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liIaEI IQ-H, XT. O- WEDNE8DA T . ..-.MARCH 11, 1885. MISLED. jThe letter from this city lately printed in the New York Timet, and copied with comment isto the last Rkoistek, has led many of our contemporaries in other States into very serious error. Even the Balti more Sun so far mistakes the facts as to think that the State indiscriminately re pudiated its debt, that which was con tracted before the war and that which was fraudulently made since the war, and is glad to learn that there is a prospect of re-opening the matter, of a separation of the just from the unjust, and of a dis charge of the just portion, principal and interest. ( The so-called debt which North Carolina has refused to recognize or to pay is all of a sort, and all of it illegally contracted by illegal bodies, i Nobody here has any in tention of paying any part of it. By an amendment to the Constitution adopted by the people in November, 1880, the Legislature is forbidden to "assume or pay them the special tax bonds or authorize the collection of any tax to pay them either directly or indirectly, ex pressed or implied, unless the proposing to pay the same shall hare first been sub mitted to the people and by them ratified by the vote of a majority of all the quali fied voters of the State at a regular elec tion held for that purpose." This amend ment was adopted by a majority of 111,-930- votes; practically by a unanimous vote of the people. The reason of the thing is very plain. This so-called debt was contracted partly by the Convention of 1868 and partly by the Legislature of 1868-69. Neither body could make an obligation either morally or legally binding the peo ple of North Carolina. xiie uoBTenuan wag caueqi oy uenerai Cabby. It was an anomaly in American ' institutions. A Convention called by a power ab extra by another, any power, indeed, than that of the peoplo to be af fected by its acts and ordinances is un known to our- constitutional system. If the State had been in a condition of an archy, that would have been, not, indeed, a justification, but an apology for this great violation of popular rights. But the fact was the very reverse. Government was established here; all the machinery of justice was in full operation ; and law and order pervaded every part of it. The calling of that Convention was an act of undisguised, unblushing partisanship. Its sole object was to make voters. Doubtless that class of our population which was thus brought to the polls wou Id have been invested with suffrage at no distant day. It could, however, and should have been done without trampling on all constitu tional rights, and without exposing society to those shocks the strain of which is felt even now. It .must be admitted, if our system of government is anything but a name, that a Convention so-called could not constitutionally create a debt upon the peo plecould not constitutionally vote away their property. But passing by this aspect of the case, there is another consideration which isdecisive upon this point Whatever power that Convention possessed it derived from the Reconstruction acts. The object of these acts was avowedly to establish a government here in accordance with their provisions. To this, the power of the Convention was limited; all else was ultra tire. It had, therefore, no more power to fix a debt upon the State, than it had to divide the State or to do any other thing not specified in these acts. And now as to the debt created by the Legislature of 1868-69: If there be any proposition more indis putable than another, it is this: that no State can be bound to the payment of any debt except by a Legislature legally con stituted. The requirements of such a Leg islature are two: First, That its members should be eligible to seats in it ; second, that they should have been elected by vo ters possessing the proper qualifications. Tried-by either of thesie teste, the Legisla ture of 1868-69 which1 created the larger part of the debt was not a legally con stituted body. In truth, the whole proceeding which brought that body into existence, was vio lent and revolutionary. It was not elected under the old Constitution or under the new. , It rested upon no constitutional basis, and was, therefore, a sham Legisla ture. It will be remembered that the new Constitution was submitted to the popular mi " ii . 1 n i vote for ratification, and the members elected to the Legislature on the same day. There was no provision in the Re construction acts annulling our old Con stitution that is, the Constitution of 1776, as amended in 1835. It is clear, therefore that the old Constitution was and contin ued in force until the ratification of the new Constitution was duly proclaimed. The election for members of the Legisla ture occurred under that Constitution, and the qualifications of members were those prescribed in it. Now, according to that Constitution, no negro was eligible to a seat in the Legislature, and no white man, unless he were a citizen of the State; and yet that body was filled with negroes and with Northern adventurers who were not citizens; who had, indeed, not indicated by deed or word their purpose or wish to become citizens. Nor, such as they were, did the people have any evidence that they had received a majority of the votes cast at the election. The ballots were not counted on the day of the election,, bat were taken possession of by the military vas soon as they closed the polls,, and car ried to the capital of another State. Who should sit in the Legislature was deter mined by the fiat of the Commanding General, who seated and unseated mem bers at his pleasure. Such a Legislature possessed no more power to bind the peo ple of this 8tatetd redemption of its promises than any other body of men who should go into the capitol to-morrow, and observing the forms of legislation, should authorize the Treasurer to issue bonds in the name of the State. ( ,.H,we turn to the elections,' tne outrage aeuonatitution, and upon constitu modes of proceeding, was still more flagrant. Tens of thousands of white vo ters who possessed and had exercised the right to vote were thrust from the polls by the bayonet. The entire black male pop ulation twenty-one years old. and a great number under that age, were freely ad mitted to the polls. Moreover, a great number of timid white voters the num ber it is impossible to estimate were kept J away from the polls, though they were not banned, by the terrors of confiscation then held out as imminent. It would be hard to imagine a more criminal contempt of the sanctity of elections in our system regarded as the palladium of human rights--than was manifested In this pro ceeding. No man who has entered the horn-book of constitutional knowledge