North Carolina Newspapers

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Vint a tariff bill adopted, and so yy are 'pretending to disagree oa ,npl.y h r hband, President Jef ,'.ir Davh. Sh h assisted by Mr, ii.-dpath .and Mr. John Dimi- Kd-.vard K'.lUmy, whose book l,Look- f Hack ward," ha had such a sale, in roor health. It is Kiid ho made i.jt lli.i.ouo by it, while bis ravenous ', iMi:lor pocketed 8',K). The llilin Congress howled over , but they are a regular uarK- ri!ce an engine of oppression and rob- ' rr. Sv u:w Call did precisely what all :n St-uator.- have done. He did not oki't thj custom of the Senate. His real Ten co that caused the howl wa3 toll .j a Katlical in plain'words just what irt of a vile wretch he was in his war I'on th; So'ith. 'Tho Southern Baptist Convention mill v. ct at Tort Worth, Texas, in iy. It represents some 1,500,000 !eriitTs uhti tiie delegates are very uuktou-, oinc thousand or more, ihf iniivi r.llon meets annually. It is )t a leblative V)odv. - flhe late fl L'ravestone crank is Amos j Outer, Sis headst ot Pennsylrania. lie pits stone at his wife's grave: Some haw, children and some have :ie here lios the mother ! twenty- it-.' (These grave-stone or anks fchould c pprcssed as nuisances. It is fald that Mr. John Temple .raves, who edits at Home, Ca., and is at forward as the successor in oratory j Georgia, of the lamented and gifted rady, has been offered $100 a week to iconic inanasinc editor of the X. Y. !ur. This would bo a 'HatUring offer 'it cam-.' from a paper of pood f:nan !al Vt'ttoni. 'hu far the vote in the Northern esbyteries stands as follows on the jHrtait subject of revision: Thirty- h l'prfsbyterics, representing 1,19S .ntjkors ana 1.0,syj communicants, vtf otrd for it. Twelve PresbyUris, i'rtentir.g r.t-.) ministers and 10,347 amuuicanw, huvc voted against a i'.vn. i e ure ublo K.vl'i.. i Chureh revival ier Ucv. Mr. Anderson. The Churrh vuzjI al vj. t.h !.. Nent membership lbO, after ti f 20 siuce the present pastor FSo. He has received o9 me urning pastor took He has received .ra mnrk, ui wnom from tbe revival oscd. He expects to receive re members on Sunday. . "-IWAO ill . dinr n ' oaonvxne,ine Democrat c mn., airli'aiias-ely against pro nfv h. S0S inCluded Th is nectiemfor his C leves ln " . i' i n a "vuiai luieresi. -7 nter- fhe IUIeih liiblkQl llccorder th Je orran ftfv.. . Kcoraei, the ki. out ;ltlCarolBap. more attraM- laSlef ul dres3 and l w llV0' neatr in aPPr ' ana tetter nrintAA .T . ar , 4 vuou over De- ... """""K ana isa flthf,.i v u L ni it.. . - -"us vaurcn. Geo Riddle, the gifted auu persecuted by oman. . She finn. i , Bosto n tv, r J "uniea - wum says: thDAuP he.r autoeranh aiv h: Lues that he wouu r; vrr: U: V1 ma autorrrr,r rv"14 ttW casi t nt. mWPK ith a favorite with a fa thereupo tt'toWr Iw0meoand Jullet': ill im i m f f ii fin. l Tour' mu.," 0Be8t watle man, Yr1 oeat Clothe point! TUB STATE CAPITAL. I ANOTHtR VOTE ON THE BAPTIST FEMALE COLLEGE. The 3ttr f Loctloa to Be Decided on the 20th.The LocsUon of Trinity Col lege to lie -Decided on the Some Dy " Kalelgh'i New Tannery A Sensation ln ItalelKh. Messenger Bureau, ) Raleigh, n. C, March. 14. lb'JO. Col. L. L. Polk arrived here this morning' from Washington City. Ho tells me that he will call a meeting of the ' trustees of the Baptist Female State College at Wake Forest on the 20th. A request for such a meeting was sent Col. Polk, as president of that board, by wme of the trustees, and there will bo a final settlement of the question, of the location of the College. Your correspondent predicts that there will be sora j lively occurrences at that meeting. The trustees are gentlemen of high character and very grave and unjust accusatins have been made against them. Col. Polk is ,on his way to Atlanta, on business connected with his ofiice of E resident of the National Farmer's and aborer'a Union of America. Ho will make a very brief stay at Atlanta. The trustees of Trinity College, in the North Carolina Conference, are called to meet . at Durham on the 20th instant, to consider the matter of the definite and positive location of that College. It was expected that the Durham people would put up $175,000. So far they have put up $108,000. It is