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Ell OH J voi.W.-iu;. RALEIGH, ST. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1879. 5.00 PER ANNUM News L HE BEFORE THE HANOMAN. III! DI(l.iR TIO OF II. IMIKI WV TIIK RI KUUR. 4 . Imtrrnl n an I iir-l iijbc- , . tlaalrr b aaara our I.I w iiThrTlmf w III 4 out r. , ; .'.. ll ! of till- Nl'M V !i i i n Kt. May IT. I wm unable to ill- vv ritU'ii nt.Ufiuent of Andrews t in the - "Minion of tho cotintv i lorn: enough to make a i , , ?t ..:v of it. It i- thoroughly iin ... I ii;u my memory, however, 1 mi .-cri.iiu tin follow mg is almost . t language : , , You arc assembled . :,. (' mi' "lie, and I solemnly w - .r- 1 1 tol into w hoK proven it I m jk few moments no that I urn as - iit of tho crime for which I am , ,. m : Ik a an luiwciiul hahv. Hie truth i Allrt AIwhUt ha . . tii nur lie way to uveliiiown, , ; ! . prompted to it by twi men . h.kjl Hill. Atwater ii.l (lie swi-ar-in I oj. uthne and Mr. J. M. Al- ii. I r oMed him so that they could tilt? reward w hii-li was offered. I li in-.tlv lelite tins to Ik' true, : if I am mistaken I pray that t Joi i . I t'"t.'ii' mi1. I hive no animosity iii vuf them ainl I f irgiv e them as I hoj-e in In- fornix en by i tod my many sins ; hut. my friends, a i. ,...! of miMM-viit blood rests upon , i;. ..tie's -hoiilders. p i- hard to die on the gallows for .Tin- I never committed, hut .h ., i, waxier or latr. make all things ....n. Tliat time will come too late !...; me: hut I pray I le w ill so order . that it will eouie s.nii when all and tht ioi-riiir will know i: Henry F. Andrews was an inuo - i.t nun. au 1 this dark vl.iin will Ik' .. frni my meiiiorv. -ign.-d II. F. ASfHKW 4 on(m. oto. Mav. IT. u iiiM.tiix. Mav. 1,,-nkx.iik. - ua;e resiiuitsl coiisii l rat ion of ... ..i-l ti e. executi e and Judicial l. r 'j-riation lull. Amonn the Amcud wm:s .nreel l was one ottertsi l' lrtm the Joint i iuuiu!ii on ; . I ai rar appropi l:inn ? . tor the -ir ti.ise of w or ks of art. , I'urmn the deltate on the a nendineiit n :tie sul.je t of clerks in the lst ::; I s iirttiu-iit a -oll.ti o--urr-sl s';ccn aulsbury and Yindom in w tn ti Che latter said he Would Hot oin t-'rmer in his wish to ei-oiiouue ij- is hv risluciu the army, which ;s r-piirs for the prots-t..n ! the fr-' utter from attteks tf Indians. .uls- ir rcuiarke-l that he ha I arnned that !. would not s. use the nrmv as to i t.iit: lium uii it ly surrounding :.'.cjiis w u h lrss. reuiriiin its t :. is to Hr(irm lutus repunnant to t f . i r sense of honor. 'NYiu.lotii askisl w htC amount o.tsi for the armv had v. ii c pv'ich'd iii Iltc use of troops at ;t.. I.i.s. ualslcir could not si.lut r iterate I that in I Y leral troops i rv iriil to the dl in leiaware. I lie . oli.-p) v w as oti 1 1 n lit I at length. V: 1. p. in. the'S'-uatc went into ec :. session and w hen the tors were oj- imI adjouriitsj. Hoi s. Jtu- House riNinii.l as the l-iisius.s of the liiormiin Hour." the (ill to .iiue'id the law relating to th transfer eas- from :ate ; the l".. " i rt . M c I -4 ne, .f Maryland, n uelu - lc. Ins ar'.iuieu: m faorot the lull. I .in.' the u'P'UIkI that whcreer a s;jte Um or :tt' o ereinnt . it much or Ik tie." is w ell .K-.nn-.l ami un .iersto. an I where indictments, are t' - ii nd under such xate law-, they should Is renioalle i in.itlc I that to Fs,eral "ourts. there mnht ha e Ih ii a iits--ssi; eni.irn nient lurum war times for f the Federal wcr. 'a! :h.- coiutrv t.ad now p.iss.sj ! .:ci s.i.h n--rssi . and the Jiidi t.irv t .lie is. uuli ' shoul I I e re-s'ored to Its ti-.rinai siuditiiui. I no r. of Mary land. ojije.l the lull r thenround thai one ot thesis-lions i to t rc c lie I N. '-I:' was i irai.iily a Jiili. i try ! of ITsot which .ic ir- :n I i ll's-; in ilia", clause ot tf.c constitution w In. Ii aulhori.esi tlic I . . i "ourts to pass upon j nest , .lis in nt ro e rs v l-:ween citiciis of out' tate and ci 1 1 ens of anolher laie. 1 1 1 . iiiulti-d thai there w .s souu' force in t.n- ..'.jis tioii rhat ins irance ii -in panie-s s.iisl in X.ilis wherethe heno lenal r.-idete-e. -an ha e their ilrs rellio s ;. the nreat injury of the pi iiutill suil- r. iul he .ii.'u. l that such I si I . I i : ies o," hardship should not heallowtsl So inter h-re w ith the nreat underlyinn inciph- inot ed. "en. linn action on the Lid, tin iiiorn- h.-ur I'lpirtil and the House re- ;iu.s -oiis.i ration ui the Warner v.vi r lull. IU Iford s tmcn luieiit ronhniun the -M itee of fn-- iniii.i.'i' to si I er mined in the I luteil lates w .us defeat I; ) . nays I.ii. t'.nin offer-l an amendment to N; iwi.'rr amendment. It pioxides '.;i4t tin- N reUrv of the Tresisury shall issi arid delierto anv lessitor of ..fr i'ullioii isrti(iatest li an amount -.'.ii to the ai ue of such bullion, and . s. t stiver dollars conns I from uch iul- to the extent of forty per evnt.. i n rttte-iN-s shall In held for the r-d ini tt..n theri'of and the remainder ; i ;M to t. payment of the inten-d ' t priitcisl ol the puhlic dehl. I 'lT- i!is s. , issus are to l-e rsU-ms at ! ' :-r ail due to the I'nited Slates. - t si ail I iisis 1 in the siymeiit ot "- ui e x j 1 1 sesi of the o eminent, '. t 4re to Is riKsin.hle tu standard -r dollar. The amendment was i .; c,. ea.s. i"., nays. lu', tin- Sjwak - - a utn the dts'idiiin xite allll.l ; ; a .s ..n the I democrat le wide. Sf riiitrer s amemlment as amendtsl I 'mn. a-s then rejs-tis ; y -as 'is, s in. IIoumt. at 4:eJ o'ch-'k. .ljoi.rned 1 .i.