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VOLXV.-SO.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1879.
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lurakuv Oh I. klir lla .anl
nal iaa I ha H--cnd nl 11.
i r M HI O.. June TllOllJXI Kw
. itoiitinAtixl for (iovemor of
th lH-inocrtic Convrntlon t
:, th -.-vnd liallot. ami General
; f'-r l.iutennt Governor.
W vn i N.rix. June 4. Sknatk.
ti tt. r H-yari from the Judiciary
uiiMutN-'. reported with amendment
-r. tie bill reiKmliiig section tO)
: t reviar! aUUHten, "which pr
nU' mrorV t-t oth, ";., and uud he
I
r-
lhly ask Iwaye to call it
up
t. .-morrow ir consideration. Ordered
;.. !. pr ntcd and placed on the calendar.
I :c .'inite took up the lill to amend
:r,. ..-t m rrgrd to Judicial District
.t: IcV-V.
flic lull a-io nlm the act rreatintr
lb- Nt-rtl.ern Judicial District ofTexa
w ... .hum !tred and pa.ied.
A 1 1. i r in-1.
II -i ... lie Senate amendment to
rf .. krrhopHT bill extending
time i f , av mem by pre-euitor! wan
agreed to. mi tlic bill now awaits the
l'rideiit' Msjn.iturf. MiiT bills have
ten min-lmcd a. ii lenve and referred.
Mr. Itu.k. iir. hairuian Coiiiiiilltoo
lUnkiiir and t'lirn-iii v, reported a
rv ltition diro-tinc investigation into
: 1.- a(!4im oj tin- fc-eatt .Vi:i.nl Hank
of New York, and erman National
Itmk of Chi--av.co. and iaI I v into
the uiaivatremciit of the veta of the
tanks by their re?"M i ve re-eiver.
1 lie bnk in vei ig:t ion resolution,
iter a abort dta--uvion as to the pro
priety of iuviv.tig-.uiou, in the course
of which Mr. W liiithorne, of Tennea
e r-wl a desire that the whole
nation! linkiiii lnn le investi
gated and it corruption e.M.Md, wit
Adopt d.
Mr. Atkins, of Teinicee. -hairman
of the Appropriation Committee, re
jrtel b -k th joint resolution rejeal
nii undrr rl:utn in the s mdrv civ.l
bi!l. approe.l March d. with the
senate auwn I merits; then Mr. lluuton,
of X'lrifinio, onVrl an amendment in
cieitlat: the appropritt ion for the fam
ily of the late repr- ntati e Schlei
cher, of Texas, to f lo.iaai. Ai;rel to.
The eiiate a.iii-iioniujtl was then con
curred in.
Mr. sprin. er 111. . as a iiestion of
prtiiee. offer.! a preamble and reso
lution reciting the preelintfi of the
i om m !! on Kxi-emliturcs in the
:u'e I 'vj'arluieut in the last l ongress,
in o.ime tioli with the charges a-iinnt
'iinr' Seward. Minister to I tuna,
and referring the rert of that -oui-nii'te.
the artiilcs of imsai-hiiicnt
prcpartsl i.y it and the testimony taken
in ttie ca.s. to the Jii iii-iarv I'omuii'.iee,
m: ru--tiot to insider the stme
and tk' other testimony if necvary ,
and rej-rt to the House at the next es
iu. Aaresl to. Adjourned.
Ttir Hill Helatlnf lo lb Draalng of
J Birsr-a.
V i fN, Jim 4.- Following ia
the ut-ataii.-e of the b.'.l re-rtl froni
the Svnate .lu ii iary I 'ouiuiiltev lo-.lay
aa a mji ii n .-.. i-. i w
bill rej-ttng th jurors li-st-oath sec
tion of the Ue iscd Statutes. It will
form par: of the legislative judicial
appropriation biii a-nssl ujii b the
lK'Hio.-r.itic c-auciis. Se-tions sjii sjn
antl Jt. an I the claus of no tiott
M.t' tle Ke led tatutcs are repeal -ed.
All grand and jetit jurors in the
l'ii:ted tacs courts xliali Is- i 1 1 -1 V
draw n from a containing iiie names
of not lss than three hundred p-rso. a
J-.wiiii; the . jilAliti'-atloiis preiwribsl
in section s( (e iss Stalu't-s. which
nams haii Is- piacvd therein by the
t lerk of the unit, and a Vm mission -er
to be ap;.itrd by the Jud e theif
f. ai l oiiimis-sioner th.ll reside
in the iMstrtct in whi h the four is
il.t hall lof k'l standing, and a
well known menilwr of the principal
l-.hti.-al jsartv tt,.svsing that to w hu h
th- U rk l longs. The t it rk an i t lis
i oniiiitssioiier shall H h place one
nsme in sid lx alternatelx until the
whole numler ruirel shall be placed
therein ; but nothing contained herein
hall Ixj const i tie I topieent any Judge
in a district in which su. h is now the
pr-ai ti-e from ordering the names id
jurors to le diuwn from ls)es use! by
the State autlitwiiies in .ele ling jurors
in the lughent innrNuf the Slate. All
law s in conflict herewith are repeale.1.
The Famine In ash in ere
siMi.v, June 4. -Otlicial rcKrts fr. tn
i aslunere say it i in-ssi ! .le to exag
gerate the d"i:r-s the famine is cuu -ing
there. The Maharajah of this pro-
in- e, at the urgent request of the icw-ro-
of Indii. s pto. eelmg to Seriua
gu'r. the capital city of Cashmere, to
siierinteud the organiz-ttion of relief.
Three hundrtsl and titty tho-.isaiid lns
of grain are now in transitu lo the val
lev of t'aahniere.
Th PrJei-lor mf lh Uamlrulf
pin lead.
w Yokk, June 4. lames Orton
WtKxIrutr, the projector of the Wo.KlrufT
s. leiititic eeditiou, died this morning
of brain disclose.
