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n -" u ' WW VOLXV.-100. 1 1 RALEIGH, X C, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 28. 1879. $5:00- PER ANNUM r 4 CONGRESSIONAL LABORS. UtO TL1T HHnC tP III niLU A Klll Ivr.rMC Mil vr llf with .t Mr. UrGelJ U4altn la iabrrTlk. VV4iHNi.iv, Juno S:m j: - i"r Yr-t' resolution defUrin.; in fnrof In rdiige an, remoionia t...ii of silver wa Ukrn up. During tli- doUie Sitrr Kcrnn, Kerry i..l Altiom protested ag.imt thi method of ttlr iifng the Kuunc I 'otntnr.tcc. TWre i. time 'I'lrin tint lime l. m-tme m isuro ii t-iilr stT.-tin j tJw hole fiitan.i it yttiui tttni indirect ly the itiditstrle- of ih ro intrv: hen.-e er bill h- I ben klponcd. Tlioiijiimi.iliv a pic Ii- 1 In jt.-l on I'k' iti e-rlv iti 1 in I Mr. S'ii i .ir Vi"l ruilt-l attention :. tin fal th it the r '.ition .t.'.cl v mi f predion i(;'in;iii)'.i Sm th -oiintr how Sell ator '. t. AfU r farther debate Seti ior V; orb-rid a substitute - fol lows Ib-elTe!. th tt the rimp.et. re atonrtiutitfa in" d vr and It restora tion to prfe.-i equality w iih gol I. Ith . odd and bullion, are demanded alike ly ufcct-.N- o' Justice and w i :at- tu-inhip. The iiMriitiii; hour hin.; (lUit tli riiiuii.i went ivr. The re-dation rvnhn; vdjr. ,oivd pay f..r I .'onifre- iii! e sii " e" ah l-iki'li up u.l s.- 1, Mr.kobMi reporto from tYiiftui Jo tK-t.il llx'-tn- iifir" prirt!- ill K houf amendment, and Mlil tin' lia'iri!y W'ljM in ike tit al ien n : to s'lorteti rteJiile Mn.l a Right -..:..u u.m'il let 1 f. r'- I. The en ! ilwi jro-itl t oiii-Ut the lill. Vll.iT I'ollkllli' jHike .1.111!-.: jury til inoti l strike out li." r-Tl ..-tirM. Hejitfl. -lT-ll other m :ions were m. le to triku o i. but all rej. nl lh I. ill r - Mrtl to th Vna'.u fnnn the ( '.iimiil ti of the Vli.i!i, re.i I t !i re' t iuie :itnl rv-.. Yvi. J!1; tiny. 1"". Hoii b it making jiriru'.i'!iH lr mir h.v!" ft'O vrwfil -iii.l relVr nl to H. A ;tjtro;ri.ti ! I out in H ti". iiitc Joint resolution troilin for I - l,-iriiuiet June ."-th ;t. r'ler re I ti l!w -rm nun i n !cni:nr Alli'ii illilii!ti'-l rAutofi tht nil th- let timotiy taken l-y lhe o!i l I'oiuinittee invctllnj Ui trenniirT a-oiinlH In rfvrTvl tu the iute nl printr-l. After mime i!clit miiifrinn i tne l UC! irre;tIari! j jikI liM'rep.in-i-H hi the Tnneirv. nte! pen.liti u. ti. n n ntor AIIi''ii' resolution, the .! t.lourtit'l until lo-uiorro . ll. tr. -The uornng hour u . li-j-ene l tth aii.l the I lme m ent into Committee of th W hole ori the bi!I p proiri:lntf f-M to p-iv fe.- of liufe-l States Mir-hi!". an.l then Central !efutie-. o"itaI ii-'.it w . liuuteU to one hour. 1 he I'e'. a'e .v.im o-riiel ly , r. i.trfie!.l. sjroiijstl tti;ether some of the 'eliri sm: u i-ie .liu r, l he present etvaion on lh I ' "'" T.ilie i le. r ti ulir!v by Mr. M I-me M.I. . n l Mr. Carlisle . Tuese proposition- ere th it t!iere re no e! . - to;- ; lU.lt th" l"liltel tos h.eio v...-rs ; tli.it the Stare-. ei-ui ely h the rifCht to .-otitrol th eits-ttou ( mem Is'rs of Ciikcria; that Si mIit-. an.l Hepresntati cs are t!e oth.-ers. a;er,ts or ainlissi.lors ; that iho I nite.1 late- have no authority to keep -e.- within a Stute. an.l Im . no p-i e to kep: that th tnitel States i- n..l a nat:. n b.tt a o.nffiera. of states. .11..! fn.a!iv that the stat-s are .t ri i.'ii. He iis !arel their proposil ions on-j.titutt-1 a lly of fi.-trine inorr ex treme than ha. I ecr l-een heanl n eepl at the VERY RISK of i r.ssttiN. He U Uri t that ibs-trnu l b er roueous an-l u jou aiul pr -.levl t lav ilun ami support b arkruiiieiit the .-oimN r proj-m. 1011. At the i-one:n-sion of Mr. tiarfieM's jHeeh Mr. Ilunl 'hi t...k the r!.sr ami repiiml 011 lx halt ol the 1h :h.h rnts. His re- ai itulatisl -int lor a Ineh the lelno erati. partx h:i lstu mntemlin. He re iee.l the !eUite of th- past three months ami Us lar-.l the aruinent-of the Ieiineraliei-le hal leen sai.l that the iKMiiorratb Jrty ha.l b; k-l lo 11 bu: It s not true; u hen they In-an to ti;ht thev tli.l not ex;tvl fo win in ahi . In the XXI.Vth Coiuxres they ha.l mi. I the arinv nhoul.l not l usexl as a cnmtf-ttu-i. In the XXI-VIth Ctinn--s they tuul it houbl not be usti as a police Ton, uxl bvfore the XXl.VIth Conurr?s a.Pourmsl they fkhouhl hae taken from the statute tlook everj law that projosoU the use of this creature of their at the .oils to intimidate American eitizen in the exun-ise ol ritihts. ApplauiM. There ha.1 len. he Kiil. no mirremlcr of the reat prm eiplo tlial Coii:r-s can withhold sup plies as a mean of red ressinn crie -Hurts, and so lon as the Demoeratie iartv w us 111 the majority in the House it never would le t.urrendere.1 ! The prevent extra aesjiion, be said, had made up the issue lelween the two tvartien. and the iK'iiiorrats had declare 1 that thearmv should kept Iroiu the Klls ami that the tet oath should rej eale.1 and Uat Federal authority should iHt intervene in elections in Slates. 1"hii the.se Hints the Kepubli tamtluok issue and it with this ia-sue the Itrpublican party should be sue-.-ess fill it would tnrah the end of the Kepublic and uplifting of an empire. Could there be anv tlonbt ot a centro vemv like this.and should rivil lilerty T-erish on Its ow n threshold, at IU own tireahle? The pa-stand future protesttHl against it, and what was practically of more value, the Heiiioeratie party w ith its majority of half a million pn tesitetl acainst it. (ApplausS. ; Kearan then replied to I Jar held s ar pumcnt on the .justion of State sover eignty and the deUite was continue.1 by Messrs. Cox. Conger. McMahon and i law lev. The committee then reortcd the bill to the House and it was used. eas. s.s; iuj s. ut. Only one lireeii bi. ker voted ,Stecnon. 111. 