will contend that the voice of the people was collected by such an election. And if that election did not express their full consent then that Legislature was a bogus one, and the bonds issued by it were void. The Supreme Court the Republican Reconstruction Court which accepted the Convention of 1868 and the Legislature of 1868-69 as legally constituted bodies, did not assent to the validity of the issue of the bonds in question. At January term 1869 and June term 1869, the bonds were declared "invalid." Chief Justice Pbak bon rendered the decision of the Court. THE END OF THE SESSION. The General Assembly's legislative work was concluded yesterday at noon. Since that hour the business transacted has been merely the formal ratification of bills. To day the session ends and the members seek their homes, after acting upon every measure of any importance which has come before them. They have passed about six hundred bills and resolutions. The general results of the legislation, the Register thinks, will be for the public good, and the people, it also thinks, wHI fully recognize the fact. Of course the Legislature has been roughly criticised ; sometimes as a do-nothing body, some times as a body doing altogether too much, and again as a body engaged ac tively in ruining the State and in destroy ing the Democratic party. It is a very popular thing, and is "mighty easy writ ID' " to abuse a Legislature. The present Legislature has not deserved the general and Usual fault-finding. It is a body of representative North Caroli nians as wise, as patriotic, as unselfish as any preceding Legislature has been or as any succeeding Legislature is likely to be. It has dealt with the business before it qui etly,, in a business-like way, and wisely, as the acts already printed in the Register and those quickly to be printed, will make abundantly clear.' We welcomed the coming; God speed the parting guests! WESTERN N. C. RAILROAD. The Register heartily congratulates the people of the State, and especially the people of the transmontane counties, on the passage of Gov. Robinson's bill mak ing sure at last the early completion of the main stem of the Western North Car olina Railroad. The Legislature of 1883, for a very valuable consideration, virtually abrogated the contract then in existence. The present Legislature has made the us ual provision the same made two years ago for the Cape Pear and Tadkin Valley Road, and for many other roads at the present session for completing the road, to which the faith of the State and of the Democratic party has been so often sol emnly pledged. The bill as finally passed is printed in full in to-day's Register. There was frequent allusion in the de bates to the small amount of taxes paid by Clay and Cherokee, and it was argued that if the State had money to appropriate the money should go to those who paid the bulk of the taxes. The gross amount of taxes paid at present by these trans montane counties is undoubtedly- very small. But their people pay exactly the same percentage of taxes that jother people pay, and if property in that far off region is not so valuable as in other parts of the State, perhaps it is because the transmontane owners have been payin, for so many years their share of the publi burdens which hare made other sections accessible by works of internal improve ment, whilst they have received none of the blessings and remain to this day cut on from a market within or without the State. When the railroad is completed to Murphy, the Register thinks that Clay and Cherokee will very quickly pay back into the State treasury, in the shape of in creased taxes, the few thousand dollars worth of convict labor just voted to them. This is no fancy. The counties thafhave been directly benefited by this road are. at the present, Buncombe, Bay wood and Madison. A comparison of the valuation of property for taxation in these three counties, "before and after" in 1878, be fore they had railroad facilities, and in 1883, after they had begun to enjoy the advantages of railroad connection shows the following results : Counties. 1878 Buncombe, $2,026,594 Haywood, 718,018 Madison, 518,617 1883 $3,910,881 1,522,411 1,146,742 $3,263,229 $6,580,034 Something of the capabilities of Clay and Cherokee may be gathered from the following passage in one of the letters written a year or two ago by aa intelligent Northern editor to the Springfield, Mass., Republican " Tt6 l"8t two counties at the extreme western end of the State are Clay and Cherokee. The first is a county of com paratively small area, but a large propor tion of it is fertile and well watered. In it are mines of corundum and other min erals of value; and it Is Inhabited bf a peo ple noted for industry, energy apd intelli gence. It has plenty of timberffine water powers, and raises large crops of grain and many fat cattle. Hayesville, itschief town, u built on a hillside, and has a superior academy, while in the suburbs are two new churches, one of them of an architectural design both novel and pleasing. Railroad or not, the citizens of, that county are de terminedj to thrive, and believing that a good education will be worth more, to their children than bank stocks or railway shares, they are investing all their spare money to secure the best that can be had. Chero kee, though but, is anything.but least of the counties, of Western North Carolina, and i some, respects she has advantages over all her maters. , Not to speak, of her timbers,, which are equal to any, her ores and nugget, of ? gojd, her marbles, and oapatoner she has in her immense beds of iron ores the source of fabulous wealtiV a the hereafter that is fast coming. i The broad, lengthy and rich valley s of the Val ley River, theHiawassee andNotfelcy, will yield an indefinite store of 90m and wheat every"year?wheH8uitablf cultivated while roe numerous ituiuotj viihls mw ui nm-u-es flow through land equally arable and ieraue. n any vw juinui ibiwu yi Carolina can fully verify the anciedt prom ise tp the Hebrew of? . land flowing with milk and, honey? UheroKwvcouaty is tnat favored -place. Whether-consiaerea as a grazing, a farming, a horticultural, a mar ket gardening, a dairy, or a manuiacmring country, Cherokee can be either or all. Cornering in between Tennessee and Geor gia, destined to be united with the rail road system of the former State before an other year has come and gone, and with the great copperbelt of Tennessee a little later on she, first of all her sisters, will reach the great cities t of the cotton States with her products, and feed them from her teeming granaries and orchards. Then market gardening will pay, and the rear ing bf veal, lamb and mutton for the shambles. Winter apples, always worth more in the cities of the cotton States than