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r. 'I' .. ' INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. Term. -.00 Eor- "V! NEW I.I.RNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, MAY 188. NO. 5. VOL. XI. mww www s i'-" It Will TO GOTO KIHSTON OETTINGER BROS. Caa ! Will Vtood M low a Slt Oar Beady Made Clothing. Piece Goods, White Goods. A4 w ia, and dupUjtd for ialo. Wj tlvsj ktf band fall Une of Heavy Groceries mtMUfcr Wi I-J Potash Lonliirr. OitM, Sank CrW rind- In fi carry a Iwr to- U) kw tab i-U of W. Jt W. Ui'.roJ. 4tm M Mk foe all ar rk, eon.-rviuer.tly alwiv. pr iM. u4 tnWer lk ben St of th CWa t Ciartaa, i w te HTTANCER BROS., SIGN OF THE CELEBRATED PEARL SHIRT. LOOK ! Examine Then Ccinparo our Prices and an Average Sating of 25 Per Ceni is Certain ! AMJ 4ls ro parcbM a SPKlMt (HTrlF. ':! i i: '-heir lfUU t dsUI aJ naint mj rnoncou st.v-k ' Clothing, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes. Hats, Caps, TBUNK Vrs'O VALISKS, Genh' and Ladies' AavJ b fw y tha'. I caa sll koa 10 I est Ml) p Mm' good Fliaoel Su:t. 1 r ? i 7 ait for t-5- A mkaH 0hi Woo!n Su;r r ! tamaiailfor I3.0O. A Voy's (food .at fr - 1m mm a waA U4 ! nit, from 4 to 12 year, from to f L.l Ma food SaM. ll.OO; Lidiea" nise button Sh v. vu. o.Mo.lm 10a. nr cair: h"k wear from l"c. t - m mtm ftj I I aOa. 1A4 im Slirter from 4e- FtTv.aatM dw flat. M.oj, 8of r Saiff, & xaU up- ilsaj and Ladiej Hosiery, .cn UF- ! OtW Good lo nimtriai to mntion. Ctiye us a call and find what I m Uktna. tW A full lm of Jerey; an all wool Jersey for 45c. AT COS T- HaVvn g dMrmial to eic oat mj eonrt oii u rmuvj OWas CotmU. Ldt' radfrwear, Ilambarn KJias, GIotm, I'adia aad MIssm IIom. Uaadkrc.i(. and whit L-awn and Pi iu, and a large tok of Nolioo, laia Hock ia boand to b sold J AS. A- TH0X15. S'aaan. Come & Memorial Services AHD BE 8TTRE T0U Buy Your Clothing 7 FROM MQWARD & JONES, TfcAOoI eicJoaiTw Clothing and Gents' Furnish lag Store in the City Y0 will acu u MXaVoce oi oar Spdnc Stock of Clothing now arriTing 33 Black aUtd Brown Cot-way and Sack Corkscrew Sai: 113 aUld 2(X 30 Bait of Mkld(fx Fin Flannel At 10, i, :a, H W kATw tone barffmin llt in W inter I'nderwear MMfUxitMl 8mrl.t 8alrt Ot tl.OO. cost in Nw York 1 .'." k. v..it awuuthan 11 .'wi npit j a m ua iva b.sep sy - mKip'm nvirt ftnUnniiHwH!. ftt t irTJa WHIM! a i . rn . anjM f A Cntr all aja Full atock of lei of 23c Scarfa and TVs K oja4 tXlS. AgaU for Ja. Means taOO and TW CVmomd and Iaj1 Shirts. A atocZ of Ilaaaa & Soo'a Shoes to Trunk a, Vailses and 8hawl Straps. ihu mw Iio of Mattiagi will be in Itioja. r BK 8UBE AND SEE HOWARD & JONTS, Next marl dwtf "S"-55rS5 Full line of the above Shoes for sale by HOWartl & JOIieS. Sole ' !. , OLDEST AJTD LAB O EST MTJSIJ H0U3E IN VA Walter D.fJtoses MCo. 014 f A13 STRGET. BIUUMOXH, VA. "I 11 lrl !Li JBB CUlocM or SimrtM Crlln A Cnt, At VrS. F.8ly VBookSlft, eonwr Bnm ud Middl- Sw.. E.y TO 00 YOUR TRADING. they cm new up, bo horijr':.'. inywhcr.- the i. 0L10DS, Dress Goods, r I' Snuff, I'oiwi f ( ; oo Js than Tro the !o ret dioum to oar jatroa-i. tVt too t oJ bj U- LOOK ! Carefully. Furnishing Goods, you trooji the city. :ep. A T P.. i; aci I caa ! .vi to fo.oo. ! rj r - M ,es Die 1 cdsr bhixtJ I to .5c. Liccn 1 1 an d'it?rchif f., .0. , Hoy! an J - hddr-n ooi. ,"r) at w ork Cjst OppoaiU Haptijt Church. New Berne. N. C. intrr oiocs oi it'iuioi; a . v at worth to M'li'. An all wool 1 They cannot 1 fall. Drawers to match. 60c.. all ftizes M to 1 r.1nis.l nriivn. Cell n hud V! I ars . 11. i lose, 1 1 and Keren i e is, etc. .ew tjrltlMr C H " iv 'i H Sh-s. arrive Cm shortly, s.-wpa I S. Door to Nuio- ?A Bank. (- J KHl ViK.lN.n i4 MlOK or O J.iJlJ MK.4w IU SHOtJ.k.: rmiTrJ r- i in uaa r ata $ ivfuan sv 0 Ito . . " JAMES MEANS S4 SHOE WIS mc mr a kmt a Oaa JAMES MEANS S3 SHOE, j - (Nr Vo WWp-:- - " ' : -i t - f - r ir- ' ' - :"-mm t.i- J MI M K I N v HO F. ar H - - - aa I yyr t -.jwnjn t .h.wa o-mI t m a ' . j-s - i I -w.1 Jair.-- l-iro 4 o ' .Irra r-Wa ' ' " -"--' 4.r I :- a " - 1 ! 1 ',-"' 'ai'ifi at .r-M-ft.( t.i rw i . la." Jamil . I ..I i ynl h. bt"' -v f r-r t-r.j.- . Ha . 1 T - -- - . .!uw. tVM . - tM ' - r'-t- n n.rr e --I -tf ' w ' '" James Means &l Co. 4 Unool n St.. Eloaton. Maaa. AgentS for NeW Beme. p PiaAoa and Organs on eajy monthly ajy mwiy olmxx at factory pru-. t ld InatraanU rtory p excha kaksn in bought. roUd 4 rtp-aird ! S( o k ml tUm KT HIIIC I n-r-u? Uin Boo k rf al I k 1 miM. irrMtai nt iVialofow uj rr. A.rvn.n. o. uas mb. on (toctilon ir JirU xmnpK 111 Mial lumOMOUL ilwi;'.l.;UM rtlDOl l4 orfrn ot .toj-i n-r from r 10 n innu of iioi-)n Tofioiji ilr.r B.ll ii. t-- 21i ulT rJ' "J 'r'r7'"'1 'n lb m . rild f r oo Application at Uie omce of Somebody thinkf the worlJ all wrong And oarer hm a word in its prais, JVjrnebodj sing the whole day long. Like the world and all its way. Somebody aay It a queer old place. Where, none of the people do a ihey hould . Somebody thinki it fu'l of nrc And woTililn't change the folks if he ecu Id . Scnebody calla it crnel and col). Kali ol (in and sorrow and pain Where life i but a search for gol i . And souls are lost in selfish Ksin Somebody merrily laughs, and criea ' Hurrah for such a dear old