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The New York herald., 1869-03-24
CUBA.
Tho spaniards Defeated at Mayari-AGairs
Near Cienfuegos.

Tho spaniards Defeated as Mayari-AGairs
Near Cienfuegos.
HAVANA, March 10, 1899.
News has been received here through Cuban
sources Of the operations Of Colonel Lopez Camara
against Mayari, In the Jurisdiction OF Santiago de
Cuba That general had been defeated by the insur.
gents under Marmol and Aguilera with loss Of soo
including ono captain and three lieutenants Gil
hts wounded men left on the field. Marmol was
wounded. Lopez Camara has returned TO Santiago
with the balance Of his command
Through wounded volunteer recently returned
rom villa Clara and Cienfuegos learn that light
took place on the Sd or 4th, In which the Spanards,
troops consisted OF the two bataions OF chasseurs
lately from SPAIN This volunteer expresses the
opinion that will take At least 10 900 men TO carry
into eect the determination 70 reestablsh railroad
communication.
The foreman In charge Of the construction party
engaged In repairing the road in Villa clara Was
notified BY an nsugent chief that no further repairs
were required And he was ordered TO leave with his
men. The supplies which had been collected for
their use wsre divided among the poor people OF the
vicinity.
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Representatives letter. from which it appears that
unless otherwise provided by law the existing rates
Of pay OF enlisted men Of the army VIII cease from
and after the goth Of August next and return TO
the rate fixed prior TO the late war, which was for
privates Of cavalry twelve dollars per month and
prvates OF infantry eleven dollars, instead Of six
teen dollars per month as now allowed to both
OF these classes. win be the result. The Pay
master General thinks that the present rates
OF pay should be allowed until the end
OF the current enlistment at least. while General
Sherman says In note that he does not believe that
Congress wishes to reduce the pay Of privates. and
ii might be well to submit this to Congress and ask
that joint resolution be passed extending the period
one or two years more.
Personal.
Vice President Colfax, with his wife and sister,
left Washington this morning for Andover, Ohio, his
wife's former home He viii return to this city in
few days to preside in the Senate till the end Of
the session. He is not going to New Orleans in.
correctly reported.
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MEXICO.

Revolutionary State OF the Countryside
Cabinets Share in Piunder-Juarcz About
to Call In the United States.
MONTEREY, Feb. %, 1869.
As / informed you In my former letter tnat the
whole country was in q revolutionary blaze, 1t is
now verified. We are In possession Of reliable in
formation respecting the c0nducta. The opposition
party have made serious developments respecting
the funds Of the conducta. It appears that Juarez
has $780, Lerdo de Tejada $500 oOo Mea $780, oOo
and the balance divided to other ofiicals nearly
s2oOo0Oo The rest belonged to commercial parties.
As you are aware che eonducta amounted to
OF Juarez they have had fat pickings.
Negrete has defeated part Of the government
forces Of the government win turn over to Nerree
IL is also stated that Juarez will give manifesto
to the nation, alleging that he cannot govern the
United States and requires protectorate.
As you are aware the butcher Escobedo IA doing
10 and
villages and towns, much more than daring the time
OF the empire There is now no drum head court
This Is savage In the extreme and goes far ahead Of
all the atrocities ever committed by the Imperiasts
we have also information Of . pronunsdniento at
San Luis, caused by the general government order
ing Juan Bustamente, so odious to the people and
mercantile community, to receive the government
selves to defend the present Governor. SO the
thing goes.
the general government has sent DRAFT for
S. oo0 the monthly payment given to this State for
the defence OF the Indians. accorded by the general
Congress. This Is drop OF water In the bucket, as
the urgent monetary situation is serious IN the
reme, as they Fave no resources whatever to carry
on the machinery OF government, and all the
burden Ia laid upon foreigners. who have to foot
the bills. Where win we get the aid and protection
necessary II is now OF absolute importance that
General Grant should take o decided step In this
matter
Movement Mexico by Way Of Texas
Troops Rapidly Pouring In-Thc Base Of
Supplies.
From the New Orleans Crescent, March 1871
We have Information from highly respectable
citizen Of Corpus Christi, Texas, OF q rumored
movement on Mexico. Our Informant says that
he ~ convinced that Q movement IN that direction
win soon be made. Troops are being rapidly con-
centrated In Texas, and II is thought they are
being sent there for the purpose Of being in readi
ness for movement on the "hcroic land' OF
Mexico. Additional barracks and hospitals are
being constructed ct Brownsville. Fort Ringold and
base OF supplies.
Whether the above surmises are correct or not IL
is true that troops are rapidly pouring into Texas
and that additional barracks ana hospitals are being
constructed at the points named.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, March %, 1859.
MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS.


MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS.
Mr.. BROOKS. (rep.) n N. y, presented the memo
rial of the National Union OF Bricklaytrs, for q
charter incorporating them as National Union.
Mr.. MOORE, rep.) q n. j., presented the petition
protection Of the lighthouse at Atlantic City.
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
vsne Sss Of q @
sit the hearing Of appeals and wrts OF from
their decisions as circuit judges. Referred to Com
COLLECTION OF DIRECT TAXES IN THE SOUTHERN
STATES.
Mr. JULIAN, rep. OF Ind, asked leave here to Offer
q resolution instrrting the Committee on Recon-
strucuon to inquire into the expediency OF revivlng
and enforcing the collection Of the direct tax In
tue States lately nrebellion.
MIR. BROOKS objected, unless the resolution was
referred 70 the judiciary Committee or to the Com
mittee on Ways anl Means.
Mr.. JULIAN declined TO have ft so referred, and
BILLS REp,nrKD FROM COMMITTEES.
The SPEAKER preceded TO calPthe committees for
Mr. BINGHAM, ccp., OF Ohio, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported bill to provide for the pubL
cation OF the opinins Of the Attorney General Or
dered to be printed and recommitted.
Mr.. POLAND, iron the Committee on Revision OF
the Laws, reporrd bill extending for three years
the time for revising and consolidating the statutes
OF the United Stats
Mr.. BUTLER, (res.) Of Mass, said he did not be-
@ he
to the Rehabilitation OF the committee.
Mr.. CULLoM, trp.) OF Pa inquired about the pro-
gress OF the wor., saying that ne understood the
commission had only worked out two or three
chapters
Mt. BUTLER sail he had seen four chapters, or
parts OF chapters, evised and at the same rate OF
revision the w0rkwould not be done for years to
come.
Mr. CuLLoM inquired what amount Of pay the CON-
missioncrs were receiving.
Mr: BUTLER san they mad . salary Of 5000 each
and Incidental expenses.
Mr. BENJAMIN, tep.) of NO., moved an Amendments
recurring the Commissioners to give their whole At
tenton to the wok.
Mr.. POLAND defined to let that amendment be
offered, and movd the previous question.
The amendmen offered by Mr.. BENJAMIN was
agreed to, and tn bill passed.
BUSINESS On THE sPEAKBR's TABLE.
The House theT proceeded to the business on the
Speakers table aid disposed thereof ~ followp:-
A letter from he Secretary OF the Treasury sug-
gesting that he aould be authorized to anticipate
the payment Of interest on the public debt for
period not exceeding SIX months on rebate OF In
tercst AZ the rate OF six per cent per annum. Re
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Various other executive communications OF no
special importance were appropriately referred.
The Senate amndments TO the joint resolution TO
supply omissiontin the enrolment OF certain appr0-
priation bills OF ne last session were concurred IN
Mr. DAWES, (rqp.) OF Mass In connection with II,
stated on behalf 5f Mr.. wilson, OF Pa, tue member
C The COMMITTED on Enrolled Bills who had charge
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KILLED eY THE BuHrMs cF A 6RMUsroM At MwSuac,
NV

