in the Treasury for silvercer
tilicates and these certificates are
presently paid in for duties ,or
bonds, making the government
the owner of the silver coin. The Sec
retary states that there have been eojn
ed of 'these dollars 8o,42,950, and that
he has now on hand $22,8K7,u!.:". leaving
?7,6.V,2.V .ii circulation. Had it not
been for the transient death of small
notes very few of the sliver dollars
wouldrirculRle at all. Now that it h:is
become known on the authority of the
Secretary that legal tender onen a'nd
twos can be liad in auy. amount by
simply asking for them people will not
consent to load their pockets with the
heavy silver dollars, which will go
back to the Treasury by means of sil
ver certificates. ,
Tragedy at Hea.
Ho ton Herald.
Captain Collins, of the British bark
Chelmsford, writes the owner, Captain
II. Warner, at present a resident of
East Boston, that the day he left Mau
ritius his cook was prostrated by sick
ness, and, as the authorities would not
permit him to land, Captain Collins
shipped a Chinaman to help lijm.
W hen the vessel reached cold weather
the cook recovered his health, and 'he
and his assistant worked together in
perfect harmony. But one night the
Chinaman slept on deck exposed to the
influence of the moon, and woke up
raving mad. Ho took the cook's hatch
et, cut the ciok'8 head oien, killed him'
and killed a Chinaman, one of the crew,
and, when pursued by the watch on
deck, jumped overboard himself and
was drowned. Thus three deaths oc
curred iu Ie than three minutes. The
cook hiii tlie slaughtered Chinaman
were both asleep in their berths at the
tiuie. The tragedy took place at 10 p.
m. on the Hth of February. Captain
Collins writes that there was no dis
turbance of any kind onboard his Ves
sel; all hands lived on good terms with
one another, were prompt and obedient
in tho discharge of ev ery duty; and the
only wy he can account for the trage
dy was the exposure of the Chinaman
to the influence of the moon while
isleep on deck.
Autoinatir .Mnehlner.v.
An extraordinary statement in regard
to the introduction of automatic ma
chinery into some factories nott far
from Low Moor, near Bradford, Eng
lan 1, has appeared in the jrivAo,M.e
iii' ii "))l Drt'iiefn' Trade Journal. -The
writer says: " We have visited tho;Oak
Mills by night in company with -Mr.
Burns and a friend. The'building it
self was in darkness, but we could hear
the rumble of machinery as we; ap
proached. The doorway was unlocked,
and a couple of candles were lighten.
By the dim light we saw the machines
all at work, and passing from one to
another we noticed also what they weie
producing. There was no possibility
of deception and no room for doubt.
We were not there to examine the .-construction
of the machinery; it wo suf
ficient to be able to verify tho main
fact which is that when the working
hours of the mills are over the lights
are put out, the building is locked. up,
and the machines are left working all
through the night producing (arge
quantities of beautiful articles in great
variety or pattern, in silk, cotton, and
wool." The method by which; this
result has been attained remains a se
cret. The only night attendant at the
factory appears to be an engineer, tnas
much'as the engine and boiler cannot
be left to themselves.
A Queen
up and Iown
and; all
Around.
The Queen of Italy is a wonian of
great spirit. She stands by her brder
as luckily as did Marie Antoinette, of
France, whom she resembles in person
and in face. She has no idea of yielding
and inch, nor' the faintest line :of an
mch in her ro3'al prerogatives. She is
4 Sabeudienne as well as her husband
bvC blood and character, and is a, flue
representative of the ruling idea of
Italian power which has possessed the
Savoy nouse ever since the eleventh
century, when the son of Humbert of
the White Hands married Adelaide,
the heiress of Susa. She is atrueroyal
Sabaudienne also in her virtue and
houorable character. The royal women
of her house have been noted through
centuries and centui ies for spotless
lives. Queen Marguerite, of Italy, is
likewise a woman of her day, and has
all the versatility which characterizes
our sex of this generation, and which
sweeps over so. wide a rangO of subjects
and objects that it makes an old j fash
ioned woman breathless. The royal
ladv of Italy takes an interest in every
thing from'the last fashion to the la"st
Parliamentary' debate or Ministerial
squabble, from Dante to the lost "Son
net to her Majesty, from archeology to
chiffons, from St." Augustine to the last
novel. Sho reads a little of every
thing; laughs over Bret Harte and
Mark Twain, and oiscourses patly and
aptly upon -social science, "Shakes
peare and the Musical Glasses,'' and
takes the trouble to cram herself for
certain interv iews with literary -celebrities.
