North Carolina Newspapers

Sews XT T rr 9 IX VOLXV.-78. RALEIGH, . 0, TUESDAY MORNING, JTOE-3, 1879. $5.00 per annum:.. "f r -7 - y GH THE WICKED SOUTH. iniTR BLAIXC TO FCRXISH MORE -TESTIMOJIY. Introduction ef BUI li riMMfUl mmd Military wte of Tti Vhito-, June 2. Senate. s.r McDouald being absent, the -oniideratioo of hi resolution wae pt.ne-L Senator Maine gave notice of L: proposed amendment to it, also to refer to the committee on alleged elect too fraud facta in regard to South ern districts, referred to by him on Thursday lL suAlor Kdmunda called aUenUon to hi he alleged wa an unfair way In huh rr ptrte chargeo were printed for public information by the Wallace Committee my as to be mistaken for ea utbtwhed fact. Senator Wallace de fended the oourre of the Committee, nd a debate ensued, participated in by Senator Kdrauud. lawee, Thunntn, An,l HUine. Senator Thurman aaid that oae-ided iomcoU were also Ukl public a evidence by tbeku-klux rommitte in the South. Portions of ihe teotimony bearing against lietno-t-r: found their way into print and :...t the real, lie favored making H trtiuKny public aud letting tlte people m.ik'e (r tbeiuselvea. The morning hour expired and Sen ior McDonaltf s resolution went over. The House bill to amend the act luaking n appropriation for the construction ,.r canal works on the Greet Kanawha and Kentucky riven, and authorising tht Secretary of Wax to use part of the appropriatio'n for ncf-waary purchases, - a then considered and pad, af er - hich the Senate adjourned. Hot iUL-Under call of the State many bills were introduced and refer red. Among tliewe mere the following: il- Mr. Wia ' Pa.', for the taxation of urouuaorv note, and bonds and mort and makm il unlawful to exact tn re than j ir cent, interest for a loan ,f nvnev. flv Mr. San ford (Ala.), pro hi' 'Km' the rutidinjjof United State N. -Is "parable in currency," into com -.n lv aud'by Iywe Ala.) to substitute l.-t-tender currency for national bank currency. By Mr. Springer (III.). pn hil'itm any soldiers stationed within two mile of any place where a pectl or general election of Representative in .eigreris is llng held, from leaving hi l-jrack for any purpose except that of relieving guard or casting his t.i. on the day of election. This bill I r ides that on the day appointed for a general or special election of repre n:ativea in Cougre, no soldier, sta tioned within two milee of any polling pUi-e. shall be allowed to go out of the 'arracks except to mount or relieve uard. or to vote, when he shall return immediately. Mr. ltolerts. of Ixuiiaiana, chairman of the Committee on Misaiiaippi Le ien, moved to auspeud the rules and the bill for the p. intineul of a Nliaaisippi Kiver Commission for the improvement of s--id river, from tlw head of the Iae- near its mouth to its head waters- I'! 1J to JJ. It pro vider for the appointment of live coui mKsioners, three from te Kngineer Corps and two from civil life, who shall t - - f,rt -ouiMertion aut t tur plans for the improvement of the Mis sisippi river and report the same to Congre-w; flTV"' i pprtpriatel to meet the exjeiisos of the Commission. The bill also p.nsed appropriating fj to provide lor the representation of the United States at the Austrian e i hi bit ion in ISTU-jsJ. Adjourued. Tee racUra tbsr Trmaredy Show HtLi Md., June J. In the trial of Miss Duer to-day, Judge Irvin announced the ruling of the court on the question before ihem. He aaid it m unnecessary, and ierhans not proper for the court to indic-.Ue in what wav the testimony adduced hail intlu enl their minds differently frem the wav it had impressed the counsel. The .-ourt after full consideration, thinka that all declarations offered in the evi dence ma.le bv the deceased during the last week of her eicknes. rauAt be al mitte.j. All conditions n.cejwary to make them ailmiasable concurred judging from the evidence before them in reference to the declarations uiale anterior to that time the court are not satlsSed, and therefore will now receive them. Mrs- George Trnltt being called and not answering. Mr. Tage aaid. un der the ruling of the Court, Jatneo 1 1 earn e. deceased's father, and Mrs. Truitt were the only witnease to the dving declarations the State bad, and he would call Mr. Heem on the stand, reserving the right to call Mrs. Truitt, who was sick in led, to-day. Tkf ftaltaa Jealoa f his Aalherltr. Ixtj, June 2. A Vienna dispatch to the Time say the concessions of Governor tJeneral Aleko Pasha to the populace in not twisting the Turkish rtag and wearing the fex have pro duced a rerr bad effect at Constantino ple, especially on the Sultan, whoseeins to attach far greater importance to these matter than hia ministers. The Sul tan is said to be determined to insist on the hoisting of the Turkish flag. Il is aid that stringent Instructions to that etT-ct have already been sent to Aleko Pasha. It is also intended to lay the case before the powers. Aleko con duct is considered insulting, and as the first step in a movement which in the end will render the Porte a authority altogether Illusory. This fear aeeiu not altogether beeelesa. as agitation has encvd in favor of a native com- msnd of mllitU which points toward a denial or limitation or the Sultan a treaty right to appoint militia offlcer. A Xw RaMlsa Usa. St. P:TtRsai-B(. June 2. A ukase has been lasued instructing the Minis ter of Finance to imie a 5 per cent, in ternal loan al 1 for the nominal amount of three hundred million roubles to cover the expense of the late war. Suhecrlption will he opened on the . a r