Yesterday afternoon laborer named David Han
ma, employed at the washington Iron Works, New.
burg was instantly killed by fhe bursting Of large
grindstone at which he was working, In the mould
Ing shop OF that establishments. large fragment OF
the stone struck HIM In the breast, throwing him
twenty feet into the air, and he fell on an
iron moulding frame. mouder who was working
seeing his shopmate In the air. stepped aside In time
TO escape being struck by the failing body. Hannas
lungs were crushed, his neck was broken and skull
fractured. NO other person was injured, though
over one hundred men were as WORK In the shop
where the accident occurred. The stone was new
making about $50 revolutions per minute At the
time VI the accident
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was the next speaker fle said that one OF the
objects OF the meeng last night was, In the name OF
the workingmen Of New York, to compel the authori
ties Of the CITY OF New York to pay the equitable and
Just demand Of the j0urneymen printers. (Applause
The speaker said he was there TO state TO the meet
ing tnat ninety-nine ne-hundredths OF the en-
poying printers OF New York are paying the Unions
scale OF prices (Applause.) The struggle going
UpIon Il not one IN regard to the scale q prees
The scaIe OF prices fixed upon by the Union aud that
by the employing printers isa distinction without
he typographical Union No. Q, numbering two
thousand i've hundred members, shall make their
own prices or whether score or two Of men who
the s speaker, that speak the sentiment u my % or
20 say how much We shan have for our our
render that right to any one. applause J
Of the employers business. We viii make our own
scale and put our own price upon our labor. II
ns nss y pr ece
In this city, We shall have score or two OF coope.
rative printing offices. Then II they want to do the
and discussing what journeymen shall have have to
take on tnSr coats sd ~ 70 wors us. the same
obtained BY the EFFORTS Of the Union were
little by lttle taken away, until It's members,
happy TO say that 1850 have found themselves sum-
Gent 70 put their scale Of prices into operation.
When the trouble arose between the employing pln-
asked for and was had. The scale ofpricss was dis
cussed and the committee came back and reported
week.. The employing printers wanted to par eigh
teen dollars per week. and twenty dollars for extra
workmen. These terms were not agreed upon. The
Union from the employing printers, stating that
they did not want any more TO do with the
Of prices. tApplause.) Let me for q moment
call your attention. Tho nrst thing after sending
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Revolutionary State or the Countryside
Cabinets Share in Piunder-Juarcz About
to Call in the United States.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-01-20
Souls, Not stations.
Who shall judge man from manners
Who shall know him by bis dress?

Who shall judge man from manners?
Who shall know him by bis dress?
Paupers may be tit for princes,
Princes dit for something less.
Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket
May hcclothe the golden ore
OF the deepest thoughts and feelings,
Satin vest could do no more.
There arcsprings of crystal nectar
Ever swelling out OF stone,
There are purple buds and golden,
Hidden, crushed and over grown;
God who counts by sou s, not dresses,
Loves and prospers you and me,
While he values thrones, the highest,
But as pebbles in the sea.
Man appraised above his fellows,
Oft IoIgets his fellow; then
ers--lords--remember
That your lnesnest hands are men!
Men by labor, men by feeling,
Men by thought and men by fame,
Claiming equal rights TO sunshine
In a mans ennobled name.
There ar. foam embroidered oceans;
There are little weed clad riiis, i5
There are little inch high saplings,
There are cedars on the hills
But God who counts by souls, not nations,
Loves and prospers You and me,
For TO him all vain distinctions
Are as pebbles in the sea.
Toiling hands alone are builders
OF a nation's wealth and fame;
Titled laziness is pensioned.
Fed and fattened on the same,
By the sweat of others foreheads,
Living only to rejoice,
While the poor mans outraged freedom
Vainly lifteth up its voice.
But truth and justice are eternal,
Born with loneliness and light,
And sunsets wrongs shall never prosper,
Where there is sunny right;
And God; whose world-heard voice is singing
Boundless love to you and me,
Will sink oppression with lis titles,
AS the pebbles of the sea.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