oranges, will no longer be left to waste, but the enormous surplus that the hogs have heretofore devoured will be carefully gathered and turned into gold. The Cherokee people are worthy of the bless ings in store for them. They have waited patiently, worked faithfully, and sacrificed much to secure the end that will soon be attained, and in their early prosperity every citizen of the State will share, for whatever benefits even the least of the Commonwealth is equally an advantage to the whole." RETROGRADING FORWARD. A writer in the Louisville Courier-Journal of February 12 states as a fact that all industries in the South except manufac turing and mining have retrograded. The United States Census is the only authority of universal acceptance on such an issue of fact. Annexed is a tabular statement showing the material progress of the State of North Carolina from 1870 to 1880. The figures are all taken from the Census returns except the last items, relat ing to live stock, which are found in the Auditor's reports of taxables for the years mentioned. They show that the writer's statement is altogether groundless; there is retrogression in no item, whilst of many the values have nearly doubled. Value of farms, 1870 Value of farms, 1880 Bushels Wheat, 1870 Bushels Wheat, 1880 Bushels Corn, 1870 Bushels Corn. 1880 Bushels Oats, 1870 Bushels Oats, 1880 Bales Cotton, 1870 Bales Cotton, 1880 $78,211,083 135,793,602 2,859,879 3,397,393 - 18,454,215 28,019,839 - 3,220,105 - 3,838,068 - - 144,935 - 389,598 11,150,087 26.986,213 - - 114,406 140,926 - 51.614 81,395 - 618,263 665,373 1,194,351 - 1,402,733 - 499,175 - - 602,140 Pounds Tobacco, 1870 Pounds Tobacco, 1880 No. Horses, No. Horses, No. Mules, No. Mules, No. Cattle, No. Cattle, No. Hogs, No. Hogs, No. Sheep, No. Sheep, 1870 1880 1870 1880 1870 1880 1870 1880 1870 1880 LAND SOLD FOR TAXES. Governor Robinson's bill extending the time for redemption of lands sold for taxes, and making provision for their dis posal in case of failure, has passed both Houses and is a law. The bill was passed without change as reported from the Fi nance Committee, and as its provisions have been twice fully stated in the Rbsistbr there is no need to Teprint them to day. There was no opposition to the bill in either House. The following table snows where the lands lie, the number of acres and the amount of taxes they represent : Counties. No. of Deeds. Arm AtiutuiU. 21 57 Anen . 3 Ashe . Beaufort Brunswick. Carteret . . Craven.. ... .... Cumberland Caldwell Henderson Jackson Jonep 4 1,76 K7U 6,62:1 1:2,32 151,772 ' 847 .Ml WO 1,471 VKM 1.-KI1 58,531 15,44n 8,3X3 NII72 7,725 li 14 27 238 SKI 313 09 1,440 U2 2,1121 1 48 28 4 90 ! 14 75 21 il IT 1 l,la iti Montgomery New Hanover-., PamIieo Pender . Transylvania Wake... 88 2fi 4 IK 12.UHU U4 345 24 44 45 450 93 fi 207 50 958 305 284,838 ifalJM 48 THE NEW DISTRICTS "kail Judge and Prosecute. In this District, composed of Wake, Wayne, Harnett aod Johnston counties there is no Solicitor to be appointed. Mr. Qallowav lives in Wavn FW Tn. near but one name suggested by lawyer or layman, ruouc sentiment is practically unanimous in favor of Walter Clark, Esq., of this city. He is a sound lawyer and will make an excellent Judge, prompt, painstaking, iust: emnhatiVniiv t. who attends to his business and with a thorough understanding of it. The prominence nf Mr f!nn ; . only known in the State Senate where he occupies a seat, but wherever he has been brought into contact with the people of his State. He is a lawyer of rare at tainments, being especially noted for his honesty of purpose. In the selection of Hon. H. 6. Connor, of Wilson, for Judge of the Third District, Governor Scales would add another jewel to our judiciary We hope Mr. Connor will be called to that office for the sake of the people and his pure qualifications. Rocky Mwnt Re porter. We learn, with real pleasure, that Jacob Battle, Esq., has been highly recommended to tHe Governor as a suitable person to fill the important office of Solicitor of the Third Judicial District. Mr. Battle is a gentleman of the very highest position and thoroughly learned in the law. His character is flawless, his integrity unim peachable, and his nrmifotinn t . is so well estabbshed that slander has not ever oared to place a single speck of its foam upon the beauteous surface of his blameless career,' and as such he stands in the judgment of all tan peur et tan reproche. He will make an admirable Solicitor. WiUon Mirror. There is a.lively contest going on over the solicitorship for this, the Third District Henderson has two applicants, and one for the judgeship. We hope all the boys may be successful as to both the positions but we think it is now concluded that Mr Connor, of Wilson, will be our judge. Henderson. Gold Leaf. It is more than probable that in the change which will be made in the judicial distncto"Vayne county, will be plactd in another district, and in tfcat event we will lose. the efficient services of our present very , able .and, ,aieritoriouB, Solicitor, . the popular and, eloquent Swift Galloway He has represented the State for six years, and :w but reecho the prevailing senti ment , of the entire district; when we say no official .ever , performed the duties en trusted to, him with greater fidelity or ability, or, wore the robes of office with greater dignity nd honor. i When he takes hia, leave of this district he will leave behind :him the fragrance, of . the most delightful memories, end everybody will kave ,kiod word for .the affable , and big hearted .Solicitor,, the, noble and gen tlemanly Galloway .rfnJftfcon JOm. WESTERN It. C. RAILROAD. Sir. Bond's SneeebV; mil's fntiy j VC' I 1 imagiuauuu, iu luauuu auuu vuo aiaicw - ' -i 1 VMf the castle, which I hope its delusion ATbe Senate having vunder consideration tne but to relesse tne indebtedness of the assignees of the Western North Carolina Railroad for; convict hire, and to furnish convict labor to complete the line of said road to Murphy, for which, bonds were to be given, which, at the completion of the line, were to be surrendered to the compa ny, and the newly built line to be their property, Mr. Bond made, in explaining bis vote, the following remarks : Mb. President: I desire to submit a few remarks explanatory, of my vote. 