-s.ly. Harlrsj I (X fs l atter jrMl. i.., Ta.. May IT. John ami rt iLas. miners, w ere hurled one ' Iri-I feel l-elieith the sii rfaiv t h is rn.nn h tho ea mn " of the ore min j-iiid in the len Iron fompa- u..i,.s. HnUrt M tdki'tl uut dead "'y atterw ard.Miul Jehu s lo.Iy ha.s ' ' 'I I s-u reai'hel. rrrvbjtrrlan inerl AeiMbly. L i Mt i.r, May IT. --The iteneral nii.,v uf the ;re-oy terian ehureh ' iii ass i,il,i, lo-oay at V o din k tu tue m-leralor Jas. "it. Wilson in luir. f win ti the lare amount ' : k Is fore the emmiltet tlie A- 'i adjounnsl alUt l" o'elot'k, ..uiy matter of unisirtanee duiinn "ittiii P-inn the read inn lnt' iionute s rejsrt on the oier aiiet? ' '.I.- athalli. The .ssc'Uilly will ' rue MmiiUy. 4 a I ball- parU la WI-hlB. I'mki.ii, Mum., Mav IT. TIm -om-" itt.,. appointed hyth'e In,,t,l,l, l" '-slinaie the iuje"of e x pu lioi of t he ' icuc pupils fnm Flint Aayluin for I if, dumb and Mind, c m ludtsl it a lat uinht.ant dH-ide.l that the ar- ! CSVri,:" o'Uie institute ha e pitsxsl a resolution reinstating epc!hsl pupils, and allow -inn them all the freedom and privileges ortaining to their religion belief. The expulsion wns in consiqucnce of a re fusjilof the Catholic pupils to arti.-ip;ito in the .-vmmciicvuieut exerois.s at the institute, at which they would he re quired to join in sinniiin the Knglish translation of Miwfit iu:lss. the ao tion ofthe pupils liiig in accordance with the advi.-e of ev. Robert W. Maine, Catholic priest of Flint Parish. 0.mk Iturnt I p. t'lNflNNATl, May "J?. The loss bv the huriiin;' of I.iverey's saw mill tit New- Port, Kentueky", la.st ninht was forty thousand dollars. , Turkfj i l InnurlMl lroJert. l't.sTAMi.Nin.K. May' IT. The Torte h;ts dis4-outinued nenotiatioiis ith the Ottaman Umk for a loan of t"jn,Mi.uii and intends reuminn the projts-t for the mullirieation of the n'ii eraldeht under the auspices of a French syndicate. 'ol llrmkrr mul Vm w m 1 1 1 llumnl. Alukntown, Ia., May IT. A larne douhle hreaker and saw-inill, ow nsl hv A. I'anlet'.V t 'o., of 1 laelton, situa tl on the estate of A. S. A" II. Kolerts. and all the machinery, im-ludinn two stationary ennines, was destrovetl hv tire last ninht. h(, fi'i.iMi; insured for d-.". A llrafl or HttO.OOO on Insu ranee 4 oin panlesv. Sn I'lUMisin, May JT. -Fire at t'hii-o i-omsiiuied the fentral Hotel. seeral dwellings ami a number of stores and w m k -simps. one man, u line uiikuow n. Mrished in the t 'eii tral Hotel. Loss almut .s'iiituio; insu rance. KWi.uou. ?larlaiil Turf. 1 1 i.t I Molt k. May IT.- The spring meetiun at I'imliisi promises to he one of tin most interesting in the history of the Maryland Jockey I'lnh. The track ha.s In-en improved since the fall ineetiim. and the hnrs-s nenerally are in line condition. I'pward of one him drel horses are now at I'iiulicii. and it is prol. ihl.. that l'!c u i u ill be in time for tlu- races. 4 olllsloii ml en. I.i... May IT. The steamer io.,n oi ii. Wilder. Irmn Hiltimore for Hull, arrived here this morning and repot Is that on tin ."ilh. at ." t 'clock p. III.. Ill a dense Ion. U miles west of 'ape Henry, she ii ill idis I vv it h t he ier m in ship Anna. The steamer lost her foremast and dam Unl the cut-vv. iter. The daman' to the ship is unknown, as tbe cs.scs separated in the Ion. 4 tilrf Jusllrr Wit lie's Mot omenta. W'.vsit i m ton. May IT. - hief J ustice W aile left for I harles.toii last ninht to preside on the bench of I'nited t itcs ( 'in-uit 'ourt tor . tilth ar. I i na until the'Jfith inst. 1 1 -i i. . I 'ham Is-rl.uii, of South t "arol ina.an. I se'-eral othi-t prom inent law v i-1 s w no h.i o cases at i iiar Icstoii to arnue before the I 'hiel J list ice, also l-it for that city- last ninht. From 'hai lestou the I 'hief .1 usti.-e vv ill n- t New York to perform circuit duty hr Assixiaie J iisii.w Hunt. lluur 4 oiuiiilllr? uu Kureliili irulrs. W"..siiiM.ii.v. . I'.. May IT. The 1 1 ouse 'oin m 1 1 1 on I'liniu'ii .l!aiis author i.s Wilson. West Ya.. to rciM.i t the House with lav orable ris'oiiimeii datioii to a joint resolution providmn for tnrlher treat v iient iat i--lis with the lovernment !" Slexi si. 'I he resuilutiou provides for the eilcctiim of ptal ar rannements l.clwcvii two countries and authorizes the President to apoin; commissioners .t.s hr nmv ileem llcces s.irv tocarrv out tin rcUirc incuts ..r tin- measure. Tlies.il.uv of such o'li eers Hot to exceed live thousand oI lars. Tlir IIMiop V ire-loiMnlnc ( nw. N w YoltK, May IT. - A p-cial from Norvv ich. I 'oiin.. says that at the ti ial of W'i-sev W". Itishop f..r the minder of his wife, set down for Tuesday next, the plea of guilty of murder in tin -ond denree will lie otlTed and accept ed by the State s attorney. For at Ie:ist four 'months the Stale has had a stand- llin oiler from Bishop's counsel to plead nutlty to murder in the second denr--if matter were allowed to stop there. This ih State's at'ornev ..r a long time persistently rejected. There i now cwrv reason to lelieve he has ac cepted the projsisitioii. and Tuesday s p r m -eed i ii n"s will eotisist simply of a foimal and hnal ratilieatlon of this agreeim'nt. 1 . yt. 4". A. t'onfrrfiifi. I', vi. 1 1 vioHK, May IT.The ninth an nual conference of the general seereta riesoftlu" Young Men's hristian As s s-' ia-ions of the I'nite I S alt s is eoi -vjened h-r', and will continue its ses sion J until Tuesday. AlMiut one hun ilTed are pri-sent including representa tions from many of the principal cities of the country, and also cutUuieii from I "anad.!." Switzerland, Germany and Australia. These eonfei enees are hel l for discussion of Ustioii.s impor tant to the association. The present ineetinnof Sis retaries is preliuiinary to tin as-emblinn of the biennial In ternational 'oiiv ention of tho Young Men's "hristian Association n Wed nesday next. Ijh-Iook In iiiluif. Tiirls.rn ."soiiilii-rncr. A eireular td May .Mh. .sigmsl by t'l. I.. 1 Ilk. t 'oiiiiiitJssioner. "by order of the Hoard" h;ts reaelusl us. It siiys the Hoard l Anrieultnre h;is re.s.lv cd that the t ommissioiier prepare a eireu lar lor the newspaen, eltiug forth that inHHS-iini.itV ha.s elaiuusl it lor its own and that the said aers le re- uest(slto publish mull information as mav Ik sent them. A jioslal card is sent for answer. There is de'ideillya suudneii of lsirciiiiiy in His reiuesl. considerinn how kind and univeril the paers have alway s iK-en in publishing such .miliar. 