earth Surceea shall crown the man that trie To make bis mark by boo4t worth.' Somebody groans and shake hm head, (.'all his lot a wretched one: Somebody wiahee that ha were dead. Kor somebody else has all the fan. I'ut simhow I notice you generally And. In good or evil, pain or care. To one thing sure, you may make up yoor mind Somebody iiiN7 nets his share. I'earl Elinge MR- MILLS' STEK( H. We cop- so aoueh of Mr. Mills' nperb lielow on the tanff as re lates to the manner in which the Republican party relieved the rich of taxes while they continued the ar taxes tion the necessaries of Mi;. Ciiaihman: During our late c;v.l war the expenditures required by an enormous military establish ment made it necessary that the burdens of taxation should be laid heavily in all directions authorized by the Constitution. The internal revenue and direct taxes were called into requisition to supplement the revenues arising from customs, to aid the Treasury to respond to the heavy demands made upon it. The duties on imports were raised from an average on dutiable poods of 15.4 pr cent in lvM, to an aver age ol 10. 1.) per cent on dutiable gixxls daring the live years from 1S2 to lSbr,, inclusive. This was recognized at the time as an ex ceptionally heavy burden. It was stated by the distinguished gentle men who then presented to the ; house the bill so largely increasing the duties, and which today bears his honored name, that it was de mandexl by the exigencies of war ; and must cease on the return of peace. Ia his own words he said : ; itryh : infndt.l tuj a wr mosnre , a miwrar moiunrK and i mint a tAmrvorarv mpaAnre. ann as such give it our suprort." More than twenty years have ejap3ei 8ince tac war'ended. A generation has passed away and a new generation uas apptareu on , tue stage biqc pace Uas returned , 10 oiess our common country; out these war taiea still remain; and they are heavier today than they ere on an ayerige daring the rive rears of the existence of hostilities. Tne aversje rate ol duty during the last five years, from 1SS3 to i 1SS7, inclusive, on dutiable goods j amounts to 11 51 per cent, and j during the last year the average is pr cent, instead ot the rate , of taxation being reduced to meet the wants of an efficient adminis tration of government in time of, peace, it continues to grow and Mil the coffers of the government with money not required for tho public purposes, and which rightfully should remain in the pockets of the people. After CoDgress had bo largely in creased the duties on imports, and thus bestowed most liberal and gen erous bounties on our manufactnr ers, a lieht internal tax was mi posed on the products of domestic manufacture to help the government meet the n&avy demands ot war. ice luu'ruii u mij.xjsei uu ooinr m an n 1 actu rers wss but a tithe of tue iicj uoiucu im.ocu uu mc HATS, soft people by the increased duties on ; foreign goods. It brought to the treasury in W.ti ?1 JT.OOO.OOO a sum which was less than 5 per cnt upon the value of the manu factured product of that year. It ns and nov- was thought not to be unreasonable to require this email contribution , irom iuon; w iiciso uuuui) ejuKrcs r . v u U . . i . had increased irom i? to w per 1 ceDt in the price of their prod ucts. l'.nt, Mr. Chairman, that tax is 1 gone, it could not De retained, it was a tax on wealth. It came out of the pockets of the manufacturer. As soon as the war was ended com- j plaint was mada that this tax was ;a war tar, that was no longer necessary, and it was repealed. I Congress imposed a tax on internes, i too, to help the government to meet the expenditures of war. It brought to the treasury, iu 1S''., f 7',LHX),(X-th The official reports showed that four hundred and rtix'.v thousand one hundred and seventy ersons out of thd whole population had incomes above the exemption, and thev had JTtMJ.tMJO- 100 of net annual income, while the balance of the people had nothing beyond what was reijuiia d for an nual supxrt. Yet scarcely had the war ended until this tax was de dared to U exceedingly odious, inquisitorial, and oppressive ; and Congress was asked to repeal it, and it Is gone. CongTess thought it was unjust to repuire 4K),17 persons who had an annual income of f 7(HJ,CKX),(-KX) to pav anythine to snpixirt the government, and they hurriedly swept that "ihIious" measure from the statute book. Besides these there were taxes on t he receipts ol railroad companies, taxes on il urance companies, taxes on bank capital, bank deposits, and bank checks, but they are gone. Congress lent a willing ear to the demands of wealthy corporations and indi viduals and took all the burdens from them, but the war taxes on 1 clothing:, like the poor, we have al- ways witii us. j.uese taxes were ..,, nn .t a time when our in- . . . r . . -, i-Kfr ... or. "J" WR' lr,B us the fc and demanding from the .v sunri I S"' ciuueuv ujuic wau i.u,iav,- 1 uoO anoaall. to meet it interests, inn. k.. .-. Kr. fk.it- I 11 UU UJC-O 1 U-IUI- lUCil ; yeg tUey made haate to roll all the , . . J . .. .. 1 bardens ot taxation on lae suoni ders of the wealthy and lay them . 