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RALEIGH, 3NFr jj WEDNESDAY,. JUNEa4x188!C r0S FEDER ATE HOME ASSOCIATION to the s-n" "nd : ters of North 1 Carolina. At the Annual Meeting of the Confeder ate Home Association, held' May 20th, 1S83- it was determined to make one more effort to raise, in the State, the amount required to erect a suitable home for our indigent soldiers, before asking aid of strangers. . The success of this movement will de pend on local organizations, through which we hope to collect at least fifty cents from each white voter in the State, and the same from his mother, wife, sister or daughter. In every community there still must be willing hearts enough who will undertake this labor of love and patriotic dutv. We, therefore, in the name of everything dear to us as North Carolinians, appeal to them to meet, drgamzc, and go to work at once, by asking everybody for something and accepting everything of fered, be it but five cents. We appeal to the editors of the State to head a column " Contributions in aid of a Xorth Carolina Soldiers' Home," and to publish weekly all contributions made in their respective communities. This would materially stimulate local organizations and contributions and be an additional proof of the willingness of "The Press of the State " to promote any movement cal culated to elevate North Carolina. We appeal to our ministers to give full notice and to have special contributions taken up for this work. The heads of colleges, seminaries and seh iols are requested to ask their pupilslo aid us with contributions. We are confi dent such requests would receive a cheer ful and generous response, for the young are always liberal towards needy and plead in ir old age. The necessity of ' a. home for the indigent survivors of ' the North Carolina Troops " must be apparent to all who can appreci ate the noble spirit which impelled these bent old men to brave the dangers of war and win glories sufficient which, if trans posed into gems of worthy brilliancy, would encircle our State and create for it a per petual day more superbly bright than those which come to us in summer's happiest time. True as are these inspiring facts, many of our soldiers have been allowed to die in poor-houses and many are still forced to resort to these abodes of woe. Is this right or just ? Do you believe these heroes would have done so much to make North Carolina's war record so grand if they had known their State would iesert them in their years of feebleness and want ? Alas! they never doubted their State, but. inspired by that love which shines in matchless splendor when devoted to a country's cause, they marched ever for ward until the flag they were commanded to defend and follow was furled fort ver. Should sucn men be allowed to exist in poor-houses and fill pauper's graves ? W.ill you longer permit such fates to come to them and still continue to boast of a pecu liar chivalry and renown the plain result of their soldierly bearing and devotion ! Until this Home is built and provided for, all such boastings should cease, for they cannot sound save as heartless mockeries! Will you give and gather the paltry pit tances we need and must have to make our object a success, or will you decline, and thereby force the historian to draw around your claims for magnanimity, generosity and charity the dark and dreadful lines of palpable neglect and merciless ingratitude? Believing your , answer will be such as North Carolinians should make when their needy and pleading defenders ask shelter, support and mental ease, we hopefully submit this important question and imper ative duty for your consideration and ac tion.. W. F. Beasley, President. State papers please copy. AMONG THE SCHOOL PEOPLE. Abut the Peabody Fund. As very general misapprehension exists in the State as to the rules regulating the amount and distribution of the Peabody rund in the State, we publish below a circular from the general agent, showing the rules governing such distribution. Manv persons suppose that the State Su perintendent has a voice in determining the amount to each State, but he is abso lutely without voice in that matter. The amount is determined by the Board of Trustees, and is based first on the sum re ported bv the Treasurer as at their dispo sal, and secondly on the report made to tnem by the general agent, Dr. Curry. The distribution of the sum thus appropri ated to each State is settled by Dr. Curry on consultation with the several State Su perintendents and is governed by the rules laid down below : Cirrulur o f the General Agent of the Pea lly Fund : As applications for aid are numerous, and misapprehension exists in regard to tLe distribution of the income of the fund, the following explanations are published: 1. The Peabody Fund is not distributed anions the States according to population, nor in proportion to the comparative des titution of auy community. The Trustees, in their '-absolute discretion," withhold funds when they would not promote the general purpose, and bestow liberally when taey would be productive of beneficial re suits. 2. The greater part of the income will he hereafter used in the education of teachers for public schools. Aid will be given to Xormal Schools, established, sup ported and controlled by a State, if they are of a hieh order. Normal Schools. where the art of teaching is the prominent branch of instruction, will be preferred to -ormai departments in academies and col leges. . 3. The Trustees eive to the States schoi arshina in the Normal Cdtlecre at Nashville. Teachers' Institutes, conducted by trained experts, are also aided-.but the instruction must be practical, adapted to public school duellers, and continued for some weeks 4. Only public schools carried on under 'ue auspices will be aided . . The entire cost of maintaining schools is in m case met by the Trustees. A small part of the current expenses is con tnbuted to encourage and stimulate the people to self-exertion in the cause of free-, popular education. The amount of aid 'Jiteii to Kflioolt vUl he determined partly by tlie 'Hifjuht of money raised by State tax, "Kid tax, or the voluntary contribution of 0. As all nilKlin cVirtrtla Pflnnnt Hp AlH- ed. a few will be selected radiating cen tres, jo illustrate, by their example, the est methods of teaching, and to exert a healthful influence in favor of "free schools lor the whole people." ' The schools, selected shall have at least 100 pupils; shall be properly graded, "ith a teacher for every 50 pupils; shall continue in session ten months in the year, and have an average attendance of not less l"an 85 per cent, of the enrolled pupils. 