FRIDAY, January Is, 1869.
Mr. GREEN presented the report of survey
from the commissioners of Stanly county.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr. PRoCToR: Concurrent resolution
requiring all bills for the repeal of laws to
be accompanied by the act to be repealed.
BY Mr.. LONG, of Chatham: Bill to make
lndictable language calculated to lead to
breach of the peace.
By Mr.. GIBSON Bill to regulate and make
uniform all applications to the Legislature
for the erection of new counties in this
State. Referred
BY Mr.. Sykes: Bill to authorize the ap-
pointment of a tax collector for the county
of Pasquotank. Referred.
By Mr.. HARRIS, of Wake: Bill to grant a
town lot in the city of Raleigh to use for
the education of children. Referred.
On motion of Mr.. INGRAM, House bill No.
220 to prevent the sale of property exemp-
ted by the Constitution, known as the home
stead exemption was considered, Judi
ciary Committee recommend passage with
an amendment
Section one provides that before any Off
Ger shall sell any real or personal property
exempted by article ten of the Constitution
he shall cause to be allotted homestead
according to the Constitution and laws.
Section two reads:
THAT If any Sheriff, Constable or other off,
Ger shall, under pretense, sell any property.
real or personal, exempted by article ten of the
Constitution, such officer shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and liable to be indicted, and .up-
on conviction, before any court having jurisdic-
ton thereof, shall be fined or imprisoned at the
discretion of the court" - =.
MIR. INGRAM said this bill was to secure
the carrying out of the Constitution and the
laws passed at the last session.
MIR. HoDNETT opposed the bill, arguing
that it was question for the courts, and
would soon be decided. so
! Mr.. SINCLAIR said he would not announce
that he had gone back upon the principles
he enunciated on the stump and in support
OF the Constitution.
MIR. VEST moved to amend the Cd section
by striking out all after the word '.jurisdic-
ton" in the 9th line, and inserting the
words shall be fined 81 900 and imprisoned
| twelve months, and if any person shall in
dernify any officer to sell such property, he
shall be subject to the same fine and i'm.
prisoanient.n Af
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Let aworkinc n The field ), tb.n !.

Let working in the field" then, be b;oh
~ esteemed, and let our educated uouno ssa'
regard the occupation of farmer or nian mea
as the highest known among men TeI
them betake themselves to it as the business
OF their lives, and by diligent and enlgbt
ened application OF the lights of science ~
the labor of their farms, show their conntr "
men the fallacy of that too prevalent and
pestilent heresy, that hook learninen !.
worth nothing to the cultivation of the so; i
tn. P. ATKINSON
Danville. Va, Dec. II, 1868.
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SENATE.

FRIDAY, Jan. 10, 1869.
The Senate met according to adjourn
ment.
The PRESIDENT in the Chair.
The journal of yesterday was read and ap-
proved.
MIR. GALLOWAY presented petition of
certain citizens of New Hanover county in
reference to Inspectors. Referred to the COM
mittee on Propositions and Grievances.
b MIR. SWEET presented petition of certain
citizens OF Duplin county. proposing an
amendment to the report of the Commission
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SECTION II was amended BY striking out
all after that" in the seventh line. and in
serting s.he is authorized to list the same." "
Mr.. DURHAM proposed to further amend
the section.
On motion of Mr.. Estes, the bill was post
poned until tomorrow at II o'clock
Mr.. JUSTICE, of Rutherford, introduced
the following:
s'Resolued, (The Senate concurring) that the
written proposition OF Col. Hugh Downing pc
accepted; and that tho State Treasurer is hereby
authorized and required to carry out the true
intent of this resolution.
The House adjoured.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

TUESDAY, Jan. IA, 1859.
Brief leaves Of absence were granted to
Messrs Gilbert and Seymour.
Mr.. PRoFFfTT, rising to question of pri-
vilege, said he was recorded on the journal
of the extra session of 1868, as voting for a
bill to remove political disabilities from all
persons In this State. He voted in the neg
alive. s1olsiH at 20
The Journal was ordered to be corrected.
Reports of survey from the Commissioners
of their several counties were presented by
Messrs. Dixon, Smith, of Aleghany, Sykes
and French.
Mr.. DIXON from the Committee on Claims
reported uniayorably resolution in favor of
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PENITENTIARY