lioiiu' Letter in 1'liiladelphia
Telegraph.
Dr. Price's Floral Riches surpasses
any Toilet or Cologne Water ever
made. A rich, fresh, liowery odbr, for
the handkerchief, tho toilet and the
bath permanent and delightfully fra
grant. For the sick room reviving and
grate uiiy reiresmng,
THE W0RUTS WONDERS
A IIAXK IX THE EIRTII'S t'E..
TKIt F IJRIVITY.
1hsIii; Tliroujrti Epoeha of Kleveu
Thousand Years, nnd an Equally
Loug Summer.
Mr G. Hilton Scribner, ex-Secretary of
State from New York, has been giving
to the Troy Times his viows on the
momentous geological changes through
which he passed, and is still passing.
Mr. Scribner found a ready solution of
inauy of the ditliculties which perplex
the geologist. The epochs throigh
which the globe has passed are but
largely, if not wholly, he believes, to
pass through long winters and summers
of 11,000 years each. "During its
winter," says Mr. Scribner, "each
hemisphere is submerged under the
ocean; its vegetation compressed into
coal-beds; its whole surface covcrdwilh
marine de. osits and sediment trans
ported and scattered by ocean currents;
and thus euru;hed,it rises again after a
long winter of 11,000 3-ears, to be re'
nov ed hi life, clothed with vegetation
and beauty, to become the theater of
activity throvrh i vas- m liner as long
as its sea o 1 of 1 vpose. Sixtv-.iv-.' c-ly-beus
in ho :::'.-.: Hal ia.yc.s, one aouve
another, have been opened in the
British islands, wh'c'i makes it probable
that at least sixty-five of these long
years have passed since vegetation grew
up in the earth.'" This wonderful
change in the ocean's level is brought
about, Mr. Scribner argues, by a
change in the earth's center of gravity,
and this again is caused by the vast ac
cumulation ot ice around the pole of
hemisphere which is passing through
its long winter. "We have supposed
this center of gravity of the earth,'' he
says, "to be shifted southward, by tho
causes enumerated, about two miles,
or 10,000 feet. This would increase the
depth of water in the Southern oceans
10,000 f9et, and would decrease the
depth of water in the Northern oceans
10,000 feet, in order to keep their sur
faces equi-distant from the earth's cen
ter of gravity, or upon a water level;
but to increase the depth of tho ocean
in the Southern hemisphere by an ad
ditional 10,000 feet would be to sub
merge nearly all the lands in the South
ern hemisphere, and to .increase the
depth of the ocean by 10,000 feet north
of the equator would result in draining
off vast continents in the Southern
hemisphere. This is the exact condi
tion of things which the earth to-day
presents."' Sir. Scribner cites various
facts which he believes to be confirma
tory of these views, and finally sums
up as follows: "First, the North pole is
toward tlie sun while the earth passes
slowly around the longer portion of its
orbit. Second, the South pole is toward
the sun while the earth moves more
rapidly around the shorter portion of
its orbit. Third, this gives to- the
Northern hemisphere about four days
more of warm and four days less "of
cold weather than the Southern hemis
phere receives of each. Fourth, this
keeps the ice thinner and with nar
rower limits at tho North pole, and pro
duces vast accumulations of ice about
the South pole. Fifth, this changes the
center of gravity of the earth to the
southward of its center of bulk. Sixth,
this causes the oceans to now from tlie
north, draining off vast continents, to
the Southern hemisphere, and there
submerging others of equal extent ;
and, lastly, extending the limit of the
banaHa,Iui vine, ot grain and of vvood
500 mii farther north than the same
varieties are found south of the equa
tor."' All of which, if not scientifically
accurate, is at least an interesting con
tribution on a most fascinating subject.