m atn msw Fresa Zatala4. I-D03C, June 2. A dispatch from Caitown to the limes says me inior r,,rir,r. tbat King Cetewavo has burn el the royal kral and retired to northweatern .uiuiana wnu irBe army is offlcially coonrmea. The RalaCall la laela. c.wi rri June 2. There baa been a plentiful rain here and in the neigh borhood during the past week, doing much good. Reports are not yet received from outlvlng district, but there is every reason to believe that tne rain fall h.H been general. Xa Tt4 thte 1 Wasiti-OTOJ, June 2. The Presi dent baa approved the bill to prevent the introduction of contagious and in fectious disease into the United Stale. Javdare Carl all a- Ceteresl J a rer. KtcttMoxD, Va., June 2. Judge Christian, of the Huttings Court, to-day iuJori&ed a commUleeof colore i the lion citizens who had preetiteii a petition that do diacriminatioua be made be tween while and colored in choftshig lurora from the poll list, that the court mvl the right to Jndffeof qislirtottiorvs of juror, and where men were not in telligent he should pass them by. The Manhattan Dank Ci Kbw York, June 2. No new de Telopmenta to-day in the Manhattan bank bnrglary ense. The heariug will go on in the Jetferson Market Court this afternoon. The police are eonrt dent of the conviction of Hope, DobbM, Slevln and Kelly, and of the speeily sr reat of the other three parties known to be in the job. Death er Ueaeral Hblelds. On TMwa. Iowa, May 2. General Jamee Sldelds, late United States Sen ator, from Missouri, died suddenly in this city last night. Cleeea rer the llelldaya Ix!do-, May 2. To-day being Whit Monday all markets both here and in Liverpool are rloeed. Death of Mr. Wetherell. Correspondence of the New. Halkioii, June 2, l7y. It is with feeling of regret that we are to-dav called upon to chronicle the death of Mr. II. 11. Wetherell, father of our es teemed feliow-citiien, W. P. Wetherell, Ksq., which occurred at his residence in Asaonett. Mas., on Sunday last. Prior to the late war.Captaia Wether ell was engaged in the wholesale dry goods busmen in New York, and was numbered among the moat successful business men of that city; he wa after ward connected with the Custom House in lioston where he had a large circle of friends. Many of our citizens will remember him as a moat courtly and genial gen tleman, he having paid a visit, about four years since, to his son in this. city. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Mr. W. P. Wetherell in this hour of his wore bereavement. X. a rniuiiTfii, uosiii'iDi- A While Ysala Killed by a ?Te-ro Ore ansa la nee f Vnnaaal ftarbarltjr. Charlotte Observer. Citizens of Steel Creek township who were in the city yesterday, report a homicide committed Friday in that section of the county under circum stance of unusual barbarity. There had been a difficulty it appears, between a negro whose name is not given, and a son of Mr. Andrew liates, of Steel Creek, a youth about twenty years of ae. Fridav, young Bates was at work alone in a field near bis father's bouse, when this negro spproached him and their quarrel was renewed. What passed be tween at this time is not known, but the result was a right in wich the ne gro knocked the voting man down, and after this proceeded to cut ami slash him with a knife, in a most frightful manner. Having tabled the youth repeatedly iu the face, neck and bre.t, inflicting Uon him wounds neveri ly fatal, the savage negro turned him over on his face und "tabbed him a number of times in the la-k. The ne gro then left him dead ujx.n the ground and made good his escape. Mrs. Itatee, the mother of the slain boy, witnessed the transaction, having been attracted to the scene, probably by the high words, of by the cries of her son, but as uua-j!e to avert the tmtmX naulk Particulars of the d occurrence are rather meaner, and the above is all that could le gathered yeaterday in re ference to i.io matter. Poslmaster Arrested. Franklin Reporter. th. CapU J. W. Terrell, Postmaster at Webster, aud his deputy, Mr. Watkins, were arrested Monday evening by a de tective of the Posto'rnce Department, Bent out from Richmond, Va. We learn from Mr. Wilson, who came here to se cure the services of Dr. Love, as coun sel for Capuin Terrell, that the trouble arose in xnnection witha money order deposit. A deposit of one hundred and seventy dollars wa registered at Web ster, or is claimed to nave oeen, our on reaching Richmond the package was found to contain nothing. A trace was st once made and no irregularity in the transit being discovered suspicion rested on the ofiice at Webster, and hence the arrest of he above parties. We give the above as reported. CapL Terrell is one of our beet known citi zens in this section, and no one here supposes that he has taken the missing monev. He is notouly above suspicion of such a thing but is a man of too much sense to have committed such a deed. We fear, however, that he will be given great trouble setting himself right, as we understand that the only witness to the registering of the money was the deputy postmaster, whereas It eltould have been an outside party. We I tope Captain Terrell will te able '.o hud the guilty party, for as we said above, no one here can think him guilty. Why Men Die. Montanton blade. The indignant subscriber to the Blade came into the office a few days ago and ordered his paper stopped because he differed with the editor in hi view on subsoiling fence rails. The editor conceded his right to stop bis paper, and remarked coolly as be looked over the list: "Do tou know Sowers, down at