said that $15,000 is expected to be raised in the town of Durham by public subscription. No ne yet knows what will bo done in regard to the matter. The trustees will do their duty by the College. They are men earnest of pur pose. The work at the meeting will be watched with great interest. More delegates to the Y. M. C. A. State Convention went down the road to day. The city is remarkably quiet and while everybody is at work, in the public offices and elsewhere, news is very scarce. It is reported that the Richmond and Danville and Cape iVar and Yadkin Valley shops will be -moved to Greens boro. That place is on such a boom now that iti people can't keep quiet a minute. The arrest of moonshintr" Lynch in this county developes the (act that there is a well organized gang of moon shiners and illicit whiskey dealers in the Southern part of this city. . ,. A site for a tannery was bought here yesterdays The location is good and the tannery, which will be operated by Raleigh people will be a large one. Work on the new ice Jantory nas begun and by June 1st the factory will bo in operation. The Capitol Hose Company (the State champions) are making extensive preparations for a festival, at which funds will be raised to meet their ex penses at the Charlotte firemen's tournament, on the 20th of May. Nothing of a definite and official character has been heard in regard to the attendance of the Stato Guard at Kickraond, Va , on the 29th of May. Very probably letters of invitation will soon be sent to the various commands. Matters in regard to the wagon fac ory hero are quite settled. Tho facto ry has not been in operation since just before the liolidays. More capital is needed and so far has not been raised. The factory will pay well with means and good managment. It was put in operation last fall, and is admirably equipped. There was a good demand ar its products. An inspector of tho department of agriculture went to Dunn to-day to ook after a car load of fertilizer bo onging to the American Fertilizer Company, which was seized day before yesterdav. That company has no li cense and refuses to take but one. It is tho only company now in what was once a "pool" to resist the tax. 1 nere was a sensation here this after noon, caused by the ditcovery of the body of Isaac Rogers, a well known resident of this county aadi uvcle ol the present sheriff. He left here this afternoon and was nnder the influence of liauor. He was drivinsr a blind horse to a buggy. The engineer of the train saw Mr. Rogers' body lying near tne track with the horse and buggy upon it. It appears that the horse had left the maia road and followed a path beside the railway cut. The buggy was overturned, and, Rogers falliHg into the soft earth was smothered to death: He was about 7.0 years old. The Danger Not Yet Orer. Washington, March 14. A special bulletin from the signal office concern ing the Mississippi river, issued to-day says: The rain storm of the past four days. in the lower Mississippi Valley has practically ended, so that the water n?et a the station by the mayor of the dangerous to the lower valley, is now j clty the collector of the port,lhe post in the Mississippi or- its. tributaries. and committee of distinguish There are no encourasinff prospects for 1 ed citizens and escorted to their hotel, any portion of the lower Mississippi j T1?e stars and stripes and the State valley. The stage of the water at New Orleans is now threi-tenths of a foot J above the highest ever kdown, and last ; night it touched six-tenths above. The river has fallem slightly at Cairo, but sharp rises at St. Louis and particu- larly. at Cincinnati, Louisville and Nashville, make it evident that the recession at Cairo is onlv temnorarv. and that thence southward the river must continue at its present high stage for at least a week. Although the stage of the water at Cairo and Helena are about four feet below the extreme floods ia the past. yet the prospects are very decided at Republican vied with each other in pav even these places. The greatest flood 1 ing their respects to the first lady of the ever known will obtain during the next ' lani. There are very few white Re seven days. At Vicksburg, the river j publicans here, but they