Mr. TalinajfP.
Brooklyn Kagle.
No sooner has the Kev. Dr. Talinage
escaped the censure of the "Court of
Jesus "Christ" upon charges brought
by. "common "fame," than he stands
in peril of another summons before
that august and impartial body. The
fact that Mr. James Macauley, who
was present in the Tabernacle last
Sunday, struck his wife then and there,
and subsequently beat her again on
the way from the building because he
differed with her on a question of re
ligion, will, it is only too plain, be made
the basis of another inquiry into his
private character and doctrinal belief.
The question will be asked, what sort
of religion does Dr. Talinage preach to
so atl'ect men that they beat their wives
under his very roof? It is just possi
ble that some astute sophist will say
tliat Mr. Macauley, being under the
influence of liquor, was scarcely in a
state for religious controversy with his
vife; that had he heeded the warnings
of Dr. Talmage he would not have tas
ted, touched or handled liquor; and
that he belonged to a class of men
whom Dr. Talmage has succeeded in
drawing to hear the Gospel expounded
when other preachers had failed to at
tract them. Being defensive, this must
be sophistical.
JAY iOl I.D I.M)I(TKI).
t'hnrged With Fraudulent IluKine
Transaction.
N. Y. Star.
The Grand Jury of Monmouth Coun
ty, N. J., have found a bill of indict
ment against Jay Gould as President of
the New Jersey Southern Railroad
Company, for an alleged fraudulent
transaction with the Lehigh Car Manu
facturing Company. It is claimed that
the New Jersey Southern Company
negotiated for box-cars, tendering in
payment first mortgage bonds; but
when the cars were delivered the Com
pany tendered in payment bonds which
it represented as first mortgage bonds,
but which were, so the complaint reads,
really consolidated. In other words,
the Company received goods under
false pretenses, and it is for this that
Jay Gould was indicted.
.On behalf of Mr. Gould, the following
statement is made by his private sec
retary : "When Mr. Gould became
President ot the New Jersey Southern
Railroad, Mr. Bently was Superinten
dent. Mr. Gould found that, in order
to pav the running expenses of the
road, all the first mortgage bonds had
been disposed of. There was not one.
first mortgage bond to be found in the?
offices. Mr. Gould never attended to
the details of the management, and his,
re. ,resentatives offered the Lehigh Com-
pany in lien of payment the consolidat-!
ed bonds, and the" latter accepted them.
These consolidated bonds were to rep
resent the road from Sandy Hook to
the Chesapeake, but the plan fell
through on account of the panic. The
fiersons who had offered to advance the
or.ns refuse, and the Company failed,
rjnli-l'a rniirespiitAti vfisj nevor
represented these consolidated bonds'
as first mortgage bonds."
Mr. Gould's friends further claim
that the whole matter resolves itself
into a question of veracity between his
representatives and the parties who
were instrumental in procuring his
indictment. It is stated that since Mr.
Gould went into the New Jersey South
ern Railroad enterprise he has sunk
f i,000,000. On the very first week that
he took hold of the road he was dbliged
to ad vani e 970,000 In cash to pay tbe
interest on the identical first mortgage
bonds which have now brought him
into trouble. At that time the consoli
dated bonds were selling at 80, and it is
claimed that if the Lehigh Company
had accepted the first mortgage bonds
they would not have derived any moie
satisfaction from them. Mr. Gould's
friends are confident that he can-extri
eate himself Irom the diltlcnity in
which he now finds himself.
It is announced that within the past
few days Mr. Gould has completed the
purchase of bonds of the St. Joseph
Bridge Company, upon which three
coupons are in default. The entire issue
of bonds was 800,000, reduced to $784,
000 by operation of a sinking fund, aud
all or nearly all of them were held try
foreign investors represented here by
two or three wellknown German bank
ing firms. The control of the bridge
adds value to his control of the St.