Iower Fork "Verv well," said the man. "Well, he stopped his paper last week because I thought a farmer was a blamed fool who didn't know that timothvwasa good thing to graft on huckleberry bus he, and be died in less than four hours." "Gracious is that so?" asked the aston ished farmer. "Yes; and you know old George Hrindle, up on Irish Creek?" "Well I e bean! of hlin." "Well." id the editor gravely, "he stopped his i ater because he was the happy father of twins, and wo congrat ulated him on hi success so late in life. He fell dead within twenty min utes. There's lots of similar cases. but it don't matter; I'll just cross your n.ma ofT thOU-ll VOU dOll t loot strong, and there's a bad color on your "See here. Mister Crowson," sai I the sulcrUer. looking somewhat alarm ed, "I believe I'll just keep on another year, because I always did like your I per. and 1 was oniv mad wiin you because I have been unable to get a drink since vou have been Mayor." A Word Aheut Uov. Jarvls. Charlotte Observer. Governor J arris seems to be after I,ittlfield in dsad earnest and sooner or later he will have him. That right rm of the governor hasn't got any bone in it worm mentioning, but his back isn't In the least defective in this particular, and when he undertakes to do a thing ne cioes it or is aoie to ren der reason why. Xm Air Cnsalea fer Blaine. tr ttffAV on Bn Hill, the gentleman from Maine eU badly dlstigured. Ho ought to t n.l.mii ts mftpn hia fall cxry an " " MACON'S MINERAL LAND. co nr 3i Dm mine ,PA?iJria OCT UEAVILT. The Aeettesi a Oreat Vf laeral Depeelt where there IsSSeaey for all whs will work. Frank 11 u Reporter, Macon aud the surrounding counties are rich In minerals. We have almost a com plete list of all the valuable - min erals of the world. The corundum al ready shipped from this section has been worth an immense amount of money. In "conversation with Mr. Jacobs, who superintended the work at the Sugar Fork mine, during the time it was worked by Jeuks, we learned that the co random worked oat was worth at the lowest calculation $38,000. This was .the value of the corundum alone. In addition to this a large num ber of gems of the very finest kind, were taken oat 4 nev additional cost. A large amount of money must have been realized from these, though it is not known here what they brought, with the exeeption of one, which was sold for one thousand dollars. The cost of working tne mine during the time was 13,000; so it will readily be seen that the profits were large. The above mine is now owned and worked by Dr. Lucas, and since he has been working he has taken out about the same quantity of corundum that the former party shipped; but not so many fine gems. Thus it will be seen what a large amount has been realized from this one mine of this mineral, while the mine has been worked only a short time. As to our mica interests, we have no data upon which to base any estimate of the value of the quantity shipped, but the amount has been euoimous, but the clear gain on this has been probably less than that on the corundum. Sev eral hundred thousand dollars worth though have been shipped since the business was opened here, and from the amount of work doing now we have uo doubt that a large amount will be realized on this during the next few mouths. Hut these two minerals, are not the only ones in our section which are val uable, e have the hnest outcropping ; of iron deposits that are found any where. Speaking recently with, a m ner, who hast been all through the'g'feut iron regions of Pennsylvania, and other noted iron mining sections, he said that the nuest outcrop of this kind he had ever seen was here in a few miles of Franklin. The truth is this section is one grand mineral deMit, and there is monev here for all those who are able and willing to dig for it. TATE HEW. Rorke. Morgan tou Blade. We regret to hear that a disease among the cattle in aouie parts of this county is proving very fatal. 1 he cholera Is raging among tne hogs in the town. The editor of this paper has lost by this disease the finest pros pect for making his own meat he ever dmI, by the death of several promising hogs. , Franklin Reporter. Mr. Torrel Bradley, living near Smith's Hridge in this county, was bad ly injured by a norseoneday last wees, lie was trying to hold a horse, which attempted to run away with a plow. The horse knocked hiin down, broke one of his arms, and bruised him up severely. Dr. Lucas, who now owns and is working the Jenk's corundum mine, V..o iiiar frtunrl a crant unrth JtQ (Y1 it ia aaid. He has others said to be of great value. Truiy this North Carolina goose (the corundum mine) is laying golden eggs for Massachusetts, if there is no mistake snout tne reports. Kltebell. Bakersvllle Republican. Master Preston Felts has been trying various methods to destroy the yellow striped bugs that seemed determined to eat up the young plants. As a last resort he tried sprinkling with slaked lime, and he says he "got awav with 'em." We learn from deputy collector J. Q. A. Bryant that the grasslippers have made their appearance in great num bers in the Crab Orchard district in Tennessee. He says that in going a distance of two miles he saw myriads upon mvriads of them, and that they were literally destroying vegetation, even eating the young leaves upon the trees. Black walnut timber is being cut in this county and along the mountain slopes bordering on Tennessee, and shipped to New York and from thenoe to Paris, where it is largely used for veneering. The trees are cut and hewn nearly square, and