1 . ,j u 1 upon ib. .uuuiu.rd 01 luooe who could only pay as they procured the means by theirdailv toil. Conld not that f 127,000,00 contributed dj me manniaciarera irom tne ricn bounties which the government had piven havo boi-n ri't.iirwd until the war ile'it pud ? Could not tho 7"'.((.of)i i tri.ru income been beld for ; IV w ir.i:!o:i;i.r! Could not the t.ix im 1 1 ; n rciprs of the wealthy C'lrpoi a' have been rontmued for one d ..ih- '. 1 1' t heHe t a ye.trs longer v no national di 1 !m ni kept ten m;M todav have and iu adi!:;;.n ri line' ions linn- to the prop.we people reipurec sinkitijr der.4 c. HI Inn 1 K I ve hai iv t o ; lie lied m .1 ! :on now ;. p ;v ; ;iiere.-1 and land. I' ; ";i w iia t-e. mo tnie prue'iple ol ii-: n'e ere t he--e taxes rejiealeii and thf whole bur den laid on artii !i puitip; into l.i;ly coiifiam ption , and u hieh rnnt be obtainei by the labor of in nd and muscle Was the tax ol d per cent, on the domestic blanket paid by the nianti tactnrer more oppress, c then than tho tax of 7! per cent, on b loraign and dorm - e h! cikrS p Kh ml by the people f as the tax of.! per cent, on a wool hat paid by the maniiKe-iurer more oppressive than the tax ol 7 .! per cent, on both paid bv :iie con suiner! Was : he ; a of .! p.. : cent, on women's and children's clothing paid by the manufacturer noire op pressive than the tax of SJ percent, on toth foreign and domesl'e goods ot the same kind pa: 1 b the con sumer! 'A as a tax ol .! per cent. on railroad cmn pa '. 'e banking companies, niuanee companies, express and telegrapii a companies, more oppressive than an ys per cent, tax on woolen sh.iwl ? U'.ts a .! per cent, tax on income-- more oppressl ve t ban an v l on a woolen shirt ' e ceti : tax lire party in thought so, for tl are gone, bu : t he po i r 4f i .' a: nly e t axes on weal t li war t a x i ui cloth ing, the w ar t ,i x on ! tax on t he implenii nts remain with us. ,i: agar s' oar prosper;' and our com m e : e(- ; igoroiisly prosveu ted is exhausting in its di vasions on labor, whet t ! war . i : i the war ir labor. v. still being -a war t hat st rue; i ve 1 n icr it is em- ployed in agriculture tures, commerce, or m:a in a n n fac ;ng. Kverv effort that has b,e:i made to bring this war on the in dustries of the eoutitrv to an end and to restore the government to a peace establishment has been re- Diaicu i e ' t i r-'f, ti ii ' cv I'll everv effort to end this unjustifiable invasion of the rightsof the people has been defeated The gentlemen who represent the minority of the com m i l tee on ways and means boast that thev have reduced taxation ? (0.(KiO,00(. to the splen- jhey point with prid did column which they have erec- vye ftre tol(1 tbat tne 8teei raii in-1 trade. New York, Philadelphia, Balti ted, but that column has no stone ( dastry is in great danger of utterly , more and Norfolk. Not only this, Mr. in it to tell of their devotion to the j perishing away and departing from Chairman, but this work when com- Zhu!ZLlZ tLJi this cpinentfbecaase we propose fjl'ol Stfl io iu'.v. i.t L.iuv ... ..v. . .j one of which speak of favoritism t0 tne wraith v. of sjiecial iirivileges rlcn an,i p0w,-r(n! classes. In 1SS,-; t(iev timhed this magnificent 8liaft( wnich thov lMVl. i,wn for years erecting, and crow tied it with the last stone by repealing the in ternal tax mi pi. u ing cards and putting a p'T ceil'. ' i. on the Bible. NOT I'd It Till. 1 5 K.N KK1 1 (IK 111'. V0KKI N UM KN. In a former issue we gave that portion of Mr. Mill-.' speech which showed how ;he wealthy had been relieved of taxes while the war taxes are continued upon the neces- saries of life t hat are consumed by the pour as well as the rich. We npw copv th;l. 10r; u,n which present of the shows eo nclu.-i vely tariff :s not for t h h th. r, i I: laborer : Now ann'lur tii:;ir. I want to show that the tarill is nut for the benefit of the workingman. We wi have many appeals madt sympathy on account of injiman. I have taken 11 V li I lit first annual report of the Commis- gioner Ot Labeir and the report of tlf census on wages some ngnres given bv ma 0 tno total a im fact uro rs themselves ost of t he product and the abor cost f th article uiey .lre muk inc. I have nut the tariff dutv hy tue sue ,,t t!H.m to show wuJther in the little reductions we are asking in this biil we have gone beyond that pledge we as a party D;ive mMe that we should not ie- duce taxation so low as to injure our laborers, or a- ma to cover the difference in cost ol labor between American and foreign products. This will show, ,i:,d 1 ask your a; t en : ion to ; ; . that : l.- tar.ff is not intended to and 'lie- not benefit labor. It will .-how tioit the benefit of thetir.lV never p.:--cs beyond the pocket ot the manufacturer, and to tin- pockets o l.;s workmen. I find in this repoi t uin- pair of ." H'tind blankets. The nob- oust as stated by the manufacturer is ? 1 .."1 . The labor cos! he paid for them is .'O cents. The presi n t tar : :1 is?l '.Ml. 'uw. here is 1 ..'..". in this tariff over and above t be eiit iri- labor cost of these blanket. Why did not that manufacturer gu and give that money to the laborer. He is able to do it. Here is a tarill that trives h;;n .l.'