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1 inh IS 7'J ALBIGH VOL.XV.-70. RALEIGH, X. FRIDAY MORXING, MAY 23, 1879. S5.00 PER AXXUM- 1HE ti of tho Republican, printed on type as thie ANOTHER FIELD DAY. MECKLENBURG'S GLORY PILLS AND POWDERS.

"WHITEWASHING." Mctioii of the striking coal miner have ltMi induitvl to accept the award of wage made ly the judge of Durham countv ttmrt last meek, and 1 1 pits in the Durham miners union will be working to-day. The owner Germany bate taken advantage of the miners' utrike here to push codn into all the Baltic port and ii is feared thai a considerable po.t'on of the ordinary summer trade in cods from Tyne may have boen forestalled. TIIF HIUIITM OK T1IK OVO.1 CUOK. MEKTIJSO OF THE STATE MEIUCAL ASSOCIATION. The Doctor Tnrn Out Largely at the Annual ttatherinir Blasted Hope.

Correspondence of the News. (jrUEEN-sBORO, May 21. The great event of the week here, as yon know, is the annual meeting of the State Medical Society. It is the largest and most in teresting meeting ever held by the physicians in this State. Over one hun dred are in attendance, and a finer look ing body of men is seldom seen.

The hospitalities of the city are freely ex tended. The proceedings are full of interest the papers read and the discussions on medical subjects are more than usually able, and all is harmonious in this scientific and progressive body. The Board of Medical Examiners are in session, and have examined nearly fort applicants for licenses to practice under our State laws. The Board is very searching and rigid in their exam inations, but not too much so. The ab.e Preoldent of the Board, Lr.

Pe E. Ilines, goes in for maintaininga high standard, and is laudably sustained by me otner members. All tins is as should be; the lime has at last arrived when a license to practice under the de cision ol our State Board of Medical hxaminers is more difficult to obtain, is more to be sought lor, and more val- uanie man a diploma from the best medical college, so-called, in this country. So much for the protection of the public health and ibr the cause of medical improvement in North Carolina. Nearly one dozen applicants have been rejected aiier a lull ana fair examination.

lhe subject of the State Board of Health made this annual me ting much larger than usual, especially as it was Known that under the recent amend ments of the legislature, a new election. by ballot, of members of the board was required at this meeting. The election was animated. The following gentle men were elected To serve for the ensuing six years Drs. S.

S. Satchwell, of Pender county, and Thomas F. Wood, of Wilmington. To serve the ensuing lour years urs. c.J.

(J llagan, ol Pitt county, and George A. Foote, of Warren county. To serve for the ensuing two years Drs. It. Ij.

Payne, of Lexington, and M. Whitehead, of Salisbury. The Board, as thus elected, by the Societ3r, in6t to-day, and adjourned on the election of the following officers President, Dr. S. S.

Satchwell Secretary, Dr. Thomas F. Wootl. The (Jovernor has appointed the State chemist, Dr. Ledoux, and Major Kami, of Charlotte, civil engineer, as members of the Board.

Dr. Ledoux was present. To-morrow the election ot officers ot the Society will take place. It is thought an lournmont will take place to-mor row cuing. Ax Obskkvkk.

A Comprehensive Definition. New York Herald. a mnt'r "wiiiii is an independent Republican of the present time, anyway?" He is a sort of camp-meeting brigadier a kind of fizz on the two seidlitz powders a call" with rive legs a hot ice-cream a frozen bonfire a Persian apple, one side of which is sweet and the other side sour a huckleberry that wishes to be a watermelon. In principle he is always afraid afraid that Republican caucuses may not make mistakes so that that the Democrats may win. Natural Impatience.

Pittdhurg Dispatch More than one partr would be gratified if the Democrats in Congress would be pleased to indicate precisely what they are going to do. There is no strategy in silence ordelay.There is uo amusement in prolonging the session, either for Congress or the country. Everybody wants an ad journment; Congress itseif wants an adjournment, and still adjournment hangs lire, while fire is a cold illustration of the heat that will soon strike Washington. Working: 'up a Peculiar Cnuse. Cincinnati Commercial.

It is a pity Delaware and Vermont cannot enlarge themselves by the annexation of surrounding territory. If they could. Bayard and Edmunds would have Borne show. Maryland and New Jersey might be added to Mr. Bayard's patrimony, and New Hampshire and a slice of Canada to that of Senator Edmunds.

Those gentlemen would then have constituents enough to form a brass band to blow for them next year. Hayes' Presidential Position. New York Sun. Hayes does not mean to re-elect Grant. He does not mean to help Grant to obtain the Republican nomination for President in 1880.

If he should use his opportunities and influence to that it would be at the expense of John Sherman's political fortunes, and, for all Presidential purposes, the machinery of the fraudulent Administration is "wholly and unreservedly at John Sherman's command. A Democratic Measure. Kansas City Times. The Democratic proposition is to abolish the internal revenue outfit and make up the deficit by a tax on all incomes over five thousand dollars per annum. This would certainly be a popular measure, as taking the burden of taxation from the toiling masses and placing it upon the shoulders of accumulated wealth.