shipped in bulk. When made into veneers, paper is pasted on one side, aad then it is cut into pieces less than one-sixteenth of an Incn lu tmcKness. itm piece is men glued to the part that it is to cover, with the paper iuside to prevent split ting. Wecklenbnrs;. Charlotte Observer. Alexander Turrentine (colored), was killed Thursday by the bursting of a soda fountain which he was charging. As soon as an examination could be made, it was ascertained that the bones of his skull immediately around the eye had been badly broken and mashed in. He died in a very few minutes. The fountain had burst in the middle where it was encircled by a band, and from the surrounding circumstances it was readily seen that the upper part of it had struck lurrentine while he was standing over it. A mark on the joists above indicated that the upper part bad Lean thrown against it, while the lower portion was forced in the other direction. Persons in the store dis tinctly felt the jar caused by a part of the fountain striKing ine noor. Wayne. Oolibiboro Messenger. Beau shipping is now the order of the day with our truck farmers. The crop was never better. James F. Kornegay has a splendid field of wheat, and we regret to learn that it shows indications of having taken the rust. A twin goose quill has been left on our table by our old friend, John Ivey, Esq. Also a twin corn cob, perfectly hollow, with grains of corn grown in side of the cob. The recent negro exodus meeting held in this town, was a failure. Our colored people are evidently not very anxious of going to Kansas. Geo. T. Wasson was the principal speaker, and he told them that in Kansas they would have te work as well as here, and in all probability a little harder. Wilson. llou Advance, Mr. Julius II xrdy has shown us the largest strawberry we ever saw. It measures 5 3-4 inches In circumference , and was pulled from a pTant of one year's growth in his father's nursery. ; j man who wins his fortune In a lot tery can probably afford to invest it in "futures," but titter experience has recently shown some of our friends that those who make their money by ; hard and honest blows cannot wisely risk it on the fluctuations in the prices t of cotton. f Mr. J. B. Davis'having bought the ! Macon House in Morehead City, N. C, ' will leave Wilson soon to open a first ' class hotel at that place. Having had ' considerable experience in keeping hotels, he thoroughly understands the business, and always i&kos pleasure in providing for the comfort of his guests. A ol ever gentleman; with rare social qualities, ne will make himself bopular wherever he may g6, and while he will be greatly missed by his many friends berewe feel sure that he has consulted his interest In making the change, and trust that in his new home, he may be blessed with unbounded success. - C'aharf nV OohookI Sun. ' W V We have in our rlctliSly a5ofl9Ction ery store, which supplies the general wants of the pee pie. A few davs- ago an old gentleman living in the "Rocks" vicinity purchased a ham of bacon at said store, and after returning home, ate a good supply for supper, and then retired for the night. On waking up he discovered a bright light burning in the fireplace, and found his appetite had returned for more ham. He then conclu ded to take a midnight snack, conse quently he returned the second tima, leaving the bone destitute of meat, and none for breakfast. We will not vouch for the truth of this statement, but have the old gentleman's word for it. Friends in the vicinity of Rocky Riv er Springs desire us to urge the neces sity of a postal route from Polktoh to Albemarle via Rocky River Springs. We understand that such a route has already been established. There are quite a number of contracts to be let out very soon in this State, and we suppose service will then be com menced on this route. Some of our Norwood and Albemarle friends might inquire after the contract. Concord Register. Our friend J. Harris, of Springsville, reports cotton squares in some of his cotton fields as early as the 25th. The man with a patent churn was around this week. These money traps are not as they were, gulling people. He didn't sell.' A Freak ef X at a re. X. Y. Tribune. TViiirinta in Knrth r!ftrnliim urfi not only enabled by the extension of the . l a . 1 ill- 11 ' 1 ,3 opjtruuiourg anu .-vane vine ivauruau w avoid the wearisome stage-ride from Trvnn f'itv In' T fonHonann vil 1 hilt arfl - - .7 - - , allowed the opportunity of seeing a cu rious ireaK or nature kiiowu as me "Isothermal Belt." It is a natural hot lirtiic in tli Trunn Vallpv. It is a slice I of Florida, less than a mile long and j about half a mile wide, uncovered at the base of the Blue Kidge, retaining its Southern te-operature all winter, while the surrounding mountains and vallAva ar bleak and bare. The soil and vegetation are the same as those of the adjacent mountain region, but tne temperature is higher. Early in April whnn in the rncrion ronndalout the for ests are bare, this levely little belt is ciotnea m tne veraure oi summer. The mountains inclose it on every side save the south, and protect it against i i t i . . . r n:H Wilms auu coiu curieuu ui an. Leath ef at rtrmn --Isbarg-. LouUburg Times. vnv nf our older citizens will re- fret to'learn of the death of Mrs. Lucy lawkins Williams, who died at her residence near Arkadelphia, Arkansas, on the 21st of May. She was the daugh ter of the late Philemon Hawkins, Lsq., of thi county, and sister of Mrs. P. B. Hawkins. She married Rev. l. h. Williams, of Fayetteville, where they mokUH