.'n on that pair of blankets for the benefit of his laborer, but notwithstanding that the tariff was imposed for tho bene tit of American laOor and to pre serve high wage, every dollar of that tariff went into- the manuf'ac Hirer's pocket. The pour fellow who made the blankets gut .;.") cents and the manufae'urrr kept the - 1 .'.'O. Mr. (r.iai. Will the gi n t '.cm an please state how much the commit tee has reduced that duty ! Mr. Mills. To $10U from $1 bu. Take another pair of pound . t -pi... ,.o- i o o "aUV?' lV".la'-. Ua .. 3 T" '": ADVa , .r'x- ,", 0I1US- UC tariff is ow , how strange .1... ., r .1 1... it 10 lui uuur ui inesi- suuis tut were intended tor the laborer ever kt--,.i tl,., .,1... r .), ct UVJUim -on I'ULUCI Ol lUC manufacturer. Whv is it, when the - ' ... - . American L ongresa enacted this legislation, for the benefit of our . .. r., ::, laoor, mat eiiy uniiai hi tins am intended for labor stops in the pockets of the manufacturer, who goes into the highways and hedges ana hires uis i.ioorer at t lie lowest price for which he can get him in the market and then pockets the tariff benefits that we are told every day is intended for the laborer alone tor the benefit of labor T Here is another pair of . pound blankets. The cost is .'S.bO. The labor cost paid by this manufac turer, he says himself, is ill cents. The tariff is" L'-.V). In the pending bill we have left him l..'?5. and we have lett the other man .(S. And we have left all along not on 1 enough to cover the difference, if there was anv difference, between the labor cost of production in l.urope and the labor cost of pro duction in this country, but we have enough left to pay for all the labor and a bonus besides. Let us go on a little further. Here is one yard of flannel, weigh ing four ounces; it cost IS cents, of which the laborer got cents: the tariff on it is S cents. How is it that the whole S cents did not get into the jackets ot the laborer f Is it not strange that those who made the tariff and fastened upon the people these war rates in a time of profound peace, and who are now constantly assailing the i;emoTatic pai i ueeause n is mi- true to the workingman, did not make some provision bv wtlicb the generous bounty they gave should r tho ,.tt nf l.im f.ir w-linm rach the pocket ot him or whom they said it was intended T dney charge that we are trying to strike down the labor of the country. Why do they not see that the money they are taking out of the hard earnings of the people is de livered in good faith to the work man. One yard of cassiinere weighing HI ounces cost -?1..'JS; the labor cost is 1'9 cents; tho tariff duty is SO cents. One pound of sowing silk costs j.j.f'b; the cost for laboT is s.3 cents ; the tariff is ?1. !'.. One gallon of linseed oil costs lb cents : the labor cost is 12 cents: the tariff cost is !'." cents. One ton ot bar iron costs $31 : the labor cost is rlO; the tariff fixes several rates for bar iron. I give the lowest rate, f IS.'.'!'. One ton of found rv pig iron cogtsll; the labor costs rl.G ; the tariff is'?fi.7L'. None of these tariff rates go to the laborer. The road is blocked up. luey cannot pass tue pocset of the manufacturer. The "great nuiti itaii ojocciai lualio luicuutu to secure high wages for onr la- borers is so perverted that all its beneficence intended for the poor workman stops in the pocket of his , employer, and the laborer only gets what he can command in the open market for his work, j et us tau.e Bessemer steel rails rn reouce tne outv irom ro?ii. i The whole cost is put down at 1 tection for vessels engaged ia general 'M, the labor cost at $7.57: the!cemmerce but affording protection for tariff is $17. The manufacturer ! has ?9.43 more for each ton than all the labor cost. The labor cost of this ton is exceptionally high. I have a statement of the labor cost of a ton of steel rails at Beth lehem, Pa., taken recently by Mr. Sehoenof, anil it shows labor cost there 5.3. So per ton. The labor' cost of a ton steel rails in England is not one dollar cheaper than here. Mr. Sehoenof informs me that a ton of bar iron costs, for labor, in Kngland about 'j7.7o, and here about S. But let us leave these and proceed with the official fig ures. A keg of steel nails costs !'.: I ; the laborer cost is G7 cents, the tariff is A ton of pipe iron costs I.oT ; labor cost, '2. tariff is Id. Here is a car wheel weighing ."on pounds, cost 1.,5: labor cost So cents: tariff is I'll! cents per pound, equivalent to 12.o0, to cover a labor cost of Sj cents! Laughter. "Why, Mr. Chairman, r I'll -VV " r-. i nil on rf b f to rrnt tons lor : ia IO i ci o oino uuiit iu pnaaon win no some good. BO Email a the woik imnien.ely rich if they could get sum will merely begin the work, leav-e-,., ,u all that Coneress votes to tbem. If mg it in such a condition as to expose it . the manufacturers did not Stop the , . jii i bounties intended by the Crovern ment to rea' h the pockets of the workingmen. Here is a coarse wool suit of . , . ciomes bu.u ...- uui uiimK pe-oioc wear in their dailv toil in the shop and field. The whole cost is $12. The labor cost is 2. The tariff duty is 40 cents per pound and .'5.1 per cent, ad valorem. As the weight of the suit is not given, we eaunot tret the exact tarill', bnt the dutv on woolen clothes imported ist vear averaged " 1 per cent., and at that rate the tariff stands fi.S4 to cover 2 for labor cost. A cotton suit costs 10.. 