The First of it Hind. fit. Paul Globe. There have been a good many lunatics consigned to asylums for religious fervor, and is appropriate that we should mention the fact that a man at Minerva, Ohio, has just been consigned to the insane asylum for Masonic lunacy. It is the first case of the kind, and ought to be recorded.

A Question lor the Ilrelhren. Now York Sun We have the remarkable spectacle of three Presbyterian general assemblies in session in our country at the same time. One of these, in sending greetings vesteidav to the other two, declared that thev all held "a common faith and order." Why don't they hitch teams, then? passing. each shining, as a center of light. Don instant members ot his own system The sun moves in solitary grandeur, unattended, hile (Grant, "surrounded by his satellites, shines from afar as ho comes up from the west upon George W.

Childs, Robeson, Coukling, Bab-cqck. Boss Shepherd, Belknap, and the lepsroi nis centralized planetary sys tem, and prepares the Rlorious day of tneir riirvana, when thev hope to be absorbed into the center of their svs tern, supreme in power and glory. The most affecting and impressive scene in the progress ot this luminary toward tne will be the conjunction of (Grant and the Sun, "and the best country the sun ever shone on," and tho reuit Mobilier members, whisky rings, post traders, district rings, safe biirglarv conspirators, railway sharks, gold speculators, the planets of his sys tem, at the Crolden Crate, when the god or aay, at meridian, shall salute the old man as his loot touches tus own soil and all the hosts assembled shall lift their voices and clap their hands, while tneir nnger ends tingle with iov and itch with delight at the prospect of get ting back, the arm up to the shoulder, into the Treasury. STATE Chatham. Pltt-sboro Record.

i Roseola or, as it is sometimes called. rose-rasn unit sometimes Known as French measles, has been quite preva- Iqnt in our community for the past two weeks, it is not at all serious in its char acter, but at the same time it is de cidedly uncomfortable to those affected with it. ineian at niiisooro is so insecure that it has been determined to enlargo repair it, and while it is undergo ing repair the prisoners are to be sent to our jail lor safe keeping. Among these prisoners is one under sentence fox murder, and another (a woman) awaiting her trial for the murder of her husband. The authorities of Orauge may feel assured of their safe confinement in our new an splendid jail.

wiucn is generally conceded to be one ofthe best in the State. Pender. Wilmington Review-. There has not been a bill of indict ment found against a citizen, -nor has there been a man arrested charged with an, offense against the State, Holly townsnip. since the war.

There mav be; other townships in the State which call presejit as pure a record, but we have serious doubts of such another in stance to be found anywhere. The Down-hearted Man Wanted to See It. Detroit Free Press. About ten clock one morning two men met on sixtn street and began threatening and calling each other names, one finally called the other a liar, and the two were about to grapple when a woman opened the door and saui Gentlemen, are you about to tight 1 We are!" they answered together. men nave tne Kindness to wait a moment, she continued.

"My oor husband has been sick for weeks and weeks, and is now just able to sit up. He is verv, down-hearted this morning, rtiijit it you only wait im i In ii i uo to the window, 1 know he feel very grateful to both of you." $he disappeared into the house, and aftier one look at each other's faces the nin smiled, shook hands and departed together. A Desperate Suicide. John Chandler, a wealthy farmer of Niirth Nassau, New York, left his house on! Tuesday, after telling his daughter to prepare "breakfast. He was found in the woods some hours later dying from sell'-intlicted wounds, lie first attempted ito kill himself by hanging, making a rope of his shirt.

The garment was not strong enough to support his weight, anl he fell to the ground. He then placed his head on a large stone, took another stone in his hands and began jo hammer out his own brains. HodM not succeed well eno lgh to satisfy hiin-seljf, and left this stone and proceeded to another, leaving a trail of blood on thq ground. Oiv this he laid his head again and repeated the operation. For a second time he failed to kill himself, and abandoned this stone.

He went to a third one, and this time, having found a three-cornered stone, he kept pounding his head until he was no longer able to raise his arm. When found he was yet alive, though unconscious. His skull was broken badly ami his brains were scattered about. Personal. Gen.

Ivilpatrick's head was severely cut in a carriage accident last week. It is oven said that some particles of brain matter were visible. Madame AdelinaPatti is now precisely thirty-four years old, and her voice is at the "fullness of its charm. Nicolini is fifty-seven, and his voice is worn out. Lord Derby was recently asked whether M.

prime minister of France, was an Englishman. "Yes," he said, "and the prime minister of England is not an Englishman." Ex-Gov. Asafael Peck died in Water-bury, Monday, aged seventy-six veiars. He had been, previous to his occupancy of the governor's office, a judge ofthe Supreme court for twenty years. Cvrus W.

Field will sail for Europe to-dav. He will attend, as the delegate of the'New Chamber of Commerce, the International Congress at Paris to promote the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Darien. Prince Louis Napoleon was received in South Africa with cordial demonstrations, and looked very handsome and well pleased. He was, however, attacked with African fever shortly after reaching, Natal and could not go to the front. This was good for the Zulus.