1 and his oewasln the aftirmativo. Morrison I III. ) as a question of privilege. otTertsl a joint resolution for the final adjourn ment of Congress June :th at 4 p. in. The vote was Lax en und resulted, yea". Itt; nays. 71; a strict arty vote exeej t that A k len 1 I-. I and ad the t.rcen Kwkers votetl in the negative. .l joiirr.eJ utitil to Hiorrow. . Rullloa Im Hank mt i:aUnd. IjO!s?t. Jiinf '17. The Timea' huan rtl article of this morning a s that the total amount of bullion in t h. lUnk of F.ngUnd. nainelv. r-Ut..'Oi is the Urgent on tfr. At present there is no rtsn to think this immense sum will lot I considerably evtsltsl. ! Drsdrn' (IrraUr. I.tv Hrs-U., June 'ZT. This week a ir. uUr f the IJertsj.l otton bi kerV as-sw. Ution mv: Cotton was in IIKrrxMsl dmand in lle rrly lrl of the ek with higher pris. bsil aimV TueMttar bunsM haa tn xrrr Ilm tel ami t tr advanro hi l-n entirel I. mC, hil .soma lUwrtptiona aho a derline. Inquiry for American ha rs.iue antailansl the .!Tance of 9 tL in Ust The Inquiry fr Sea bnt has ImproTet!. but bolder bare Uol rtiron!e.l freely, an I prict.ts are UWeh.M rritur. nt the .-omrie o. -Uivitl ul I.e. k. wiire.-iron ai. 1 a I Vauti an k to i-TJ. but aii?sue:)!lv Isscuuie weak and t'i. w ho i'n;wivc tnent was lost. ' ' Hail far flis VoaCi. Wsu;.To. June ?. -The.-rost-or:bt- li irtiiKnt pnsses utn eirlv date to e-x tend the fast m ul s. rvi.-o 111 the South aver two routos, 0110 route from here to Ja -k son villc. Florida, by of Charleston n. Savannah, and the other from heie lo New Orleans by way of Kichmo.i I. -Atlanta. M nt" g.onery anl Mohlle. It t :is . J H'.tcl that these routes would Ik. put 111 o; or a:ion l.y the I.-t of July n. t. I.iil 'th' p. ta 1 imp. ne-sary for the servi.-e, wh;.h .ue in mir e f on .trm-lion, w ill K.t Ik lii.ishe 1 by that .late. The Work will not however, lie ilel.iyist nun h after that. The s. he lules, t.uin lr and iripn weekly. Ac, have nu ft leen d. ter tnii ed on". T ti w Uuiumltt ti( the sermls nr j MtliM:. June 7. -At the Catholic S 110 1 of the Canton i" ie-rne 011 Mon day, the Hainan Catholic .bilegates. lor tho first tiinr. participated in voting. Titer out nu mltervd the old Cat In. lies by sixt-tivo to thirl V-tive and elected ortlee lenrers ii svnlal -oim-il, to ho hi uiliu' br lh ne.i four ca-s. en tirly of the Koman party. toiler t'.m plosion. I'll 1 1. t'Ki. l it i v, June -7. - A Ih:! r explod.-d this morning at Wilts' plain ing mills. Front and llrwii M reels. The engine hoiioe and a portion of the mill were l.lown in all dire.-tioiiK. Several dwelling houses are In ruin.-. The dead Ixxly of the engineer h.- been taken from the ruins. An linrrirHti Mil Ii.uuhu'oI. l.'iM'nv, Juno 'ST. The American bark Syia. CMptaiu lVtlingall, Iroin savannah. February -S:!i, which arrived at Moiiteido, April il. has heel .igroimd and severely damaged and was run aground again to pi e cut her sinking. .Thr lllilo 111 italic im s J imc "7. -'I he I euiMrat ic I "I. Sfa.et oiiimitti e hs Js-i.ied to Ibrtnallv ojs?ri the cainj.nicn o.nly In August with speeches l.y Mcssis. 1'elldletoll, lhiirman. I. win-. S:c in an and prob- abl othiis. Iinl) luliHcrit. Hi:klin. June "JT. A dispat.-!t to the Pali Mall 'ia.eltc. says that the tobacco coliilUisait.n h.Ls decided in lavor of a dutv of " marks per bundled klll gratiiincs on foreign tobacco. Denlh of Uenrral Anderson. CitsHLKstoN. S. C., June 'T. l'. l.ie.iteiiant (ieneral H. H. Ant'urson. of the confederate army, died in H.-ii.t-'it yes-eid.iy i opleo.y, aued J. 4 Curious Crlialo at use. 'r.iir:..u Ieiii.N-rat. A iier iiainv.1 llar;' ivingsbury his .,. 11 misning lor some w ecks 111 the Pincville neighborh.MMl, this county, and two white men, Nathan and lal. Thrower, who had the negro under ar rest for some otTenee he had committed, w ere sent to Jail in t,his citv on Wednes day last by Justices laidn and c ers, chargcl w ith iiiurdering l inrs bury. had Is ing refused, although, as w are Infoi mcd. thei e w.ts Iu c idcm e that a murder had lcii ciuinitls. and not eeu any t ideiice that Kingsbury is ded. The n--eussl say that then prisoner. Kingsiniry, got los from tin in and run away.- Andy ltales, another w lute man implicated, is absent on business in Soitih Carolina, and it is not probable that hr will return unless he had a chance to give bond lor his appearance at coin;. The prisoners were caiiied Judge svhenck at I.iueolnton A-i'i'.m r.nyi.t w rK. I h.trl'.rte 1 r . r The w ril f habeas . ..r.eis !o. lease of I il and X it!i 01 T. Isf.irc on a r -11 Iinel in iail hero to await iri.t. on "he rharco of killing the neg.o liir.y Kingsbury, colored, was argued ! !. Judge S.dicui k at chainliers c; r.!.i . Mr. licorge 11. Wilson repi es.-n! is I t he prisoners. Only four m iiiicse. ap- eaifs U-f.ir.' Hi urt, I r. Mea-haui. 1. II. Jennings, Miss iura liiower, sister of the pi isoners, and Mis. 11. itio Tho er, sister in-law. Their te-jtiinony was directed m gainst that of the uegro lloluiea. w ho testified that on the night the siipjsjsl killing is alleged to have taken place, he heard a conversation in lal Thow.r's farm lt between the Thower.s, lal ami Nathan and Jen nings, in which lal 'l bower said that "he lwvi Ihs-ii put w hero the dogs won't bark at him any more." The women testified that they were in the house w itli Ihil Thower'w ho was lyinjt in bed ill from the eflects of the wound which Kingsbury had inflicted, from dark till a late hour, and lr. M enchain testified Ihat he had remained at the house from In or 11 o'clock till the next morning An alibi having thus been proven, the w h.do testimony of the nogro Holmes as to h conversation fell to thagrouml. Judge Schenck recognize I the writ aud ordered the reiea.se of Dal