KaNnrh Ktsiorat. I
IUmih ku, June 4. The Kosenhalle
denies that Hismarck h aakel the
i-itus of Hamburg ami Bremen t ur
n nder their priviUnes as fiee p.rts.
Thr Po n I be Kjiii pf.
Komi-. June 4. The rier To h&a
made a breach in it-s einlutnkuieiit e-tw.-en
the village of Serinide and the
market lovn of Kevero. The .lainage
! ery serious.
t aniMfitrrmral Ml ThamrutHU.
I orrexjs.inlenc of the News.
rinMviLLK, June ad. The com-luiu-euienl
exercises of the Tliouia
il.e Kvmale t'ollcge legan to-day.
Not withstanding the unpropitioua stale
jf the weather, there is a large number
ol Irieu.ls an. l i-olors in aiieiuiaiii.j.
The Anuiveraarv Sermon wa
prvachel to-night by Key. T. H. 1'ritch
ard. I. !.. of Ualeigh, to a full house.
The text was lu. lii. ubject. "The
ltible. the inspiretl w.ird of ttod.'" Ila
livine authenticity manifest In it
trials, its history, its purity and ower.
The discourse atounded in rich
thought;waa well deliered and listenel
to w ith profound attention throughout.
lr I'riwhsrd is a prea her ot rare abil
ity and i deservedly held in high ea-
tevlll 1V all. , , . . .
The Annual Litemry A.UIres to U
del.. ere.1 to-morrow by Kev. r A -
l-.rown. of Yir-KiuU. wheUt?
ii. emc.it exercise proper tnke pla. e
I iJn, .lie is a neat Utile tow n. Its
.lean and healthy u rroundmgs em i
,,. ,,tU fit it is as a l.- ation for a aol ..a.l
..t leaniing. 1 he CulUe ,s
l.-iasl. but a ah.rt dialuce from the
-u pot. I ta ample grounds are we , JJ
out and kept in the Ust of order indi
cating the intelligence and good taste oi
its enterprising proprietora.
Ihe .l.ilcge. under the j','lV,H
ii.ai.agemeii: of I'rofeHSor W . H. lUMli
I. ot. is undouf.te.llv one of tlic lel, "
i...t the l .est of us kind in tne suie.
The examinations just closed indicate
tuoroulniess ami etucienev.
.No distinction is given without find
teiug nr.ie.l by the pupil. Profcor
Hetiihart, himdl tfradu.ue of the Uni
versity o( Virginia and repute I atone
of the l-tl educator ul'the land, is aided
by an able corps of teachers of the h, cli
ent txudrd, and thv seem to Ik? uni
ted and earnest in (hc'ir work.
A Pathos.
a unit a i. !: r
A taanrr far Stlan In the Krut
llraaOulrafr Mill.
Wa)oiif Ion taIUI.
Iet any one llieving in Mpul-r gov
ernment, or the aiiHriorily of Con
gressmen turned out from the Suites
man factory of uiiixersal 8 u ft rage, look
at the law that prevails in sight of the
national capital. Highly years ago fish
eries a hundred miles hUivc tido-watcr
navigation were more prolific of food
for tlio people at laro than the rive. s
now right at the salt water. The ic won
is that the spirit of our laws ignores the
fact that it la the savage who destroys
and the civilized man who preserve.
In lieruiany, Kngland or Fr u e theie
are more tish now- than when thoe
couutrieti were under the primitive
savage races. The ' cloee e usona" ai e
wisely decreed, and, bv fostering the
E rod nets of the water. Increase them a
undrel fold. Yhal is the state of af
fairs here? NYhy, a shad or herring
itn Rcarcely get within sight of the na
tional capital, to which point Provi
dence wisely sends him to evolve brain
for the M. V.
Owing to this the seine brought in
only a small haul; but in the crowd
were three sturgeons, one of which
seemed tweive feet long, as he charged
through the schools of small fry and
defies! the attacks of three stalwart
black fishermen who waded in to cap
ture him. Two struck at him with
clubs, while the third endeavored to
put a mwvse uround him. The first blow
of the club missed the tish and struck
the other lisher, w hich ao exasperated
the recipient that he at once be"arno a
fisher of men, and went for his unin
tentional avsailant. Hut dark ies, even
under wise Kepubliean rule, are gener
ous, Miid prefer nature's we tons to all
civiii.d ones, except the rn.or. They
threw down the clulvs and seized ea.-li
other. Then there w as a splashing and
rtouintering, w fiile the attendant liuu
ilrel bla k seine-haulers let go the net
and ait tided to the tight. Iown went
one and then fie other in the water,
an. I the fishers and the cjo vd set up a
w ild, unearthly yell, like a Kainboula
in Paul and Virginia. In the mean
time the sturgeon, left alone w ith one
mhertiry, fa-.l his antagonist IkjI.IIv,
and. despite the disadvantages of being
half way out of his native element,
seemed lo U- getting the advantage.
The darkey, finding that he couldn't
right the sturgeon standing, at oic-c
went in like a w rentier and got an un
der ho.d ; but the sturgeon turned him
ma twinkling, and while the darkev
was looking for an ear to bite, the fish
had well uizh ini-tci-d him. ' Kun
for a toiistalde," ried the captain of
the lisliery, alarmed at the general riot
which threatened lo spoil that haul;
for whiie the one hundred iiegriH's
were attending to the ligiit the herrings
all -taite.1 la k lo the ncr. while a
gigantic eel w wiestlmg ilu a -.iiiall
lK)y in Ihes uid. .m I an eaormous snap-H-r
tin tie h.el jiiv whipl two other
Ihhi ami reg uiie i Irs native element,
llr this time the . aptaiu of the fishery
had se. nre! sot ie v. hitc auxiliaries and
r------' reinfoicw the coloreil
troos. I he' ii '. ' h i: ''I a to,-.