The new Queen of Holland is said to have iiad a good deal of trouble- in learning the language of her adopted country. Her first tutor taught hor High Dutch, which she afterward found was obsolete, mo a second teaciier-er was brought in with a Low Dutch gramm ir. New Orleans Picayune: As regularly as new moons come Northern papers state regularly that Paul Morphy is reported insane. Mr. Morphy is a quiet lit i gentleman, engaged in minding his own business, which fact is perhaps sullici-nt reason for meddling correspondents to call him ciazy.

Queen Victoria has conferred the Victoria Cross on those who more prominently distinguished themselves at Kourke's Drift, namely: Lieut. Maors, Majors Chard and Bromhead, Corporal William Allen, and Privates John Williams, Henry Hook, William Jones, Robert Jones tand Federick Hick. The Duke of Argyll intends to pass four months in Canada, returning home in October. Several members of the duke's family also go to Canada during the summer on visits to the Marquis of Lome and H. R.

H. the Princess Louise. An invitation has also leen sent to Lord and Lady Rosebery. great Pacific and salute in big as our pica and bourgeois, with staring head-line in letters two inches loinr. Not had tvne for weak eves, von say, and you fee) as friendly to it as you do' to a hand-bill or one; of the mous" advertisements after blinding yourself bv two or three columns of nonpareil in one of our 'papers.

Uut you glance along the columns of the Figaro for the news, first by telegraph. You find all there is of jit in about a half column, tucked away somewhere in one of the dead pages without headlines. And tho news iteeLf is scarcely worth tho space it occupies. It is rare to find a two or three-line dispatch from America. Your eye may flight upon a half dozen lines daily froui the capitals of the leading governments in Europe, and this information confined to politics or the movements of leading personages, the royal families and other officials of distinction.

No Specials from any quarter of France the world outside. You turn then jto the local new to find out what happened yesterday and I ist night. The doings "of this great city, of 2,000,000 of inhabitants are probably contained in a single column and tiie announcements Of things to take place to-day lind rarely any room at all. There is one page Of advertisements and there is about a third of one lage devoted scrupulously! each day to the feullleton, that is, a chapter or so of some story or romance by a well known author. Scanning still more closely its columns for theonesuprenie excellence of this favorite paper, youlseek its editorials.

There are none. You will rind some leading articles on the first page treating of current topics, but each I bears a signature, a well-known nom de plume, or the real namd cf the writ er. I hese articles are sometimes able, always vivacious, frequently witty and amusing. They rarely toijich on polities, never on religion or niorals. You will find also pungent critiif isms of new-books, painting, sculpture, music and the drama.

The stage is the one absorbing topic of the paper. The actresses and the singer, their sayings and Hieir doings, the gossip of the green-room and the foyer, the scandals! proceeding from those and which circulates on the boulevards and in the cafes, demand more energy and talent add style than anything else in the Figaroj. Oiie other feature next in importance! is the indecent joke frequently appearing under the head of "Nou voiles a laj Main," not grossly conveyed, by anyj means, but expressed with great nicetyjof language, the utmost refinement of double indelicate meaningugared o'er with the witty phrase, the offense and the repulsion of tho idea scarcely able to contend against the seduction and grace of style. For the refit, there is a short report of the mar-kets or the bourse, a weather article arid a "(Jazette du Sport." A I RK FOR II YIHlOplIoniA. The Remarkable Dream of Writ Virginia Kronnil it Result.

Correspondence New York Sun. Pakkkusiu ru, W. Va.j May A colored inmate of the country poor-house, about twenty-one years of age, has hct raved symptoms of hydrophobia for sc oral years. At tile age of nine years he was bitten iif the hand by a dog, which was afterward killed on suspicion that it was mid. In tho course of time tho colored man, who is also ii I'riiuilo jm inmate of the poorliouse.

(At times he seemed to bo in sound health and with unimpaired mental faculties, perhaps for several days. Then jsuddenly ho would feel an itching sensation in the palm of the right hand, hich would rapidly ascend tho right arm, affecting the mesial and cutaneous nerves, until the whole of the right si3e would be 1. Usually ho would inform his keepers, ho would coin tine him to his cell, strong room from which it was impossible for him tojescape. He would soon begin to froth it the mouth, growl, whine, bark and snab at anything in his reach, occasionally tearing his own flesh with his teetli and nails. During these rabid spells his eyes would turn in his head; he! would display the ferocity of a wild beast upon the approach of any one, and would become frantic at tho sigl of water.

These strange actions had been of regular occurrence until one morning, a short time ago, awaking from a deep sleep of physical exhaustion, the unfortunate man called Mr. Joseph Cook, the superintendent, to his cell, and told hiin that he had seen a man in a dream, who informed him that if he would gather a certain weed which grew on a certain part of the farm (describing a spot here ho said he hail (never been, and even the identical spot on which the weed grew), ho would! recover entirely from his disease. yr. Cook ridiculed the idea as tho emanation of a mind, caused byjan affection of the nervous system, but; the colored man strenuously adhered to tho belief that it would cure him. At length, to get rid of his importunities, ho was taken in a wagon to a point pear tho spot indicated and lifted out.

file crawled directly to the place, whicfc was exactly as he described it. There he found a small clump of weeds, which he declared to be the weed which, he saw in his dream. He pulled it dp and masticated leaves and stalk, as he was taken to his room in the poor-hcjiise. Some eight or ten days have elapsed, and the spasms and rabid fits which had been of almost daily have altogether ceased, and he declares himself entirely recovered. His physicians say there is no doubt that he was afflicted with hydrophobia, and that his cure is apparently genuine.