Joseph and Western (formerly St
Joseph and Denver City) Railroad. At
the same time, the fact that the bridge
has passed into his control makes the
eventual use of the Hannibal and St.
Joseph road, as a link in the connection
between the Union Pacific and the Wa
bash, still mote probable than when the
idea was first mentioned; whether it be
brought about by an equitable arrange
ment with tho present Direction, or by
the Gould party outvoting the present
incumbents at the election in Novem
ber. .
A Blunder and II Reward.
Forney's Progress, Translation.
During his first visit to Paris M. La
sal h. a distinguished German, present
ed himself at the house of a well known
lady, to whom he had sent letters of in
troduction in advance. When the ser
vant opened the door and received his
card she conducted him to the boudoir,
and told him to be seated, saying:
"Madame will come immediately."
Presently the lady entered. She, was
in dishabille and her feet were bare, cov
ered only with loose slippers. She
bowed to him carelessly and said: "Ah,
there you are; good morning."
She threw herself on a sofa, let fall a
slipper and reached out to Lasalle her
very pretty foot.
Ijasalle was naturally completely as
tounded, but he remembered that at his
home in Germany it was the custom
sometimes to kiss a lady's hand, and he
supposed it was the Paris mode to kiss
her foot. Therefore ho did not hesitate
to imprint a kiss upon the fascinating
foot so near him, but he could not avoid
saying: "I thank you, inadame, for this
new method of making a lady's ac--quaintance.
It is much better and eer-'
tainlv more generous than kissing the
hand."
The ladv iumned up. highly indisr-
Jiant.
AVho are you, sir, and what do yon
mean ?"
He gave his name.
"You are not, then, a corn doctor ?"
"I am charmed to say, madame, that
I am not."
"But you sent me the corn Doctor's
card."
It was true. Lasalle in going out that
morning had picked up the card of a
corn doctor from his bureau and put it
in his pocket. This without glancing at
he had given to the servant, who had
taken it to her mistress. There was
nothing to do but laugh over the joke.
STATE XEWN.
Robeaon.
Robesoniaii.
Mrs. Patsy Townsend, aged 8" years,
died of paralysis at the residence of Mr.
Jere Odum, in Burnt Swamp Town
ship, on Friday morning, 2d inst. She
was the grandmother of iJr. Neill
Townsend. She was for many years a
member of the Baptist church.
We learn that Col. N. A. McLean has
accepted the invitation and will deliver
an address at Prof. Shaw's exhibition
at Rod Spriiiirs 011 the 2.1d inst. This
together with the other exercises will
draw a vervMarge crowd.
Anson.
Poo Dee Herald.
Col. J. A Leak has just shown us an
encouraging letter from Col. Raven el
of Charleston, in which he says he has
ro doubt but he can succeed in raising
a sufficient amount in Charleston and
elsewhere to complete the Chora w &
Wadesboro R. R.
The Wadesboro Cornet Band has
been invited lo Charlotte, to discourse
music on the occasion ot the 20th inst.,
and the Anson Veterans are to have a
target-shooting and parade at Grassy
Islands next Tuesday.
New Hanover.
Wilininsrton Star.
We regret to learn that a little daugh
ter of Capt John "Fitzgerald, had tho
misfortune to break her arm on Tues
day night. The little sufferer, we are
"lad to learn, will, tinder skillful treat
ment, have the injured member made
as good as new.
We learn from our corresphndent,Mr.
J K. Aannerman, that there was a very
large attendance from Onslow, Pender
and New Hanover, at Jacksonville,
Onslow countv, on Monday, to partici
pate in the railroad meeting, and that
the feeling in that county in favor oi
building the above road is enthusias
tic, and almost universal, as was un
mistakably evinced at the meeting.
Dr. K. Porter, of Pender, presided,
and made a rousing speech in favor ol
the road. The charter was then read
and its provisions endorsed.