'I had hoped, sir, that, as 1 'was one of the first to speak against this bill, and as my remarks had provoked frequent allusions from the friends of the measure, who- fol lowed me in the discussion, that I would have been allowed the privilege of again getting the floor. But that screen which is erected, between the bill and its oppo nents, by a call for the previous question, which can always hush the cries of the mi nority, has defeated my hopes in this di rection. When I began the debate, I felt that I was powerless to stem the tide of legislation in favor of this railroad. The result of the contest has convinced me that my conclusion was correct. It is a sad spectacle which this scene presents. I conceive, sir, that it was a hand to-hand fight between the railroad on the one side, and the burdened tax-payers of the State upon the other. In that unequal contest, I see that the people of the State have be come the slaves to the power which their ideas of convenience created long ago. I have fought to-night to prevent it, and yield only when I can no longer resist. If, by a resort to any means within my power, I could prevent the further enslavement of those whom I represent to taxation for this railroad, I would do so. I have re minded the members of this Senate, of tneir statements in tne past, that tax -pay ers would not longer be burdened to con. struct the Western North Carolina Rail road, in the fancied completion of which, they inform me, repose and are centred all the cherished hopes of .their fathers. But this idea has been disrobed of the force in which its sentiment has draped it. When those fathers desired that this road should stretch its iron arms from peak to peak across the mountains of Western Carolina it was the property of their State, and their property as her citizens. This has ceased to be the case. It belongs to day to another powerful and wealthv cor poration. It is no longer the property of the sons oi tnose sires, wnose State bride prompted its beginning, and whose desire 10 witness 11s nnai completion, we are told, loomed above their every hope. I think. sir, that I am not lacking in that feeling i priuc. x uesire 10 see every portion of L . nr.,. .1 1 ... . me vt est, uevciopea, ana tne world invited to gaze on the jewels which, for centuries, have slumbered within her bosom. But I am unwilling mat tbis should be done bv oppressive taxation, by a gift of convict laoor, oy a release or large indebtedness, wnen conironteu by the fact that it is all to be iree 01 charge for the benefit of an other corporation. Unwillingness to see my State pay thousands of dollars, and re lease other thousands of indebtedness, for mc npieuuiu privilege or taxing tier citi zens to construct and give away a railroad compels me to decline participation in such generosity. The regard which I have for the rights of the burdened tax-payers, wnicn rights I am sworn to nrotect and the custodian of whose interests I have the honor to be, makes me shudder when I am told that the yoke is again to be placed upon the neck of the peoDle who ha vp rwn taught that from its oppression they were free. It would seem unjust that for their return to enslavement and servitude to this railroad they were to be charged, in addi tion to donating Muarelv out mul or. other road, so handsome a tribute for the honor. in me name of the people of North arouna, 1 protest against it, but that protest I know to be pwn-ertess. Whatever surging storms of pobular disaDBroval th passage of this act may arouse, it cannot prevent me matter now. Time may par tially remedy, but it cannot totally efface the effect of this bill. Again, I say sir that there is sadness in the scene. The will of the people is the great power or tne siate. 1 confess I be neve mat win would not dictate what is proposed. It cannot stop it now. Slain ana snrouded in the halls of her own Leg islature, lies the prostrate form of mv State. When I see what I imagine to be her slavery to any corporation, I turn from iue picture ana close mv eyes to its sug gestions. A sigh escapes me, and I whis per, larewen, a long farewell, to her greatness. ' my rnena, the distinguished Senator from Cabarrus, in one of the graceful u'uw u mucy in wnicn he indulges, has borrowed scriptural allusions, in which to wrap his congratulation of the Western people. I might invite him to the perusal of another nature which the same volume contains. We are told that the pious Jew wept as he sat by the waters of .Babylon and gazed on the fading glories of Jerusa lem. I haye no deluge of tears let fall to the floors of this chamber, but if I comu 0.0 so, 1 would use themi to wash from the statute books the lasttrace of mis act Deiore the ink which enrolled it was dry. When I see my State a fallen foe, as she appears to be, in a contest" with a railroad, dismantled of her supremacy I feel a deep solicitude for the future of her citizens. I strive to thwart my powers of vision, for I hate to see her defenceless, downtrodden, a slave to any corporation Oppression approaches by stealthy steps. One by one, unless carefully guarded, the rights of the people are taken away The galley slave as he walks the deck of the ship on which he is confined, may recall in fancy the flowerets of freedom, which haye bloomed along his pathway and faded. Standing here to-night, powerless to prevent what I conceive to be the wrong which is threatened, unable to rend asunder the veil which hangs o'er the hid den realities of the future, I can only con jecture the successive steps in the line of servitude to this railroad, which other legislatures will be invited to take. The reasons presented in urging our support of this bill appear strange indeed to my mind. Without anv apology or hesitation, we are politely informed that the great corporation now owning" the Western road will never complete it to Murphy unless the State releases the in debtedness of that corporation for con vict hire and taxes her citizens to furnish convict labor to do the work. The road when completed is to be the property of those owners, and the bonds given to secure the performance of their agreement are to be at once returned. I make the assertion, without fear of immediate con tradiction, that no State has the right to tax her citizens to build a railroad which a progressive syndicate considers an un profitable investment and declines itself to , J1 fcts become the more forcibly striking when we reflect that the moment the road is built, that moment the absolute property in it, passes into other hands I Those who qpposed the measure in its original shape derive congratulation be cause it was amended and shorn of some of its power. It may be a source of pleas ure to them, and as, far as it goes has that effect upon me. But it recalls another scene 7 "a in pages 01 history. Wo are told that in an ancient battle the com manding and victorious general was sur veying the field on which number of his fallen officers. In reply to congratulatory remarka, which were ten dered, he shook his head and whWrd one other such victory and I'rn ruined man." The application is too plain for comment. N ; "t Imagination, in roaming amid the aisles has erected, floats- o'errhe .glojjre-i bodings. 