They have tried in vain to ascertain the name of the weed, but as there was only a solitary clump of it, and the negro ate the whole of that, tho chances ire that this euro will remain a mystery in materia medioa. Still these medical gentlemen have one basis of hope in the fact that a minute fragment of chick weed (Genera Miliaria) was found in the wagon just after the negro was lifted ojut on his return, A Word to Nenater Vance. Petersburg Index-Appeal. It is rather amusing that Senator Merrinion lost his seat in the Senate for the reason that he read his speeches from manuscript, and that Governor Vance, his successor, should have opened his senatorial career by indulging in the very same practice. It will hardly bo believed in some parts of North Carolina that Zeb gave the Senate a written speech.

We advise tho (iovernor not to do s6 any more. When it comes to manuscript there are not a few members of the Senate who carry more weight than lie; whereas, we have always fondly believed that none ot them "could get away with him" (as the heathen say)' in an extemporaneous and rough-roll and tumble forensic fight. If the latter is the Senator's talent, as his friends believe, he ought to give it full sway 'and exercise, and not essay Might in other fields and elements which may not, be as congenial to him. We confess! to have been somewhat disappointed by the maiden Senatorial speeches both of Gov. Vanee and (Gov.

Hampton, but; we hope and expect to hear better accounts of both of them before they have satj much longer in the upper chamber. Paradoxical Zaeharlah. Atlanta Constitution. I Z. Chandler is not a revolutionist.

He sticks to one brand. A.XMYI.RHARY AT CHARIOTTE OF TIIK OK.l fL A ATIO OF 1775. A Fine Day, latrR-e Concourse, F.lo-quent Orations, Nplendld Psirsxle And tieneral Good Time. Correspondence of the News. Ciiaiii.otti-:, May 21.

As stated in my telegram I forward a description of yesterday's ceremonies here. The day was as fine aa could be wished for. In tho early morning the citizens were up and doiirg, decorating tlieir residences as wt-ll a the streets, flags being stretched across the latter, irreetimr the eve from every direction. From 9 to 10 o'clock tbe whistles of locomotives told of the arrival of fresh trains packed with visitors, and aa they did not return till eveuingthe streets werecrowd-eiall day. The number of visitors is variously estimated at from 5,000 to and is believed to bo the largest that ever congregated in this city ou a simi lar iHX'aaion with the exception of that of the centennial year.

TIIK I'llOCKSSIoX was formed about 11 o'clock under tho direction of the chief marshal, Col. 11. C. Jones, and his aids, and was led by the Statesville cornel band preceding the military companies, five in number. The Charlotte lirays was headed by a carriage drawn by two gray horses conveying Filh-ihi lifijimr'nt, little Miss Ues-sie Sanders.

Following the companies wore carriages containing Governor Jarvis and Lieutenant-! Governor Itobinson, Hon. Win. M. Hobbins, the orator of the day. (Gen.

John A. Young, the reader of "the Mecklenburg 1 of I ndejiendence. Mayor am! others. Next were tho fire companies, with the "uncord cornet ind, heir pparat us handsomely doc-the Continental orated, ending with battalion. Alter the start made the procession moved to lie grounds of the Carolina Military Institute, where a large stage erected and arranged for the audience.

The exercises were opened with prayer by the Hev. K. II. Harding, and i General Young then read the Mecklenburg IhH-laratiou. The chief marshal then introduced the II on.

illium M. of Statesville, who delivered a stirring and most excellent address. lIeojened by referring to classical and modern instances of heroism, and said that the memory of great deeds inspires men tocuiulate them; that it was of importance that every people should treasure up the legacy of honorable traditions, since the consciousness of being descendants of an illustrious slock could not fail to awaken sentiments of patriotism ami pride. Hi discussed the questions relating tothe causes that led to the enunciation of tin now famous I ecl.u at ion, as well as its authenticity. and then proceeded to review the terms of the instrument as well as the impulses that governed the hearts and minds of its trainers, classing these patriots as statesmen of the highest order.

He spokeof the Anglo-Saxon race, from hich our ancestors sprung, with all the virtues of industry. o.a common sense, as being the noblest that ever existed, and then gave a clear, concise history of the events that crowded thick and fast upon thoso 'troublous timis." He adverted to the individual instances of heroism displayed by those, many of whom became in later days celebrated in the history of the Slate, lleclosi with a most eloquent peroration, the final sentences of which were nearly as follows: lepair is not a word in the of North Carolinian unless they were the degenerate offspring of a noble race; the bearing of her gallant sons and her true-hearted daughters amid the fiery trials whi-h recently tested them showed full well to all the world tha! North Carolina 'his no! lost the breed of noble I call you then, my fellow North Carolinians, this day to renewed courage, energy and hop. Warmed by the inspiring memories of the olden time, mindti 1 that the high blood of heroes and patriots courses through your eins, let us show ourselves worthy ol them by our devotion to the honor of North Carolina, by standing like a wall of tire round the citadel of her liberties, and by the thorough organization of her iiiiinon.se material resouice, until by the blessing of favoring Heaven, the great glory of her past shall be transcended by the greater glory of her luture." (Governor Jarvis was then called for, and on being introduced by the marshal sjioke of tho necessity of an active State pride. He gave illustrations of what North Carolina had suffered from lack of this, and also recalled past history and enumerated her resources to show what her people had to be proud of. He referred to the object of the gathering to-day and the lessons that might bo drawn from it, and said there was ono thing he hoped never to hear of a North Carolinian doing agaiu and that was doubting thatthore was a declaration of independence by the people of Mecklenburg county on tho of May, It was a fact in his opinion estahlishe I beyond controversy, and was one in Uich tho hole Slate should feel an equal pride with Mecklenburg county.