a whilfl hflfoie the war. from which place they removed to Arkansas, where she died. " Let ner own worK praise her in the gates." A scene In Rowan Conrt. Charlotte Observer, 1st. Quite an exciting scene occurred in Salisbury at court on Friday last, be tween two well known attorneys, Col. H. C. Jones, of Charlotte and Luke Blaekmer, Esq., of Salisbury. Colonel J. was making a statement to the court and understanding Mr. B. to impugn his Veracity, gave that gentleman an insult, which brought him to his feet and the prompt interference of both judge and sheriff was necessary to pre vent a personal reconter. Subsequent ly, both gentlemen purged themselves of contempt of court. Another Homicide to be Tried. Franklin ReporUr. The Mountain Lore Debating Club will give a public debate at the court house on next Friday evening. The public are invited, and the exercises will begin promptly at8 o'clock. The following question will be discussed : "Was Brutus justifiable in killing Ctesar?" ' Jt Us Painter in Salisbury. Salisbury New. Miss Painter is again in' Salisbury holding forth in the Methodist church. Does not seem to meet with the same succesn attending her former efforts. Probably the balance of the unused ma terial is case-hardened. She delivered a temperance lecture last Sunday night. Keep an Eye en B. Pomerey. , Atlanta Constitution. The first number of Brick Pomeroy's La Crosse Daily Democrat has put in an appearance. It is neatly printed and well edited, but of this more hereafter. We propose to keep an eye on B- Pom- eroy. t That Pesky Sherman. Chicago Timen. What has Mr. William M. Evarts done, or failed to do, that the adminis tration won't allow him a boom? That pesky Sherman doesn't seem inclined to admit there's anybody iu the admin istration besides himself. gSO a Iay to Catch Base. Chicago Times. The United States pays one Wheeler f30 a day for fishing for black bass. The compensation makes the sport agreea ble, becase the $30 is forthcoming whether or not the bass bite. A Baft Seat for Vance. N. Y. 8tar. Mr. Blaine finds Senator Vance one of the most unpleasant fellows in Con gress. He has a way of sitting down on Blaine that is very disagreeable to the latter. Slop Over Amazlng-ly. Jf. Y. Star. For an Incumbent of a stolen office, Mr. Hayes, in discussing questions of political morality, "slops over" amaz ingly. . Denis Kearney has written a letter in which he states that his party will nominate a third ticket for President in 1880, and will thereby throw the elec tion into the House of Representatives. it. rr'H lilrA to HAA -Tnhn xxe BwiLon - - " 7 , ' Swinton, Ot KW Tork. President of the Uniteu oiata. MORE OF ' JJTTLEFIELD. CAPTAIN LEE, THE OFFICER OF THE STATE, BETCRXS. Ah-Interview. In Which. the Details of the Officer's Irlp to Florida are Belated. The interest in the Littlefield ease, awakened again fresh with Monday morning's sun. A great many specu lations as to the final result of the case were rife on Sunday, and the matter was discussed from a great many, standpoints by the usual drug store parties. There was a general under standing that Captain Lee weuld be here Monday, and then it would all .be explained satisfactorily. He came in yesterday on the Western train, weary, worn 'and dusty.' It was quite a jaunt from Florida to Raleigh in less than two jifJndrhe Captsbs wato tire4 to seeanybodylHe mastgo home and rest. The reporter did not get a shake at him until a late hour last night. He was found in the ante-chamber of the guard house. But alas ! he didn't know anything more about it than had already been stated in the Nuws. That wouldn't do. "Bound to have it Captain." ' "Well, if I must, sit down there, put on your handle and pump away." "How did it all come about anyway; tell it in your own comprehensive way, Captain ?" He led off well: he was called to Governor, Jlirvis'. room Monday at 7 o'clock p. m.; was told that the Gov ernor wanted him to go to Florida to capture Littlefield; he was armed with a requisition and a certified copy of something from Mr. Thos. Devereaux; on Monday at 12 m., ho got Mr. Mit chell, the boiler, maker, to consent to go with him, and both left on the 4 p. m. train; they were determined that they would not return without their man. Jacksonville was reached Thursday morning at Si o'clock; they put up at the hotel, washed, refreshed themselves and at 10i o'clock Captain Lee called on the sheriff to confer about the object of his mission. Mr. Littlefield was not then under arrest s seems to have been stated be fore. The sheriff told the captain to go to his room until he called for him. The sheriff went to the Attorney-General and got Governor Drew's warrant for Littletield's arrest. Everything was propitious. In a short time, as if by accident, the sheriff and his man met on the main street. "You are my prisoner." Mr. Little field seemed much agitated at first, but asked to consult his lawyers. This was granted him. He was escorted to the office of Colonel Stuart and Colonel Walker, and Maj. Badger, of Raleigh, who was in the city as attorney in the railroad suit was also called on. A writ of habeas corpus was at once sued out be fore Judge Archibald and the trial set for 12:30 p. in., on the same day. This was quick work and quite took Capt. Lee by surprise when so informed by the sheriff. The court met promptly but adjourned till half past three p. m. Mr. Littlefield being admitted to bail in the sum of $2,000, he went to his hotel Tor diuner. Court was held from 3i o'clock until 7 p. m. The argu ment of counsel being upon