sturge.n. a-i.i th-.i t ol :he --aj tain's
mules to the '..i end and Mart is I up
the bank. The r nl! was that they
hauled out something covered with
loud ami scales, and were lust begin-
mug to disp.vt. Ii it Willi ciuuM, wueii
thev discovered that it was the negro
and i,..: the sturgeon. At this there
was a iother wild llauilsjula chorus,
and the no-roet up on the bank began
praving and singing, to the effect that
the" judgment day had come, and that
the simici a w ere all about to-be called
to account lor fishing on Sunday. In
the meantime the sturgeon, flushed
with victory, charge! through the
crowd and started to Chesapeake Bay,
and. f.r fenr of a ireneral revolution,
the Corcoran lacked out and started
home, tm the way up town we heard
thai Jim Maine, Conkling and .a-k
Chandler were weaving this simple in
cident into a Southern outrage; and
hence think it proper to lay before the
public the proper ami true account.
Traopa tor Atlanta.
AUidU Cjnefltutl. o.
The Thirteenth infantry will be here
by the liKh of June to spend the sum
mer. Captain Kllis, who has been In the
citv some days making arrangements
Tor the command, will report in favor
of locating the camp on a pretty roll
ing lot juwt in the rear of the residence
of Vlr. H. I. Kimball. It is in every
wav suited for the convenience and
comfort of the troops.
The excellent band of the Thirteenth
will come with the regiment. It
plaved frequently in Atlanta when
here last fall, and is pleaaantly re
membered. The officers of the com
mand were gentleman, who were high
ly esie-ined here. Their return will be
gratify ing to their friends in Atlanta.
In addition lo the Thirteenth iufant
rv we are to have, in a few days, three
inoie ouipanies of the Fifth artillery,
which will give us seven corapaniss
of thst comnand with those we now
have. Tho Fiflh artillery has not been
; a ilafit laiiir but alreadr it haa be
come almost as popular here as it wu
in Charleston, where the people deeply
regretted iU deparluieut. We will have
this summer two regiment and two
tine lnda. We learn that there ia a
plan on foot to have one of the military
iMiiids plav at Ponce de Leon every af
ternooa. 'This would be gratifying to
the public generally.
(IKKE.U IT EMM.
The Ainerkus (GaJ Republican has
rather a curiosity in the way of a pic
ture that was unearthed on the planta
tion of Mr. D. K Greene, of I,ee county,
bv anegro man w ho was digging in a
held He struck, with his pick, some
arrow heads and three pictures, one an
,.i,ur on anuaw and the
other a girl. They w ere on thin strips
of something reseumung
looked verv much like the negative
now used bv artists in making photo
graphs, but the plates are not g ass.
The two larger picture were broken,
theo her can be inspected by any one
callable of throwing light on their
origin, the length of time they have
been buried and other matters of In
terest concerning them.
The old frigate Constitution now
Ivlng at Pier 1 of Martin s docks,
Hrooklvn. uiiladiirg exhibiU return
ed from the Paris Exhibition lfad her
kneel laid in 17t4. and launched three
years later. She bombarded lnpoliui
1N4. and in lsl she captured the Guer-
A tl'.un t .1 sitltior vahhaIh. It IS
riri rn, ""Ir w w -
aald by naval oll'icer that not a particle
of the original wooo iw
.i..i.i rriirr TP(iit the mizzeutopsail
l A J - - I
bills. Some meddler may hint that the
old hull, masts, rigging, etc., might be
collected and put together, and ask
what vessel that would lie; but there is
auch a thliU as Deing 100 curious.
Danbury, Conn., haa a hoop-rolling
nrodigv. Tommy Moran, by name.
Ust Saturday he rolled fifteen hoops
to Bethel, two mile and back. After
ward he kept fifty hoops in motion at
one time.
AN OLD TRAGEDY.
A
KE5IT RECALLED BY
POCANMET MIRER.
THE
Wlltl Tale of Man Tram AXA
Hlncnlar t'omeldenee Illbllaal
History Almost Repented.
SJeaforJ i lH'1. special cor. of P'very Evening
An old man nearly seventy vears of
age wcasioiially sh utiles nervously into
this, one of the most beautiful places in
.Sussex county, from his home between
here and Concord, on the line of the
Wilmington and Delaware railroad. A
few days, ago while here, he was listen
ing to an account of the Pocaaset trag
dy, which was leing read to a group
men in 'Suiiire Allen's office. The
stor seemed to fascinate him, although
he did not wait for the end of it, but
went away apparently overcome with
emotion. This was no wonder, for as I
afterward heard he had been the prin
cipal actor in a tragedy as horrible as
the crime of the New England Advent
ist. (J ile Hitchens was tried twenty
two years ago In the Georgetown court
for
T II H MCKDIR OF HIS OWN CHILD,
and the circumstances of the case have
almost faded away from the memory of
even the old people. I heard the story
the other day from an old man who as
sisted in Hitchens' arrest. "In Feb
ruary, lS.r7," said he, "Giles was a far
mer," and lived near Concord, at the
same place I think where he now re
sides. He was well known in his sec
tion, but was always looked upon as a
queer sort of a fellow, with no very
established character. Ilis wife was an
estimable woman, much liked by the
neighbors. One day I was in the woods
splitting rails, when a neighbor came
to me in great excitement and sayi I
must go with him to Giles Hitchens'
house, for
HI) UAH M t" It I E R KI HIS HABT,
and his wife was almost frantic. Two
or three of us got together, supposing
we might meet with resistance, and
when we arrived at the house we found
Hitchens bending over the bed where
lay his child, a boy of about eighteen
months, with his head gashed from ear
to ear and almost complete severed
from the lody. The bel was soaked
w ith blood, which was oozing from the
wound and there was a line of blood
frotn the front door to the bed. The
mother was weening hysterically, but
by this time had become almost ex
hausted. Hitchens was calm, but
thete w.is a tierce, burning light in his
eyes. He seemed to bo praying and
made no resistance when were securing
him so as to take him to Georgetown.