1 ho M.tal oird lr replv is to bind them to iloso. Itwa brilliant i.lea in the lo.rl ami would g down but for its nuzim-ss. W'e deeiine to Ik lettered, or to allow the Hoard U snnis'csl what should nil our pa j kt. s The lan(nKf alei. Itosloll 1 1 . n Irish enthusiast named o Hart has done his .-..untry an eminent ser v.cebv briuuMnnnta valuable Um.k of neneai.ni-al and antLpiarian researeh. s . . ......I p.i.lii'l lull II.. .l.ll.l.C.I IM'VOIIII l-Ollll"' that the tueeii is lineally ll...t.i ,ii I I. a .ltCllllli des -ended Monarch of Ireland, w h. was tho tnirty-sov ran. ... strainlt line from Adam; that he , 4 Hart! isan.usin. not very remotely rvlate.1. of her Majesty, and that Irish wxs the language sjN.kon in the.arden of K.len.an.i ever until tho confusion of im'iii IH.-1III-" ...i. :.. tongue that arrenttsl tlio tniiiuiug .1 I H.'. 1 IHS IS COIISOIIMK. but for one iinrul retlet tioii if Irish was ll... Unu i of IMen. that must hav e U-en the tonno in which the serpent deluded" Kv o. The farmers of falifomia eoinplain that all agrieultiiral ontorprisea in that ate arc unprofitable Ucause laU.r .a , . r than it lo years ago. I MOUNT VERNON. A UNIT TOTIIF. IIOH t. OK HANII- On tlie Hitiiko of the Polunmf riie I uiilsliirlMMt Itemily of the Hallow el Npot. ( 'rresHiiiilciioe of tlie News. n a brightly beautiful May morning, a week ago, the writer formed one of a party on Iniard tho elegant steamer "V. V. Coreoran," bound on a brief visit to Mount Vernon. Leaving the wharf at Washington at 10 a. in., the delightful ride of sixteen miles down the storied Potomac began. The Coreo ran is the only exoursion boat allowed to land passengers at Mount Vernon, and isowm-d by the I-idie.s Association, who have the place in their charge. By this means roughs and evil doers ate kept away, and the treasures of the place rest secure and undisturbed. Gliding ipiietly down tho Potomac, the white buildings of beautiful Wstshing- ton, the city of palaces, grow whiter and dim. and the ancient houses of old Alexandria come into view. Swing ing down the river, the steamer passes tnilo alter mile of verdant bank or smooth expanse of land, w hile the wide and placid river opens out beautiful vistas below and alnive. A v ery silent, stalely stream is this Potomac; its wa ters are not often ru tiled bv the busv bo.t.s thai once used it its a highway, ami now tlie long reaches look pnot and san less. -Near the journey's end a turn in tho river brings into hold view- the gray h.usiioiis of old Fort Washington, which rise from grassy slopes, all peaceful now. Only a solitary soldier stands sentry over the ost, and the cannon peeping over look its peaceful as the surroundings. Across the river, on the Virginia shore, now comes into view a gleam of w hite among the foli age, and a tall tlagstatf with the coun try s emblem floating from ilssummit, tells vou that vour eve rests on Mount Vernon, the most storied sjiot in Amer ica. The steamer swings in to the pier and the p;tsseiigers are conducted to wards the mansion, up a winding walk of gravel. The place wears its autiiio liMk, and ev cry thing is carefully kept as Wash ington left it. on the way to the house we see by the walk a grave of willows grown Iroin slips tiom Naoleoti's lonely grave at St. Helena. A little fur ther on and before us rises I II K To It nK WAs II I NO t ON. Built simply of rod brick, as directed by Washington, the tomb is. yet impo sing, and the simple words above the m i siv e grated door, "Here lie the re in, i .lis of i .eneral (Jeorge Washington," a e more impressive than would be a bla.xied epitaph of tho groat deceased. W ithin the tomb lie in sarcophagi of white marble tho bodies of Washington and his wite Mary. Tho arms of the I 'nit.sl States an carv cd upon the top of his sarcophagus. since the dastardly robbery of tho Stewart grave tho ladies of New York State have had an oaken flooring laid in the v ault and the .slightest pressure upon this rings electric bells at tho mansion, where guards are on duty day and ninht. The grounds arc carefully guarded by thee watchful custodians, o! which there are I."., one for each of the original States. Around the tomb of Washington stand four marble mon uments to members of tho family; amng them Biishrod Washington, of the Supreme 'oil rt. Leav nig tho tomb wc next pass an oak tree, under whose branches Wash ington was wont to rest, and thou tho in msion vv itli its'iiuuieroiis outhouses is In lin e us . THK HIsloKK M VNsIoN. Built of wood, in small squares, and stuce.Msl, it has the appearance of stone, and is in admirable preservation. The house is three stories iu height and from il passages curve back to tin pri vate kitchen on one side and the state kitchen on the other. The property is in the hands of the Imdios Mount Ver iioii Asso. lalioii, w ho purchased it j list prior to tho w ar at a cost of fi'H.oon. gelling w ith it the tract of -Jim acres on which it lies. The ladies have given to each ol the original States a room, and these have boon carefully restored to the condition iu which