the ques tion nf a fi u irnrjiotinent and aUtuto of H mitJition f 1 l.p,- counsel claiming that the papers were regular, and that the Judge had no right to go behind Governor Drew's warrant. The only place to try this case was in Wake county, N. C. On Friday the trial was in session from 9 until 12 o'clock. Captain Lee while on the street met Colonel Stuart, to whom be had been introduced during the trial. He was in company with Mr. Littlefield, and the Colonel introduced the gentlemen. Mr. Littlefield was al- vv j o iau i,v u.4 w is c gniinu u .a. caa They bandied a few words and Mr. Littlefield would see him again at the trial, which began at three o'clock. Argument was carried on till night fall and the trial continued till 9 a. m. Saturday. As Captain Lee and Mr. Mitchell were enjoying a quiet siesta in front of hte hotel, regaling themselves on the fragrant Havana (they don't smoke five centers in Florida), they were joined by Dr. A. B. Hawkins, "an old North Carolinian who has many friends in Raleigh. The Doctor talked well and the party were in splendid spirits. Soon there was a stir in the office of the hotel. A handsome gentleman of command ing appearance and faultlessly attired sauntered up to the desk and asked for Captain John Lee, of North Carolina. "Captain Lee is sitting in front of the hotel, General." "Oh ! he would walk out and see him." And thus it was that the North Caro lina officers were permitted to at least have a talk with Mr. Littlefield if they couldn't catch him. That was glory enough for one day. The General was next engaging them in conversation. He knew a good many Raleigh peo ple, and that was like being at home in Florida to meet two fluent talkers like Dr. H. and Mr. L.. who could answer so many questions about Raleigh. "How is Logo Harris, Captain ?" said the General, " I would like to see Loge: he used 'to work mighty hard when we were running the Standard up there in Raleigh." . "He's very well, I believe, General." "And now is Tim Lee f Old Timo- theus. as we used to call him. Me was a remarkable man." "He is doing pretty well, I believe, General." "And the jolly old boys, I used to meet in the times of the Legislature; how are they getting on, Captain ?" "I don't know, General." "I can tell you one thing, Captain; I broke many a bottle of champagne when I was in Raleigh, especially with my old friends in the.legialature." 'I suppose so, General, from what I have heard people say." " I would like to go back to Raleigh, and I have come around to talk it all over with you to-night." And he gen tly fingered with his massive watch chain. "By the way, I bought this watch and chain from Mr. Mahler, of your city. I have worn it ever since. It has been a good time-keeper. I would like to see Mr. Mahler. How is he, Captain?" " He is very well, General." " We will have a splendid time going back to Raleigh together, Captain." "Yes, General," said Mr. Mitchell, who had been "wrapt in solitude" of a cloud of Havana and had just " come to " in time to catch the words, "going back to Raleigh." But gentlemen, if you please, I won't go this time." "Oh you will general," said Captain Lee. " tf'ou mean you hope I will, Cap tain." . . "I'm willing to back my judgment General, I'll bet you three cigars that I take you back to Raleigh." "Ha 1 ha ! ha! well, Captain, I'll take you up," and they laughed all around. The Raleigh boys thought they had the mighty General, and when they did get him it would be the bestjdke in the world to tell for all time to come, After this conversation became more general, and soon the mighty hero took his departure, saying "I'D meet you again at the trial, gentle men." The trial came up' again Saturday morning but was postponed till S p. m. in order to hear the decision of Bradley in the great railroad suit. At 3 p. m. Judge Archibald was too unwell to hear the case. It was therefore ad journed till Monday (yesterday). Capt. Lee and Mr. Mitchell thought they had better come home and get instructions from Governor Jarvis. They accord ingly did so, arriving here as stated in the outstart of this interview. They are not done with the case yet. Capt. Lee is an efficient officer, there is no doubt of that, and he said "I'm go ing to bring Littlefield to North Caro lina." Governor Jarvis is also thoroughly in earnest in his endeavor to bring him to justice, and will leave no means un tried to accomplish this end. These are the latest facts that came to this city yesterday. The Governor expected a telegram, I loot nlrh hnt 4 AtA nATiiftiiU'. - A a 1 matters progress the News will en deavor to keep its readers posted. From the Hub. There is perhaps no tonic offered to the people that possesses as much real intrinsic value as the Hop Bitters. Just at this season of this year, when the stomach needs an appetizer, or the blood needs purifying, the cheapest and best remedy is Hop Bitters. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Don't wait until you are pros trated by a disease that may take months for you to recover in. Boston Globe. Personals. Wilkie Collins is coming back to America. Joaquin Miller is very sick in San Francisco. George Washington Childs is a skillful pianist. Southern Enterprise. We clip the following from the Chi cago Journal of Commerce. The Jour nal is fair and impartial, and therefore entitled to respect : The establishment of cotton manu factories in some of the Southern States has been attended in almost every in stance with the most flattering results. Indeed, so large have been the pecu niary returns to those who invested their money in these enterprises, that there is some danger that the manufac ture of cotton goods in some parts of the South may be overdone ;' but this is not yet tne case, our principal ob ject in referring to this matter is to show, by tne citation oi a single in stance, now successful some of these cotton manufactories in the South have been, and then to point out the fact that the West is almost barren of cotton mills, and that herein lies a great in dustry which needs development. The instance we desire to call the attention of our manufacturers to especially manufacturers East who are thinking of embarking in manufacturing in the west is tne luuuwwg, wiuuo w uuu in a Philadelphia paper : "The profit of the Langley Cotton Factory, at Graniteville, S. C, .for the year 1878, were $50,991. During the year two dividends of 4 per cent, each declared, and the company has now- to its credit a surplus of 151,988. The production of the mill for the year was, 122,683 pieces, 2,073,533 pounds or 6,216 361 yards, of cloth. Cotton consumed during thfl vear 1878. 5,527 bales, with! 4?fpo"undV-t-ht DOnds-2,520,-j Now it certainly is questionable whether there is a single cotton mill in the North, of similar capacity, that can make as favorable a showing, either in regard to profit or product, as the one cited above. The" South in building up cotton mills, and manufacturing the fleecy product of her soil into goods for home consumption, or for export, is simply obeying that first law of nature, self-preservation. It is a fact that the success of the numerous mills in the South, which are turning out some de scriptions of goods fully equal to any made in the New England States, has hurt Eastern manufacturers and de prived them oi a large patronage, which in former years, was of great value to them. The cotton mills of New Eng land are not in as prosperous a condition as they were, and some of them have had to succumb to the "pressure of the times." The South is seeking a means to supply her own people with home manufactures, and in this they have taken a most commendable step. The amount of capital invested in the Langley cotton factory is not given. Suppose, however, it is $100,000, the profits will then be over 50 per cent, or 25 per cent, on $200,000. The amount of cotton consumed for 1878 by that one factory is given at about 6,000 bales, which is a fourth part of all the cotton handled in this city. ' If Raleigh had a factory like this to consume 6,000 bales annually, we be lieve, that, instead of 25,000 bales our cotton folks would ship twice that amount every year. Let this experi ment of a cotton factory be tried. There is no danger of failure of even realizing the enormous profits of the factory at Graniteville. County Commissioners. The Board met yesterday. Present, William R Poole, chairman; Solomon J. Allen, M. H. Brown, William Jinks and A. G. Jones. The 'county of Johnson reinbursed Wake for amount expended in sending a lunatic to the former county. A large number of poor house ac counts were passed ana assistance ren dered to the outside poor lnnatics. County Attorney Stamps and Com tniaionpr Rrown were appointed a committee to examine the books of Weston R. Gales, who was clerk or tne late Criminal Court, and report to the next meeting of the Board. Mr. John R. Caswell was ordered to renew his bond as constable of Raleigh township by the July meeting. Should he fail, the office will be declared va- vacant. The Board ordered that the accounts ef assessors for taking the agricultural lists be not paid by the county, the Board holding that the Department of Agriculture should pay for this service. The bridde across Barton's creek, near Dr. Penny's, was ordered to be rebuilt. The question of apportioning hands to roads making dividing lines between townships was ordered to be referred to the Board of Supervisors of Roads of the townships so adjoining. After the transaction of some other routine business, the Board adjourned till this morning at 10 o'clock. To Cigar Manufacturer. In response to a letter of inquiry, Internal-Revenue-Commissioner Kaum makes the following reply, which will be of interest to cigar manufacturers: "In reply to yours of the 19th, inquir ing if it is lawful to use rubber stamps for making cancellation lines on cigar stamps, instead of copper or brass stencil-plates, as prescribed by the regula tions, page 25, Sec. 7, No. 8, I will say that this office will allow the use of rubber stamps or stencil-plates provi ded that the six waved lines shall be put upon the box and across the stamp continuously, and in as effectual a man ner by such instrument as would be done by means of a stencil-plate." A CHARGE DISPROVED. - ' ' ' !! to AH Ilf ACCITBATE 'HISTORICAL, j STATEMENT .COBBECTEJV ;,,, A Review of the Great Senatorial ' Contest of 133 The Publ I ' ' ' ": Land Question. .;:' Correspondence of the New, i n . .! .t i Raleigh, May 29. In your' issue 6flJ Sunday 25th I find an "extract frbin 'a' work entitled "Living Authors of : the' South," purporting to give a sketch bf the life of the Hon. John HV WUeeler' formerly of North Carolina, and its hi, j torian. The following allusion to the. , late Judge Romulus M. Saunders is so ' grossly inaccurate that it demands no tice at my hands. ' ', " , . ' ', "It was in the Legislature of 1852 that (the.memorable SeuatalcMteifrt6x-' :pta)e-Iastmg??y. Dobbin1 ; was the caucus nominee of the, , De'nbe-; cratic party, and on several ballot came within one vote of being elected; ' He was defeated by Mr.