0 : the labor cost is lVi; the tariff is .;.t'7. A dozen goblets cost Is cents: labor cost la cents: tariff White lead, by the hundredweight, o ; labor cost 730 cents : tariff A hundred weight of mixed paints, labor cost II cents: tariff ''. Now, Mr. Chairman, I have gone through with a number of articles taken from those official reports .... r ' made by the manufacturers them- selves, and I have shown that the tanff was not framed for the bene- fir ,f the laborer, or thnr if it. war u intondod hv flinso n-lin frnniAil it, the benefit never reaches the laborer, not a dollar of it. The working people are hired in the market at the lowest rates at which their services can be had, and all the '-boodle" that has been granted by these tariff bills goes into the pockets of the manufacturers. It builds up palaces; it concentrates wealth ; it makes great and power ful magnates: but it distributes none ot its beneficence in the homes of our laboring poor. It brings the tax gatherer to them : it weighs them down as it goes ; it compels them to pay out a i ., i .t .v.-.-- .1,. il. ,-,:,. ' r?U KAlUr lor tne necessaries oi iiie; anu tne monev it raises bv high prices on .-"." r uouiesLic ujikuuidutui . iu udu.i.i not into the coffers of the eovern- i,f ;t.i . ; f LUeUL, UUl IIILU lUOHIUCIO 111 lllll. individuals, It is making a wide . '. . . ? . distinction in this countrv between two classes one numerous, but . 1 1 , r 1 poor, one small, ou powenui anu rich. It is a nolicv that at war with the institutions of this coun- try. The concentration of the wealth ot the country in the hands of n few will in progress of time jp. iin ! im mmm jhlhi niiynii i n, 1 iijott njrj- i 11 i iii f 1- r-TT" a' n ns of our -ow, pent lemi u. tiie time nas corae, a 1 1 ei ail I hese taxes on wealth have been swept away, and the people of ;h:s cmii'iy hae been bearing fur ears these enormous buialeus t ii.lt hae bteu levied on tht1 neci .-.;: : - of life: now, when "trilsfs "pools' .i.n 1 cotubiuatioii," and aie :ir : n ; ;:11 around us to limit prodi: . ; . ' inereae prices, to rn ake t !.e , i.e . r 1 1 "s lot harder and daikt i no w t he time has come lor us to do something:, not for classe mt for the .'rear masses of our people. t'ONf.i:r.SM M M HONS On the Inland Water-way Between .New Berne and Beaufort . In the iiouso Situnl.iy a in fommit tee of the whole, pending eonf-ideraii :i of the river and harbor o:!l. ihe para graph in hand begins as follows : Improving the inland water-way be tween New Berne and Beaufort. X. ('. Continuing improvent. .-tId.IXO. Mr. Simmons eaiJ: I offer the amend ment which I send to the desk. ihe Clerk read as follows: ?-rike out S'lo.Of'O and insert $25,000. Mr. Simmons: Th State of North C? a r r i n a in tV-ta rnr IS- t f.iittinr. a canal of about threw and cue one-half miles in Ienzth. betrinnintr on the one side at the head of the navigable water of Uarlowe river and on the other side at the hea l of the navigable waters of CIubfoot rlvt r. c ,nni.eted the waters cf psmiimi;ii .,. ,haa r,f R0ofr,. Harbor. Tint caial was very email. and was only of r u lb. ient depth and width to admit of the p-i.-sae of small vessels. But it was fmind that it w-as a very great convenience to the people, and was very much used until some time just before the beginning of the war, when the locks broke down and it went out of use. Several years ago Congress, with a view of connecting the waters of Pam lico Sound with those of Beaufort Har bor, so as to avoid the dangerous shoals of Uatteras and Cape .ookout, on the North Carolina coast, iiuthorized a tur vey of the beveral proj-cted routes for connecting the waters of Pamlico Sound with Beaufort Harbor. That was made, and the old canal channel authorized by the Legislature of North Carolina, and appropriated for. was approved and recommeadid. TbU enterprise is not only a work of local but is a work of national concern as well. When it is open it will con nect not only the wnters of Chesapeake Bay with those of Beaufort Harber, but it will furnish the now only missing link between the great harbor of New York and the harbor of Beaufort, N. 0 thus affording through inland naviga- lion irom mat, great eeuier ol ceui- merce. so as to avoid the dangerous part of the North Carolina coast. It will be rr- Una coa8ti and with the generai charac- ter of the coast from New York to Beau- fort Harbor, that some such route as thia is needed for the small coasting vessels plying between the cities of the t, prA;r, itsneet 0 war iriere tne namrner ieu i TT. I .1 I I Mr. McClammy was rocoguizsd, and yielded his tim to Mr. Simmons. Mr. Simmons. Now, Mr. Chairman, the engineer, in his report upon the sur vey, says that the government by ex- pending the sum of 6;3.0u0 can secure a channel from one of these sounds to the other of 9 feet in depth and 80 feet in TT.,.rV-. ran- KiO n-iir nnf rcr- -im rn nriii in overthrow the fun; free government. the report which I now have before me the government. The motion for new so extensive a work on the part of the trial was