Thowea, w Im whs acoonlingly discharged from custody. Nathan 'ihower was admit ted to bail in the sum of i. A Valuable Old Map. St. Paul Pioneer-Press. In response to the Pioneer-Press ar ticle, "Preserve the Old Mawi," a few lavs since, a moit valuable old map has been exhibited at the Pioneer-Press ofhee. It is "Cary's Map of tho Uiitel States,' published in" lTsC, by Matthew Carv, of lMiiladefphi-i. It ahows the territory west of tne M:issisippi river as Spanish terrltdrx; and nothing seems xr j knoni about that region except that a Jrgt? river the Missouri emp tieM into U10 Mississippi on the west Hide. All the Western States east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio are the "Northwest Territory," an.l Marietta, tialiipolis and Hellaire are the ouly pla.w started in all that pres eutMJatofan intensive empire. X!,ere Isonlvl ort Htt at Pittsburg. There is no "town in New York west of Al bany except Schenectady; no I tna, Hochester cr liutfalo. and. of ruirse, m F.rie. Cleveland. Cincinnati, Toledo, Chicago or Si. lamia, lted I-ake is t.li.tsi where PriH-kcnridge is now, with tho Mississippi river running into it from the north west, and "head is unknown" is all that can be shown further as to its source. 1 hence the rJ "r run" riv Jna ut h'ii lialla through LWe Pippl".- whi-ri an ea.stan.1 west direct,,,,, andjust '.t of whi. h lake iai.ho n tlie "FtJls of SU Anthony Ue M'J"" cluun of lakis,",s pretty eorreet v 1 h.w except that Surior is stiiddtsl with island, a- largo fonectlcut and i;ho.le I.laml. an.l there is t.si much of a bulge to the Southwest shore. ,''r gia extends from the ocean to the .Mis siasintl rler, and there are several chain of mountains laid down in the country which w now Illinois. la tbe my m (ilrm. Cl.ltTto Tllo-- lf th 111 Miager couldn't paw tha bat annually among th hundred thou.ao.1 Implore and otbc-holdera of the Unittsl State, what woiihl beOoiiie of ItMf Itepiibltcaii party A POPULAR ACTRESS. ! Silt: MtIE II Kit APPEIW AI WATS TO ME.X. I Sweet II elpleaMiieas evidently the Iasllna; Attribute ofjttie ffodern ! Ilinu'lonal Arlreaa. New York tnr. Kight or ten years ago a young: wo man earnc suddenly into public viowr here as an actress, and grow, in an in credibly short time, to be a great faror ite. She ha 1 a lony frame, a thin and lightjy-frcckled -face, with a pair of .iiic-slorel eyes and ulinost invisible ln'.irl-tiuted eyebrow s. She was also a littie round shouldered and her voice w aa phthisk k y. On the night of her de but she hlim k liko a jelly, and those who cio in the front seats could murk the beating of her heart by the pulsing of her flaxen aud frizzled hair. Once or twice the audience thought sh would faint. She seemed to have no vitality no blood, no physical energy. I5at once in thw play she camo down to the footlights, and in a nervous murmur recited a soliloquy full of that sexual and sentient misery which the 1110J wrn society play delights in. Tfien a strange thrill w ent through the assom blago. Her tones were freighted with a subtile sadiieaa that was inarticulate, and as indescribable as the odor of jas mine; her zinc-colored uvea grew soft 1 and wet and pitiful, and her Trail body shook and bent itself into strangoly clisjucnl tones of teinb-rness. All at once this uiunniclv young woman melt ed into picture such as had not been seen before on that stage. Afterward she unloosened tho flaxen ball of hair; it tumbled down in a wavy cascade hall way to the floor. It was that thin, floating" kind of hai- that belongs to delicate organizations, and it spread round her liko a yellow aureole or cloud, every fiber tremulous with some of the emo. ion that seemed to btreani through iu Then her audience began to think sho w:is beautiful. They carried away a new impression. Somehow it was like a phantom impression, too impalpable to he describe or evon understood. A month or two later 1 met the young lady in a parlor. There were present all grades of elegant women, sumptuously attired in every device that heightens the fascination of form and makes vivid the beauty of face. My freckled and phthisicky girl stood in a corner of the room in a plain cash mere dress, demure, pale, and pathetic the picture of humility and weak ness. Hut her flaxen hair, tumbled down in involuted luxuriance, swept loiind her narrow neck in wavy grace, and foil in a ollow cloud on her black dfss. Placed there in the corner against the dark maroon panel of the fresco, she stood out liko the Sistine madonna. Her hair was like an irradia tion of light, and into this flame all thw male moths of the i-oinpany fell. Iieinurcly Uie damsel captured all the attention. Innocently she drew to herself and away from the real beau ties all the idle adoration of the fash ion.ib'.e worshippers. I don't think, one of those fellows who went mad over the girl and raved f..r months ahout her, in spite of the contempt of their sisters and wives, ever found out w hat it was that fasci nated them. 1 af'.ciward heard that a rival actress tried to cut her hair oil one night and was caught in the act. Put her hair is only one expression of character. There would have been a good deal left of the same wavy, inel ow. 1 1 cm u Ions and magnetic charm in her Va.-e, lur bin'us, he: tone - if she had lost her hair. It was a long time before I found out wha: the secret of her fascination was. And when I f un l it. it was ihh: Thea lioit in ui.igcincnt of a secret helplessness. 