1 am warned that unless repeti tions of this nature are prevented; the fancied upremaqy of the rights and the wishes of the people iwill soon have be come but lingering; shadowy reminith 4pence. V f - fti t;r, - & In my opening speech against the pas sage of the bill, 1 appealed to Senators and asked them to assist me in defeating it. . The roll call has shown me that that appeal is unanswered. My vote stamped on the pages pf the journal will testify in my behalf and in its silence suggest the dischargepf my duty. I fall overpow ered because I cannot prevent it. My vote against the bill can do the State no good ; I believe it will never do me harm. I vote, No. NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE. All Sorts and Conditions of Men. Hon. R. F. Armfield, of this place, has received and accepted an invitation to de liver the annual address before the Litera ry Societies of Wake Forest College at the next commencement, Wednesday, 10th of June. StatetvilU Landmark. Messrs. E. R. Stamps, Wake; Chas. M. Cooke, Franklin ; A. D. Brown, New Han over; H. R. Bryan, Craven; W. L. Steele, Richmond ; F. L. Reid, Wake ; Levi Scott, Guilford ; C. F. Lowe, Davidson ; and J. L.' Robinson, Macon, have been appointed Penitentiary Directors. The new Trustees of the University are Messrs. R. H. Battle, Julian S. Carr, Wm. H. Day, Wm. E. Hill, Montford McGehee, Paul B. Means, Charles Price, John M. Galloway, Alexander B. Andrews, Thomas H. Pritchard, John C. Scarborough, James Parker, Lee S. Overman, Joseph A. Bit ting, George Howard, James H. Horner, A. M. Lewis, John E. Woodard, Thomas W. Mason, Wm. H. Chadbourn, James A. Graham, James M. Mullen, H. A. Gudger. Visitor. The Southerner has frequently criticised Senator Ransom as an official, but has al ways endeavored to be just to him, and rumo having reached here that he would accept a foreign appointment, the South erner hastens to acknowledge his ex ceeding fitness for the same. Of course a man of our Senator's ability and prominence would take nothing less than minister to one of the great European courts. As Minister to the Court of St.' James, he would cast into deep shadows a Lowell and nearly every one of his predecessors. Senator Ransom is our ideal of a minister pleni potentiary and Envoy extraordinary. He possesses that luariter in modo eomiter in re in a su perlative degree. Ttirboro Southerner. The Rev. Elias Bray, an insane clergy man, came from Wilkesbarre a few days ago and announced t-hat, be had a mission from God to remove the incoming Presi dent. The lunatic having consulted and taken into his confidence .some gentlemen well known in New York City, they placed him in the custody of the police. He is a bright, intelligent-looking man, well dressed, but having a wild, unsettled look in his eyes. Bray is forty -five years old, and was born in England. He left Wilkes barre on Tuesday for the purpose of ' re moving," by means of " spiritual manifes tations," Grover Cleveland. "I have a mission," said he. 'My mission is by spiritual manifestations to remove Presi dent Cleveland and to straighten out the crooked places and to establish a new era in this nation and every other nation un der the sun." " Would you use violence!" "No; the Lord never uses violence. I will go and say to the President: Stand aside while' I make my proclamation." " 'The year of jubilee has come, return ye ransomed sinners home.' I will move on President Cleveland by way of Bsltimore : this, mark ye, would be a piece of strate gy outrivalling anything done by General Grant." He was sent to the Hospital ivero 1 ore nor ta. ITEMS ABOUT WOSIEIf. Tonne One, old Ones, and Uncertain. He saved, and he saved, and he saved, Economical, rood Mr. Buzband: Aod when be bad eot all be craved, It went to his wife's second husband. LouitvilU Courier Journal. a 11 art lord reporter who managed to get into a secret Salvationist praise service says the members acted like lunatics, and an me maies Kissed the females except colored gitl. Springfield Most.) Repub- l S4XS. He " Won't you go sleighing with me iuib eveningr She "Have you a gentle horse?" He "Yes, indeed. I can drive him with one hand." She "I'll go." Philadelphia Can. A veritable hop o' my thumb is reported an infant child born in Fayette County whose hand and arm were drawn through a common sewing thimble to the arm pits or shoulder. The father and mother are proua or it. Macon (Oa.) Telegraph. uruv&, aa oiu i&uy wno was Duneo atltappahannock Station, Virginia D.iujr, weignea over 600 pounds. one naa oeen an invalid for years. Her coffin measured 3 feet wide by i feet aeep. it required 12 pall-bearers to carry gvc. oauimore mm. Whil. . i uia a utvj L v Vf ill n rr tiaatv . . skating on the Conemaugh river at Liver more last Saturday night one of the young iervy or mrowing nis arms around one of the young ladies, when she struck out from the shoulder and knocked one or nis eyes out so that it hung down on his cheek. Indiana Progres. " Vi " i , .. , . -ai "cu a conceited young , ' . "BVC ine greatest admiration ior tne iair sex, but I never marry. Oh, dear, no." expect to inaeeat" remarked a lady. "Then I am to understand that you not only ad mire women, but have a sincere regard for them iua xonH " W. -v 7. ? - i a vrm j. iTnee. "Poor John was so fond of saia a bereaved widow. "His last was ou mat he could eat 300 clams in twenty minutes." 'Did he win the betP "Yes, he won the bet," sighed the widow, "but the money didn't do us any &r " ""cry cent OI It to him. New York Sun. bury In the discussion as tO the deletorinna effect of tobacco upon the human system, which iias iust been started nfrnsf, case of by the . Avuuf , Utv a Kentucky woman, vouched for Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, not be fortrotten. SVio k.. should . . o 111 .,""6 -"o pipes wmie a youn girl and, persisting in the practice, die. a" lue g i no years. Sew York Sun. She trips ho more With hght foot o'er The ball-room floor; But dally wears . A look austere, And says her prayers, For Lent to here. 8he puts away Her fine array Till Easter Day. 1 No more flirtation, . But contemplation,: 8elf-abneation, And fervent piety; 1 !.: To maids becoming, . , And for variety, A little "'slumming.'" ' With this to cheer her ' ' On her way, i As she draws nearer Easter Day. This pleasant thought To eheer her heart, ' - Wheiie'er her dd dwells on ft OnEasterDay. " She'll come out gay And wear a daisy bonnet. Courier. THE NEW SOCIAL BBeiBTB. , The WomeiT4rthe AdjlnitratlmiN' rNY. Herala's Washington tu&i ministration opened Saturday afternoon at the White House, i Mine Cleveland -.the. president's sister, who u to preside for him, gave her ; first roception 'and shopkl hands with 'a steady stream of toeopTeinen,"1 women and children, : forltwohours.; A a ; .l; 1 j r . - ..ir-.