Judge Fowleand Lieutenant-Governor Kobiuson each made some few then the procession marched to tho public square and disbanded. PHESKNTATION OK TIIK CADETS. Immediately after the conclusion of tho speaking, the cadets of the Carolina Military Institute were presented by Col. Thomas to (Gov. Jarvis, Col.

Thomas saying that they represented the hearts of three States and bore the arms of North Carolina, and he trusted that should the occasion demand it they would always be ready to use those arms to defend the State. The Oover-rnor replied, congratulating the young men upon their appearance, and upon the advantages they enjoyed in recoiv-i lg their education at one of the best institutions in the country. Kverylhing passed oil finely, there happening no accidents to mar the pleasure of the day with the single exemption of a young man belonging to the Continental ISaltalion having the misfortune to break his leg, and Charlotte's citizen may feel justly proud of this her yearly attempt to keep green the memory of those gallant men who helped with their minds, their blood and their scant treasure to help work out emancipation from tyrannous and heedless rulers. The ntg Paper of I'arl. Ht.

Louis Republican. Americans newly arrived in I'aris are struck ith amazement at the poulan-tv of the Figaro. It is the one paper of ail I'aris. You see it prominently displayed at the news-stands, lind it in all the cafes, see it in the hands of those who ride in cabs, or in busses and tramways; you ask your French neighbor for the'best newspaper in Paris, and he tells you the Figaro. You take it, and for days, probably, bend your mental energies to the task of comprehending the virtues of such a singular-looking and peculiarly-conducted newspaper.

Y'ou are first struck with its appearance a folio sheet alsjut the size of one half LFCIIKLITIVK KMU1ITIX. IT. COUHITCEE i WORK. IBow the President of a Railroad Company can Make and Politic Remunerative. Correspondence of the News.

Burkk N. May 19, 1S71. Your correspondent "Burke," in criticising the action of the Legislative committee appointod to examine and report upon the alleged mismanagement of the affair of Lhe W. N. C.

R. R. seemed to have entirely overlooked much of the testimony in the case. That of the socBetaiy and treasurer of the company certainly display groator ignorance of matters concerning which it is his duty to be fully informed, and in proportion to his opportunities for information, than any employee whoso testimony was published. And the fault does not lie altogether with tho witness either, who was interrogated and permitted to give as evidence hi non-recollections, judgments and opinions as to several important mat ters which ought to have been of record in his office, and not once reouired or even requested to exhibit the records or turn to them to refresh his rocolloe- tion in testifying.

Groat anxfotv was manifested by tho committee to find out who had prompted the investigation and the reasons to learn whether B. A. Reriy was fairly nominated by the Democratic convention in Burke countv, or whether he packed it with radicals; and to ascertain the extent "of his pander ing to an agrarian feeling in certain sort ions of Burke county." The aim ofthe committee seems to have been TO LHAlt THK I.KAST of the facts tending to sustain the charges against the managers and employee meoi tne roan. nerever indications of the president's crooked nrut appeared in the course ol the exaitunationof witness es the pursuit was instantly abandoned, and instead of au ed'ort to unearth the wrong it as to conceal it if possible. Ejyery man of ordinary intelligence after reading the testimony and report, can readily see that there was no honest effort made to ascertain what the president wras to receive for the logs cut near I card, nor tho amount of his bill for mules and carts hired to tho comnanv.

nor the names of persons to hom free nasses were issued and the considerations therefor, nor THE NT.MItt:it OK I'ltK TRAINS run to political conventions and elections, nor, indeed, concerning any mismanagement whatever. Why wras not the president called to testify in regard to these manors, and the books ''-arid accounts of the company produced to show all the fads relative to these several transactions, as thev should have shown if properly kept?" Why did the president not exhibit thoso books and papers, showing the wholo business ful ly and clearly? It was a small work. and if innocent of the charges, he might at once and forever have set himself right before 'o t(, cjt i ins snows mat me records oro lean, and that to have exhibited them would have convicted him. the ATiKMrr of thk committkk to create tho impression that the presi dent is sorving the company at great personal sacrifice is too weak. Tho average tax-payer wiif not bo able to see it.