were all pres Is one feet two inches below the great j entand for once there was no dlstinc floods of 18S2, but the very high stage ' tioa In politico. Of course the colored of water in the lower Arkansas renders Republicans kept in the back ground, it certain that there will be no relief Tte party, at midnight, returned to at Vicksburg unless indeed the whole country should be Aoeded. ;Pioa washihoiot cn y. j I a rest! cratl ns; a. Contoated Prorn Sonlh. Carolina Tark at Appo inatox The tppeo to lie Condemned. WA.siirXGTOX,March 14 The Hons committee on election?, to-day, heard argument upon the contested election cas of Miller vs. Elliott, from the Seventh District of South Carolina. The contestant was represented by Dudley and Wheeler, while Eppa Hunton appeared for the contestee. Washington, March 14. The Star publishes the statement that a com pany has bought up the land around Appomattox Court House, the site of the surrender of General Lee's army, and laid it off in parks. Some promi nent Grand Army men are interested in the project and their idea seems to b to get th Grand Army .of the Re public to make this place a National camping ground. Among those inter ested in this scheme are Governor Campbell, of Ohio, ani other well known capitalists., The president of the company is General S. Burdett, Samuel M. Bryan, treasurer of the Bell Telephone Company is treasurer. Washington, March 14. Bond of ferings to-day aggregated $1,400,100; all accepted at 1.23 for four per cent, and l.ftH for four and a halfs. The United State's steamer Ossipeo will be condemned, tho inspection board having reported that to repair her would cost more than the statu tory limit of twenty per cent, of her original cost. She was built in 1661. Washington, March 14. Catha rine Elizabeth Hurst, wife of Bishop John F. Hurst, of this city, died sud denly thn evening of apoplexy. She was a daughter of the late Hon. Wm. LaMonte, of New York State. She was distinguished for her skill in land scape painting and languages. She was the authoress of a series of biogra phical works entitled "Good Women of History.5' The grand jury to-day after examin ing the witnesses who testified at the iaquest presented Kincaid for murder of ex-Congressman Taulbee and the District Attorney was directed to pre pare an indictment to be submitted to the court to-morrow. Congressional. Washington. Mar. 14 Senate. Senator Halo, for the committee on appropriations, reported the urgent deticency bill, and said that he would call it up for action next Monday. As it came from the House, the bill called for $24,122,140. The Senate committee has added items aggregating $558,050. The Blair educational bill was taken up at 2:15 as unflnisned business and Senator Teller addressed the Senate in support of it. ; " Senator Call"raver written notice that he would, on Monday, move to modify certain rules as to Executive sessions, the object of his motion being to allow consideration of nominations of Charles Swayne and Joseph N. Strip ling as judge and district attorney for the Northern district of Florida to be considered in open Executive session. He also asked to have the resolution which he had proposed to offer yester day on the same, subject re&d and print ed; but as there was an objection by Senator Chandler, he con tented" himself with having the resolution laid om the table Senator Cullom presented a resolu tion relative to the death, on March 9th, 1889, of Representative Twn shend, of Illinois. He pronounced an eulogium on tho dead member and also named Cox, Kelley, Nutting of New York, Laird, of Nebraska and Gay, of Louisiana. Such occasions, he said, were solemn, and the more often they occurred the more solemn and tart ling they seemed. After feeling and appropriate remarks by Senators Vest, Hale and Jones of Arkansas, the Sen ate, as a further mark of respect, at 3:33, adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Perkins, of Kansas, stated that an erroneous impression -had gone out that, according to the provisions of the Oklahoma bill passed yesterday, the Cherokee outlet had been declared open to settlement under the home stead laws. Under provisions of the bill, the Cherokee outlet was not open to settlement, the