over-ruled. A petition for government. clem.ncy, signed by the jury, was pre- He says, how ever, that it is of great . , , . . TT ,' ., importance from a national point of rented to His Honor, and some evidence view, and he reccommends that for the a3 to the defendant s recent good con present the government, by the ex- duct. Sentence of court, six months in pendlture oi cuu.uuu, wnicnne says win be amply sulticient. shall begin this work by securing a channel between these points of -a feet in depth and oO feet in width Personally I am accjuainted with the character of the soil along this canal, and I agree with the enginner when he says in this report that the great bulk of this 690,000 ought to bj appropriated at once. Now the commatee have only al lowed Sla. 000 for this work. The soil is of a marshy character. And 1 un dertake to say that while tnat appro- -11 i i 10 mage acu ue-ay ue.ore any om appropriation can be had that -will nearly undo that w hich has Deen done, This work, cf course, is of great local importance, not only to the towns that Wern tofbe Bit"! l?ih".a'; i;Vilv ILIOI'L lllJ.'vii.tii.iev. l,v-l,l--'w " UVIO Ol Eastern North Carolina, as affording direct ocean communication for the Trent, tile Neu.e, the PamliiiO. the Tar and other rivers that enter Pamlico Sound. The government, so far as the report shows, has only sp nt about SlO. 000 on this work, but it has made a canal suf- ficient for boats drawing four feet. La.t year twelve hundred of these ves- aeis passeu iur.u .- uu.,, ueve op- t J l- U I -, ' ,3 --T..S..S.S the government spent. And, notwith standing New- Berne and Beaufort are connected by railroad transportation, this canal reduced the usual freight rates between these points Co per Cent in one year. Now, I know it is very dilboult to secure an increase of an allowance made by ihis ccmc ittee. Th.re are in the d istrict that I hapj en to represent live different streams un der improvement by the government. One of these streams is ;:iJ0 miles in length: another is 140 miles. They have an immense drainage area, and yet for all of these five streams the committee have allowed onlv about t-o i.uOj. In vjew. of the iniIortailce t.f this work. botb from a local and a national stacd- point, as I have outlined. I do hope that the committee will agree to this in- i crease and if the committee does not. then I do hope that the House will take the matter in its owd hands and will allow the small additional sum which I ask. The British (hiceii Visits Berlin. Berlin. April C-l. ejueen ictoi ia ar rived at Charlottenburg at nine o'clock this morning. The Kmpress. the Crown Prince an i Crown Princess, and the Prince and Princess of Saxe-Meininger received her at the depot. Prince Henry and his sisters the Princesses Victoria. Sophie and Margaret. Sir Ed ward Malet, British Embassador at Ber lin, the Duke of Rutland and the Burgo master and municipal council of Burlin were also present. The greetings between yueen Vic- fnriii nH tliA rn.ii f.m iv nf (rermanv ., The Crown Prince con- '--ed the gaeen to an open four-horse ; ir.v, .h. e.r,a -,a .i,i, -""" -...-. . -.v. . .- ...... the Empress beside ner was ariven to unei -e. the castle Crowds of people lined the rnnta anil cheered pnt.hiiKiasricallv as ... t a the carnage passed . the gueen paid a visit to the Emneror short v after her :, nt ,uQ , ',. Tim Hnrtnr. frpH the meeting would excite the Emperor , . ... .t- .i !-.. ana proDaoiy upset mm. out meir tears were grcuadh .... 1 he imperor se.meu brighter after the interview and temperature was norma his e Tons Ammoniated Fertilizer. Geo. Au.es & Co. U. S. DISTRICT COURT. C ui t r riven- '1 nesd.iy leorninf;. On uioiir ..f L fl Drown i T. i 111 o' .Pir-l; on V. of.re, i: W'0ii n. wore : The pjissir men- M.;ore dant. worn in as ult'ji r.t 3- .. ':a.-(M.f I'. S v:;. (irady S:i;ii!i for ; ; .ur.ii-rf.Mt eyicj was taktn 'Jc.iii M,i:.ly of Sim .v Manly an 1 L. J. K 't . r.ppeared for thedtbn-Me.-i-rd. Hubbce and Peebles for the uvernnunt. This case was heard at the Licit spring term of the court and re?i;ki.d in a mistrial. It in one which ha? r xoitrd cor.sidc-ri.id. interest. The passing of two one dollar countir feit c jin.i was proven. t at the burden of proof as to the guilty knowledge by the defen dant was thrown upon the government and cu thi print the fiht was made. Messrs. Minly and Mjere put forth their best clTorts. makinc an able de fense for tin ir client, and Mr. Busbee represented the government with his usual energy and ability. The case was (;iveu to the jary at about p. m. who return'. .1 a verdict of guilty. Mo tion leJccd for new trial. The next case taken up was I'. 