A committee on resolutions was ap
pointed and made a report through its
chairman, Dr. S. S. Stachwell. edoising
the movement as wise and practical,
and pledging the meeting to its ener
getic support. Dr. S. accompanied the
report with a forcible speech, in which
he argued that the failure of so many
roads in our State was owing to their
impracticability, but that this road was
eminently praciical, could be easily
built, and was greatly needed. Drs.
Barker and C. Duffy, Sr., also made
strong speeches in favor of the scheme,
and the report of the committee was
adopted without a dissenting voice.
Steps were then taken to open books
of subscription, in accordance with the
terms of the H arter, and suitable gen
tlemen appointed-among the corpora
tors in Onslow, Pender and New Han
over to attend to the same.
Much disappointment was experienc
ed at the inability of Hon. A. M. Wad
dell to be present and address the
meeting according to promise, his
failure to do so being unavoidable.
'our correspondent concludes:"Judge
Sevmour is holding court with his usu
al "acceptability to the bar and the pub
lic The same may be said of i apt.
Swift Galloway, the Solicitor in atten
dance. Sixty Wajfon, Loads
( .11 i-.-sDoudence of the News.
Hai i-iuh. N. C. May
!.". In' the
matter of street
..-ill uuirirpst that if
improvements, 1
each of the sixty
dravs now licensed by the city or even
if half of them would haul say one load
each dav of cobble stones out of the
near by village of Obelin and put them
on tie street attach places as the
street commissioners may that in
ashort time the streets would h pervun
nentlu improved. The city might al
low the many poor draymen be now in
the city to pray their license fee of
600 in this way giving them credit for
each load at such price as eon Id agreed
on.
MILITARY AGRICULTURE
COL. POLK S EMPHATIC REPLY TO
JEDl'TIIAX JEEM1.
Thrreis no Truth In the Deelariion
"And Joab Smote If tin to tb
Fifth Rlb.
Correspondence of the News.
Ralkioh, May 151 will not attempt
to characterize tha communication in
your paper of yesterday purporting to
have been written at Mt. Ollead, as it
deserves, but will content mysel w ith
a statement of the facts, and leave the
mattor with an impartial and discrimi
nating public to draw Jts own conclu
sions. The whole article is based on
the assumption of tha "old man" of
"Mt. Gilead P. 0." (?) that I as the rep
resentative of the Department had
issued a certain circular or petition,
which he reproduces. This declaration
htiHBottkenliflhtett foundation in truth.
The general plan as set forth in that
petition had lieen strongly presented to
myself and to the board repeatedly du
ring the past eighteen months by one
of the most practical, enterprising and
intelligentof our farmers, and much as
I feitUie necessity, forj more con yen
lent medium for communicating with
our people. I could not endorse the
plan because, I repeatedly stated, the
board by adopting it would, at least,
subject itsolf to the charge of using pub
lic funds to advauice a private enter
prise. (
My first knowledge of the exis
tence of .such a petition was
when I received a number of thtm
through the mails, numerously stoned
by good and substantial farmers irt va
rious portions of the State. No mem
ber of the Board, that I amawaroof,
knows that any such petition has ever
been received at this otlice. Haviug po
knowledge of tho matter, and no con
nection with it. I leave the question of
the propriety of such a movemeut with
those good citizens who endorsed it
and the "old man"(?) ; of "Mt. Oitead'
(?) It was unfortunate for the "old
man" (?) that he did not have tho dis
cretion to stop there; but like the af
frighted ostrich, who it is said vll
plunge its head iu the sand and fancy
its whole body concealed, he. MltllOIILrli
his head he enveloped undej the very
thingnUe of aAftuincd names and" 'locali
ties, stands out in the most rediculoits
exposure, to the amusement and do-
nsion or an intelligent public.