statement should have been that the public land strip not the Cherokee outlet had been opened to settlement. ! .... The House then went into committee of the whole on the private calendar. At 5 o'clock the House took a recess until 8 o'clock, the evening" session to be for the consideration of private pen sion bills. Mra. Harrison and Party in Charleston. Charleston, S. C, Msrch 12. The Presidential party reached here short ly after 11a.m., to-day. They were f "UfcS.Vw .fcue oreeze an over i? t4 no visitors were taken to Fori5umtf r a?d w,re sown around the "ur. m ierHwn ineyenierea maf es and were driven around the ita.ndJtnif ht Mrs. Harrison and h5 fetds had a recepUon, which waa i attended by the elite of the city. Later ! tne nig-ni ioe visitors were serenad- ed by tie Vanderbuilt Benevolent So city of which President Harrison is an honorary member. Iti; admitted that the visit of Mrs. Harrfeon and her party has been amost : delightful social event. Denocratsand their car and will leave here for Florida I in the morning. FOREIGN XEWS. i A CRISIS OCCURS IN THE FRENCH CABINET. The Cntiro MlnUtry i:-,ltn. -Italian rrion Matte rThe Strike at Liverpool ; Delay Tr-Atlantlc Steamer Propo sition to Chance the Sitting of Parliament-Miner' Strike In FnCUnd. Paris, March 14. The adverse ac tion of th Senate yesterday on Prime Minister Tirard's demand for the adop tion of the order of the day, when the matter of a commercial "treaty with Turkey was brought up, has caused the downfall of the entire ministry. An interpolation was submitted during yesterday's sitting regarding tho treaty, and in response to this M. Tirard moved the adoption of the order of the dy. The Senate, by a majority of 76, re fused to adopt M. Tirard-s motion, which was tantamount to a refusal to vote confidence in the Government. M. Tirard then tendered his resigna tion to President Carnot, but the latter then persuaded him to remain in offico until after Easter. A cabinet meeting was held to-day to discuss tho situation, at which M.Tirard reconsidered his de termination not to resign, and after the meeting was over he went to the palace of Elysee, President Carnot's resi dence, and tendered the resignation of all the members of tho Cabinet. LONDON, March 14. A St. Peters burg dispatch to the Times eays: The administrator of prisons, comparing Lonsdell's and Rinnan's published ac counts of Russian prisons, said the latter's modus ojjerandi was bound- to prove unfavorable to any country, be cause he derived his information frem a dissatisfied inmate of the prisons. The administration admitted that the prisons were overcrowded, but he said the Government was doing its best to effect the needed reforms. An official, interviewed by the correspondent re garding the report of outrageous, prac tically admitted that the facts were as reported, but he contended that Ken non and others everealized Nihilist women out of all recognition in their books. Every ordinary traveller in Si beria suffers hardships. Exiles bring troubles upon themselves being excita ble and intraetable. In regard to the flogging forslappiig an official's face, that is a frequent of fense and an example was necessary. The struggle with tho soldiers was provoked by prisoners drawing re volvers and founding f eyeral of the soldiers. It s thought this trouble will do away vith the privileges of ex iles being allowed to retain their re- volyers. London, lmrcb 14. Lord- Salisbury -in the House of Lords, to-day, gave notice of a motion approving the re port of the Parnell Commission and thanking the judges for their just and impartial conduct. In the House of Commons, to-day, Sir James Ferguson, Under-Foreign Secretary, responding to a question as to the position of the Behering Sea negotiations, declined to say anything until he should bo able to communicate to the House such information as might be imparted without detriment. Sir. G. O. Trevylan, of the adminis tration, moved that Parliament hence forth, shall rise at the begin niug of July, and that the business shall be met by a winter session; be contented that the present arrangement which prolonged the session of spring and summer into autum was a survival d the days when different social habits