He said ho loved his Imv, but that
T1IK l.OIUi HAD COMMANDED II I M
to offer him up as a sacrifice, and no
voice said, 'Stav thy hand.'
The night :efore tho horrible deed ho
attended a Methodist protracted meet
ing and confessed conviction. When
he came home late in the night he ap
peared to be under great excitement.
The sermon had been aloiit Abraham
and the sacrifice of Isaac. This ap
peared to have made a great impression
. a X 1 - 1
upon nun ami no siept nut nine, get-
him and
1 1 ti t m A-) r I v
nrav. 1 1 is u
n,Swn,Kn,i,2sf..wa9f!?J2
the night he had hcant tne voice oi -oa
winch imaiided him to kill his little
son and otler his blood as a sacrifice.
In the morning he went to the woods
and was again commanded, as he said,
to make, the offering. He did not dare
to disobey and w ent back to the house
where the babe was sleeping and its
mother watching over him. Not wish
ing to alarm his wife, he waited until
she went out and then look the child in
his arms and carried it to the potato
patch, having in the meantime pre
pared a keen knife. Then he waited
like Abraham, hoping that the Lord
would speak to him again and coin
man. 1 him to make some other offering,
HI T HK RECEIVED NO SKIN.
Then he became alarmed lest his w ife
might be watching, ainl crossing the
road went into tho woods, where he
laid, the child ui,on some leaves and
again prayed. During the prayer a lit
tle dog ran up to him and sniffed about
his feet. Supposing that, like Abra
ham ram, this dog had been sent by
the Iord in place of the child, he waited
to hear a voice commanding him to kill
the dog, but no voice said 'Stay thy
hand,' and he held the struggling in
fant while he cut its throat and ottered
up its blood to the Lord. Then taking
tho bodv in his arms he bore it to the
house, the blood dripping as he w alked,
and laid it upon the bed. His wife
rushing from the house, frantically
told the neighbors, and we arrested
him, as I have said. We took him to
Georgetown that afternoon, and he
was securely lodged in jail to await
t The trial occurred the following
Vpril, and the prosecution was vigor
ous. George P. Fisher was attorney
general and ChaneellorSaulsbury, then
a promisiug young lawyer, defended
Hitchens. After the State had closed
its case, Mr. Saulsbury rose to make
a defense, but was so overcome with
emotion at the sadness of the circum
r .- - . . -.. . . .
stances that he was unable to continue.
AND BROKE COM F LET ELY DOWN.
T),o court mid iurv were also affect-
.1 u.,.l tl.a latter without leaving U10
1U Biivi kuv
lnx retlirnfxt a VUrUlCl Ol IIOl. gumy ,
uton tne piea oi iusno..
titan tnthc countv alms-house,
..-Ko-a ho roini np( for some tune, out
T UXJI VJ
finally discharged aiut reiurnea 10
Vita hj-tma
II m x.riaav -
ws.w.a than ha has lived OU16UV. anu
.!. nnn n sftfilll to llSVO aimoai lor-
I 1 I IV V a - - a - '
..n. tha lorn i r circumstances. Ills
ii--,fa annn after be was released
from the alms-house and Hitchens did
not remain single very long. He
.oiirtod a Miss Lollis. of this place, and
she married him, much to the surprise
U- here and much against
"of her family. When he
lllO . 1 T 1 1 V - J ' " - " - . .
conies into town he mingles freely with
iieople. There are few traces of nisani
;.. ;., i.;. mjnirH AlthouLrh all his
L y 1 1 a 1 -
i.iovementH are abrupt and nervous.
ti.ict.oiw- lira i by no mean3 religious
now, and his character Is none of the
mt Vn mm has any confidence in
him. He lives in the bouse where tie
bore the body of his son after the trag-
a. to th woods. I believe he owns
the farm upon which he ii ves, and has
n I .a.. -a rkAI1 w liat is termed in Sussex
ni " a--..-
a "good liver."
a Hri-t Wartb Knowing by House
keepers.
Columbiana (Ohio) Times.
sort of trade secret among uphol
sterers, it is said, is this recipe for rid
,r. .r. ,itr of moths: A set of fur
.i.ot niAd to be alive with the
I . the mouth it came new,
,Hr; ; " hich hundreds of these
h-.i imn nicked and brushed,
sermtoa room by itaelf Three
-tw,.... wftrfl purchased, at
& Pnt8 a gallon retail. Lsing
" . -it watering pot, with a fine rose
,i ' hole unholsterv was
.hTonh with" the benzine
tteauTtKyery moth larva and egg was
WBj iLo,ine dried out in a few
r1" ua entire odor disappeared
nours, oo- ----- -v - ,hiio'htAst
I harm happened to the varnish, or wood,
i.ii.ru nrinuruHj'. , 0
or fabrics, or hair-stumng. mat was
months ago, aud not the sign of a moth
has since appeared. The carpets were
also well sprinkled all round the sides
of the room with equally good effect.
For furs, flannels, indeed all woolen ar
ticles containing moths, benzine is
most valuable. Put them in a box,
sprinkle them with benzine, close the
box tightly, and in a day or two the
Gsts will be exterminated, and the
nzine will all evaporate on opening.
In using benzine great care should be
taken that no fire is near by, as the
stuff in fluid or vapor ferm is very in
flammable. Interesting Note on the Cotton
Worm.
We have already published an account
from Professor Riley of the early ap
pearance of the cotton worm in South
ern Alabama. We give now, with
Professor Riley's permission, the sub
stance of a late report from Mr. E. A.
Schwarz, one of the agents of the U. S.