1 found that the first impulse of a man was to praise her with a man's pity, then to defend her with a man's magnanimity. And she made her ap peals always to men. Women she did not care lor. She made tho veriest milksop feel like a champion in her presence. She touched every man's instinct w ith her soft receptive meek ness She was always melting and overflowing him, and he had no escapo from the inundation of her hair. I nev er saw anybody who ixiuld do tho iry-round-the-oak business with half her . n l:;I and clinging gentleness and softness. She was indeed a moral ana conda; belt-re you knew it you w ere enfolded and your judgment crushed out of you. And the joke of it wasf(rou liked it. she seemed to know intuitively that all thoso lellows who pretend to like A inazons manage to slip away unseen ami marry consumptive saints. So she triumphed, and, what is more, she became tho type of the emotional woman that the s'tage of to-day desires. Th rugged, full-bloodod Amazons of other days, whose impulses mounted into passion, and exhausted themselves iu physical action, have disappeared. All women who come 10 the stage from society are nervous, thin-haired, ane mic murmurs, who can feel acutely, but have not got the strength to mani fest it vehemently. Morphine, in many cases, has taken the place of ge nius? Inspiration has given place to hypodermic injections. Invalidism is called magnetism. I5ut they all lack tho sagacity of the freckled nymph of the past, w ho made her w eakness a si lent boast. They all deny that they are weak at all. They do not cling. They never let their back hair down. They cannot stand in a corner and glow and draw men to them by their goldwn pas sivity. No; they must dominate and compel and defy. She represented the purely emotional woman. Our later ac tresses represent smartness and sensii ousness. The Cause of Thuioler. Nature. I have lately seen it stated in a text book upon electricity and magnetism that the phenomenon of thunder is not fully accounted lor by any theory as yet brought forward. Whether this be so or not 1 am not sutliciently acquainted w ith the subject to say. 1 believe that the commonly accepted theory is that a vacuum is created in the path of the electric spark, and that the subsequeut in-rush of the air produces the detona tion. If, however, it be allowed that the electric spark is not a material sub stance, but merely a natural force or mode of motion, the Kasibility of this theorv is at once disjosed of. It is a well know n fact that the passage of electricity in a high state of tension, through a mixtuieof oxygen and hy drotreu. not only caussss an explosion. but also causes the formation of water, ; and it seems tome that, given tne ex istence or free oxygwii and hydrogen lti the' region of the electric diaturb ajKt. tbo phenomenon, of thunder is niiiicltotly account! for. Whether tbe normal amount of hydrogen in. the air Is sufficient to cause the stupend ous noise of thunder I am not compe tent to judge, but trnot, I would aug cest that the preaonce of an abnormal amount might be accounted for by the process of the electrolysis, which w ould probably oceor between the two ix.'.es of the thunder cloud bsfore tho tension became so fcreat as to cause a rupture of thtveireuit and subsequent disehare of the elec tric spark. I would aso dratv your attention to the fact that every thunder clap Is immediately follow ed by an increase in the quantity of water deS)sitod iq the shape , of rain. Does not this point to the formation of water by the explosion of the gases? As! myself am unable, both from w ant f means and time, to investigate the mat ter, I should be glad to find that some otio better qualified had taken the sub ject in band. It is a frequent experi ment of Dr. TyiidaU's to show his audiouce real clouds; I feel con vinced that by following this line of in quiry he could give us a real thunderstorm. IMTIIIOTIS3I AT THE SO EMI. A SciitLuicnt Applauded by tne 511s kissippl Press Convention Davis Addressed. Kroin the address of Colonel Harper, orator of the day. j Ours is a great, a noble State, and our people stand forth, wherever known, as nature's noblemen. Mississippi has been equal to every emergency in tlie ast, and at home and abroad her sons lave uver failed to receive the re Iect arsi admiration of all true- ieu. But, gentlemen, while loving Mis-, sissippi and Mississippians, we should not dwarf that feeling which wo all have that feeling which comes down to us from our sires of 177ti, which causes us to love our whole country and to reverence that Hag, the creation of our fathers, aud winch now waves in triumph through out all lands known to civilization. We should glory in the American people, in the government of the United States and in that flag consigned to our keep ing by thehoroes who wrested this conti nent from the iron grasp of foreign kings and despots. (Jen lemen, we have a country whose career stands out far in advance in the world's history. With in one hundred years it has increased its proportions from 8,000,000 to 4,000,000 square miles, its population from 4,000, 000 to 48,000,000, States from 13 to 3S. A hundred y ears ago population and civ ilization was exclusively between the Atlantic and the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Now the Ohio aud Mississippi are far east of the center of our organ ized territory. What have not tho American people accomplished within a hundred years? What, may they not aspire to accomplish w ithin a huudred yeai s to come? We had a great, a grand country. I,et us love it with all devo tion and consecrate our best efforts to its honor and glory; and may our de vout prayer over be, "(.Sod bless our na tive land!" The Surprising Opposition to "Mili tary Agriculture." Charlotte Democrat. We area little surprised ai the amount of opposition to the N. C Agricultural Department that is being developed among the farmers of the Suite. Many do not believe that tho