8. Applications for aid must be made before or near the beginning of the school year, and have the approval of the local whool officers and the State Superinten dent. r 9- The Trustees assume no control what ever over the schools receiving Peabody aa, leaving all questions of selection of wacners, discipline, &c, to the Stat or 'ocal authorities establishing and chiefly maintaining the schools. '.. -V 10. Seeking the improvement of State systems of public education, the Trustees will act in co-operation with the State ed ucational authorities. 11. Disclaiming all nurnniw of 5ntfrfr. encewith State; legislation or th admin Lvlf K f&oo iJaws, or the action of SUte Boafda and Superintendents and mu. QieiftaJ JBciitol Authorities, tie Trustee must have the liberty of performing the duties of the Trust according to the known ""'T express language of the donor of the Education Fund. -H J.L. M. Cubby, General Agent. By these it will be seen that the more money raised in a community by tax, as sessment, or gift, the greater is the chance of that community securing a part of the a. huuuj r unu. In all cases application must be made to the State Superintendent, to be by him brought to Dr. Curry's notice. Blank ap plications will be forwards desiring them. NORTH CAROLINA LANDS. Heal Estate Agency at Raleigh. We copy the following from The Rmith a journal of Southern and South-western progtes published, in. New York: ' It was a source of much pleasure to live, ' wide-awake. (wefl-rcmiatri real estate agency in Raleigh, a business conducted on the surest methods and the best principles, and one very likely to in duce immigration to the State. Messrs. Coke and Williamson are the parties allud ed to men of the highest stamp of charac ter and individual worth." We find upon inquiry that these gentle men have in hand for sale a very large quantity of real estate, embracing farm lands, timber lands, truck farms, town lots &c, scattered throughout every sec tion of the State. We are informed by them that they have tracts ranmnw from forty acres up to many thousands of acres, and are prepared to offer them ior sale at very reasonable figures and unon easy terms. They have, at a cost of much labor and expense, availed themselves of the very best methods of placing before the North and New England, the saleable lands of this State, and it is to be hoped and expected that they will succeed in causing many men of capital and much enterprise and energy, from those quar ters, to settle in our midst. The present wonderful progress and development of Florida is due to a very larire extent to the active systematic labors of the various real estate agencies of that State, and why may we not nope to see the same results from equally well directed efforts in this State ? The climate in Forida in summer is so hot as to be almost beyond human endurance, while that of North Carolina in point of uniformity, salubriousness and healthfulness is unsurpassed by any spot in America. Besides, the lands of Florida are proverbial for poverty from one end of the State to the other, while our lands are rich in soil and respond freely and boun tifully to the labors of ,the husbandman. We are glad to note that New Englaoders of small capital, but with plenty of vim and push, are just now turning their eyes towards the old JNorth State, and thatlarge quantities of land have recently been pur chased by a German colonist near Fayette- vuie ior settlement. Referring to the real estate agency al luded to in the article copied above, from our own knowledge of the gentlemen com prising it we do not hesitate to say that persons in this State having lands for sale, and also persons in and, out of this State who wish to purchase lands, could not do better than confer with these gen tlemen on the subject. SUPREME COURT. Decisions Piled February Term. From Advance Sheets of Davidson's Report. J DAVIS V. COUNCIL. 1. In order to prove fraud the conver sations of those who are charged as the perpetrators thereof, which accompany and explain the fraudulent acts, are admissible in evidence. - 2. A witness who admits that he partic ipated in the perpetration of a fraud is impeached, and it is competent to corrob orate his testimony by evidence of similar statements before made by him. 3. A purchaser from a fraudulent donee, in order to get a good title, must purchase without notice of the fraudulent character of his vendor's title. 4. An omission to give an instruction, which might have been proper had it been asked, cannot be assigned as error. 5. An instruction asked after the rendi tion of the verdict is not in apt time, and may be disregarded. 6. The only assignments of error which do not appear in the case on appeal, which the Supreme Court will consider, are want of jurisdiction, and that the complaint does not allege a cause of action. (State v. Twitty, 2 Hawks, 449; Jones v. Jones, 80 N. C, 246; Young v. Lathrop, 67 N. C, 63; Worthy v. CaddeU, 76 N. C, 82; Williams v. Kivett, 82 N. C, 110; Codrwr y. BizuU, Ibid., 390 ; Drake v. Drake, Ibid., 443; StaU v. Hinson, Ibid., 597; State v. Keath, 83 N. C, 626; Meekinsv. Totem, 79 N. C. 546; Williamson v. The Canal Co., 78 N. C, 156; Banh v. Graham, 82 N. C, 489, cited and-approved). TREASURY NOTES. The Week's Drummers' Licenses. June 16-t-rNewbold & Sons, Baltimore. June 16 Bailey Bros., Winston, N. C. June 16 J. & E. JIahoney, Portsmouth, Va. f$200). June 16 Owens & Minor, Richmond. June 16 S. Blanchard, Richmond, Va. June 18 Phillips, Allan & Marvin, Philadelphia. Pa. June 18 Hornthal & Deiches, Balti more, Md. June 19 M. E. Loeb, Wilmington, N. C. June 19 M. Laupheimer &Co., Balti more, Md. June 20 Frank & Adler, Baltimore, June 20 Houston & Bro., Baltimore. June 201. Whitehill & Co., Baltimore June 20 J. A. Butner& Co., Winston, N. C. June 22 Stn & Co., Richmond, Va, June 22 W. F. Allen & Co., Norfolk, Virginia. June 22 R. W. Hicks, Wilmington, N. C. Exchange of Ronds. The receipts of old bonds for exchange for new four per cents., have been $48,000 Since the Register s report for last weeK FAYETTEVILI.E ORSERVER. Kir. Halgh Takes Charge of It. To-day, as announced in its last issue, a change takes place in the editorial man agement of the Observer. In assuming the duties of the office, the writer is not un mindful of the responsibility he has taken unon himself; but he hopes, that by keep ing before him the aim and object of his predecessors, the interest of the public will in no wise suffer. Many years of close intimacy with the Senior Editor, whose good name is revered in all North Carolina, has impressed upon him many valuable lessons, and he feels that he would be recreant to his trust if by any act of his, harm should come to the fair name of the Observer, which has been so zealously and faithfully guarded by his son. In politics the Observer will be strictly Democratic, and will always work for town and-State. Of all, he asks a hearty and cordial support, that he may be encouraged to make it a newsy, interesting paper, which shall always receive a warm welcome at the fireside oi its