Entomological Commission, who is now
making a systematic investigation of
the cotton fields of the Colorado bottom
in South Texas. He did not succeed in
rinding any trace of the insect up to
May 26th ult, -son that date he visited
the farm of fr . T. W. Anderson, about
two miles from Columbus, and situa
ted in the bottom. Mr. Anderson has a
cotton field of about 100 acres, and in
one corner of it is a depression, or rath
er a hollow, about three acres in size
and with very wet soil. In this de
pression Mr. Schwarz found four
chrysalids of the cotton worm, two of
them already empty, the third occupied
by the larva' of a small hymenopter-
ous parasite (a chalcid), and the fourth
alive. Froir these facts it iouows tnat
the first generation of moths (a very
few specimens which have succeeeu in
hibernating) deposited their eggs at
least as early as the 1st ol May. As
several similarly low wet places had
f previously been examined in the same
ocalitv without success, Prof. Riley
attributes the appearance of the worm
at that particular point to the circum
stance mentioned by Mr. Schwarz that
the gin house is on the edge of it. The
gin houses in Texas are much more
subsfantially built than east of the Mis
sissippi, and are very likely to be the
favorite hiding place of the moth in
winter time.
Mr. Schwarz continues: 44 On the
same day where I found the first Aletiu
at Columbus I had arranged with Mr.
Geo. Witting an exDedition to Lavaca
county to visit Mr. Gerrits, who has the
reputation ot always having the first
cotton worms of the season on his place.
Mr. Gerrits' farm is situated about
eight miles north of Halletsville. The
country is open pairie land, very roll
ing anil intersected by numerous creeks,
each being lined with a narrow strip of
timber. The farm is on the top of one
of the highest hills in the country ,about
4O0 feet higher than Columbus, and
about NO feet above the Lavaca creek,
which is half a mile distant. Mr. Gerrits
said that he had seeu the worms last
Sundav (May H.th) on the same spot
in Ins field where they appeared first
in 1877. This spot (about one-third of
an acre) at tho northern edge of the field
has nothing peculiar whatever, the
plants are the same size as those of the
rest of the field, and had been planted
at the same time, but the worms were
only to be found in this small spot.
The worms were numerous here. I
found six on one plant, and anbut
thirty in all, and there must have been
SrAe I,.11in. !.'!Le' liVAVArS1 .nAhi?J.ttle
In theauiacent corn neiu. iaho.
find an v "trace of Aletia on two other
fields near Gerrifs place.as also in three
fields in the Lavaca bottom; uui on uie
next day (May th) while examining
the field of Mr. Ladewig, three nines
from Gerrits' farms and situated in the
Lavaca Iwttom, I found four almost
fullgrown worms on a little patch which
had been planted two wecKs later man
the rest of the field. The task
of looking for the eggs of ,4fftYi at the
season is aggravated by myriads of
aphids or plant lice on the underside
of the leaves. I had ample occasion to
convince myself that this Aphis is a
most sei ions enemy to the cotton plant.
It attae.ksflthe young plants, and by
sucking trie tender stalks and young
lfl.ives. often kills whole fields, so that
farmers are sometimes obliged to re
plant two or three times. If less numer
ous, this Aphis retards the growth ot
the plants, thus rendering them more
exposed to the attacks of A let ia."
hue I'roi. in ley ueueves, nom mo
facts already reported, that the worms
w ill be abundant enough to permit oi
practical experiments with them, he
says that it would be unsafe and prema
ture to anticipate a oaa conou womi
year, on tne contrary me HuuBniaino
of the worm in such restricted localities
is a favorable augury, and he does not
believe that it is any earlier tnau in
other years. It is reported earlier sim
ply because special oljsei vers have been
sent to seek it, while normally its ap
pearance is not reported till, by the
second or third generation, .it becomes
numerous and attracts general atten
tion. The Price of Cotton.
Rural Messenger.
Considering the very large crop of
last vear, produced m this country
over nve minion Dates mo ijhid o
cotton to-day compares favorably with
that of any period since it Decame a
leading staple of this country.' e
have before us a table giving the price
of cotton in New York for fifty years
Dast. and we hnd that in 184 ana ii tne
avenvge price per pound was It cents.
in 1S44, o.l3 cents, 1847 4, ocem-,auu.
several other years aimosi as io. im
the large crop of last year on the mar
ket, cotton is now selling at irom o 10
10 cents per pound, showing that the
consumption of this article nas in
creased and we nave every reason w
believe is still increasing, ana mere is
no probability that the price will fall
materially lower than it is now. True,
other countries are producing largely
of this staple, but their material does
not equal that of the souia anu cauiiot
displace it in the markets. In a word
the world cannot do without Southern
cotton, and there is certainly encourage
ment for Southern planters to continue
to grow it as a money crop. If now they
will set their wits to wort, to prouueo
nior lint to the acre at a very small
advance on present cost for better im
plements, and beuer cultivation, tuey
mav thereby una a iu mg piuuiwi tuw
" l. . i .1 .-i tvit-vrlilvon
CrOD. Ill nUIIIUfl ui puuua
per acre is tne nrst m-ui iouhou
calculate the cost of production, aud the
latter decreases of yield. The obstacle
of low prices must be overcome oy mi-
E roved Cultivation. u ima auburn
e the result, the low price will in the
end prove a blessing, as thereby it will
lead to improved farms and better
management.
WhatTebaeco Planters Should Raise.
Durham Tobacco l'lant.
A casual observer may go on any to
bacco market ana tney win De struca
w ith the vast quantity of common to-
hnro that is being raisea ana soiu.
Thorn is no Droht in raising inferior
grades of tobacco, Dut every planter
should endeavor to raise a tine quality
nm, uiwil. The man who raises hue
tobacco is growing rich rapidly, but on
the other hand he who is raising com
mon stuff is growing poorer. The main
object should be not to raise the largest
number of pounds, but to make every
pound finer than any body else in the
country.