Department is doing the agricultural interests any good. Wo differ with them to some extent, though we regret that so much time and so much money has been and is being devoted to the fish business. If the next Legislature w ill reform the department in some respects and abol ish the lish part of the concern, it will have many more friends than it now has. If that is not done, a strong move- nient will be made to abohrih the.' whole Department, including the nu merous attaches and expenditures. '1 lie Southern l.linil. Washington Past. The fact that the solid Democratic South will cast two hundred and seventy-six votes in the National Republi can" Convention of 180, and, unless John Sherman is able to make a break in tho mean whilo by judicious applica tion of Federal patronage, will cast them for ( rant, continues to cause a 4-1 1 i 1 1 to run un and down the Kadical spine. The idea of having the South nominate tho candidate, leaving t lie North to elect him, is not at all pleas ing to those numerous Republicans of the North who do not want rant. They claim with justice that it is a preposter ously unfair division. It will require three hundred and seventy voles in the Republican con vention to nominate. If !rant walks in w ith the South at his back, he will be in need of but ninety-four from the North. Out of the two hundred odd votes to which Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, New York, Kansas, Indiana and New Jersey are entitled there would cer tainly seem to be a fair chance lor him to obtain them. The South thus re main smaster of the situation. An 1 11 liu e IMenie. Norristown Herald. A subscriber in tho country writes that he attended a picnic last week which passed off in a very novel man ner. The young man in the black pantaloons was there, but he didn't sit down on a custard pie; a bug lit on tho back of a girl's neck, and she didn't scream loud enough to bring out the fire department in the nearest town, five milHH distant; a garter snake ton fronted several young Jadies who were eating a lunch, and no one fainted; the young man in white trousers was not asked to clitnb a tree and put up a swing; across bull did not chase a for aging party across a ten acre lot, and an angry thunderstorm didn't come up up about four o'clock and damage the enjoyment and dresses of the picnick ers. We never heard of a picnic like this before. It should hae been stuffed and preserved as a curiosity. Clovernor Vauce. Charlotte Democrat, We have never been one of those who puffed Governor Vance on all occasions but we think he deserves compliments for the manner in which he has man aged discussions in the United States Senate. He is about the only mau that has handled Blaine successfully and hacked him. In the discussion the other day about schools Mr. Vance certainly worried anddbeat the gentle man from Maine, Mr. Blaine. The Radical Tencleney. 8t. Louis Post-Dispatch. ' But the whole object of Republican stalwarts is to make the Government of the United States a terror for the peo ple of the South not to make them feel that it is their Government, their friend and servant, but that it is their cruel imister, and bitter, unrelenting foe. A Constitutional Limitation. Nashville American. The bill to prevent contributions by Federal officeholders has raised another of those issues w hich the Republicans regard as infamous. Iet the Republi can party console itself with the im munity guaranteed to every criminal. Congress cannot pass an rs t fnrto law. luery. He had an ow lish hxik on him w hen he came in aud asked: "Why is the Mail like a toy balloon?" "Don't know,"' wesaid, as w e furtively glanced at the paste cup. Then he held his Bides and shook as he answered, "be cause it is read all over.'' GobHhoru Mail. And the Mail only in Ite eighth volume? .NEW ENGLAND DIVORCES. KAI'ID IVC REASE IX THE Jf TOREK "o RANTED. j Some Surprising1 Slallslles of the St j m 'Is of Marriage In Massjieli uset Is aau wilier ue tngiami maie. New Haven Journal. Thirty of the denize: '.' t'.io"od, who had been maiviud fo. thre" w-.-eks to three voir, and v. ho v.-e." 1110-tly very young, recently sho.-kc-l Judge Lord of Massachusetts, by appearing before lum as applicants for divorce. The condition of morals on Cape Cod whic h these applications revealed also shocked many other people besides the judge, who expressed his mind on the subject so earnestly andpungcntly. If this looseness as regards marriage obli gations were confined to Cape Cod, k would be a serious matter. But how much more serious is it when it is con sidered that about the same stuie of things prevails all over Massachusetts, and three, -at least, of the other New England States, not to say anything about other parts ot the country. An officer of the Suffolk county court in Massachusetts describes the extent to which divorce is increasing in that State as "astonishing." lie says that the business which his office has lost by the bankrupt laws and the small amount of suing that is done' in thefetate courts has been largely made up by the lees in diyorce cases. They are crowd ing iu by the scores and hundreds. The Vermont Chronicle has coliected some startling facts concerning divorce in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connect icut and Vermont. During the last 19 years iu Massachusetts the whole num ber of absolute divorces has been 7,223, more than half of which were rUOC'l HICD IN T1IK LAST SEYKN YKAKS. In Rhode Island, for the nine years covered by the statistics available, there have been 1,670 divorces to 21,71" marriages. The ratio of divorces to marriages for the period is 1 to l'i, with a slight increase in the later years. There is 1 divorce to about every 1,200 