-, ... throng was expected and prepared for by providing an additional exit through a window of the hall, out to the street and by allowing only a hundred or so of the more prominent callers to remain in the great East Room where the ceremony oc curred.' The throng was masaged a little better by holding the reception in the East Room, but it materially increased the for mal and unsociable air which always pre vails about a new hostess at the White House. Miss Cleveland came down promptly at three, escorted by Marshal McMichael and followed by her sister, Mrs. Hoyt, with Colonel Rockwell, and these two gentle men later made tne presentations. Stand ing with the sisters were Mrs. Bacon second married sister of the President, and mrs. Cleveland, the wife of the Rev. Mr Cleveland. THE NEW" HOSTK88. Miss Cleveland received all cordially. having a pleasant word for literary people in particular, and recognizing many whom she has met within the last few months in social life in Buffalo and Albany. She is tall and delicately built, with strong fea A. TT 1 . t ' 1 . 1 . . lures, ner snort, ngnt brown nair is jauntily curled all around her well-shaped head, and, while she dresses well, she makes no pretensions to style. Her gown was or veivet a aars, emerald green plainly and richly .made. About the neck she wore a fine Honiton lace fichu, caught with a corsage bouquet of pink roses. Her long, white kid gloves covered her closely fitting sleeves nearly to the elbow. During snort intermissions sne sat down and car ned on a lively conversation with ladies grouped back of her. While a perfectly wen-possessed woman, the ordeal was try ing, and she betrayed a slight nervousness in tne start, which gradually wore away. TUB SISTERS. rr ..... vv . ner sister, juts. Hoyt, who stood next her, is very pretty and bright, and her velvet dress of London smoke, combined with a lighter brocaded velvet, was ex ceedingly becoming. Herjiair was tastily nrrangu in me lasmonaoie son coils, and a buncb,of roses at her belt and soft falla of fine lace at the throat made her the prettiest fignre in the line. Mrs. Bacon, another sister, whose dark brown hair in crimpled waves framed an intelligent and sympathetic face, was at tired in a rich black silk dress, combined wnn oiacK brocaded velvet. She soon left the line and mingled socially with those who were asked to remain in the East Room and thus became more famil iarly acquamtea than her sisters. Mrs. Cleveland . wore a black brocaded velvet nign tnroatea HKe the rest, and had 1 1- r , . uuiicu oi jacqueminot roses as a corsage urutuueui. PRESENT AffD ABSENT. In the throng which passed along with out an interruption until five o'clock there were noticed none of those who last week made up the circle' of gayety about Ar thur's court circle. Among those present were Mrs. secretary Bayard, Mrs. Pendlc ton, Mrs. John McLean, Mrs.' Nordhoff, Mrs. Vilas, who accompanied her hus band, the Postmaster-General ; Mrs. Rep- reeeuiauve turun, airs. Carlisle, Mrs. liter, Mrs. Cockrell and the handsome Mrs. Mitchell, wife of Congressman Mitchell, who came in dressed in glowing red, the only bit of feminine gorgeousness in tne room, a strange lady, who wore an elaborate white velvet bonnet, with great deal of impressivencss as she passed jici5cum;u jura, rmcuii witu a spray or two of smilax and a tiny bunch of crocuses, and then walked off looking l. i : i o uu;u reiievcu. Mrs. Vice-President Hendricks was one in me visiiiug mrong ana looKed very uauuHome in a rich robe or black si k i with a brocaded velvet wrap and dark blue bonrret. Mrs. Hugh McCulloch was the only lady representing the last Cabinet Promptly as the clock struck, five Miss Cleveland, with a low bow to the group asscuiuieu aoout tne room, passed out and up stairs, escorted by the Marshal and fol lowed by her sister. SIMPLICITY RTJI.E8 THE HOUSE Simplicity rules the day at the White House. The family rise early, the Presi dent soon after seven. The family break fast at nine, lunch at half-past one and aine at seven promptly. Meals are des patched quickly and with no undue cere mony. At ten o'clock all is quiet in the house and its inmates are enjoying peace- mi rest. If' m . ... jjiiss Cleveland thinks of continuing mese aiiernpon receptions through this month on Saturdays, and gave ample evi dence to-day that she has plenty reserve force to make them popular and interest "'g Ktueriiig8, renecting in many ways me nomc me ana social intercourse which t prevail at the White Housi AW ATTRACTIVE PLACE. Governor Jarrls Anteac tn Talked of. N. Y, Times Washington Telegram. I That Commissioner of Agriculture Lo- ring s piace is attractive to Democratic eyes is evident from the number of gentle men who are already named as willing to ooouuic rcepousiumnes oi tne onice. congressman Aiken, of South Carolina, has strong backing for this nositinn in. eluding the indorsement of 26 8tate Gran ges. Among those who will take pains to oeaiia frltn T J . t . 1 .... ooouie we treimtniw tneir willingness to take charge of the Agricultural Depart ment are ex-uongressmen Mnldrow, of Mississippi, and FerrelL of New Jeruv The latter would not find fault if put at the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Representatives Tillman, of South Caroli na,, and Hatch, of Missouri, and ex-Gov. Jarvis, of North Carolina, are also named as candidates for Dr. Lo ring's place. , THE PATENT OFFICE Is Thought a Desirable Situation. Washington Letter. For Commissioner of . Patents several names are mentioned. Ex-Congressman Vance,, of North Carolina, a brother of Senator Vance and Chairman of the last Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, is a leading candidate." Ex-Congressman Lamb, of Indiana, is also regarded as a strong candidate, while Charles A. Shaw, la well known 'Boston lawyer, is well indorsed for the place. -i " o 't , , THE COLORED CONTINGENT . Have Fixed Upon Their Places, ; (N. Y. Herald Washington Letter. Colored men who are ready to accept of fice at the hands of a Democratic' Admin istration appear to have settled upon the positrons of Register of the Treasury and Minister to Liberia, aa belonging to thei race. Several white men are aspTranft' fof Register; Brace's, place, but the appliiiai tions from colored men are much more itn- merous. ' ' . - "'; t n" A BlgT Fish Story. - iNeWYork 8uniriJ r .'t A stage was upset in Annlemte Creek: in southern Oregon," the other day, by rush of salmon. The; hor wbm loose,; and .the - driver escaped on t tfeeir backs. The salmon crowded the5 rtrer from banlr fo. d4b!c,i and the school wa$ orer smile lonjg.i ? -n sotjthebiv: Women Sfclme la Washington Society. New York World.J In this city of cosmorjohtea T iSnd? the Southern women the most verut- L tile, and nearly all of them well-informed