they wore loft by Washington. on the liist tloor tho largo reception room is taken by New York, and in il hangs the luagnilicoiit painting of Washington, by Stuart, and a head of him by I opley. In this room is the in. Intel of Italian marble, which Italy gave to Washington. On jts way hither across the sea, pirates captured the vessel bearing it, but w hen they found the mantel belonged to the illustrious citizen they sent it on in safety. In other riMuns on this tloor are shown clothes once belonging to the hero, and uantities of household articles used hv him iu this his happy homo. As cending to the second tloor tho hallway is found hung with pictures, and the rooms tilled with mementoes of tin owner and his time. With uncov ered heads and with a feeling almost of reverence-, we next step into the KooM IN WHICH W AslIl.NUIoN UI Kb. This apartment is in special charge of Virginia, the State he lovvd so well. Before the visitor stands the bed on w hi. li the Father of his country drew his i.i.st breath. By the bedside stand his medicine chest and table, and tho furniture of tho room is almost as he left it. Bv his bedside sat his loving wife, during his brief illness, and when he w;u no more she went to the room aliove this, .-.ml there spent the eighteen months during which she survived him. The room, which wits one of the jksu est in the house, she never left.only admitting thereto a favorite maid. She chose this room bec. uso from its win dow, the only one in tho house giving siu-h a vievv. she could always sot the tomb. The house has eighteen rooms, and nearly all these are tilled w ith priceless souvenirs of historical interest. The room in which Iafayette always slept w hen visiting Mount Vernon, contains tho same furniture now it did then, and I there rests over the house an air of the auti.pie which quite removes one's thounhta from the present. All the States ex.-opt North Carolina have their coats of arms emblazoned on shields, and all of the Old Thirteen save the Old North State have a room. Why is it that our ladies do not bestir them selves and take one room, lit it up as it should be, and then gather in it every memento of that leautiful time in which Washington livd? Iaav iug the mansion the state kitch en is visited, and the enormous lire place, requiring a cord of wood, and in which sheep were roasted whole, ex cites surprise. The private kitchen, just opssite, is similar iu style though smaller, and in it visitors are furnished w ilh au Old Virginia dinner. Stepping" out on the brinht green lawn that lays its level sward back of tne house, we see the auty of the place. On either side stretch away tho AIM OLI UAUKKNS with their high brick fences. In one of these are the box bordered walks, the fernerv, the conservatory, just as in W iishinjrton's day, and over the fences the fragrant wisteria throws its showers of purple blossoms. The other garden is for fruits and vegetables, but is not so careful! v Kept as trie one men tinned. The antique summer houses on the garden walls look like sentry boxes, and are built so as 10 give views of tho rich Virginia woods, which come close un to the rear of the lawn. After lookinir carefully over the gardens, and being given a spray of box or leaf of fern as a souvenir, we iass to the front of the mansion and get a grand view of Til K UKAt'TIFfb POTOMAC. The pillared front of the. house, w ith its great flagged portico, the steeply sloping lawn which go9 down to the river's brim, look out upon as beautiful a vista as eye can w ell rest on. The lapping waves beat softly at the base, while the noisy crows caw- all the day in undisturbed quiet. Upon the river, perchance, floats some steamer, the mournful tolling of whose passing bell gives tribute to the hallowed memories that enshrine the place. Across the river stand out the battlements of Fort W 'ashington. Washington stood in the portico and selected the site for this fort, and it is the most commanding point on the river. Mount Vernon is the embodiment of quiet and rest, and its repose is never broken now. During the late war it was alternately in the possession of both armies, and it is said that often the pickets met, with heads uncovered, before Washington's tomb, and there, forgetful of all things save tlie surroun dings, chatted peacefully. The reign of the relie hnnter is ended at Mount Vernon. The ladies have pi iced it in charge of Col. Hollingsworth, a clever gentlemen and a gallant, and his cour tesies to visitors are charming. No place in the world is more delightful than Mount Vernon, and a pilgrimage thereto in the joyous spring time is a memory nev er to be forgotten. Fhki. A. ii.bs. KTATK SKWS. Halifax. Koanoke News. On Friday last Mr. J. '.arris of Mar garettsville, had the misfortune to lose his house and furniture by tire. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a foul chimney and had burned so long before it was discoveied that the upper story had fallen in. It was only after the greatest exertions that the barn and smoke house were saved. Mr. fiarris lost everything in tho house, includ ing the clothing of himself, wife ami little children. Loss .JIMNi, no insur ance. The authorities of the Seaboard and Koanoke Kail road have surveyed the track from ( Jarysburg to the river and it is thought that they will lay a track and build a w harf so as to deliver and receive freight in connection with steamers on tho river. We learn from Mr. N. B. Josey Jr., who passed through hero Monday that the stockholders of the narrrow guage Kail road to bo built from Scotland Nock to Palmyra, will elect a President and Iniard of Directors some time soon, probably this month. Pasquotank. K. ifv Keoiiomist. On Sunday 4th instant., the Steam Mill, at Wintoti, was destroyed by lire. Tho property was worth 5s,tnH) and was owned by a company, of which Pat Taylor was the largest share holder. It is suppose to have been ineendiary work. There was no insurance. The largo Sash ond Blind Factory at Wintoii, belonging to W. I. Taylor, of that place, was entirely destroyed by tire on Sunday morning, 4th inst.. Cause unknown. Loss 10,(HN). No insuraiice- . I ust at the dose of tho superior court, two prisoners who wore confined in jail in Plymouth, broke jail anil es caped. The Shad Hatchers at Avoca having stocked our waters brimming full of tittlr 1 ..!.