of its inhabitants. The divorces in that State vary from year to year, probably on account of changes in the laws. In Connecticut the statistics cover nearly 30 years. In 1840 only 91 divorces were granted. Under the new law of that date, the number was increased, more than one-third in a single year. The evil grew steadily until 1804, when 426 were granted. Rut from that time until the close of 1877, the number, 448 annually on the average, varied but little, the ratio to marriages being about 1 to 10.4, and 1 divorce to every 1,200 inhabitants. In Connecticut there must be one divorce to every eight l'rotestant marriages. A comparison made from the table of the last report of the State librarian, giving the births, marriages, deaths, and divorces for 14 years, will show says the Chronicle, ''unless we mistake in our calculation, that there is less variation in that State from the average annual number in the divorces than in either the births, the deaths or the marriages. If all are col lected with equal care DIVORCE IN CONNECTICUT Lis more uniform, if not more certain, than death ! lhe steady habits ot that land appear in her vices as well as in hr virtues.'' Our tJuxtc, as w ill lie seen further on, has had the most shameful record in this respect of any of the four under consideration. One divorce to every ten marriages ! Including Vermont, the ratio of di vorces to marriages in the four States for the last few years is as follows: Vermont, 1 to 10, Massachusetts, 1 to 21.7; Rhode Island, 1 to 1-; Connecticut, 1 to 1,0-4. Massachusetts began to de cline last, and is better off as yet than either of the other three States; but her downward tendency is fearfully rapid. Indeed, it is scarcely paralleled by the increase of divorce in Connecticut from 1M9 to 18".'5. Taking now, the four States together, in the year 1877 there were granted 1,331 divorces in those States. If Maine and New Hampshire have a like record of temporary mar riages, not far from 1,800 divorces are granted annually in New England. The recent change for the better in the hufs of Connecticut has some effect to ward improvement, which, is said also to be noticeable in the Vermont courts. Xew-tauy-ulity. Tarhoro Southerner. With purses the antipodal of plethoric; with the thermometer ambitious to pour out the mercury over the top ; with the divorce court record staring them in the face; with the number of blaze-face-on-the-top-of the head men sitting about in church, with heads resembling snathcrs of bluff these facts, and more, had we space to detail them, don't seem to affect the matrimonial market. They court. We quote: Married on Sunday, June 8, in Cam den county, by Marshal Hughes, J. P., Plume Krauseand Miss Cassinda Price, all of Elizabeth City. The "price of liborty" 's you know what ; The tale's been told niore'n twice ;. Let's hope less liberty the groom hasn't got, Since tying up with Cassinda Price. In Newbern, Wednesday evening, June 18, 1879, at the residence of R. s. Barker, by Rev. Jo m R. Brooks. Jesse C. Little, of Pamlico county, and Mrs. Sarah A. Nelson, of Craven. If man wants little here below, How is it with a woman ?. If Little is eall'd, and Jesse will go - Mrs. Nelson being only human Why not let both.be gratified, Wf and' ring through life's dells and nooks, Hand in hand and side by side. Bound fast by Reverend Brooks? Thursday, at the residence of the bride's mother, in Northampton, by Rev. J. Q. Rhodes, Miss Annie M. Rodgers to S. li. Boone, Esq., of Jack son. From girlhood's dawn to meridian of noon, Miss Annie will walk by th' side of her Boone ; May grief aud pain w ith her ne'er be lodgers. Because of th change to Boone from Rodgers. Married at Mr. T. T. Clifton's, in Franklin county, on 18th inst., Miss Ella T. Clifton to Mr. John R. Mitcfie ner, by Rev. Thos. W. Smith. We closs the list w ith lovely Miss Eila. Who has made happv her favorite fel ler. Our congrat's to the fortunate groom May happiness a.ong 's pathway boom. Good Advice to Mr. Fostr anI Other. New York Commercial Advertiser. ; o Charles Foster, of Ohio, tells that lie has received fifty letters from promi nent Democrats assuring him that they w ill support him in preference to Ew ing. If Mr. Foster is a wise man he will not put his trust in promises of so called "prominent Democrats." "Prom inent" Democrats only vote against their party wheu moved by a mean revenge as in the case of Cass and Van Buren times. Never rely npon; a "prominent" Democrat to vote against his party on a question of principle. Those who do will find themselves badlv sold. v ; -sa;i i Advertising for a Lost rubrel?J, A man was denouncing newspaper advertising to a crowd of listeners. "Last week," said, he, "I had an um breda stolen from the vestibule of the : church, it was a gift; and, valuing iz very highly, I spent double its worth in fid-, ortii:i, but have not recovered it." "How did you word your advertise ment?" asked a merchant. "Here it is," said the mau, producing a slip cut from a newspaper. Th.e merchant took it and read: "Lost in the vestibule of the1 church, last .Sabbath evening,-a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who took it will be handsomely rewarded by leaving it No. San Fernando street." ' f ;-. "No," said the merchant, "I am a liberal advertiser, and have always found that it paid me well. A great deal depends uion the manner in which an advertisement is put. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if you do not acknowledge then that adver tising pays, I will purchase 3rou a new one." The merchant then took a slip of paper from his pocket, and wrote: "If the man who was seen to take an um brella from the vestibule of the church last Sabbath evening does not wish to get into trouble, and have a stain cast upon the Christian character which he values so highly, he will re turn it to No. San Fernando street. He is well known." This duly appeared in the paper, and on tiie following morning the man was astonished when he opened the front door of his residence. On the porch hxy at least a dozen umbrellas of all shades and sizes that had been thrown in from the sidewalk, while the front yard was literally paved with umbrel las. Many of them had notes attached to them, saying that they had been taken by mistake, and 'begging the loser to keep the little affair quiet. STATU m:ws. Anson. Wadcsboro Herald. We understand that the proprietors of the Hamilton gold mine have dis 1 ntinued work for the present. A great time is expected at the picnic at Stanback's Ferry on the 8th of July. Everybody talks of going. The Cor net Band of this place expects to be there. One dny last week, while Dr. lv. F. Ashe and family were in the front part of his house, somo person entered by the back way and stole jj45 in green backs that was left in a wardrobe. No clue to the robbery. WTe learn that George Griffin, the bur glar and outlaw, is prowling about Lilesville, armed and threatening. A load of buckshot in his body would be a happy thing for the community. The sheriff of this county, T. J. llar dison, received a telegram from tho sheriff' of Richmond county on last Sunday morning, stating that a tall, black negro, by the name of William Maylone, had broken into a store at Rockingham, robbed the money drawer and escaped, and that he was making his way toward WadesborO. Imme diately Thomas Threadgill, assistant jailer, and others, went to the depat for the purpose of arresting said rogue (as he was expected to come un on ti. track). While Mr. Threadgill was walk ing in the woods, near the depot, ho saw the black scoundrel lying down near by, and made an effort to slip up and arrest him, but the negro ran for .'.ear lile and made good his escape. Buncombe. Asheville Citizen. Our friends in Marshall are making extensive preparations for the celebra tion to bs had at that place on the Fourth of July. We are glad to learn that the wheat crop in the Weaverville section, w hich is now being harvested, is thought to be quite good, fully an average. The corn, crop throughout that suction is alsoTooking well. All reports from Hendersonville in dicate that the good people of that town and the surrounding country intend making the "railroad celebration " in that place on the Fourth of July a grand affair. Governor Jarvis and Lieutenant-Governor Robinson are both to be present. (nil for Greensboro North State. It is announced that tho meeting of Northern settlers, which was to have been held in Charlotte on the 4th of July has been postponed. Exit Du niont, and his Dutch people ! Mr. Moses II. Rankin, residing some four miles north of Greensboro, died on Monday morning last, of paralysis. Mr. Rankin was one of the best known and most respected citizens of Guilford county, aged, about sixty-live years of age. lie had been paralyzed the pre vious week. An old copper coin, issued as one cent, by the State of New Jersey, dated 1787, was lately picked up near James town, by Mr. W. J. Armlield. One day last week, Mr. W. P. Delan ecy, residing some six miles north of Greensboro, climbed into a cherry tree, in the lield in whicli he was plow ing, for tho purpose of getting some cherries to quench his thirst, and had the misfortune to fall from the tree. His spine was injured, he having fallen upon his head and shoulders. Shortly after he went home he complained of being chilly and grew worse until Sat urday, when he died. Mr. Delancey was highly esteemed bv all who knew him. Kilffeeombe. Tarboro Sout herner. Toisnot will indnge in a walking match on the 4th of July. T. A. Closs, ec etary, is bossing "the job. The w inner gees ten dollars and the cham pion belt. Go as you please and no time for refreshments. Thanks to Colonel Walter (.'lark, of Raleigh, fur a copy of "El Triunfo" of 12th of June. It is published in Habana and a full blooded Spanish paper. Wo don't peruse it with the fluency of our mother tongue, but we have no doubt it is chock full of good things. A private note to Captain XV. S. Dug gan from Wilson, says: Mrs. Moon is here doing good work twenty-five have professed and the cry is still they conic. Interest increasing all the time. She is talented and fully consecrated to the work f her Master. No prospect of closing." Another Wild Suggestion. New York Sun. Sherman is a bar 1 "money man, and Mr. Conkling is a hard money mau. Sherman believes in troops at the polls, and so does the Senator from New York. Mr. Conkling made the Elec toral Commission and Sherman profited by it. Why, then, should they not now combine together as friends, 'instead of vainly contending as antagonists? The Ins and the Outs. Charlotte Democrat. Is it not about time that there was a new distribution of some of the publie offices? Who of the outs can get inf An effort will not hurt, even if not successful. A:'' A FOR THE SECOND' TIME. IIXIERSO.Y ALFOBD O? TRIAL )F0R' IIIS XI1T6.' Ttm Slayer Deputy Sheriff Pnss more n Trial for the Seend s TlmeJILs Antecedents. The majority of the. readers of the Nkws havo heard of this case before, and are in a measure acquainted with the circumstances of tho crime tor which Henderson Alford was yesterday tried for the second time. The prisoner ' is a large, chunky, muscular, negro, with high cheek bones and rather dark com plexion though not exactly black. Iu September, 1876, he was arrested upon the charge of larceny and incarce rated in the county jail, there to dwait his trial. , He was not there