rnenas. u. a. maigh. THE TRUCKING INTEREST 5 Along the A. N. C Railroad. f The following are the results of the ob serration and Inquiries of a Resists Reporter as to the extent of the tracking interest along the line of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad and tributary to it. This year's crop of peas 60,640 boxes; beans, 25,200 boxes; potatoes, 29,500 bar rels; cucumbers, 7,400 boxes; cabbages, 7,500 boxes; cantalopes, 1,310 boxes; all other vegetables, including turnips, squash and beets, 5,000 barrels. The aggregate quantity of turnips, on ions, squash and beets trucked- in the vi cinity of Newbern alone, in good years, would be about 20,000 barrels. The pres ent season has not been favorable, conse quently the crop has been short. An estimate of the watermelon crop must be based upon the returns of last season. The present season thus far has been favorable, and the prospect for a crop equally as good as the past year, and the acreage has been increased. So estimated, the watermelon crop on the line of the A. & N.' C R. R. and tributary to it will be a quarter of a million, or about 220 car loads, weighing over 200 tons. Mr. Joseph L. Rhem is the largest trucker in- the vicinity and probably in the State. He has 400 acres in truck. He planted 425 bushels peas, 12 pounds cab bage seed, 25 bushels beans, 225 barrels potatoes. His crop of watermelons he estimates at 20,000. Mr. J. A. Meadows, near Newbern, has 70 acres in truck, and planted 70 bushels of peas, 20 bushels beans, 70 barrels pota toes and 30 pounds cabbage seed. Mr. W. B. Calhoun, near Morehead City, is the largest cultivator of watermelons in this part of the State, and estimates his crop at 150,000. He planted 3 barrels of watermelon seed. Mr. John J. Wolfenden. near Newbern, has 400 acres in truck. He planted 160 bushels of peas, 12 bushels beans and 40 barrels potatoes. Capt. B. H. Gray, of .Newbern, has 55 acres in truck. He planted 75 bushels peas and 50 barrels potatoes. AMONG THE FARMERS Whose Work Gets Into the Papers. The reports from all the sections of the country round about Wilmington are that the crops are growing finely. Wilming ton Review. The prospects for fine crops in Johnston are indeed flattering. Through this sec tion all crrfps are very promising except wheat. Franklinton Weekly. Various reports come to us about the condition of the crops in the different sec tions of the countyi Upon the whole we think the outlook is hopeful. Clinton Caucasian. The wheat crop this year promises to be an average one in this county. The corn and cotton crops are clean and growing nicely. The tobacco crop h.is been hurt to some extent by cut worms, but is now growing off well. Lincoln Press. The middle of June finds us in the midst of plenty of garden vegetables and Irish potatoes, the wheat crop below an average, oats a short crop, corn and cotton well- worked as a general thin? and growing under very favorable conditions. Concord Times. Farmers all report a much better crop prospect than they thought possible a few weeks ago. Wheat has much improved, winter oats will be a complete failure, but spring oats are doing well. An extensive crop of tobacco is now planted and the crop growing off well. Leaksvule Echo. The crops of wheat and oats have im proved considerably within the last three or four weeks. The wheat is heading rea sonably well, and the yield will be fair considering the stand, but the stand is not good. Corn is looking well, and nearly all kinds of vegetables are coming on finely, the late rains having been very fa vorable. Greensboro Workman. BUSINESS NOTES. Dun & Co. report 196 failures last week, generally light and unimportant. The cotton receipts here last week were 37 bales; 29 more than last year. The sea son's receipts are 32,100 bales; 1,359 bales less than last year. The total receipts of cotton since Sep tember 1 are 4, 684, 240 bales, against 4,772, 062 last year. The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 1,997,270 bales, of which 1,416,370 bales are Amenc in, against 2,280,818 and 1,407,318 bales re spectively last year. . , The weekly statement of the New York Associated Banks shows the following changes: Loans increase $2,046,500; specie increase $531,900; legal tenders increase $2,031,400; deposits increase $4,155,700; circulation decrease $158,800; reserve in crease $460,575. The banks now hold $62,440,500 in excess of the 25 per cent, rule. The United States Geological Survey reports that the metals and mineral sub stances were produced in the year 1884 to the value of $413,104,620, against $455,- 216,689 in 1882. Iron was produced in 1884 to the value of $73,761,000: silver, $48,000,000; gold, $30,000,000; copper, $17,789,000; lead, $10,537,000; zinc, $3,- 422,000; quicksilver, $936,000. The coal product was worth f 143,000,000; petro leum, $20,000,000. The collections of internal revenue dur ing the first eleven months . of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885, as compared with the collections during the same period of last year, were as follows: From spirits $63,067,514, decrease $8,456,909; from tobacco $24,097,052, increase $53,130; from fermented liquors $16,273,486, in crease $53,688; from banks, bankers, &c. $25,000, increase $25,000; from miscel laneous $234,112, decrease $295,322. Ag gregate receipts $103,697,164,' being a de crease of $8,620,413. The total receipts for the month of May, 1885, were $1,582, 529 less than during the same month of the previous year. OBITUARY NOTES. Mrs. Adeline Alston, relict of the late John Jones Alston, died at her home, in Hickory Mountain Township, on last Sat urday. A mother in Israel has passed away, full of years and good works, and many a heart will be saddened at the an nouncement of her death. Her maiden name was Williams. She was born in Warren county in 1800. Since her mar riage, which occurred when she was quite young, she has lived in Chatham. Her husband belonged to the family of Als tons that has long occupied a high social position in Chatham, Warren and Halifax He died about forty years ago, leaving his wife with nine children, a beautiful home and an apparently ample fortune. One son, five daughters, twenty-seven grand children, and about eight great-grandchil dren survive her, and bear affectionate tes timony to the blessedness of her memory. In the days of her prosperity she bore her self well and dispensed a liberal hospital tv. When adversity came, and her for tune was wrecked by the casualties of war, she seemed to cling even nearer to the Cross, and bore her deprivation with the fortitude of an humble Christian. Even the grim monster Death has no terror for her, and after the vicissitudes of a long and eventful life she joyfully laid down her cross, took up her crown and went into rest 1 Ptttsboro Home. On Saturday night last W. H. Jones, Esq., died after a short illness of paralysis. Mr. Jones was a native of Franklin coun ty, born near Louisburg in November, 1817. He came to Raleigh' at the early age of 15 and commenced business life in the capacity of a merchant's clerk. Upon the establishment of a branch of the Cape Fear bank in this city he was chosen teller and afterwards elected to the position of cashier, which he held until the end of our civil war. In all the relations of life Mr, Jones was a man who possessed the pecu liar qualification of drawing friends. He was genial, kind and amiable, and added to these he possessed a vein of humor which charmed those with whom he came in contact. His loss will be seriously re gretted. Visitor. ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN. Grave and Gay Lively and Severe. Day breaks upon the world, And people rise from sleep ; Man goes off to his toil, And "woman stays to sweep. New York Sun. The wives of three naval officers having joined their husbands in Japan, the latter have been detached from duty for viola ting an order forbidding naval officers from having their wives with them on for eign stations. Baltimore Su?i. dis wife is the only person that believes all the lies a man tells. St. Louis Post Dispatch. Wrong, as usual. His wife is the only person who professes to believe all the lies a man tells. Between the two statements a vast gulf of feminine skepti cism is fixed. Indianapolis Journal. Little Girl from Chicago " Our family is a more aristocratic family than yours." Little Girl from Boston 41 No, it isn't. My mother can boast of her forefathers for the last two centuries." Little Girl from Chicago "Oh, that is nothing. My mother can boast of four husbands in the last two years." Phila delphia Call. Dr. Alice B. Stockton rushes into the field as a reformer of femaledress, advis ing her sisters to wear looser clothing 'and averring that "it is no unusual thing to find no less than sixteen thicknesses of cloth tightly fastened about a woman's waist" and yet this extraordinary if not extravagant estimate does not include the material of the masculine coat sleeve. JVc York World. Miss Betty was a remarkably young and handsome looking woman for her years, and she never told any one how old she was. " Gracious me, Miss Betty," said an old acquaintance, admiringly, one day, "how well you keep your age." " Thanks," she replied with a smile. " How do you ever manage to do it? " "Oh, easy enough; I never give it away." Merchant Traveller. Sweet maiden with the face so fair, And eyes that like the diamonds shine, Bright maiden with the queenly air, Once more I ask, wilt thou be mine Oh, give consent and be my wife, Some pity kindly show to me ; I love thee better than my life, And cheerfully would die for thee. Tfte Maiden. Oh, do not tease me now, 1 pray ; Talk love to me some other day. Suitor Xo. 2. The reason why I've called to-day Is this er well, upon my life, I scarcely know just what to say And er well, will you be my wife? You'll never know life's cares or ills, In silks and jewels you shall shine, I'll foot your millinery buls. And well, in brief, will you be mine ? The Maiden. This is so sudden ! But oh, la ! 1 think you'd better speak to pa. Boston Courier. A minister at a recent wedding came very near being broken up right in the midst of the ceremony, and ajJL.by the bride, a pretty, irague, young littt tning, and one of his favorite parishioners, She had insisted on the most rigid of the Epis copal Church forms, and her Unitarian minister had humored her. Imagine, then, his surprise as he dictated the lines, " Promising to love, honor and obey," to have her distinctly alter her oath to " Promising to love, honor and be gay," looking him directly in the face. He had some difficulty to control his inclination to laugh, and, not being prepared for the contingency, let it slip. Boston Home Journal. They were talking about husbands the other day. The dear ladies were at Mrs. Uxory s "tea," when dear little Mrs. Peachlittle, who thinks she has drawn the big prize in the matrimonial lottery, twit tered: "Nothing, Maria, in your John taking you to the theatre. Jane, if Sam did not go with you shopping, and carry home your bundles, he would be a brute by my Charley. Oh, my Charley, girls, actually carries his own wash, in the mid dle of the week, to the French laundry." This was a trump card. There was not one in the pack to take it. Then spoke Jane, softly: "But, my dear Peachy, don t you know some of those French laun dry women are awfully good-looking t " Nevermore shall collar, cuff, shirt, or lin gerie be handled by a daughter of sunny France. ban Francisco Jxewt Letter. As they rolled round the rink together, He asked with a winning smile, " Will you take my arm, fair maiden ?" And she said, " I am not that style. I have never made an acquaintance, And I surely will not to-day, Except through an introduction That is made in the regular way." Just then she falls to the surface, Aiid a thousand stars she sees. And she murmurs, demure as a kitten, "Oh, sir, pick me up, if you please 1 " Boston Courier. The Small Boy's Dealings with Father. Detroit Free Press. " No, my son' he replied, as he put on his hat, " you can't go to the circus." " But why, father?" "Well, in the first place I can't fool away my money on such things." "Yes, but I have enough of my own." "And in the next place it is a rough crowd, the sentiment is unhealthy, and no respectable person can countenance such things." "But, fath " " That's enough, sir. You can't go. I want you to enjoy yourself, but you must seek some more respectable amusement." An hour later a curious thing happened in the circus tent. A boy climbed to the top flight of seats and sat down beside a man who had just finished a glass of lem onade and was lighting a cigar, tie had his plug hat on the back of his head and seemed to be enjbying himself hugely. It was father and son. The father had gone straight to the grounds from dinner, and the boy had run away. They looked at each other for half a minute, and then the boy got in the first blow by whispering : " Say, dad, if you won't lick me I won't tell ma you was here." The father nodded his head to the agree ment, and the great spectacular parade in the ring began. Isabels and Amabels Don't do it. Boston Daily Advertiser. Nearly fifty young women received the bachelor 8 degree to admit a slight con tradiction in terms at Smith College on Wednesday. No doubt each one had properly quali fied herself for this distinction. But when one finds among the names of these grad uates Nellies and Carries and Jennies, and even a Virgie aud an Annie, it does not seem as if the grave letters A. JJ. will be come their owners. One does not see Georgies andxFreddies in the list of those graduated at Harvard College. It may be hoped that sometime before the era when we have women for Govern ors and Senators the mothers of