- uli.41 txru lu.l v i ijr j thcil" little Stin'V ''Lookout" for the tribuary waters of Chesapeake Bay. Tho Steam Saw ,v Planing Mills, at .la im s ille, formerly owned by Major Bailey, now by stallings and run by Bi..el! and o'hers, was burned on the morning of ::(Ji of April. Cause un known. Loss ."MtHHl. No insurance. An 4wly Slor.v. Providence ! ispjit-b. Mr. Orin A . Wehoskey, a Broad sf root hn-k-smith. owns an owl and all through tin' night the bird patrols Mr. Welioskev s shop; guarding it from evil. Friday night a burglar stealthily entered the shop. Tho owl wont for him. Its eyes were-wide open, and after a short, fierce and bloody battle the burglar slipped out, leaving Ollicer Owl the proud victor, and neglecting in his haste to carry off his hat and "jim my." A "ovol IMicl. From l:i ronicii. A challenge recently passe. 1 between"1 two mechanics iu Madrid. A piece of money was east up and the loser was ' to place himself on the Mediodia rail- i way, and lot himself be crushed by the locomotive. It was carried into effect, and (he tailor, who lost, was cut to pieces by the mail from Toledo. Took All Awny Huston Transcript. Si Stoughton, although a heavy drink er, w as a kind husband and lather; but Si w as dead now. Shortly after that sad sad event the was visited a spirtualictic friend, who had ome to tell the bereaved one that she had seen his spirit. She was sure it was he. "Oh,t no, it is impossible," sighed the w idow sadly; it wasn't Si's spirit ; he didn't, leave any. 1M4 KIN4J.S. The smaller the girl the larger the wax doll necessary to appease her in cipient maternal affection. The fast man has the consoling thought of feeling that just so much as he shortens his days here he will leghthen his eternity, hereafter. "There are miners in the air," re-r marked the landlord when his hotel burned down, and for want of tire es capes the guest were jumping out of the windows. The boy who left a piece of ice in the sun to warm up was no more foolish than the Jian who opened a store and, expected ''people to hunt him out and buy his goods. ' A newly married lady was telling another how nicely her husband could write. "Oh, you should just see some of his love letters." "Yes, I know,' was the freezing reply, "I've got a bushel of em in my trunk." A bald Cincinnati w oman does not cov er the bare top of her head with false hair, or by combing her own hair over it, but appears to be proud ofthedis tinction that it gives her in public asr semblages, for she alwavs removes her bonnet. The effect is striking. A young woman who had never learned the gentle art of cookery, being desirous of impressing her husband with her knowledge and diligence manages to have her kitchen door ajar on the day after their return from the bridal trip, and just as her lord comes in t from the office exclaims loudly: "Hurry up, Eliza, do! Haven't you washed the lettuce yet? Here, give it to me: wheres the soap?" i BOOTH'S FIRST MANAGER. TAI.lt WITH 4VK WII4 HAS ItCKV ! 'FORTY VICARS IX A TIIF.ATF.lt. How Kalu in Booth was Iersualel to fai c Nun Franciseo In 1456 anl Begrin His Wonderful Career. X. Y. Star. One of the oldest fetae managers in the country is B. F, Baker, w ho is in the employ of John T. Ford, the Balti more millionaire. For nearly forty years he -has been connected with the theatrical profession. He was the first manager.' of Edwin Booth when his early career began in the Eastern States. He has occasionally played a part and has written several farces of merit that have had their day. He was re ently in this ?ity, and being in a reminiscent mood the reporter took advantage of it. 'Besides my long experience on the professional stage," began Mr. Baker," I could talk by the hour about my re lations with the amateur stage. Many entertainments have been shifted on my shoulders by aspiring young ladies and gentlemen, and I have in almost innumerable instances worked up a whole evening's sport .by directing tlfctui. how to taKe hold of a play. You know Washington is a great place for amateurs. Everybody there wants to gq on the stage, especially the girls the suckling Clara Morrises. Here is a specimen letter among thousands that I receive; from boarding-school misses in search of theatrical engagements: Washington, P. C, March 2, 1879. Deak Mn. Bakkk: lam now going to school, but I do so much want to go on the stage. I am ambitious, and I think 1 could make a really great actress that is if I had a good chance. Will yoii not assist me in becoming one? I Yours truly. "You sec," continued Air. Baker, "most of my fair applicants have had a little experience in some mock-heroic play; orthers in private theatricals, and they fancy at once they are ready to be 'brought out." I shall reply to the let ter I have just read you and advise the writer to wait several years before she starts on her profession. Among the many amateurs that came to me tu be taught was a young girl you must remember Iniogene. She paid