On the contrary every one must see that he is taking advantage of 'the embarrassed condition ofthe company and using his position to make secret oral bargains with tho directors for furnishing supplies for the road, and usingit for the accommodation of politi cal conventions and friends of his candidates. Tho statement of tho treasurer as accepted as satisfactory proof that all the bonds of tho employees of the road were good and sufficient, with out asking the names of tho sureties or whother there were an', tho witness' bond being while in the case of Whitson, whoso testimony they sought to eaken by showing that the pre'- denthad been oneof his sureties, tj.oi gh. the bona had long ago been cancclou: extreme diligence was used to make the investigation complete. 1 he committee "examined the books. papers and office of the secretary ami treasurer and found enerulhiiui in ter- fect order.

All tho present officers and subordinates perform their dnties sat isfactorily, i et according to the tes timony of these officers, tho honesty alone of a merchant in Salisbury pre vented the company from paying twice for the same article; no record wits kebt of large and important contracts and dealings of the president with the beside other sorious ir regularities are made to appear. Now it is submitted that this committee wuh more easily satisfied than will bo their masters, tho tax-payers, to whom an account ol their stewardship must be rendered. TIIK 1 DsTIMOXV SHOWS; 1. That .100 logs were cut on the pres ident's land, near I card Station, trans ported gratuitously 4(1 or miles ou tho railroad to his mill, sawe I by con vict labor and the lumber used In con struction ot the road, but no price or value fixed upon it, and no opportunity offered to oilier persons to bid for the contract, though there was plenty of suitable timber owned by others ini tho neighborhood of the work. That the president hired his mules and carts to the company, to be f'd and kept in repair by the latter, at the rate of 78 a year for each mule and cart.

As to how many or how long they wore furnished nobody knew. 3. Free trains were run tothe Hickory convention fSK and to the elections at Marion and Old Fort. 4. Free passes were issued.

As to how many or who were the favored dead no information is given. ooil and lumber were hauled free of charge for the employees and president. i. That no rcord is kept of secret contracts between the president and li rectors whereby the president is al lowed to furnish supplies to the road. Yet all is lovely and no mismanage-, ment discovered by this committee.

Now it is not the immediate pecuni ary loss occasioned by this misiuango- mcntof the road, but tho I.NKVITAULE AND DANOKROl'S REsChTS to follow from the tolerating of sneh abuses that concern the people. If this condition of affairs is to be continued and such abuses continued, how long will it be till corruption will pervade every public department? Are the people who pay lhe taxes ex pected to indorse these abuses without complaint? Nay, verily. Tho legislator or railroad official who thinks to practice such imposition as this without rebuke, will find that he has sadly mistaken the temper of tho people. IvUTli KKKOHD. A Clean Sweep OiTered.

Philadelphia 'Mines. As neither Wallace nor Randall cares to run the Democratic iilachine in Pennsylvania this year, perhaps ex-Governor Tilden would like to try his hand. He has some talents in that way which might com'? handy. i. WOO 3 ALD1 BILL R4I.

KM A rrl mtrm A nr their In-latl I Npk lit lair-4aUMrtlM Bill. Wfitiiio, May 2. Skxatk. MclHnAlJ jked leave to the MH regulating the of the 1. 1 I in ui ui ii ow in 4 urwiai tutor F-dmund asked whether the i tnUoided to enlarge or diuiiu the etiaung (vusiiiuiionii ioen v( the Kecutie in tne um? of the army senator clHnld id it properly the President' om under th, Constitution the bill would nhow hethcr It enlarged or restrict iower.

Senator Edmunds i. know If, in Senator MclVn-u. opinion. Its effect wa to repeal dehiw xttJa and If h-a t' any ItjcUUtion oataesntJci iir iirT. I lie r.rl -ction under the title Inur r- ti.n." a thev appear in the revised in hi niind in offering the hill.

HfUwilwl in give hi vtewn iftifcin mi ri- lu ltl of i thought uo uch legiltion tie- It did not lead to the al-ate- ny fault iu eiitinr lawi, but I on Id not totrn hlll'ti intro- ti- n. The lull wan re-eivl ami I on the tal'le. and Seuatiir MelKn. 1 muir inn iivhouhi rail it up in and e.k thereon. Senator 1.

1 iT not ii- that he inteudel to ik on the iine tubject after the Sen-x Indian. Se4iator that he would tpv.tk on the when he could iet the i I 1. 1 filler the rule. Liughler. n.i:e then took up the iill to -it tlif mtro.ii tion and spread of and lulet-tiou dieaM.

tutor llarri nLalelthat the present the munleiiaiiiv the Stte health law where thev rh unit, and to i-ope ration there-of die national larl as far a mm-lb also Mid the appropriation I. ii reduced fnm hundreil i ntty thoii.in I to five hundred rivid of the removal of to the Nrd the i "wajM-H of faille. Suator thought that tlw appropriation i.irv'e and that wiuld lo enator ILirnt replied that the i red thousand an little the bill eiuld le earrifl ii.Unr 1-ltton aid he lilted for the bill, and hooi the ap-; la ion would le relu--d to two Tilrd and fifty thou-nd. He u-ht lhi nu too lame but would uiethuiii to theopimon of other. Iati mot I to amen I.