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
CHAPEL
II I LI, FILLED TO
FLOWING.
OVKR-
The Larsrest Attendance (since 1H60
3.000 Pilgrims Present Dr. Hoge
Delivers tne Address.
By Courier to the News.
Chapel Hill, June 4. Yesterday
was anything but a pretty day. From
the morning until late at night con
stant showers of rain followed rapidly
upon the tracks of each other, and
many feared that Commencement
week would be damp and disagreeable.
However, this did not prevent the peo
ple from flocking into Chapel Hill all
day long, and by night the excellent
little hotel here was
WELL-NIGH CROWDED.
It was not known until Monday that
Senator Thurman would certainly not
be here, and your readers can well im
agine the disappointment felt by the
Faculty and all others interested upon
receipt of the intelligence. It created
no little confusion on the part of the
Faculty, who had been so confident of
his attendance; they had taken particu
lar pains to contradict every rumor that
he would not come, and they were at a
loss to determine what course to pur
sue toward supplying bis place.
This confusion and uncertainty was
heightened by another painful rumor
which gained currency, to the effect
that Dr. Hoge also was unavoidably
prevented from putting in an appear
ance ; however, this rumor was about
2 o'clock dispelled by the arrival of ihe
distinguished divine.
At a meetingof the Faculty yesterday
afternoon it was determined to substi
tute Dr. Hoge for .Senator Thurman in
delivering the address before the liter
ary societies, and let Solicitor General
Phillips' address before the Alumni
and the other prearranged attractions
form the programme for to-day.
THE PIIILA.NTHROPIC AND DIALECTIC
SOCIETIES
held their annual meeting in their re
spective halls last night, and doubtless
had most pleasant times, though your
reporter is unable to give any informa
tion on that subject as these societies
are secret in their nature, and the mem
bers thereof seem to have acquired for
this occasion the solemn and uncom
uiunicating character of Bay View oys
ters in a very eminent degree.
After these meetings had been ad
journed the lovers of the dance re
paired to the librar3" building, which
was brilliantly lighted, and for hours
indulged in the festivities incidental to
an old-fashioned hop.
The rain continued until midnight,
but this morning the weather was unu-
aVl-otg&ry1!
but laid the dust, cooled the atmos
phere and apparently came merely
TO WASH VP THINGS,
for this beautiful day, overhung as it is
with a sky which is "cloudless save
with rare and roseate shadows."
Early this morning the Salem brass
band discoursed sweet music from a
stand' which had been erected in the
middle of the beautiful college campus.
About 10 o'clock the people began
to flock to ;irard Hall, where the ad
dresses were to be delivered. The
band, which occupied a position in the
roar gallery, played popular airs while
the audience was assembling.
At precisely 10:30 o'clock Gov. Jar
vis walked into the hall, when the en
tire audience spontaneously arose and
received, with deafening cheers, the
chief executive of our noble old State,
while the band, seemingly taking up
the general enthusiasm, struck up an
appropriate air.
On the rostrum were seated Rev.
Moses 1). Hoge, D. D., of Richmond ;
Hon. Sam'l F. Phillips, Solicitor-General
of the United States; His Excellen
cy Gov. Jarvis; Rev. C. l'. Hassell, of
Martin county ; President Battle, and
others. In the chancel we noticed a
large number of the most prominent
men or the State, who have made their
annual pilgrimage to old Chapel Hill,
their loved and revered Mecca.
About 11:30 President Battle ealled
the audience to order and announced
that the Commencement exercises of
the University of North Carolina for
the vear of 1879 would be opened with
prayer by Rev. C. B. Hassell, of Martin
county. The reverend gentleman came
forward and offered to the Supremo Ru
ler a fervent prayer, after which the
band sweetly played a hy inn. Then at
11:45 Mr. Henry Faison, a student from
Duplin county, introduced Rev. M. D.
Hoee. D.D., of Virginia, who had been
selected to deliver the annual address
before the literary societies in the
place of Senator Thurman.
Doctor Hoge came forward, anu aitei
a few eloquent remarks in reference to
the beautiful day and many witicisms
complimentary to
THE ASSEMBLED FEMALE BEAUTY,
and male gallantry, announced his
subject to be : "The nobilry and the
beauty of an unselfish life.' Upon this
subject the eloquent divine delivered
one of the most elegant, chaste, schol
arly, and at the same Lime useful and
practical addresses it was ever the rare
good fortune of this writer to listen to.
The frequent outbursts of rapturous
applause which greeted the speaker,
testified to the delight with which the
address was received ; and when we
.r,nidpration the fact that it
was purely
AN EXTEMPORANEOUS Et VOKT,
the Doctor, not being aware that he had
the duty to perform until 8 o clock last
night, it was certainly deserved. I
shall not attempt to give even a synop
sis of Dr. Hoge's remarks, for I could
but do him injustice. Suthce it to say,
I am sure I speak but the sentiment of
the entire audience when I say we have
lost nothing by the non-appearance of
the Ohio Senator.
And now having expressed what I
honestly believe to be the sentiment of
the audience in one particular, I will
venture to express it in another, and
here is just what I have to say : There
is no doubt of the fact that
THE SOUTH HAS A SUPERABUNDANCE
of that peculiar talent necessary to sup
ply all of our colleges with Commence
ment orators, and it is to be hoped that
hereafter the Faculty, not only of the
University but of all other Southern
educational institutions, will not run
wild over prominent politicians, from
a distance whose national political fame
is expected to metamorphose them into
more of a show than an orator, and
thereby draw a crowd, but will cordial
ly invite our own prominent men and
be particular to see to it, that the one
who t6' honored with such an invitation
happens to be one who will keep his
promise, and not disappoint.