His covert, and iiiHidinus iuaumiii mi
Governor Jarvis and Lieut. Gov. K0I1-
lnson shows foo ulainlvthr real a ,,,,,
of the whole matter. I command
your reflecting readers tho following
scene, and a study of the characters:
"And Joab said to Amasa. Art than
in health my brother? And Joab took"
Amasa by the beard with the right
hand to kiss him. But Amasa took no
heed to the sword that wah In Jni.u
hand, so he smote him therewith to
the fifth rib." L. L. Por.u-
TIIE "SEW REBELLION."
The Souatter Raid on India. -r.i.
tory People Pouring- In, !
tying the President.
A special dispatch to the Kansas Citv
Times from Baxter Springs says: "The
excitement is steadily increasing here.
Over lift y thousand acres are already
taken by squatters, and hundreds are
pouring in in wagons, on horseback
vnd every conceivable manner. The
six mile strip of government land lying
immediately south of town is already
taken up in a south direction, but land
can be found six to seven miles of ti o
same kind. I understand that Dartie
at Fort Scott and Kansas City were
skbptWat"wtrh regard to my statement
that there were government lands with
in two miles of Baxter, but anv one
who is still doubtful "can seo for him
self. These government lands arc
situated within two miles of Baxter, in
the northeast corner of the Territory.
and so I think C61onel Boudinot will
have to revise his map of the Indian
Territory. But really people here
don't care anything for maps now.
The map business is a socondarv con
sideration, and the cry is, "On to Okla
homa tor treo lands and no taxes!"
The rush for those lands has- boon so
eat that many of them have lost all
regard for the rights of the government,
the Indian or anybody else, fr a num
ber ol claims have been taken over fin
the Quapaw reservation, ami before
another week the whole rescrvatldn
will bo taken. The meeting at tlie
court house last night, which was
crowded, was for tho purjoso of organ
izing or forming a settler's league for
mutual protection. Your humble cor
respondent was called upon for aspeeen,
and the mention of the Kansas City
Times was lustily cheered. A. good
deal of unpleasantness is expected In
co:ise pieuce of the rush on account of
parties having no regard for the rights
oftheir fellow-claimants. Many have
already taken up other people's claims,
and in some instances a peaceable set
tlement Is next to impossible. Those of
your readers who are members of
"Peace Unions," sitting in a peaceful
pew in some of the mighty aristocratic
temples of the East, may think it pos
sible to stop this immigration, but we
who know its extent think that all the
available military force of tho country
cannot stop it."
A Marvelous Kaeape.
At Cincinnati last Sunday a four-year-old
boy, who was leaning out of
the fourth story of a tenement house,
lost his balance and started whirling
down toward the brick pavement, fifty
feet below. On the porch of the third
story, immediately below him stood a
little girl ten years old, the daughter of
one of the residents of that floor. She
saw the boy coming, and by an in
stinct of purpose which amounted to
heroism, put out her arms to try to save
the boy. She did catch him at the risk
of being dragged over herself and of
falling with him. Of course abe could
not hold such a weight, but her arms
was Just strong enough to turn the
course of his fall, so that he landed at
her feet on the floor of the third porch.
His head struck the baluster, and he
had an ugly cnt on his forehead and
one eye was considerably Injured, but
his lite was saved. The little girl's arm
was lamed, but not broken. She said
she saw him coming, and just thougl t
she might sae him if she would put
out her arm, and she did it.
Potter' piaee.
Ronton Pofcf.
A friend at our elbow, Just returned
from a business trip into New Hamp
shire, tells the following good one On
the train an elderly gentleman reques
ted the conductor to inform him when
they reached Potter's Place, which was
between stations. This he obligingly
consented to do The passenger then
fell asleep. The train pushed on, anil
before the conductor was aware of it
had passed some distance lieyond Pot
ter's Place. The eouductor, however,
true to the promise, backed the train to
the apjKjinted spot, and then roused the
passenger informing him that he had
arrivedand could get off. "Oh!" said
the old fellow rubbing his eyes. I
did not want to get off, but my wife
told me when I got to Potter's station
to take a pill.' It need rot be said that
the train was speedily aain in motion.
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