8. vs. Wen. Powell, col., for larceny of pos- tage stamps. There was a second count in the bill chargine the defendant with . , . securing stamps know, ng them to have been srr.ien. J v wtera n,i p rr Pelletier, Esqs.. appeared for the de fendant and submitted to a verdict of guilty on the second count. Sent to jail for thirty days and fined 20. '". S. vs. E. B. Boyette. dealing in li'puor contrary to statutes 0 casts Chas II. Brown appeared for defendant. Submitted ia one. vt rd ict of guilty in the other. Judgment suspended in the latter, thirty days in j ill and fine one hundred debars in the form-, r. . U. S. vs. Samuel S:aten, rteabng mail. No counsel for defendant. Samuel is the colored boy caught taking . mail frurn boxes in thij city. Sent to jail for three months. The case of U. S. vs. Jjs. -Y. Watson and YV. M. Watson, jr., for using the mails for fraudulent purposes was att , foJ 3 o'clock this afternoon. The jury was discharged for the day, I and the case of eeph Hobgood and John Forbes V3. S. Nash and others, owners of the steamer Beta, in ad- miralty was taken up. The plaintiffs ciaiai falvage for services rendered in saving the steamer Beta and her cargo of cotton from destruction by fire on the Tar riyer. The defendants claimed that the charges were excessive; that the ser- vices rendered were not in the nature of salvage, and therefore not within the jurisdiction of the court, and that they were ready to pay any reasonable charges for the services rendered. Geo. ; H. Brown, E-a . of Washington, an- : peared for the plaintiffs, Clement ! Manly, Esq., for the defendants. THURSDAY" S PROCEEDINGS. Court convened on Thursday morn ing at ten o'clock. The motion for a new trial ia the case of U. S. vs. Grady Smith for passing counterfeit coin was argued by Messrs. P. J. Moore and Clement Manly lor the llefenJant. anJ b Attorney Bu8bee for J tbo i ui 0f Dun! in countv an J i.av a fine of ten dollars. Ia the libel c..se ot Hobgood and Forbes ag.-iiu-t the steamer Beta, the judgment of the court was that the plaintiffs be allowed s-jOiO. In the case of U. S. vs. W T. Cherry. P. M.. for unlawfully opening a pack age of mail. His Honor held that open ing a package of that class by a post master was not an c.!Tnse. and that detaining not being charged iu the bill, ordered a verdict of not guilty. V. S. vs. Robert Harper and Frank P. Harper several cases of retailing and illicit distilling in which verdicts of guilty were rendered, no re.-istance being made by the defendants. The district attorney called the attention of the court to the fact that at his first court in this city these parties with sev eral others came forward and submit ted to cases of indictments against them for these offences and judgment w as suspended upon payment of cost, with the understanding that if they again engaged in the business judgment would be praved in the former cases: that t, haJ abuBe,. tho mercy of the court thus extended, and he now asked judgment in the former cases. Clement Manly and Chas. II. Brown, E?qrs.. made appeals to the court in behalf of the defendants. Sentence, eighteen months in each case of illicit distilling, sentence concurrent, and a line of one hundred dollars each. I". S. ys. El. Stanly, cu!., fur an as sault on the high .eas. E. J. Moure, En . for the defendant. District At torney Bunbee, assisted by Clement Manly. E.q . for the government. Capt. Johu E. Ireland, master of the schooner diaries, was the party assault ed and was the on:y witness examined. Verdict, guilty. Sentence, six nionihs in Craven county jail. AFTKR.V eN SESSION. The case of U. S. vs. Jas. V. Watson and Wm. M. Watson, jr.. for u.ing the mails for fraudulent purpo.-es was taken up. Clement Manly. 1 ne. and Clark !c Ciark appeared for the defendants. Messrs. Busbee and Peebles for the gov ernment. When the case was called Mr. Manlv stated that he desired to make a motion. and a-ked that the jurors be required to re tire while the motion was being di.e d. When the jurors had retired Mr. Manly made a motion to quash the indictment upon the ground that the scheme to defraud wag not suf- fickntly defined. The motion was ably argued by Messrs. Manly. W. W. Clark, , TT ,., , , , . , u nun. . c.. oiaiK ior tne aetena- , . n,,. - - 'b,u- Dicui. iu. iiieaiou to quasn wasutmeu and the case Fet for 10 o'clock this morning, to which time the court took a recess. FRIDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Court convened at 10 o'clock Friday morn ing. The case of U. S. vs. Jos. W. WatBon and Wm. M. Watson, jr., for using the mails for fraudulent purposes was called, and after some delay was pro (eded with. A liuge pile of letterB were introduced, admitted to be in the hind-writ ing of i ne or the other of the defendants, which wore read alternate ly by the Attorney Busbee and Assistant Peebles. The purport of these letters w ere simply orders for go'.ds of various descriptions, and concerning goods that had been ordered, (ieorge II. Roberts, cashier cf the Nuti mal Bank of New Berne, was introduced in reference to drafts against tho defendants that had been sent for collection. Pending his examination court t-k a recess to o o clock. A I I'KKNi ' ' N sKSSInS'. I 'pon the reassembling of the court. Clement Manly. Esq . of counsel for the defendants, arose and stated that while hi' w-ith the other roundel had en deavored, with a proper regard for the liberty of citizens, done their duty in this case, and still thought that a con viction could not be secured under this bill of indictment, vet thev thought a bill would be drawn under which they would be convicted, the defendants therefore would not contend any longer but submit to a verdict of guilty and throw-" themselves) upon tho mercy of