th tt in in' appropriated should di-r-e I un.ler lhedirttioti of the mito- i t. the Tra ury ujn -juarterl en of the national larl. aii-iiiiiiKi- r. i the HMii-iniMiN of it terat ion I tui vj-ndituri" under the act adopted. A tier ne further diMi.ioii Mia- I I aton amendment to reduce the ropriation to a rej-ted.

i I ualor oiik.ii.it:. Ill xuiie then -mtcd out what he inn- i bT-l the fault in the bill. Anions the oiji-ton to it wrre, ae Iilt. that it make ojlen" aant the tate j. nidaliN- in the federal tliat uch oileii- are left alo in the juridii-tioti of the State court.

that a man may I i-c putuhcd the ame otfene third, that the titie uupcd fall not upon the oibndcr. tut upon the inrnxnl owner tf- eel. He aaid lx' nhouM tor the bill he ldi- lh subject dil not betoii to national In! to 1-n-al legislation. lltrrn replieJ that hd pmel lo-l lejfislation U-itiu t'teient. Vf.er further remark by Senator ukuii.

senator Kduunl. wIhj ih-el c. examine the bill further, moved that the senate adjourn until to-mor- li.wIe. tf i retina, a bill authoriim; the S-re-tarv the Navy to pi ee" a ml hulk at tho dip-l of the commi-; uer of quarantine or othet prjer P'-ro-n at -rt of the l'nlte-1 State. rrel the "omuiiltee on Naal ur.

Flie Houae at reutmd afui-i r-. of the morning hour the hill to r. ealand amend the law reUtin to the tr mfer of ca.e from Slate to r'ei-r! 'urt. The Kepublicsui r'ful ote on the demand for the previou thertv buinea. ariou nri roposition were thereun on tlii sloe oi i.ie nuuv, I ii ere nl afeled to.

Inally a all at a conipnmie failetl, and a the Republican to ote. a nll the Houe wa. pris-elel with. After the expiration of the morning hour the silver bill came up. The Houe re I to the committee amendment of the eighth eclion which provide th certificate! of deposit iditll in ih nomination not le than instead of as originally provided.

The next committee amendment providetl that rtiri'-ate of deoit may le compute-1 a p-irt of Ue law ful money reserve of national l-aiik. It as then ajrrel to ilKte on the eiirhlh tioii in li manv memliern articij.itHl. Mr. Chittenden said, "If I Imrrow a tr. horse from the memler from "springer and otrer him a bad mule in return, he will nay I am a mined coundrel (shouts of laughter nd so I say the fGovernment of the I fs.t'sl i a damned scoundrel if it pax me in depreciated silver the interest ou the lnL hich I hold as rx- a widow." The amendment rejectvl without di isitm.

lr. Warner irTerol an amendment gold silver bullion which shall the pnqverty of the I Government I the return of certtficHtes) to the treas-urv in pa vtnent of due shall le coined I paid out. Adopted. An ainend-uie-it to strike out the whole section ws tiegatiied. Several other minor me idmcnts were offered.

Imt without iKing any further tnateritl progress a ru to adjourn at 5 o'i-lix-k pre- oled. The olten Caterpillar. I May "JJ. The -otlon caterpillar ha apearcd at two ilitfeient in lullas etiunty the arliet er tloW 11. Kt-rlout Aeeldenl st hip board.

Mar 2i -Lloyds has re- i I intelligence of an accident alard the tr iii-Hrt steamer China (Wlonging to the i uiiard line) in Simon ILiy on th of April. In heaving up rn-hor two men were killed ami nineteen 1 1 1 1 1 1 quite Ianlte. Mav -2. The Times" i-or- repfri. l.

nt at Merlin avi the vom ire a Miv for treident or tne iieicniK must I taken a an itdiTtion if the future ture ot the lleich.stag for a t-eri -l which it would le rash to set the tun it. to. The Resialta mf Utrlke. May A 1 II. II a.l 1 .1 ti i.uuiuciui uiuicuujr vue oimiiuaic NmII nroastil by ihr I nllel flnte Clal the Insurgent liatrrn-mm I mf lr(lnl.

Hit It Mo5 1. May What nown a th old were taken upfor trial lu-te to-dav in the I nited State ireuit Court Lefire -lude 1L. W. Hutrhe. The cn.se em race ulout a dofen uitn on the art of the I'niteil Stale tiovernuieiit against the ex-State ortirial who were in authority at the time of the evacua i in of Hichmond, for amount raniriu from one thousand to live thuwtid dollar and ag-Kreirating about tjn.onj.

It i claimed that th xuuTierK govermutuit of Vir Xinialisvt in the TreaAiirv oil the 2d of April. Io.1, a quantity of xld and silver, with which the nfticer. of that got eminent taii themselves and their aoldier In a-lvatn-e (iovernor William Smith taking fo.Ono, mot of it in ad-vimf. Ity the public law the conqueror 1 entitled to the property the and to right of action of the conquered pow er due from it debtoi The United Stales (ioverniiieiit briutr suit as the conquering jxiwer against theac but doe not aim any-thing that belong to the State, of Virginia a a SUte. The I'nitevl State Government utily claims hat to the insurgent government of Virgiua, overthrown bv it armies in April.