the land will overcome their fondness for having their daughters baptized with nicknames; or that the daughters will have dignity enough to discard such names when they escape from girlhood. BRITISH POLITICS. The Victim Ahead of the Tetor. New York Sun Cable Message. J ; ; The Tories are already tired of their white elephant, and are doing their beat to get rid of it. The aspect of affairs to night is that the Tories will refuse to ac cept office, and that Gladstone will be asked to return. The change In the situ ation is mainly due to Hai court and Cham berlain, whose speeches the Tories unani mously interpret as indicating such a relentless and unscrupulous opposition to the new Government as would destroy it in a month. The dread of the Tories is that they have been entrapped into office only to be humiliated and proved incom petent before the world. Meantime the spirits of the defeated Liberals are rising higher and higher daily. Gladstone looks almost ten years younger since his fall, which is due to the resurrection of his popularity, resulting from his overthrow. He is cheered everywhere. The fulsome and overdone eulogies of his colleagues also prove that he still wields the fierce democracy as no other man can. In the House of Commons on Friday the Liberals were boiling over with delight, and the Tories were taciturn and depressed. Their next move is doubtful. rNew York Times Cable Message. The Radicals are circulating stories to the effect that Russia has taken umbrage at the Marquis of Salisbury's assumption of the Secretaryship of State for the Foreign Department, and his selection of Lord Randolph Churchill as Secretary of State for India, and that she will demand the retraction by both of their recent at tacks on Russian policy. The more mod erate Liberals deplore this course and say that Russian interference of any sort would be the surest way to strengthen the Tories as a national party and revive the war feeling. The new Ministry will b; very careful to give Russia no actual grounds of offence, but Sir Peter Lumsden will be presented with a sword and other wise, honored perhaps by being made a peer- and England's attitude in conclud ing the Maruchak negotiations will be politely firm in refusing further conces sions. If Russia goes out of her way to quarrel over these negotiations as De Staal now goes out of his way to say disagree able things about the Marquis of Salisbury and Lord Randolph Churchill it will be an easy matter to rally England to the defence of her flag. Herald Special Telegram. London, June 22. It seems admitted by the morning press of both parties that the curious spectacle must continue to-day of a victorious party so embarrassed by its triumph that it cannot do anything to reap the fruits of success and of the leader of that party virtually reduced to a position of helpless dependence on his opponents. fjord Salisbury quietly passed Sunday at his country seat without any visitors, and Mr. Gladstone held a Cabinet council this afternoon, at which it was agreed to main tain a policy of masterly inactivity. (Baltimore Sun Cable Message. Lokdon, June 23. The Tory Cabinet was announced yesterday. Mr. Gladstone has made a promise to Lord Salisbury to give the new government as much time as possible during the remainder of the ses sion. The correspondence between the party leaders will probably be presented to Parliament to-day. Parliament will meet Tuesday or Wednesday to obtain royal assent and adjourn for the re-election. THE BUSINESS SITUATION. Labor and Capital in Idleness. New York Herald Money Article. The mutual concessions made by the iron-masters and their workmen, resulting in the starting up of the mills at Pitts burg, has somewhat lightened the gloom of the industrial situation. There is. however, little or no profit in running on the basis agreed upon. Probably the im mense depression in their plant which al ways results from idleness, exerted a strong influence with the employers, as it is more profitable for them to keep their mills running lor a time without profit than to have them closed, Aside from the settlement at Pittsburg there is no change in manufacturing circles. There is no visible improvement in trade nor is there any indication of a revival in the imme diate future. The crops are now one of the main topics of conversation throughout the country. While the shortage of winter wheat is conceded by everybody, estimates regarding the spring wheat crop vary very widely. Making fair allowances for the bias of the various calculators, it would appear that all things considered, the increased product of spring wheat will go far toward making up the deficiency in the earlier crop. Ke ports from the cot ton growing regions continue favorable and indicate a very much heavier yield than that of last year. THE MONET MARKET. In financial circles stagnation continues. Money is a greater drug than ever. A single bank in the vicinity of Wall street has in its vaults $7,000,000 for which it can find no safe employment at any price. The statement made by the associated banks of this city yesterday showed still further increase in the already unprecedent edly large surplus. They now hold nearly 163,000,000 of unemployed funds over and above all reserves required by law, and as exchange at interior points is strongly in favor of this centre, the indications are that the surplus will continue to swell. All the current manipulation of the stock market and all the temptations offered by Gould and the cliques have.failed to tempt capitalists to put their money into rail road properties. The only securities for which there is any legitimate demand are government bonds ; in these alone the pub lic feels confidence. The total Bank reserve has reached the enormous amount of $155,378,800, and the surplus over the legal reserve the unprece dented sum of $62,440,500. ITEH8 OP GEN KRAI. NEWS Foreign and Domestic. By a colliery explosion near Manchester, England, on Friday last, 160 persons lost their lives. As a result of the recent earthquakes in Cashmere 3,081 persons lost their lives, 70,000.houses were laid in ruins, and 33,000 animals perished. On and after July 1 letter postage will be 2 cents for each ounce or part thereof. Heretofore the letter postage has been 2 cents for each half ounce or fraction there of. Advices from Indian Territory state that the Cheyennes and Arapahoes have been murdering cattlemen and stealing cattle and horses, causing much uneasiness among the settlers. Millions of locusts have appeared on Long Island, and to a less extent in New Jersey and on Staten Island. Prof. South- wick, the Central Park botanist, says that they are the genuine seventeen-year specie; Stonewall Jackson's famous war horse, Little Sorrel, is in Baltimore, in charge of Mr. J. B. Tuft, of Richmond, who will probably exhibit him with a view to rais ing funds