- Romulus Saunders, who bolted the caucus", per' sistingro the last in voting 'for Burton4 Craig." The italics are mirie.l - The question of the distribution of1 the public lands was then (1852) begin ning to distract and divide the Demo-" cratic party of the State, Judge Sau'n-' ders favored distribution, and was sin--cerely impressed with the fact that he therein represented a majority, of , the people of the State. A respectable mi nority of the Democratic member of the Legislature holding similar view? refused to support, the Hon. James C, Dobbin, the caucus nominee, and Judge Saunders, acceding to their wishes; at-' lowed his name to be used in opposi tion. A message having been received from, the Senate on the 20th of November, agreeing to go into an election for United States Senator, and informing the House that the Hon. James C. Dob-,, bin was in nomination, Col. Robert Love, of Haywood, added the name of R. M. Saunders, of Wake, and General Cotton, of Chatham, that of James B. Shepard, of Raleigh. , Upon the tenth (10th) ballot Judge Saunders' name was withdrawn, the ten ballots having been taken within the space of six days between the 20th of November and the 4th of December. So much for the historical fact of this contest having lasted for forty days, and the implied charge that Judge Saunders' opposition continuing that period resulted in the defeat of the caucus nominee. The highest number of votes received by Mr. Dobbin in any of the ten (10) bailots in which Judge Saunders' name was in opposition, was (77) seventy-seven, when (84) eighty four were necessary to a choice. "At no time' in the whole contest did Mr. Dob bin come within one vote of his election ; but when on the thirteenth (13th) ballot it was supposed by his friends that a single vote would elect Mr. Dobbin upon being informed of the fact Judge Saunders promptly cast his vote, for James C. Dobbin, and the House fourr nal for that session shows it. Upon this point I quote a letter of Colouel William A. Allen,- of Duplin, then a member of the Uoue from Wake. He writes: , "r ? '" ' " "Afterward, while ;a ' balloting Was proceeding for the Seiiatorshfp, when it was 0f$tfttt asked me to keep no the Vote was called. I did so, and as the roll call was ended he approached my sent, and asked me how the vote stood. 1 1 answered him that I thought his vote would secure Mr. Dobbin's election.' The Judge immediately addresses the Speaker and asked leave to vote, and thereupon announced his vote for Mr. Dobbin." Upon this (the 13tb) ballot Mr. Dobbin received eighty (80) votes, when eighty-two (82) was neces sary to a choice. J udge Saunders' name having been withdrawn after the . tenth ballot, Mr. Woodfin received seventy-six (76) and the Hon. James B. Shepard two (2) votes. We charge that Judge Saunders was responsible for the defeat of the caucus nominee thus falls to the ground, as he and his friends voted their full strength upon this ballot for Mr. Dobbin. The Hon. Jas. B. Shepard' s name being continued in opposition and receiving on this ballot tne two Democratic votes necessary to elect Mr. Dobbin, Am friends and not Judge Saunders', are responsible for the defeat of the caucus nominee, as well as the fact charged by this writer that the State remained without representation for the ensuing two years the Governor deciding that he had no power to appoint. An old personal and political friend of Judge Saunders, in a letter to the writer, says: "To show the growing power of this issue (distribution of the public lands) in the country, it may be stated that in 1853 the succeeding year the election for member of Congress in the metro politan district, turned upon it, and Mr. Venable.the distribution candidate, although defeated by a third party, Mr. Rogers received twice the number of votes that Mr. Lewis the anti-distribution candidate received." The course pursued by Judge Saun ders, never lost hi in the confidence of the Democratic party, for a close exam ination of the files of the party organ, the Standard, of that day, fails to show when, in a single instance, he was as sailed for what he had done. - In the same session in which this con test occurred he was voted for to fill the vacancy upon the Supreme Court Bench created by the resignation of Chief Justice Ruffin, and was elected over the Hon. Asa Biggs for Jndge of the third circuit. No one of the dead and none of .the living did more than he during, the long space of fifty years to serve and benefit North Carolina, and it ill be comes any writer upon the public men of the State to hold him up as inflicting an injury upon her interests by a will ful misstatement of facts, when the journals of the day are accessible to all. "An eagle, towering iu his pride of place, Was by a mourning owl, hawked at, and killed." Wm. J. Saukderh. Cotton Fluctuations. The Cincinnati Times gives the fol lowing report of fluctuations in the price of cotton daring the current cot ton year: October, 1878 Opened at 10c. and de clined to 9c. November Opened at 9c. and re mained steady throughout the month. December Opened at 8 c, declined to 8 84, with one or two sales to ar rive at 8c. but rallied to 8Jc. January, 1879 Steady at Si 9c. February Opened at 9c advanced to 9Jc. March Opened at 9J9Jc. advanced to 10c. April -Opened at 101c. advanced to 11 Jc. May Opened at life, and yesterday sold at 134 & It will be observed that in December prices reached bottom, figures, and from that date there was a steady rise, amounting in less than five months to about five cents per pound. ; y 1 1 i 4 1;