prevailed, and that the House ought to have two sessions yearly, so man aged as to give the best part of the summer to the recess Sir Charles Fer ster seconded the motion,. which, how ever was rejected 173 to 169, New York, March 14. The agent of the Gu?on line 6teamers, in this city, to-day received a cable dispatch stating that the Arizona would not sail from Liverpool on account ef the strike. This strike is among- the stevedores, and it affects all steamers sailing from Liverpool. It is thought that this strike will extena all over the British Isles, if not the whole of Europe. The strike has caused a good deal of excitement in trans-Atlamtic steamship circles. None of the steamers can tail on advertised time from Liverpool. Engagements for freight have been declared off and passage tickets have been called in and the money refunded or arrangements made for the tickets to be used at some future date. The Guion line have not had a ship in for two weeks. Berlin, March 14. It is stated that Prince Bismarck has asked Wind- thorst the clerical leader, to rive his support to the startiinsr financial and military proposals which the Govern ment will soon lay before the Reich stag. London, March 14. In consequence of the masters avoiding a direct reply to the demands made upon them for an advance in the miners waees, the Miners Federation has resolved to im mediately inaugurate a strike through out the country. Twenty thousand engineers in the northeastern part of England have cone on striice. They demand a re duction of hours of labor. Women Nominate Candidate. Kansas City, Mo,, March 14- The Star's Atchison (Kansas) special says: "The women of Atchison to-day placed in nomination a full ticket for the school board. This was done In pnx suance of a plan to capture the school board, so as to reform many features that the women teachers regard as burdensome. The women of the town are in hearty sympathy with the move ment, and the nominations- will lead them to register in large numbers. The male citizens indorse the movement generally, and it is expected that no nominations will be made against the female candidates. chims asd casualties. A Hallroo4 Dlater A Vetlbele Wreekodnallro4 Men K1U4 LasxiftlUo If aac4 for Uurdmr. Trela TOPEKA, Kansat, March II. The rt section of wen bound rvaAErr train. No, 1, oa tho S&ota Va ruad struck a broken rail, yctcrday, three miles from Scranton and tho whole train of nine car were derailed with tbe exception of the engine and bag gage car. Although the train vu running at the rate of thirty-are mile an hour, the engineer brought it to a stand still before it had rone a hun dred -feet and not one of the Hcht coaches had left the track. ltw& a rough ride for the pasen.or and frightened them half to deatb, but no one was hurt in tho least. Cumberland, Md. March 14. A huge rock rolled down the mountain side to-day and fell upon the West V Irglnla Central Railroad track in a cut between Chafce and Blalnc. fortv miles west of this city. A work train with a crew of twelve men was dis patched to clear the tract. A large cable was placed around tho rock and attached to the engine that It mljrht be dragged from the cut. All was nearly ready and tho men were making a final adjustment of the rope when a great mass of earth came rushing dowu upon them from the steep mountain side overwhelming seven of tho men. Two were dead when taken out; one has died since, and three were Hirious ly, and perhaps, fatally injured. Tro of the killed and two of the Injured were Italians, The obstructions de layed trains several hours. Birmingham, Ala., March 14. A special to the Aj-Herald from Hart sellc, Morgan county, savs: Robert Raines was hanged to-day for the mur- Lder, January 7th, ISS'J, of his brother. Bono Raines. Both parties were drunk when the killing occurred. Ho. con fessed on the scaffold and asked for giveness of all. The UUftUftlppl Falllnc New Orleans! March 14. The Government gauge, at 7:50 a. m., reads 16 G10 feet, a fall qf four tenths from the highest point reached yesterday afternoon. The streets here, this mornlncr, are free of overflow water along the river front, except at St. Peter's street, and there the flow will soon be stopped. It rained 6lowly all