politicians, for politics has always been a "part of their home education. Thv r students of Shakspeare. Dickens and Shakspeare, Dickens and Thckeray, are familiar with Byron. Keats, Tennyson and even with the classic poets. "Mrs. Z. B. Vance is a leader among the Senators' wives, as in society generally, and her Thursday receptions are always crowded, for she is personally as popular as'her husband is and is' almost as well posted politician. Having always taken a deep interest in the affairs of the nation, she is well-fitted to be the wife of a public man and her opinions have considerable weight and influence with the Senator. She is his second wife, as he is her second husband, for she was a widow at the time of her marriage to him with one child bud, who is very promising, and is a stu dent at the Georgetown Jesuit College iicic. ju.ro. v ance is by oirtn a Kentuck - j w-vuwm,, nuu 13 aa ue- ; voted to her religion as she is to her only i child,' of whom she is very proud. She is Ml una rtv tmrh f'othniu --j : j. medium-sized, with a beautiful figure and wears, a small glove and shoe, has blue eyes and black lashes, a classic head and face, and a fine suit bf hair that has be come prematurely gray. The Senator and herself occupy a house on Massachusetts avenue that they have leased for years. The wife of the Speaker of the House occupies perhaps the most trying official position of any lady in Washington. She receives each Wednesday during the ses sion as many callers as all the Cabinet Ministers' wives put together, for her hus band's position, next to that of the Presi dent, is considered the most powerful, uu ouc is cpct:ieu to return each one oi these visits in person. And Mrs. Car lisle certainly does her duty in this respect She is well poised and has tact and iudr. ment which will bear her to the end safely through the ordeal. Mrs. General Myers daughter of thelnt General Twiggs is one of the handsomest ladies of Washington and one of the best Known. .Her beauty and serenity are per haps her most characteristic qualities. Mrs. John Barbour haa Ion? hen nized.as a social power, and is a true Vir ginian in type and hospitality. Genteel, refined, warm-hearted and unrwitpn tut ism a she will continue to be, as the wife of one oi me prominent Democratic politicians, a great favorite .with the Southern element She has no children, and her sister, Miss Daingerfield, who resides with her, does ucr part in making their home one of the most pieasant. mrs. f tulip Fbillips, the wittiest and perhaps the sauciest of women. i kinH of female Bob Toombs, original and unre constructed, genei-ous-hearted, delighting the old and the young with her esprit and racy conversations. She is the widow of the late lamented lawyer, Judge Phillips, and has lived apart for a year from society. oue was imprisoned in New Orleans by Butler when he was in command there as a rebel who would defy him. Mrs- A. Y. P. Garnett, the wife of the skillful Washington physician, is a daugh ter of the late Governor Wise, of Vir ginia. A lady who would purify any atmosphere in whioh she moved, with her just and high ideas of decorum and ex quisite refinement, she refuses i to go be yond the circle where they are not. and exercises a potent influence for good and for the exaltation of her sex, of which she is scarcely hersell aware. Miss Catherine Lee. Bayard, upon whom the onus of receiving and returning the visits of the numerous guests that her father's high position and her mother's invalidism causes to fail upon her, is, per fectly au fait and well constituted to .carry out the task. She is very individual, graeeiui and picturesque. Mrs. James -Carlisle deserves more than a passing notice. She is a widow for the second time. Her .first husband. General .Anderson, died a heroic death at Antietam ; ner second a well-known lawyer here. Intellectually and socially her claims of .recognition and her influence place her among the first. Miss Daisy Hampton, a daughter of Senator Wade Hampton, and the presid ing genius of her father's home, is a Lady uiara vere de Vere. loung, brilliant, aristocratic in bearing as in name, lofty and beautiful in character as in appear ance, she is ex cathedra high bred and courtly, and: will continue to come now each year to Washington Mrs. Randall L. Gibsou, the wife of the Senator from Louisiana is a typical South ern lady, and few can compete with her in beauty or in charm. . She breaks upon you as Aurora does upon the night and dazzles you with the freshness of her, personnelle. The loss of two young sisters within a few weens oi each other has caused her to withdraw for two years f rom the gay soci ety oi Washington, but next session she will entertain as usual. She has traveled extensively and knows life perfectly, but is tpe most uncontaminated grown person I have ever met. ' v' Mrs. James Eustis. the Wife of Senator- elect Eustis, of Louisiana, is another type of elevated womanhood accomplished,' polished and possessed of the innate tavoir aire that never falters. Mrs.' Eustis is average in height, with targe dark-blue eyes and brown hair. She has. a grown aaugnter yet in ner teens who will be a most decided belle. -Mrs. William. Preston C. Breckinridge. of Lexington, Ky., with her two daugh ters, will make an undoubted impression here Mr. Breckinridge is a member select from the blue-grass State to the next Con gress and his family are as' Interesting as they are cultivated Mrs. Randolph Tucker is widely known aud widely admired. : Although the mo ther of a large, grown , family and the grandmother of fifteen grandchildren, her lace ana figure exhibit only the mellow neas of middle age. The face is perfectly oval and the brown, almond-shaped eyes are as soulful and as gentle as .those of a gazelle. She has a sweet,, low voice. She has the gift of making all ieel aft ease, and is a fitting companion for i her husband, the genial, brilliant jurist an d politician. "jlTW.n hi ' - THE WILLING FOLK Host be also Willing, to, Walt. T World Washington TelegVam. ''' There have been no appointments to-day in the departments or py the President and it is not probable that the list of nom inations to the Senate on Monday will be a long one. - It is not unreasonably expect ed that the new-President wifr begin his work soon ; but those1 who ! expect to -see him act' hastily -will bo-disappointed. Borne of the Democrat here, who may be animated 'by the best: and most patriotic motives, are becoming eonritrced that there is a man of strong purpose at' the head of the Government and thattlt will no do to hope for a rapid and reckless -swinging of the Executive axe. i i'l&i said' that dele gation from a Southern Btate called upon ham to-day and kindly informed him that it had been arranged how the Federal offi cers