for the proposed Confederate Home at Richmond. Judge Bond last week, in the Circuit Court at Richmond, entered a decree in five suits brought by taxpayers who have tendered coupons in payment of State taxes, perpetually enjoining the defendant Treasurers from levying upon, selling, or returning as delinquent the property of complainants, or taking any other steps to collect taxes. The . cases are appealed to the Supreme Court. ; ,' ' . General Grant is again in a very bad way and has almost entirely lost the pow er of speech. He is in the mountains and his general health has been benefited by the bracing mountain air, but there is no improvement in the condition of his throat. Cluverius has been sentenced, the hang ing to be done on November 20. Asked by the Judge if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced he answered simply, "You are pronounc ing sentence on an innocent man." Appeal has been taken. Bishop Lay, so well-known in this State, was operated upon by a company of doc tors on Sunday. The operation is called thoracentesis, and the doctors took from his thorax forty ounces of serum, which gave the Bishop much relief. He is rest ing quietly and comfortably. The aggregate annual salaries of all presidential postmasters for the next fiscal year will be $3, 627, 900. The report shows the total numberof presidential postoffices on July 1 will be 2,231, a decrease pf 122 as compared with the number of such offices at the beginning of the year. Nebraska has made a radical reform in its criminal procedure. It has abolished the regular grand jury and adopted the " information " system. In a proceeding by information the public prosecutor de termines whether or not an accused or suspected person shall be prosecuted. A Greek from Khartoum says that Gen. Gordon was shot in the palace, and that the body was beheaded, insulted and chop ped to pieces. If the English had arrived three days earlier they could have saved Khartoum, and Berber could also have been easily taken. And it is also again reported that Gordon is living. The report of a rebellion against the Ameer of Afghanistan n Badakshan is con firmed. The people have murdered the governor of the province, who was report ed to be secretly negotiating with Russian agents ' for the surrender of the capital, which is one of the most important strong holds in the Hindoo Koosh mountains. The earthquake shocks in Cashmere con tinue. Altogether 2,700 persons have been killed in the district of Camraj. The town of Baramula has been destroyed. Severe shocks of earthquake were experienced Sunday morning at Berne and Geneva, Switzerland. The extent or nature of the damage done has not yet been reported. Bishop O'Connor, of Nebraska and Wy oming, advises his Irish countrymen, terough the Dublin Freeman's Journal, to stay in Ireland. In the great cities here, he says, the new comers are in a pitiful condition. They sink to the lowest social and moral plane of life. The church loses its hold on them, and they become discon tented and unhappy. If they go west they are little better off. Land is not to be had without money, and of money they have none. The total importation of wines is to-day about the same as it was in 1840, notwith standing the fact that our population has been trebled and that there has been an increase of 60 per cent, in the per capita consumption. In 1840 the amount of do mestic wine produced was 124,734 gallons, and there was imported 4,748,362 gallons. During the last five years the average an nual production has been 19,994,916 gal lons, and the average importation 5,473, 467 gallons. Omnibuses have disappeared from New York city. Horse cars are running and there are no more Broadway stages. The last rumbled up town at eleven o'clock Sat urday evening. It came from Fulton ferry, stopped at Niblo's for late passengers and disappeared from public view up Fifth avenue. Stages have been running in New York for more than half a century. All the stages have been bought by the Broadway Railroad Company. They and the venerable horses will be turned over to their new owners to-morrow and horse cars will be run in their stead'. The horses will jingle along in front of the cars. During the past forty years there has been a decrease in the per capita consump tion of distilled spirits of fully 40 per cent., an increase of 60 per cent, in the per capita consumption of wines, and the enormous increase of 642 per cent, in the per capita consumption of beer and other malt liquors. It is also to be observed that the decrease in per capita consump tion of distilled spirits does not accurately represent the rate of decrease which has taken place in their use for drinks, since doubtless a far larger amount is now used for purposes of the arts than formerly, and thus by so much diminished the amount used for drinking. Adjutant-General Jones issued orders on Monday that "all Hiem and Stan officers, and the companies composing the First, Second, Third and Fourth Regiments (ex cept such companies as have failed this year to pass the annual inspection by tne Inspector-General), will appear at Ashe ville, in heavy marching order, on Wed nesday, the 22d day of July next, and re port for duty at 'Camp Scales,' so named in honor of the Governor of North Caro lina." The troops will be furnished trans portation by the state, and the state will furnish tents, straw, lights, fuel, water, medicines, accommodations for the sick, and horses for officers required to mount ; the troops must furnish their own rations, the military fund being insufficient for that purpose. During the encampment stands of colors will be presented to each regiment, with appropriate ceremonies: a competitive battalion drill will be held, and the command will be reviewed by the Governor and Staff. THE CHOLERA PLAGUE. Ia Getting to Work la Earnest. New York Times Cable Message. The outbreak of cholera in the Provinces of Toledo and Barcelona shows that Spain is definitely in for a terrible visitation of the plague. Hitherto the cholera belt ran along the coast from Castellon south to Jativa; thence by unaccountable skips to Alicante, where the bulk of the cases oc curred last year, and where it now reap pears in its worst form, to Murcia and down to Cartagena. Some few cases oc curred in the Province of Teruel, adjoin ing Castellon, but then there was another skip to Toledo and Madrid. From June 6 official reports show 2,858 cases and 1.273 deaths, including those of Thursday, on which day the death rate was very high. Probably the real figures are 500 higher. In Murcia many deaths have occurred within five hours. Little news gets to London concerning the actual state of affairs, but there seems to be less of panic than there was in the south of France or in Italy last year. There has been no outbreak of the plague in France yet, but it cannot be delayed much longer. Learn