Dr. Hoge's address was completed at
one o'clock, when, after music by the
band, President Battle announced that
the Alumni Society would hold a meet
ing; whereupon Major J. W. Graham, of
Orange, arose and announced to the
Alumni that in the death of the honored
and lamented Judge Battle, the Society
had lost its president, and he nominated
for chairman of the meeting Professor
J. DeB. Hooper of the University, who
being unanimously elected took the
chair.
Mr. Fab. H. Busbee, of Raleigh, in a
few appropriate remarks introduced to
the association the Hon. Samuel Field
Phillips, the orator of the occasion, who
came forward and delivered from man
uscript, an oration
REPLETE WITH INTERESTING REMIN
ISCENCES of the past, eloquent eulogies upon re
cently deceased members of the associa
tion, and wise and valuable suggestions
in regard to the future of the associa
tion and the University.
Mr. Phillips' address is spoken of
in the very highest terms Dy an, ana
the general opinion is that it should be
printed and circulated all over the State
in the interest of the University.
Paul C. Cameron was unanimously
elected permanent President.
Professor W. C. Kerr, after a few re
marks on the subject, made a motion
that a committee be appointed to take
into consideration the subject of erect
ing a monument on Mt. Mitchell to the
honor of Dr. Mitchell ; and Professor
Kerr, S. F. Phillips and John Manning
were appointea as sucn committee.
This committee will report at a called
meeting to-morrow. I
The meeting of Trustees takes place
this evening, and to-night we have the
senior speaking, after which the ladies
and gentlemen will participate in the
mazy German, all of which will be re
ported by mail.
of the most intelligent citizens of the
State are in attendance to day. The
chapel was filled to its utmost capacity.
It is stated by the oldest citizens that
the crowd is larger to-day than it has
been since the ante-bellum times. Up
to the time of this writing it is safe to
say that at least 3,00 visitors are pres
ent. The popular University Hotel,
kept by MissXaney Hilliard, of known
fame, is overflowing, and in fact allfhe
boarding houses are taxed to their ut
most to accommodate the visitors.
The Salem Brass Band adds great life
and spirit to the scene to-day, and the
Italian String Band of Raleigh will
soothe the soul during the entertainment
to-night. Everybody seemsto be ani
mated and eager for the enjoyment f
the occasion.
personal.
Among the many prominent visitors
from the city of Raleigh were Gov
ernor Jarvis and lady, Colonel Saun
ders, Secretary of State ; R. H.
Battle, Esq., A. M. Lewis, Esq. and
family, Dr. R. H. Uewi?, Mr. Julius
Lewis and his elegant lady, Mr. G. M.
Smedes, Mr. P. H. Andrews, R. M.
Wilson, Esq., of the Observer, Mr. M.
T. Leach, Dr. James McKee, Judge
Fowle and his daughters, Misses Matti e
and Maggie.
I must close, as Mr. Watson, the most
enterprising carrier in the State, is at
my elbow jogging my memory that he
has got to go to Raleigh to-night and I e
back in Chapel Hill to-morrow morn
ing at 9 o'clock. It is only 28 miles to
Raleigh. I wri.e in great haste, in or
der to obey his commands, as he may
K Uai,i to be the master of the situa
W.
tion.
Snakes, Fishes and Spiders.
A correspondent of the Asheville
Journal writes of one of the largest
snakes ever seen in Rutherford county.
H was of the adder species and was
eleven feet six and a half inches in
length, and measured twelve and three
ouarter inches around the body. It
wat shot several times with rifles, and
found to have teeth like a rices. The
lame day Mr. Bynum Walker, of the
same county, killed with a pole a blue
sP ider white spotted, which measured
six inches across the back, was eleven
11H
lies long anu nau icK "
fingers. rtfirwiu county,
caught
a sauirrel and alliga-
STn the .ameW at the same
time the nsu piuu"v
lui irrel while swimming across the
rtrward caught and swal-
t, ---.,,,,, aiint a foot in
owe. . & " , V iVrVonnd and swallowed
f?nK".V. . . . hook. When a cat
tne ua.L -.Mffin(, P1rnedition
fish starts out on -
L'e will take in anyUiingtom a wheel-
barrow to a sa iuic ubumju-
t-, Dixpofch.
A Sweeping Furlough.
Washington rttar.
a' wholesale
Saturday last there was
.. . i. .i,o1mrii(iTfies ot tne VJOV-
Tiiriouu oi l..
. . ..i i r . t nrintine office. So complete
the sweep this time,
that except
the hands of the Record
thom were
and specitica-
not fifty em-
ploVes lef t'in Thelargest printing house
?l iul WnHd. Mr. Defrees is absent
froni the citv, and one of the excuses
Sn for the furlough is that the un
felr!i ,.-t r.n the Record and in
?Eni raou . has absorbed the
1.1.17 KAJ '
current appropriation.
A Pennsylvania Senator sayshe can
bribe any paper in his State for fifty
dolhtrs fie is too houest to do it though.
V0UD00ISM IN NEW YORK '
THE REMARKABLE STORY RE
LATED BY XLLE. DE VAIEEIF..
A Mere Child' Attempt to Murder
Three Persons In Order to Uet
Their Property aud Jewels.
Sew York Star.
A short and stout lady, dressed in
silks, her ears, fingers and person
loaded with jewelry, made her way
through the throng in the Yorkville .
Police Court yesterday, leading a neat- .
ly dressed little olive-complexioned '
girl, evidently of negro extraction, 'and
paused in front of the Justice's desk.
"What can I de for you, Madame ?"
asked Justice Kilbreth.
In a voluble manner the lady stated
that the little girl accompanying her'
had made many attempts to kill her.
The magistrate immediately; became
interested, and listened to, the wo
man's story, which savored strongly of
the superstitions and practices of Vou
dooism among the natives of the West
Indies, where the narrator lived for a .
number of years. An officer, by the
direction of the Justice, conducted the
two to atprivate room, where the lady .
told the Justice that her name was Mile.