night and Is drizzling this morning. - The Levee at Burgeols and Son s Nita plantation on tho New Orleans side of the'-river broke' at -11 c'clock last night, and in less than two hours the break was twenty-five feet wide. The levee was a new or.e and has be come soft. Tho water from this crevasse will do but little damage, as It will now into Lake for.chartraln. : 7 P. m. A Northeast storm prevails and the river went down to sixteen and a half feet, but Is again swelling and the water is now running over at Blen- ville,Conti and St. Peter streets, but the overflow is not enough to cause much inconvenience. A telephone message received at 10a. ra. from Nita Plantation, above the city on the New Orleans side, says the crevasse there is now 100 feet wide; that there is a wide bottom in front of it and tho crevasse will bo closed by the Mississippi Valley railroad. Several small breaks in the old levee in that vicinity, aggregating 600 feet are also reported. JfEW Orleans, March 14. The con dition of affairs on the river front this evening is much more satisfactory than at the same time yesterday. The city authorities, aided by tho railroads, have strengthened the weak place in the levee and have constructed a tem porary levee of bags filled with earth from St. Louis street tollospltal street, and at other points, but from St. Louis street to Canal street. Where so much water came in yester day, nothing has yet been done. The city authorities, will, however, continue the work of constructing a temporary levee along tho river front until the city is secure from overflow even with the still higher tide of the river The water flowlncr Into the city from tho river, to-day, has not been sufficient to flood the streets at any point, though tho drains at Bienville, Contl and St. Louis streets were filled all the afternoon. The Odd Fellows In Raleigh. Raleigh, March 14. Special j Grandrire John C. Underwood, of Kentucky, of the Supreme Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, arrived here this afternoon and was received by Deputy Grandsire Charles M. Busbeo and committee. A very large audience assembled at Metropolltal Hall this evening to hear an address from him. He was introduced by Governor Fowle in a very graceful way. General Un derwood is a fine speaker and his ad dress was an able presentation of the work of the order oi which he is me head and which has nearly 700,000 members. For twe hours after tbe conclusion ol the address, the Grand Sire held a reception at the Yar bo rough House Parlors. A large number of Odd Fel lows were present. Deputy Grand Sire Busbee, made the presentations. A collation was served ia the dinning room of the hoteL General Underwood has made a very pleasant impression here. He is on his way to Pensaoola, Fla., fto attend the Grand Lodge ef Florida. He will visit Atlanta while on his tour. The C. F. T. V. Bbope. Fatxtteville, March . 14. Spr-C1AL- Tbe published statement by tbe Greensboro Patriot that the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Company had purchased a site and would lecate the shops of the company in Greensboro is bitterly denied by the official of the company ln this place, since it Is a well known fact that the company has lust purchased, within the past sixty days a site in Fayetteville for the shops and will commence in a few days the work 1 of erecting the same. BUSINESS OUTLOOK R. C. DUN & COS WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE Trade Affeelod hj the Clree! rWd In tho AVrt-Vlama mt telo IUtreeedl. nartlr Lore Alabama .4mllli l'ea7taate lrealnre4 aloo of T. porta foe feWrmary. New York, March It -in;. Dun Co. wrckly review of irade : There wa col eDouh wl&u-r lo raxko good tho loc uulnd by it rt tricted demand fur imiuMd ftHxl, or to prevent one coniddernWo failure, caurd by arrvtcd dclrvKl!oa atd collections, but wider vathor helped a little in many branch? of lrdo while It lasted. Nowthagrunl fxd In the MliIppl Valley lalerfero with tho distribution and threaten riou dU atcr; on the other hand, iho money market ha boon relieved by lreur? dUburemcnU, by another reduction ! lb rate by tho bank of Kcglaad end by fall of three quarter of a real la th rate of sterling exchsec. .1 no volume of bu!no continue ex traordinarily larce. al New York ih clearings exceeding lat tcars by 4 tsr cent, at Ikton by 6 per coal, el Philadelphia by Iti TvntrtCh lingo by 17 per cent and xU all other !laU by 15 per cent. Tho Increase in railrond cam In? for February was about l.i per cent. Tho weekly output of iron furaav ru blast March l?t wn D,Wl ton Aalnft 17403S January lt nud ltl,77S ve.r nzo. The reduction f ! 