to Speak Distinctly. ; 8L Pan! HerakLI They slow.lv approached the house, he with a sad, dejected air, and she with a proud, scornful look upon her fair young face that boded no good to the wedding bells and orange flowers. "I cannot im agine, my dear, he said mournfully as they gained the front door, "what has come over you so suddenly. I should at least know my offence. I simply asked vou if you were romantic, when " A startled look came over the girl's face. "You asked me what!" she demanded, "I "asked you if you were romantic, and " "Forgive me, George," she ex claimed with a convulsive sob. as she threw her arms about his neck. "I thought-you asjceane.u, x was rneumauc. CLEVELAND AND HENDRICKS Pall to Provide for their Households. New York Herald Washington Letter. There is something in a name after all, at least with the present Administration. A man named Cleveland, who claimed to be a cousin of the President, was well en dorsed as a candidate for the postmaster ship at Quincy, 111. His backing was very good, and the residents of Quincy supposed his name would be sufficient to carry him through, even without any en dorsement. The President did not know whether this Quincy applicant was a cousin or not, for he had never heard of him. before, but so as to be on the safe side he appointed another man to the place. The President does not intend that he shall be charged with filling offices with his relatives. There is a similar story connected with the appointment of Israel Lawton as Superin tendent of the Mint at San Francisco, which was made to-day. All along there has been but one applicant for the place, a gentleman named Hendricks, whose strong point, he imagined,, was his name. He is a nephew of Vice-President Hen dricks. There were a lot of Californians who wanted the place, but they did not take the trouble to file an application for it, for they were sure that Mr. Hendricks would be appointed. But it appears that Vice President Hendricks would not put himself on record in favor of his nephew, or even ask for his appointment. Judge Lawton arrived here several days ago, and was an applicant for another place, that of Assistant Treasurer at San Francisco. He was asked to withdraw his application for that place, and told that if he would file it for the position of Superintendent of the Mint he would receive the appoint ment. The suggestion was accepted, and Judge Lawton, who is in Albany visiting some relatives, was telegraphed to to-day of his appointment. Mr. Hendricks, like Mr. Cleveland, was badly left. SECRETARY BAYARD Again Goes for Onr Southern Neighbors. Baltimore Sun. The United States steamer Iroquois has been ordered from Panama to Guayaquil, Ecuador. She goes with sealed instruc tions, but it is understood that her com mander has orders to demand the release of the American, Julio Santos, imprisoned in Ecuador on a trumped-up charge of com plicity in a rebellion against the govern ment. Secretary Bayard has displayed commendable energy in dealing with this vexatious question. An ex-Senator, who is still active in politics, and who served for some years in the Senate with Secreta ry Bayard, in speaking on this subject to day, said he had no fear as to the dignity of this country being upheld with Mr. Bayard at the head of the department. " Bayard," he said, " is a thorough Amer ican, extremely tenacious about the rights of American citizens and the interests of the country. He has both moral and phys ical courage, and when he believes he is right he is not to be turned aside." As pertinent to this subject it is said on high authority that the administration will not hesitate to interfere again and promptly in Central American affairs if the occasion calls for it, as does not seem unlikely. SNIVELING SERVITORS Lose Faith in Snivel Service Reform. I Baltimore Sun. A wide-spread impression obtains among the department employes, both male and female, that extensive discharges will be made in all the departments on the 30th instant, which will be the close of the fis cal year. Consternation and anxiety are prevalent, and there is a great hunting up of " democratic influence " by those who are interested. A well-known journalist, whose representations are supposed to have weight, was applied to yesterday by no less than thirty office-holders beseeching his help to keep them in. The fears which prevail on this account are to some extent doubtless based on exaggerated state ments, but at the same time it is regarded as probable that there will be more or less dismissals in nearly all the departments. It is said, however, that if dismissals are made they will be principally among those who are incompetent or whose services can be dispensed with. ODDS AND ENDS Picked up all About In Spots. How fate the honest man derides 1 The man who for his new strw hat owes, And many other things besides, Delights in native grown tomatoes. The man who always " pays his way " Sits down to liver and potatoes, He'd gladly eat, but cannot pay The price demanded for tc atoes. Boston Courier. Mr. John M.-Brick has been appointed Consul at Nagasaki. Appointments like this are what build up the party. Louis ville Courier-Journal. Rev. Dr. Wills, of San Francisco, with no respect for the refinement of the Revis ion sheol, bluntly declares that the Apa ches ' must have a gospel not a gospel that will get the Indians out of hell but a gospel that will get hell out of the In dians." New York Tribune. "My dear," remonstrated a wife, peer ing out from under the bed clothes, "I do wish you would use the word 'sheol.' It sounds better." "It may sound better at times," replied her husband, who was noisily nursing his heel, "but when a man steps on a tack he wants the old version." N. Y. Sun. The old cry of the Southern cotton planter has been but slightly varied. In ante-bellum days it used to be "plant more cotton to buy more negroes, and buy more negroes to plant more cotton." Now the cry is "plant more cotton to buy more mules and corn and meat, and buy more mules and corn and meat to plant more cotton." Savannah (Ga.) Times. And now 'tis almost time sweet maidens think From urban dust and smoke and heat to flee, To put aside the rollers of the rink. Ana sport among tne rouera oi me sea. New York Sun. Sam Jones continues to amaze his hear ers by his plain talk. " Some of you little sinners," he said the other day, "are sit ting around here waiting for salvation to strike you as it did St. Paul. Snow-bird waiting to bo hit with a cannon ball, ttod adjusts his ammunition to the size of the man he is after. Mustard -seed shot will do for you. God won't keep a man sober who has a quart of liquor in him all the time. God won't keep a young lady pious who has her waist encircled seven times a week by the arms of a spider-legged dude." New York Tribune. "Robert," remarked the wife of a penu rious man, " I have