Elfretta De Vaillie, of No. 343 East Fif
tieth street, a Parisian by birth, and for
many years instructress of the French
language and literature in the Normal
College. In very good English, but
with a decided foreign accent. Mile. De
Vtfillm told the following story, fre-
mipntlv mnsinc in her statements to
ask the little girl if they were true, and
always receiving an ainrw.au ve repiy
in a whisper:
"This little girl," said Mile. Vaillie,
"is Eugenie Eliza Burton; she is now
years old, and she has tried to kill uie; ,
her mother, she said, told her to, and
she tried to kill me so as to get my
property. This is the daughter of a
colored woman named Miss Emily
Robinson; I don't know who her lather
was: this weman Robinson had an older
daughter than this girl whose father
was a colored man named Burton; I was
godmother, by proxy to the girl, who
was named Dora. The iatner or uora
was the descendant of one of the slaves
belongiug to an estate in Kingston,
Jamaica, lefL me by a grand-uncle; lite
lukm r have loat but I still keen ud a
correspondence with some of the faith-
tul olu servants oi my iamiiy; nurum i
ransnrl to be educated in this country
as achemist,and he went back to Jamai
ca; about four vears ago I wrote to Ja-
niaica, to the mother oi iwra, io seuu
mo tiifxrir' as T wanted the descendants
of one of my old slaves to help me in my
houseworK, ana i wouiu cm uo ouu
cate her: Dora came to mo four years
. i i
ago from Kingston, ana nas ai ways-
been faithful.
" a fior t ktm came." cnntituiod Mile.
ra roiiiia "har mother heLTHti writimr
to me about her other daughter,who she
said was white and had blonde hair.
She sent me a lock of Eugenie's hair.and
it was almost red. I wrote back about
two years ago and told her to send the
child. The next steamer brought Eu-
. . f A. L I J
genie, lief hatr you see is not, uiouuc.
I tooK her home, anu lor a wee suo
never spoke ; 1 thought she was dumb.
I found out she vv; s mischievous. She
always to oring me uiitiuo mi
sister. Instead of eating her food at the
table, she usually left it untasted, and
afterward would steal it. About nine
1 . . . 1 11.. .... Ka. no f
months ago 1 began to foel very strange.
A.,;.ri. uoiiioiimes. I felt as if the roof
of my head was being taken off. Mj
invalid sister complained of similar
illnesses. I was kept away irom oui
lege for live days at a time by a chok
intr sensation in the throat, which I
thought was (lipntnerm. j. u wwi.n.r,
a-o on a verv stormy nini, "
aroused by the same sensations, uwtj
weight w'as on mv chest, something
trrasnod me by tho throat, and someone
& - . . i . I .. . 1 . nl n 111 7 ,
was blowing tneir uream j
k. it 1- I '.nrAiiio. and when she
found that 1 was awake she jumped ofl
the bed and run into her room. I ques
tioned, and questioned her anom ner
conduct, and at last she admitted that
she had been trying to kill me. Her
mother, she saiu, nau iohi uci
..in q.wI mv sister, and that It she
UUlll JaVJ in' J ' .
did so she would have all our property
. . . ar ..1 I .1 lr;llT I 1 U
and iewels. vvnen sue no .i.v.."o
she 'was to send for her mother. She
was also to kill her half-sister Dora, so
that she would have all our property
herself. She admitted mat, suo n
. -i. A.ii, t found Kutrenie
Kin my biskjii j - - .
playing with a knife, she held the knire
to her own uiroaijiucuM w r- ,
and I hoard her say, 'Why didn't I use
this?'" ,
When Mile. De Vaillie haa concauawi
her astonishing narrative, Justice Kil-K-Qfr.
i.ofran oiiostioninir Euirenie, and
strokingher short and silken hair:
- " . i : 1 1 I.idtf
Did you ever try to am mis -,
Eugenie?" , .
"ies, sir," responded the child in a
whisper, looking askaDce at Mile. De
aillie.
"Did she ever ill treat you t
"No."
"Why did vou try to kill her ? "
"iw..inn ""nid the child, again look
ing queerly at Mille. Do Vaillie, "my
mother told me to.
"Why did she want you to kui nen
"So as to get MadSmoiselle's and her
sister's things."
"What were you going to do to your
sister Dora? " m m ..
'Turn her out, and send lor mouier.
Hi hn toia vou to ehoko Mile. De
Vaillie and blow into her mouth?"
'My mother. . ,
'How many times did you do this?
'I don't know."
'Did vou do the same to Mile. ie
Vailiie's sister ? "
"Yes, sir, and to Dora, too.
While Eugenia was making these
answers her eves wanuereo m mo
,.r Z. iia VuiMitt evidently to
rOCllOLl KJL i.l 1 IV. vw T . - .
see what impression her replies made
on her. , . A.
Mme. De Vaillie said sue aesireu uwi
. i.j Ji..f to uornA institution.
HJC IU"" rav..
and after she had made out an afhdavit
requesting that the girl be sent, w i u e
Colored Orphan Home, Justice Kil
breth told her to go with Eugenie to
the officawf the Society for the 1 reven
tion of Cruelty to Children and tell her
story there. An investigation will
probably be made by the society, and
upon their report Justice Kilbreth will
take action.
Political Nuts.
Vetoes written to order. Apply at
the White House, to K. li. iiayes a
Co. Z. Chandler, General Agent.
Eugene Hale is said to have been
"caught on the fly by a reporter."
Perhaps it was on one of Zach Chand
ler's blue bottle flies that the reporter
caught him.
"Every black man his own Moses,"
is the war cry of a disgusted darkey in
Louisiana.
There are corns on Mr.-Hayes' ve
toes, but Congress is not heavy enough
to crush them.
If the Government wants to do the
clean thing, it should furiysh some
more four per ceuted soap.
Aha, Mr, Hayes, you may brag as
you please, but vou can't get up nerve
enough to veto Dr. Mary Walker. '