Report Of the Committee appointed h.
the Senate of North Carolina to iuou;rs
into the facts attending the uurch..e
of the site for the Penitentiary.
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every member of the party who believes that
that provision in the Constitution is true,
is bound to give or take away no right
because man holds property. He pre-
sumed in every county of the State the COM
missioners would take the best men ire
spective of property. There is no more
danger in mai<isg persons who are not
freehoders assessors of taxes than there IS
in making them commissioners or tax list
takers or President OF the United States.
There is not single argument used against
appointing them that cannot be applied to
all Offices in the United States. Therefore
as matter of principle, of expediency, of
constitutional construction, he felt compelled
to vote for the amendment.
Tie amendment was adopted by the fol-
lowing vote:
Blair, Carey, Cawthorn, Cherry, Dixon, Downing,
Ellington, Estes, Ferebee, Forkner, French, Ga
hagan, Graham, Gunter, Harris of Franklin,
Harris OF Wake, Hendricks, Hinnant, Hodgin,
Hoffman, Horney,. Hudgings, Ingram, Justice
Of Rutherford, Kelly of Moore. Kinney Leary,
McCanless, Moring, Morrill,, Morris, Parker,
Pearson, Pou, Price, Proctor, Ragland, Rea,
Renfrow, Robbins, Robinson, Reynolds, Sey-
mour, siegrist, Sinclair, Simonds, Snipes, Ste
yens Stilley, Sweat, Sykes vesta,, vest, Waldrop,
Williamson and Wiswall--62. fs
NAYs-Messrs. Allison, Argo, Armstrong, Ban
ner, Boddie, Carson, Clayton, OF Trannsylvania,
Davidson, Durham, Ellis, Farrow, Foster, Gibson,
Green, Grier, Hawkins, High, Hodnett, Hum
phries, Jarvis, Kelly Of Davie, Matheson, Nc
MILAN, Mendenhali, Moore, Nicholson, Painter,
Peck, Proffitt, Shaver, Smith of Allegheny, Smith
of Wayne, Thompson, White, Whitley, Williams
of Harnett and Williams of Sampson-37.
Messrs. FEREBEE and ROBINSON gave
as reason for voting for the amend
| ment that they considered good moral char
acter and intelligence (the qualifications
for jurors) as vastly more important than the
proprietorship of few acres of poor land.
The section as amended was adopted.
Sections to 10 were variously amended
and adopted.
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STATE LEGISLATURE.
ANNUAL SESSION, 1S6s-'69.
SENATE.

Reported Specially for the Standard
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-10
THE RAMIE PLANT.
The spartanburg Spartan, in it's last ii

The spartanburg Spartan, in it's last issue,
says:
We are glad to hear that our enterpnslng
fel'ow-citlzon. Hon. Joel Foster, proposes to
try fair experiment on the new ramle piant.
He has purchased number OF tneSe a" mac;as p,anas
of labor and profit for our people. This plant
is entirely new to us, and perhaps your read
ers may be glad to have such information as
we have been able to gather as to Its his
tory. 1t belongs. like the hemp and the nettle,
to the Urticacoo, it's botanical name being
Boeameria tenacesss'na. + was brought
from Java to Paris in 1874, and raised
Blume. A few years after Mr.. Rozel,
President Of thu Horticultural Institute of
Belgium, determined to introduce it to some
Southern congenial climate. He went to Java
and spent q year to study it's nature and cul-
ture. While on his way to Mexico City with
supply Of roots, he was robbed by Mexican
banditti OF his treasures. Several attempts
in getting new supply as far as ENGLAND,
where the roots were cared for In hot house,
to give them strength for long voyage. At
lest iE 1859, he succeeded in getting supply
OF thriving plantation. He invented suitable
machinery, by which the stalks were coD-
verted within twenty-four hours after cutting
into long SIX eins of pure white and silk-hke
fibres, ready for spinning. He makes in
Mexico five crops in ono year. The matured
plant, which is perennial, attains, when we'll
rooted the height of twenty feet. Its fibre is
said to be stronger than hemp, and as fine and
white, and twice as durable as linen, and more
productive than cotton. In 1866, Mr.. Roze]
exported to England over 5000 pounds, which
he sold ut double the price OF the best quality
Of cotton. 4 year ago he visited Cuba with
specimens which attracted great attention from
the planters there, who thought this new article
might supplant their staples, sugar and coffee:
We understand the new spring goods for ladies'
wear; Leno (2). is in part made from this new
TOW Pol, hot lodi ind OP
it's cheapness, comfort and durability compar-
ed with cotton. Cheaper food, cheaper lodg-
ing, and cheaper clothing, are three pressing
wants of our day. Perhaps the third OF these
has been found in ramie.