long. Deputy Sheriff James A. Rogers, who was then acting .in the capacity of jailer, went in, as was his wont at certain times ot the day, to provide the pris oners with fresh walor, when Allord rushed upon him unawares and a tussle ensued, which resulted . in Alford's knocking Mr. Rogers senseless with a pistol which ho took with him, and then made good his escape. A few days afterward Deputy Pass more, the dceased, heard that he was lurking near his home several miles from this city, and immediately summoned a postr to assist him in making the arrest. On kthe night of December 1, 187(1, they proceeded to a place near his house and there posted themselves to : watch for him. 1 hey soon heard him coming when Passmore stepped out and exclaimed, "Halt! give an account of yourself." Alford wheeled and fired, the ball pass ing nearly through Passmore's body, and then ran. lie again tuade good his escape. The pistol ho used was the same he took from the jailor. Ho was not heard of again until June, 187S, though strenuous efforts were made for Ins capture. There was a To ward for him and some parties learning that he w?s working in Granville coun ty, left for Granville forthwith. They soon found 'where he was and sur rounded 'and captured hifn. He was brought to this city provided with Jail accommodations, where ho has re mained ever since. He was tried, convicted and sen tenced at the August term of Wake Criminal Court last jear. His counsel took an appeal and the Supreme Court granted him a new trial. He was to have been hung t lit) 21th of last October but for this appeal. The case consumed the whole time of Court yesterday. The jury was com posed of five white and seven colored men. The argument of counsoi on both sides is highly spoken of. i Wo deem it inexpedient to trouble our readers with a report of the evi dence, as the above are about all tho facts of the case. His Honor, after de livering his charge, gave the case to tho jury at 8 o'clock. At 12 o'clock last night the jury had not agreed, and It is doubtful if a verdict will be hail to-day. Salmon t'aught in the Xeuse. Nutshell. . ' r Sharks and porjioises, frequently, and now ami tUon e -nrlinlo liaVO U60n S0CI1 in Neuse river, and now that ancient stream has yielded a salmon. Mr. Ives, employed to catch lish for Mr. A. W. Nelson, was plying 'his vocation at Adam's Creek, Tuesday .tight, whenho caught a salmon measuring about thr feet in length and some eight inches in width, Mr. William Cosmiuski, was,at the lish market early yesterday morn ing and succeeded in purchasing the enormous fish at a low price-, which verifies the old adage that "the early bird catches the worm." Plucky orniaI Mc hooters. Wo were told a fc'7 days ago of a young man walking '.early 1.10 miles in order to attend the I'nlversity Normal School. We now chronicle similar in stances of plucky determination to win an education. Mr. Hamilton of Randolph has or ganized a club of young men who live at an expense of only per mouth for food. They carried their own bedding ami sleep in the University buildings. Such instances of self sacrifice are very commendable. They show that the hardihood of our "Tar Heel" sol diers during the late war is reapjiear ing. The authorities of the University having a vacant dwelling house on hand have given that over to those la dies who wish to practice the same economy. A married couple occupy one of the rooms and they all have pleasant economical arrangements. I-IArt lire of n Good Cltlxen. A largo number of his friends wdll bo sorry to learn that Mr. J. W. Watson, the .pioneer photographer of ltaleigh, and one of the most popular and suc cessful of her citizens, has gone to Eu faula, Ala., for the .purpose of establish ing a photographic wallery In that city. He was an accomplished artist . in pho tography and for 20 years practicoa bis profession with much profit and credit to himself in Kaleigh. He dlsnosed ot his spleuuid art gallery, together with his well established business, to Mr. Hunt a few years ago, intending to rest from his labors awhile but it was im possible for him to remain out of busi ness, and he has been following hi profession olf and on in different parts of the State ever since. Should Air. Watson make Eufaula his new home, wdiat will be a gain to that city will be a loss to Ualeighof a public spirited and valuable citizen. ' PolvonoiiN Pork. The frequency of joisoning occa sioned by eating pork prompts the sug gestion that every well-authenticated case should be submitted to the most thorough investigation. An instance has occurred which leaves no doubt as to the character of the meat partaken of. It occurred at Elizabeth, N. J.,and involved several members of a family there, whose lives had been seriously jeopardized by the use of pofsonoo pork. As this meat is so frequently1 deleteriously to human life it become important for the superintendent of the market and sanitary Inspector t submit to dost inquiry all that is ex posed to sale. " c - , , i V I i , t - ;i . J Nniirrnie Conrl, ? J i.i Court met at 10 o'clock on yesterday Present, Chief Jij.tiu Smith, and Juj-. tices Ashe and Dillaxd.' . The argument in Kidder v. Mcllhen ny. hegan on Thursday was concluded. The question of taxing attorney's fees, in the bills of costs or4 last January lex-ui, was amueu uy i.eorge V. Stroint, ! against the tax, and by A. V. Tourgee j in favor. ! Court adjourned until to-day at lo' i o'clock. ' Parasols of the gav Vandanna plaids are exhibited as novelties at th, leading New York houses, but do not. rind favor with mnv ladies, as their are too conspicuous. "
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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