the court. Mr. Manly then in a very touching manner appealed to tho court to be as lenient as it possibly could tin ier the circumstances. He alluded to the character heretofore sustained by the defendants and the high character of their family connections. Lion. C.C. Clark followed in a very feei ng appeal fur the joung men and made a special elTort for the younger (.ne, Wm. M. Watson, jr., who, he said, acted more in the capacity of a clerk in the business and had nothing to do with the correspon dence of the firm or or.iering goods. Jos. W. Watson verified this in a sworn statement before His Honor. Attorney Busbee said tho fact that the defendants had nubmitted and thrown tnemselv ts upon the mercy of the court and w hile he had no doubt of convic tion under the present bill of indict ' ment, he was willing to suspend judg ment in one case for which they were : not on trial. and leave it with thecourtto imposesuch punishment in the othercase as it thought proper. Judge Seymour, in passing sentence spoke of the effects the crime which had been proven against the defendants on the communi ty. It injured men engaged in business because it destroyed competition, and the community that tolerated it would lose its credit and its people would gain the reputation of being dishonest. Knowing the effects of the crime he hardly felt that he was doing justice in being as lenient as he had made up his ; mind to be. The disgrace of being im- prisoned had teen suggested to him. DUt t0 his mind the disgrace was not in k; ;m;...,na k.. .,,;n;r. ihQ crime which caused the imprisonment. The sentene -was that each of the defen- J dants be imprisoned for thirty days and pay a fine of ten dollars and cost. In the eecond case a plea of guilty was ; entered and judgment was suspended on payment of cost. W . W. Cook, indicted for the same offense, was disposed ot in the same manner. j. E. Hudson. indicted for the same offense, was ii-iposed of in the same manner. Alex. Ju.-tice, indicted for the same offense, was disponed of in the same manner. The jurors were discharged for the term and court tank a rece.H to Sit urday morning. A I J. Y NO I ES. The Charlotte Observer has sus pended . A fire in the Chicago stock yards Monday destroyed property amounting to $100 OoO iu value. tjm-en Victoria was enthusiasti ally cheered at Florence in pns.ing thiough the city on her way to Berlin Sul 'i van . the slugger, airived nt Bos ton Tuesday from Europe, and quite an ovation was accorded him. Work was resumed Timniav at the Edgar Thomson steel works, Pittsburg. 6even hundred men went to work, and , the striker, are giving no trouble. The session of the Senate Tuesday was opened w ith prayer by a Jewish Rabbi, the second instance of the kind in the history of the government. The Republicans of Rockingham coun ty, Va., have sent delegates to the State Convention in favor of Blaine for the ! presidency and against, the unit rule. Wilmington is to have a street rail- 1 way. A number of business men of the 1 city have formed a stock company, with s. oO. 0U0 capital, and w ill build the railway immediately. The Senate Tuesday confirmed a num ber of Presidential nominations, among which was that of Ezekiel E. Smith, of North Carolina, to be minister resi-' dent and consul general to the Republic ' of Eiberia. China has be.n visited with terrible earthquakes it) the last few nionthp. Over 4 0UO people haye bteu killed and in many towns nearly all the housis have been greatly damaged or complete ly destroyed . The weekly weather and crop report shows unusually cold weather in the j Northern States, which has greatly re tarded farm work, while in the South ern States the weather has aff.cted all the crops favorably. . , Iu the Senate Mori lay unanimously signed petitions were pn sented asking legislation against the sale of cigarettes and tobacco to bo. in the District of Columbia, which was declared to be a grave and seriously evil. In the Senate Tuesday there w as a long and interesting d-ebate on the inter- national copyright bill, which went over without action, when the bill for the establishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry was considered, which also went over without action. Several bills for the erection of lighthouses were pasFe J , and under "the era of good feel ing"' some pension bills were also passtd. The House was principally oc cupied in a discussion of tho tariff bill, Mr. McMil)in,of Tenno.aeo, making a lengthy and able speech in its favor, and Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, making an extended speech in opposition thereto. i each speaker was warmly congratulated ' by his party colleagues. IS Absolutely Pure. Thl powder nevsr vriM. A m.mt tt POrlty, IrvriKth , and wlioleaomeDMa. M Wonomlcn 1 than lb ordinary klnda, and w not be sold In corn p'l 1 1 l.,n wllli Hie miUlltBA of low tell, horl woljtht.. alum or phoaptat powders. Hold only In cans. IIotai. HAtIS POWDIE CO.. H W all N. 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New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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May 3, 1888, edition 1
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