me handsomely, but she has no talent. She is now floating around and spend ing her money. She has plenty ot that. Two years ago I helped present an am ateur play at the Eyceum Theater. We hail no end of fun. One of the charac ters w as assumed by James Haggerty the politician, and another by Jerrold McKinnev, a city journalist. One part was piaved bv a gentleman who is now James Gordon Bennett's private sec ¬ retary, and, I assure you, he made a jolly mess of it. He came on in the fourth act elegantly dressed, but he was so confounded stage-struck that he 'guyed' the whole thing. The play was the "Shamrock. In ls7i the Sans Souci Club did good work, but there was one draw back to its success. Thoie was in it a lawyer who, like Bottom, wanted to play all the good parts. One of the most enjoyable amateur performances I was ever connected with was at the house of Mr. Bache, No 14 East 4:ird street. It was the birthdav ot the old lady. Each character in the piece was played by amateurs, assuming the names of well known actors and actres ses. ou might be surprised to know- that Lester W allack, ll. J. Montague, Rose Eytinge and rauny Davenpori wore down on the programme. l coached the players, so that thev occa sionally got in amaniierisni of the 'stars they w ore imitating. I he effect was ludicrous in tho extreme." "Iiiil you iU)iiunaint, in ivooin to a Now York public?" "I did. Ho and I wore associated to gether in San Francisco in lsrtj, and it was through my influence that he was persuaded to come East. Booth, at that time, was my 'leading man.' He was playing 'The Iron Chest' and 'Richard." lie was the original Raphael in the 'Marble Heart," and a fine part he made of it. But he won't play it now. He has got so devilishly classical y ou can't, touch Ii i in with a ten-foot pole. Booth also played then 'Still Waters Run. Deep.' ! At that time I was exceedingly busy. I used to get play-books direct from London, and bring out the plays before they even reached .New York. I ran 'Still Waters' three months before Burton produced it here. In 'Blesik House" Booth played Bucket, the police man. Fancy him doing that sort of thing now. It recalls the days w hen E. L. Davenport danced a hornpipe in Black-Eyed Susan,' when Waller and his wife supported him. It was before Davenport went to Australia in 18-4 and made his pile of 1(X),(hm. But his agent made a big hole in it, I'm sorry to say. "To return to Booth. He opened as Hamlet in Baltimore about ls.ti, under the management of John T. Ford, and was successful from the start. Of course, the assassination of Lincoln by his brother brought him much sympathy, and helped to bring him betore the pub lic. I accompanied him on his tours through Richmond, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Chicago, Memphis, and New Or leans, but it was at lioston in March, LS")7, that he made big money -51, MW), which, in those days, was a small for tune. In N ew Y'ork we opened at Bur ton's old theatre, afterward Winter Oar den." Here Mr. Baker displayed a musty-looking document. It was the contract signed by Burton and Booth, and witnessed by" Henry C. Jarrett. "The Broadway Theatre at that time,"' continued Mr. Baker, "was under the control of E. A. Marshall. He refused to give me an engagement for Booth. He said he had had enough trouble with the elder Booth, and he didn't want any more w ith the son. He was willing to play him only on condition that all expenses were borne by nie. I refused the offer, and remarked: "In six months, Mr. Marshall, you'll be niakingovertures yourself for Mr. Boo h to play here.' And so it proved. "Booth is thoroughly the creature of impulse. He never plays the same part twice alike. I have often said to nini just before the curtain was rung up for a full house: 'Ned, you've got to do your best to-night.' "1 can't tell you anything about what I may do,' he would reply. 'Wait until I'm on the stage, and then you'll see.' I've known him to walk through three acts as Sir Giles, and his acting would not be a. all remarkable, but in the last two a ts his emotional pow er would fairly make you rise out of your seat. In studying a part, Booth never "eraiinne..." Itcaine to him like a flash or noi at all. He is a thoroughly good fellow in private life, and likes to'have his friends about him, but N'ed is no hand at making acquain tances. He is remarkably domestic for an actor of his reputation. He was never carried away by flattery. Before he was married he received many let tors from actresses, which was not ex traordinary, but he always tore them up and gave the fair writers the cold shoulder, which was extraordinary. Booth's tirst wife was Mary Devlin, who died in child-birth in lio. You know, of eourse, that his present wife is a Mc Vicker. Booth and I used to sleep in the same room, and it was his habit fre quently to rehearse a whole play after a hard day's work. After playing Rich ard, for instance, he would go through Lear, I acting as prompter, until tlie night had far advanced. He has always been an indefatigable worker, but he slept after eating only a light supper and smoking a mild pipe-full. Booth always knows whether he has done well after the excitement of the play is over. And when he is not equal to himself he displays great chagrin. 