5. Thl p'ie behnie to the insur gent government ol irgima; a such, the otlii-er of that go erniiu nt as-un-h. tok thi inotiev, und tJie I'uiied State Government nue them a debtors of the insurirenl gocr.umiii oxcrthiowu bv the nioti. The cu-e attainst ex- Win. Smith wahrtput njioii trril.

Theiioxern- liient put ill all the proof dceuu-d eary to etallisji it allegation. 1 he cx-tGovernor. now ncariv fl e.rs old. then flit the stand. He made an elaborate statement to the jury, reciting in a very intere tmg manner the historv of his actions, d- inc and wandering as Governor, for the week succeeding the cajture of Kichtuond until hi surrender 1'atrick, provost marshal of Iti l)tuoud.

Ilisslorv was amusiuglv told, and at time the judge, jury, lawyers und au-dience were convulsed with Without getting throiighwi: Ii ernor Smith' tcti'ii. over till to-uioiroa. iv, rial -t hatltam llixlt School iiieut. tndance of the Nc l'urrr su.i-ni 'ii v. Ma the "Ji'th instant.

he 1 1 1 I tow thronged with vis-i; arts of the State -mg exercises of of Newton, was itor from to itne lie the h.ith.im IIilIi S.Iih.1. At -o'clock the crowd assembled at th chinch heir the Literary add rest. The er were ojt'tiil with prayer by the Ki'i A. Audersoii, a'ter which Mr. J.

V. of Hicko--, liiirKtucis uicor.itoi of the day, Hon. K. I. 1 rce-nslioro.

Hi add re was that certainly worthy to Ik i-arefully tii'liil. as he sowed to the student tha: tlieir life was one that required ali tin enlightenment that could lie ol.taimsl; therefore he would take as hi sui-ject, "The llible as an He showed in a very forcible manner that it was the Hook, the study of which would elevate man to the pinnacle of tame. Al. that from the studr of this "old. old storv" all mankind iic their indeK'inlence; it was the Ixitlom of all just government; from it wo framed all our laws.

The gentleman is a fine seaker, and greatly pleased hi large audience, and the hool feel highly complimented with their selection, lelieviiig that the address could not Ik; excelleil by any orattr of the Slate. The evening exercises, commenced at o'clock, and the crowd assembled at the chaj to hear the speeches of the students. Tney wi re all very tine especially tho origiial speeches of Mr. Harringer, Corah i I.ipp, W. A.

lA.ng, J. F. Murphy ami C. "ail. We are glad to see that the school is in a progressive condilioir; the exercise showing that the lys are well instructed.

The Salisbury Cornet Han. I furnished music for the occasion. I'nder the instruction of Prof. W. II.

Ne ive. it has Inxome one of the bct in the state. W. Halifax Mmtterti. l'orrpondence of the News.

Hsi.irax. May 21. The Inferior Court met here Monday, lsth. Justi--e Hill and Clark on the bench. Mon-tlv was consumed by nolle etc.

Tuewlay it was announced that tho Commissioners' cases woul I be, tried. K-arly in the day the Court JIouso was full of itple ho had come in to these case that have len making so much noie. The whole day was consumed In getting a jury, and every man in the imirt room and in the town had lieen summoned and up to tho time of adjournment only eleven jurors were in the Ikx; when the Solicitor for the State announced his willingness to take any one of the defendants' Kunsel," whereuon Mr. Mullen was suggested, but refused to serve. Mr.

Iturtou did the same, but Mr. Moore -cepted and took his seat in the box; all the counsel passed except Mr. lav, ho was not present In the room. He was sent for. and as soon as he came objected, as Mr.

Moore was counsel in the case and a law yer. The Court then ordered a sjeeial venire of 200 men for to-day. This tuoruing the court met at the usual hour, the counsel soon obtained ajurv, and are now proceeding slow ly with "the cae. Mr. Whitaker for the State.

Messrs. Mullen A Moore, Hay, Grixzard ami Burton for thedetendants. The case bids fair to occupy the eek; and there is some doubt whether the Inferior Court hold two weeks. If not, the jail ease will remain untouched. Items Iron Frnjlbe.

CirrtHndence of the News. Winstom, May 20. We have had incessant rain of heavy force which have injured farmers very much. The damp weather has caused an influx of toliarco and all the warehouses are crowded, yet prices have held up well. Trade has been lively of late the business men are cheerful.

Mendelssohn Quintette Club, of lloston, gave concert in Salem, last Thnrwdar and Friday nights, which weresai'l to be superbly grand. They assisted also, in rendering music last Friday in the Moravian church when the 7-ith anniveraary of the Salem Female ai-ademy was celebrated with im-iMing ceremonies. News Items are exceedingly scarce. lUilroad matters are agitating some of our itlxens, but no definite aclion has vet been taken. Giant Homeward Round.

Nashville American. If we are not mistaken, is the last ground to be touched by the sole of Grant before his holy beeJ presses his own sacred soil. From Japan he starts east for San Francisco. While that great luminary comes eastward, to rise and shine in the west, we suppose the great sun will continue to go west. We have not vet heard of any astronomical hanges by which that orbit is to wheel about under the disturbing influence of the radical center of centralization.

Many times these two centers of their wn "systems will pass each other on.