in their State should be distributed. The President is reported to haye .heard tbe programme, of,, e sitSnj; partyr after which he told : them 'that he did. not nro- ppse to,move jwith inconsiderate JUste, and that he intended to be governed by the principles enunciated in his letter written after the election, otf'civff service reform. " u ."V I1V1I m MOM Mill w treated well,: but if the lion i had been in Daniel's den be would have made things I nvwy tor tne' Daniel family. ' THE ABB ANSA W SMALL BOY Paasoa From Pa Call to his Firm !tt. j Arkassaw Traveller, j " George, shut the gate. Shut it, I tell you. Iff you don't shut it I'll wnip V6U You ouiht to be ashamed of yourself " she continues as she goes out and shuts the gate. "Never mind. Til tell your father when he comes home. Don't pull up that rose bush. Don't, I tell you if you do ril whip you. There, you bad boy I ought! to whip you for that. Put that bush down. Put it down, I-xell you ' The bpy throws it down and wipes his dirty hands on his trousers. "Donft wipe your hands on your breeches; don't, I tell yon; nevermind I'll tell our father when he comes. Bad boy, don't mind his mamma " "I ain't a bad boy." "Yesi you" are." ' "I know I ain't." " Doi('t dispute my word, I tell you If you dispute my word I'll whip you " "I ain't a bad boy." " Didn't I tell you I'd whip you if Vou disputed my word? You ought to "be ashamed of yourself. Don't take off your shoe. Don't, I tell you. If you take off your shoe I'll whip you. There you bad boy, I'U tell your father." "I ain't a bad boy." "Yea, you are." "No I ain't, neither." "Yeyouare." "I aip't." "Don't dispute my word. If yOU do I'll whip you. Put on that shoe. Put it on, I tell you ! If you don't put it on I II whip yu. Bad boy not to put on his shoe when his mamma tells him. Never mind, ou shan't go out in the country with me." " Don't want to go." "Nevermind, when you see the horse hitched up to the buggy you'll want to go." ; "I'll' be good." "Well, be good, and you may go. Don't tear your sleeve! Don't, I tell you! Didn't il tell you not to tear your sleeve? Say? Never mind, I'll make you sorry for it. Don't put that thing in your mouth. Stop it, I tell you. Throw that nasty thing down this instant or I'll whip you. Throw it down, I tell you. Never mind, you shin't go with me. People will 8ay 'there goes the lady without the little boy' Wdhdar "where. is the little boy.' Then somebody will say 'he was a bad bov and his mamma made him stay at home.' Never mind, sir." "I'li be good," throwing down the top of a-blacking box. "I won't do it any more. I Then will you take me?" "Yet. Let that cat alone. Put down the cati I tell you. Didn't you hear me ? Say I fPut down the cat or you shan't go with me. Put down the cat, that's a good boy. Didn't you hear me; say? Never mind, f There, I'm glad she scratched yon. Qne times there was a little boy that wouldatmind his mamma. He was a bad little boy, and when he wasn't looking an old cow came up and hooked him and the little bpy cried; yes, he did." "It Wasn't me." "But it will be you unless you behave yourself." "Was it a great, big old cow ?'' ''Yes, and she had long horns The old cow says 'moo. moo, here is the boy that wont mind his mamma,' and " "Di4 she hook him ?" "Ye, she did. She threw him up in the tree, an' the boy cried and cried and said, 'Oh, Mrs. Cow, if vou'll let me get down I'll be good.' " "Why didnt the boy hit the cow with a rocki?" "He couldn't when the cow had him up Ota her thorns." " Why didn't he hit her 'fore she got him up on her hornsif " He couldnt, for the old cow grabbed him up and threw him into the tree. The old cow says she is going all around and hook all the little boys5 that " " She can't hook me. I'd throw dirt in her faeo." "That's what the other little boy thought. He said she couldn't hook him and be laughed at his mamma, but she did hook him." "I'd made tha dog bite her." "That's what the other little boy thought, but the dog wouldn't bite her. Now, are' you going to be good ?"' " Yessum." "Then the old cow won't hook you. Don't jthrow your hat over there ! Don't put it lover there, I tell you. If you put VAtii" tiaf n.or I'll n Kin vnn I'll whip you just ascertain as you do. There, you good-for-nothing thing. Never mind, you shan't go with me. I'm going to tell your father. You are a bad boy and 1 No, I won't kiss dont love you a bit you." I She kisses him. " Ybu shan't go with me Never mind, III teB your father." American Humor. Acta Columbiana. "And now, Mr. Freshton," said the Professor, iu a suave and encouraging tone, j" how would you define humor I would suggest more particularly American humo?" "Well, Sir," replied the rep- rvBLnlntivp nf "RR nftr ftcveral minutes had been employed in seemingly, profound reflection, "Ithink I could best define it hv n:pTjTinlp " " Your examnle. then." gently urged the Professor; "it will evi dence: your comprehensive Knowieage 01 the siibiect: proceed." "Well," replied the youth, "a man sat upon a keg of powder; he was absorbed in deep reflec tion, and had a lighted cigar in his mouth. They picked up one button." t How Frenchmen Fool Away Time. " rRockland Courier-Gazette. 1 "A scientific Frenchman says he has discovered a process for making artificial braihis," said Mrs. Wigglesworth, looking ip from tne paper sne was reau.ug. "Artificial brains!" sniffled Mr. Wig- .Wnrfl, r.rnfnllv "that's lUSt like g.xonu.vu, -.-..j , thosef nonsensical Frenchmen, always fool ing away their time maxing someuuug artificial. What I want is real brains none fof your make-believe nonsense." S T- . .. . Ynr Mrs. Wiggleswortn, as sne resuiucu paper, demurely murmurea mar. sue u noticed it too, but she never snuuiu uo.v dared to speak of it herself. And bit. Wigglesworth rubbed his bead in a dazed sort of fashion, and wondered if he really had expressed himself just as he meant to dd. Whj wo Can' Compete with Fiorina. Chicago Herald. " fipnrrro " Raid a COUntrV JOUBg Uuy 10 her beau as they snuggled into a seat, "it 8 nice to nae on me cars, m " 'Yes, Sarah." . ; r,i ncm trnintr to travel a long I ways on the cars where would you ; ratbqrgo?" ..,;.. Where " To Chicago or aui"'- ould you rather go?" " To Florida, by all means. "Why?" u Lt-m. lrnnw. George, be- cause-becauselin Florida they have so many. orange-blossoms, you .know un tne return inp ----- - , together, ap4 lid her P? y taken f . . .,7 o rr mint have taken upon; a big snouiuer. iic the hint. i "" Tne Wow Base Ball Monstache. I tr" Umhui Traveller. I What cnte little moustache John rki one girt to another. has, Slijghtlyv scattered, however'' " les, s afbase ball moustache." "What'. , thst -nine oft a side!" "Of w"?1 tll old. n "What is it, then r " w nj. all out." out
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