'Kick me,' he said one day ; 'I haven't done decently. I ought to bo thrashed.' "In my opinion, Richelieu is Booth's best character, Davenport being the best Hamlet. In the latter role was es pecially realized what I have said of the uneven character of Booth's acting. You may see him half a dozen times as the melancholy Prince, and each time you will witness a different Hamlet. MeCullough does this, that or the other thing in a studied way ; Booth is per fectly natural. I think, however, if Johnny. Booth had lived he would have been superior to Ned." FROM THK FREXCII l'APEKl An actual advertisment in one of the Paris papers: Matrimonial An aged and infirm gentleman, having twenty thousand francs a year.wishes to marry a worthy young girl or an honorable widow with out fortune. If the advertiser has stated that the doctors only gave him a month or two to live, he would have been embarrassed, no doubt, to make his choice from anion; the multitude of worthy girls and honorable widows. The modesty of most men who call themselves modest consists in doubting, not their own worth, but the aptitude of others to appreciate it. The day before the wedding. The two fiance are talking, tete-a-tete. "Do you love me Frank?" asks Emma. "I'm afraid that in marrying me you are only yielding to the solicitations of your family. Do you really want to in'"--v?" Want to marry?" exclaims Frank, eagerly; "Why, I'd like to marry half-a-dozen times!" A lover of the inexact sciences bought a phonograph. The instrument all at once refused to repeat to its owner's voice, and became quite mute. Probably some of its machinery was out of order. The owner of the phonograph, in hs despair, called in a savant of acquaint ance. The latter, who happend to belong to the Academy of Medicine, essayred in vain to make the thing talk. "This is very serious, very serious," said he, after a long reverie. "Complete loss of speech. Better try the effect of the Italian climate!" An old revolutionary graybeard has had his mot on the Chamber of Deputies. A timid hourgeoise compared, with terror on his visage, the present Cham ber to the convention (of 173). "Hold Moses!" exclaims the veteran, wrathfully, "the Chamber is to the convention what a syringe is to a cannon!" Dr. X. has had a fall whic h has left him in a very bad state. "By Jove! Since the accident,"says a friend, questioned about X.'s condition, "he has become almost an idiot." "It's improved him, then, for before it he was quite one!" Dr. X has lately been converted to Spiritualism, and passes a good deal of his time at seances, calling up the spirits of the defunct. Some one rallies the Doctor on this habit. "What? What is there about it?" mildly inquires one of X.s' confrerecs. "I haVe always noticed that the Doctor was fond of chatting with his pati ents!" Two "mashers are UilKiug o..nt u.o girls at a ball in not particularly high life: "That Melie is abrick." "Yes, an honest girl, and she works." "Very much?"' "I should say she did; she supports me!" A charming cartoon of Cham's repre sent two merry wives in conversation. Legend: If the divorce law is passed, w ill you profit by it?" "Lot me see let me see looks up dreamily at the portrait hanging over the mantel; could 1 deceive another man with the satisfaction tl a I do that old fellow?"' The Room's Wi.llli. RY KI.I.ABKTH STKWART I'HKl.l'S. I think if I should cross the room. Far as fear, Should stand beside you likea thought, Touch you, dear; Like a fancy. To your sad heart It would seem That my vision passed and prayed you, r my dream. Then you would look with lonely eyes Lift you head And you would stir and sigh and say, "She is dead." Ball led by death and love, i lean Through tho gloom, O Lord of Life! am I forbid To cross the room. TI4.HT I.A4 I-4i. What is it makes a lady's head Feel heavy as a lump of lead ? What makes her nose's tip so red? Tight lacing! What makes her cheek burn like a coal, Her feet as cold as Arctic pole? What (tramps her body and her soul? Tight lacing ! What makes her waist a wasp-like thing And gives her tongue a waspish sting? Wha- balks her w hen high notes she'd sing ? Tight lacing: What beauty's lines in her destroys, And fashion's powerful aid employs. To crush from out her life its jovs? Tight lacing! What quite ignoring Nature's facts, Her waist so cruelly contracts, Tiiat each inch saved fresh pain exacts? Tight lacing ! And what bad fashion of the diy Is it that ladies now should say j They'll spurn w ithout an hour's delav ? j Tight lacing ! j ' 1. 1 union Truth. i London. From the 'ornhill Magazine London is spread over about 7,0;M square miles. There is one death there every six minutes, and one birth every four The growth of the population is atthe rate of 7r),nM a year, or 20" each day. The total length of streets iu London is about 7,000 miles; there arc built every year about !t,(MK new houses, by which the length of the streets is increased byr twenty-eight miles. In the jails there is an average of 75,000 prisoners. The foreign-born residents of London number about 100,000; but 37 per cent, of the whole population were born out of the city. CRUSHEDJO DEATH. TF.Itlt lltl.F. AWIOKS'T AT 9TP1IKE TF.KfV OIL MII.li. William E. Pool, while eiifra;cl in getiiiiK Fish Bait. Is rnuitlil in the Shafting. The sad death of this gentleman was announced in Friday's News, and on yesterday the particulars of the acci dent were gathered by a News report er. It appears that on Thursday last Mr. Pool was engaged at McPheeters' Oil Mill, on the Neuse river, ten miles from this cityj in dipping for roaches, which he used jfor bait when fishing for larger fish, lie stationed himself on the top of the turbine wheel which worked the oil mill, a thing ho had oft en done before. While standing thus, dipping one stroke up stream and one stroke down, a young man who had been dipping in the very same place was standing on the bauk near by watching him to see what luck he would have. Mj. Pool had not made more than two or three dips of his not before