1.53 In tho urWn of Birmingham Iron. w that it U now offered ln Eastern market lift v vut below similar Iron from PepiijlvunU, com)cls teller to make ioueeUu and causes a ncrvou and dUatnMilnud feeling. Reports from . other, cilie lodleatft Kmo improvement in the volume of trade where change i notl'ed. No change of consequence In rau ha occurred in ihe Now York money marketn. though the Traurv ha paid out l,0W,Un) more than It ha taken in. Export of cotton, bre:idluiT ami nil " for February were In value t.t9,.17- against 33.U10,S'JG hut year a gain of 17 per cent, largely du to douil ex ports of wheat and flour. But for the two weeks In March tho export from New York have fallen below latyear' nearly 2 'per cent, while Import in crease. Business failure occurring through out tho country during tho last weok number, for the UnltoJ Stales 217 Canada 35; total 252, compared with 2tH) last week. h Off for the Cherokee Ht rip. Kansas City, March 1 1. Tho .Star's Arkansas City,, Kannu, eprcial nay; Since the news came last night that tho Oklahoma bill had paed the House, declaring tho Cherokee ttrlp public domain, tho city ha been a scene of wild excitement, with boom ers, in tbeir excitement, running to and fro half dressed making prepara tions to start ; at day break for the strip. Before tbe un was up, the whole city was wild and a continuous utrcara of people ef everv demxlptlon from Ihe poorest tramp to jcculAt!vo real es tate agents, men. women and children of every nationality, has been pouring into the strip. At noon the lino of while covered prairie schooner, bearing the jovotn boomers I still crawling through the town and Its end Is not yet visible. New come from the strip that the cattle havo already been stamped, frightened at tho unusual t-cencs and have become unmanage able. Tbe cattlemen arcih great strait to know what to do with their stock. Inas much as the force of men at their com mand is as nothing before the I rrc St able stream of Immigration. By eundowa to-night 10,(j0 people will have entered the sJrip with ibo In tention of staying thre at all hazards, and nothing short of tho UnlU d Slate army can drive them from the Mecca toward which taey have been strug gling for so long. ,r Mweoaasn0eBSB"MMOMa Old North Mate Chip. The talented W. II. Blount, Iq., of the Wilson Mirror, ha accepted aa Invitation to deliver tho addren at the commencement of the Lumber Bridge High School, oa the 12lh of June. lion. O. II. Dockcry, consul to Rio de Janeiro, will cot corse to the United States as expected on account of the 111 health of Minister Adam. Secretary Blaine telegraghed htm to take charge of the legation in tbe minister's ab sence with increased pay of 1200 00 per month. His wile will go to Brazil next May. The NorthCarollna railroad company has decided to erect a monument at Greensboro to tbe memory of Hon. Cal vin Graves. It was Mr. Grates, who, as president of tbe Noth Carolina sen ate, ln 1S50, gave the casting vote la favor of building the road, there being a tie on the subject. The Mkssengch would be glad to see a similar move ment Inaugurated ln memory of Gov. Dudley. The . &W. railroad might do so with becoming grace. North Carolina has nineteen national' banks with a capital of t2,42J5,0OO, a trifle for so large a Stele. A CoeJoderaie Memorial IXalL Richmond. Va., March H. The ladies of Hollywood Memorial Asso ciation will petilloa tho City Council to have the house, occupied by Jeffer son Davis daring the war, preserved from destruction and turned orer to the Association to be used as a muum of Confederate Relics and a memorial balL Tbe association invokes the as sistance of all who are Interested In such an endeavor and asks the th to con tribute to the enterprise sod to furnish memorials and relic of the late war to be placed In the building. 1