tried to be a good and faithful wife and have but one favor to ask you before I die." "What is that, Margaret t " " You know I was born and reared in Cleveland. It was there I first met you, and the happiest hours of our wedded life were spent. You remember this, Robert?" " Yes," (uneasily). "My relatives are all buried there, and when I am gone I wish to rest beside them. Will you grant me this one favor ! " " There will be considerable exrjense attaching to It," (musingly). "Oh, Robert! I will never rest in my grave anywhere else 1 " " Well, Maggie, I'll tell you what I'll do. I don't want to be mean about the thing. I'll bury you here first, and then if I notice any signs of restlessness on your part, I'll take you to Cleveland. St. Louis Repub lican. When summer ia breathing her sweetest de light, And nature Is everywhere burdened with bloom. Tls then we must spring from our couch In the night, To chase the mosquitoes all over the room. Waif. Gaston High School. Correspondence of the Ralxigh Rxoistkb. Dallas, N. C, June 16, 1885. It may be a matter of interest to your readers tP know that Miss Mattie C. Steck, Newberry, S. C, has been added to the faculty of this school, and that she will have charge of the Primary Department confessedly one of the best primary teachers in the South. She will enter upon her duties at the opening of next session first Monday in August. With three lady teachers in the school, boarding with the family of the Principal, having in their special charge the female boarding students all boarding; in college building the school offers special advantages to girls who may go away from home to school the advan tages of a first-class ladies seminary. In 1882-'83, the pupils numbered 176; in 1884-'85, 245 pupils represented five States. An "Offensive Partisan" R appointed. 'New York Times Washington Letter. J Gen. W. 'Krzyzanowski was recently re appointed an Inspector of Customs at New York. This action greatly distressed some partisans Who object to appointing Repub licans to office. Secretary Manning, when asked about the restoration of Krzyza- ' nowski, said : "I did not inquire into the man's politics at all. His re-appointment was asked for by a large number of good citizens on account of his excellent war record. He entered the army as a private and worked himself up by his own exertions to the rank of General. Another reason urged was that he was in a very necessitous condition. Although he is rather old, he is able to do the work of his office satisfactorily, so I re-appointed him at a salary of $4 a day. L shquld have done so whether he had been Republican or Democrat. The charges that he was an 1 active Republican ' were not made until after his reappointment, but then, what harm could he do us ? " Varying Uses of the Apple. , New York 8un.J f "Lai" said a gushing, sweet girl grad uate visiting in the vale of Pochunk as she gazed on a stretch of orchard trees in bloom. "Lai How pinkly sweet and de licious, delicately fragrant those apple blows are., They enchant one awfully I " "Ya-a-s," said the "honest farmer who held the deeds to the : blooming acreage. "Them blossoms is sthellin' good. But, great Sprouts ! ye ortoit a sniff on 'em in the fall, arter they've Jbeeu 'stilled inter juice! Yam, yum! Ten minutes with a gallon on .'em then is wuth a hull month with an orchard on 'em now ! " COMMERCIAL NEWS. RALEIGH MARKETS. Official Report of the Cotton market. Reported by the Cotton Exchange. Raleigh, June 23, 1885. Good middling X Strict middfing 10 Middling W10 Strict low middling 106 Low middling. ; 10 Market firm. City market Wholesale Prices. CORRECTED WEEKLY BY 33- J- FT A BDHT, GROCER. Raleigh, June 23, ADDles. Deri bushel , 1885. Bacon hams 11XH Bulk Meats clear rib Bidea Butter North Carolina 2025 Beeswax . . 20 Corn , 77M80 Corn Meal .! 774 Coffee Rio 9JiHK Cheese....; 910 Chickens ..; 3035 Eggs, per dozen 17X20 Flour North Carolina 5 00 Lard pure irefined. in tierces 88J Lard "off grades," in buckets and tubs? 88K Molasses Cuba 3033 OaU shelled 55 Rags lOl Sugar granulated 7 Sugar Standard A 7ij. Sugar yellow ys? Syrup I 2830 Salt-Liverpool fine 1 50 1 60 REMARKS. Trade is verv craiet. and wholesale prices of groceries and provisions almost without change. WIWIINCTON MARKET. f Wilmington Star, 23d inst.J SPIRITS TURPENTINE The market was quoted quiet at 34 cents per gallon. No sales reported. ROSIN The market was quoted firm at 90 cents for Strained, and at 95 cents for Good Strained. TAR The market was quoted firm at fl.10 perbbl. of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Quoted steady at $1.90 for Virgin and Yellow Dip and at $1.10 tor llara. COTTON The market was quoted Ann, with . small sales reported on a basis of 1Q) cents per pound for Middling, ine iouowmg are me oi ficial quotations : Ordinarv .j 8 Good Ordinary 9) Low mlddlipg io-m Middling-... 10 Good middling 10 7-16 NEW TORK COTTON MARKET. New York. June 23, 1885. Middling..; 1010 Low middling lOfglO)' r atures easy: June iu.i; JUiy iu.oo; August 10.45. CHICAGO MEAT MARKET. Chicago. June 23. 1886. Clear rib sides, loose 5.85 r art Clear rib sides, Doxea o.w Bulk shoulders, boxed 3.95 Market quiet. OCTAVIUS COKE. J. A.. WILLIAMBOK. COKE & WILLIAMSON, Attorneys-it-Law and Real Estate Agents, EALEIG-H, 3ST. O. Practice in all the State and Federal Court. Collections made in all parts of the State. Loans negotiated on good security. Abstract Titles made, and all kinds of legal instrument care fully prepared. Real Estate sold on commis sion In any and all parts of the State, and a reli able resident attorney in each county engaged to investigate land placed at our disposal. Persons having Real Estate of any class or kind and in lots or racts of any size are invited to confer with us. We claim to possess peculiar advan tages for placing the same upon the best Real tate market oi tne country. may20-tf . ; Select Boarding. SINCE RELEASING THE YARBORO, WE HAVE FITTED UP THE TUCKER HOUSE. No house south of Baltimore is furnished In a more elegant style. Everything new, nice and clean, and of the best quality. Inquire oi any one. Terms moderate to suit tne nara times. G. W. BLACKBALL. BROKERAGE. Egr Buying and selling real estate a specialty. Loans negotiated. AH communications confi dential. Reference made to any one of the many thousands with whom ha has had dealings. 4-tf. NOTICE. t North Carolina, 1 Omci or Secret art of State, v Raxeigh, June 1st, 1885. ) Under and by virtue of the provisions of sec tion 8648 of The Code, I. -shall, on Wednesday, the 1st day of July, 1885, at 12 o'clock noon, at the arsenal building in the capitol square, sell to the highest bidder, for cash, such volumes of the laws, Journals, and documents, and other matter that' has been on hand for one year. W. L. SAUNDERS, junS-ts Secretary oi State.
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