the young man saw the pocket of his coat catch in the shaft that was driving the machinery of the mill at full speed. Mr. Pool was whirled around with great velocity and at each revolution his body struck a piece of machinery attached to tho vh?Ll. Dick Norwood (colored), one of the millers who attends to the oil work, was upstairs in the mill, and observing one of the belts slacken on the pulley started toward the window to see what had happened below, but the machine ry moving on all right before he reached the window he retraced his steps, when the young man from below rushed in and cried out, "Shut down the mill." Norwood unhesitatingly complied w ith the request, and ran to the window ami looking below, saw Mr. Pool hanging to the shaft. lie called Windsor, the other miller (a colored man), and they hurried down to the rescue. Mr. Pool was crying loudly for help, and seemed to be suffering intensely. They took him from the shaft and laid him on tin bank of the river, and sent a boy up to Mr. Jim. Norwood s, a white man who lived near by, lie soon appeared on the spot, and, on coining up, asked Mr. Pool how ho felt. " Ah, Jim, I'm a ruined man," was the faint reply. "My logs are broken, and my body is crushed. I'm going to die." Thev carried him into the oUice and laid him on the bed, and dispatched messengers to Rolesville and Forest -villo for doctors. Two from Rolesville arrived at 11 a. in., and one from For estville at 1 p. in. Tho suffering man still lingered in agony. His injuries were great, Both logs were mangled, and his ribs and body badly crushed. All that medical aid could accomplish was done to alleviate his pain, but it wvas evident that death had sot his seal on the injured man. 1 1 is wife and eight children, who lived about a mile oft', were soon with him, and, at his request, his friends in' the neighborhood were" sent for to come and pray for him. lie remained per fectly conscious all the time, and the scene around the bed of the dying hus band and lather was heart-rending. Oradually his strength failed, and at 2 p. m. on the same day de ith ended his agony. The remains wore carried to his home, and the funeral took place on Friday, attended by all who lived in the neighborhood. Mlk Cull ii re. Lovers of the curious should pay a visit to the cocoonery or silk worm hatchery of Mr. Ed. Fasnach, near the city, out beyond the old State quarry. For some years this gentleman has been engageu in raisin oim.-. -ci.;., he has about 2K),noo, in a largo frame house. The interior of this is filled with a frame work of lattice-slats, on these tiers the worms are placed. They are fed frequently, being exceed ingly ravenous, and consume, in tho course of the day, about i.oo pounds of mulberry leaves. In May the worms, which are pure w hite, save two small blotches on the back, hatch out from tho eggs laid by the butterfly. When they first appear they are about one tenth of an inch in length, but constant gormandizing causes them to grow rapidly, .and in a month they attain a growth of from two to three inches. They then quit feeding, and, crawling oil", begin to spin the cocoon or envel ope. Fastening himself to a piece of wood, the worm spins out the gauzy silken thread from his mouth, and in a low hours is concealed from sight in his cocoon or ease. In this he stays for a time, when, if not stopped, he will cut out and ruin the cocoon. But soon after the cocoons are finished they are gathered, and then baked in an oven. This kills the grub, and the cocoons are shipped. The silk of which they are entirely composed is in one con tinuous thread, and the people who use the silk skillfully catch the inside end of this and unwind it, the cocoon being soaked in warm water. A pound of the cocoons is worth about 1. They are all sorts of colors white, yellow, and green and some of the varieties shown come from Japan, Brazil and France. The worms arc subject to dis- 0 ise, and require constant care and great experience in their management. Trait Hill Commencement. 1 nrrespoinlenee of tlx- News. You are respectfully invited to at tend the commencement exercises of. Trap Hill Institute, Trap Hill, N. C, Friday morning, May 2-", ly, at 10 o'clock. Seven o'clock p. m.j exercises to consist of tableaux, charades, etc. Marshal : j. c llolhropk, duel. Trap Hill, county, N ing River, N. ('.; C; J. N. C; : W. II. M. Joinrjs, Wilkes I. DiiiimeUee, Roar J. P. Cheat wood, Trap L. Brewer, Pleasant Hill, Hill, N. N. Committee, of I in it ition : Miss Jennie White, Randolph county, N. C; Mis Carrie Crunipler, Wilkes county, N. ('.; Miss Nannie Ilolbrook, Tran Hill, N. ('.; Miss Loula Ilolbrook, Wilkes county, N C. 4. neon Victoria" Head Jre. Queen Victoria ia said to object seri ously to th feminine fashion of wear ing the hair in a fringe across the for hoad. It is stated further that she instructed the bridesmaids who ap peared at the recent weddingof her son that they would not be permitted to v ear their locks in that fashion, nor to don high-heeled boots, nor to wear tied bt k gowns. Last year it is reported, one yo ing lady who came to a Drawing-Room with her hair over her eyes was informed by the Iord Chamber lain that until her hair had grown she need not a tend any more at the Palace. 'I he Cholera. A Calcutta despatch say; that nearly l,Hr,(XK pilgrims, who assembled at the Pundovar Fair, carried cholera in various directions. Outbreaks of the disease are reported from Delhi, Wruni itsur, Rawul, Simla and elsewhere. In some cases it has occurred among the European troops. .
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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