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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-26

thousands and thousands of acres
having soil of extraordinary fer
tility at present almost entirely un-
cultivated, congenial to and capa~
BILE Of producing most abundant
crops; but the state of the roads
renders them almost impossible to
any but foot passengers, and the
hitherto most expeditions mode Of
conveyance, being by means OF
sticks slung across natives shoul>
ders with the burdens at the ends,
makes it much to be regretted that
although so favorable to commerce
Hilo, in an agricultural point Of
view is so lamentably crippled.
With more available roads and
bridges, but few ports Oh any Of
the islands of the Pacific, with an
industrious population could pour
into market such an amount Of
produce.
There are two volcanoes on this
island which are continually burn,
ing, and on approaching the island
at night they look tike immense
fires Oh the summit of the noun
tains. Mauna Loa is the larger
| and is about 60 miles from Hilo, XII
lauea the smaller being about %
miles from Hilo. Mauna Lea has
the largest active crater in the
world.
On the 11th of August 1866, a
great volcanic eruption commenced
on Mauna Loa. For fifteen months
this great furnace continued to dis
gorge it's floods Of molten minerals
with All energy not a little start
ling.
II we take into account the
amount of incandescent matter dis
charged, the length, breadth, and
depth Of the stream, and the time
Gifts continuance, this eruption has
no parallel in the history Of volcan-
ic phenomena with which we are
acquainted. The lava stream was
about seventy miles in length, and
about two miles in breadth. and
from ten to three hundred feet
deep. The angle Of descent down
the side of the mountain proper, is
about 6! In some places however
it is 20, 80, and so degrees, and il
many places the burning food
plunged over perpendicular preci>
pices in awful spiendor. The veloc-
ity down. .the sleeper parts of the
mountain was some forty miles an
hour-From the base of the noun
tain to the shore the country is an
inclined plane Oh an angie of two
or three degrees with a surface
broken and irregular, and forming a
valley OF water shed, down which
rivers which water the town and
bay of Hilo all rush. Down this
valley the burning river came
sweeping away forest, consuming
the jungle, startling the wild herds.
rending the rocks, evaporating
the waters, licking up the dust, fill
ing the atmosphere with smoke and
sulphurous gases, darkening the
orbs Of heaven, &nd throwing its
baleful glare against the sky. Fall
ing into the channels of the pTtnci>
pal streams, it filled and obliterated
many Of them, while the remainder
sent down waters so dark and fetil
as to be UNIT for use.
A. ST. G. B.
(To BE Continued
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-26
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-26
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1t Was a Genuine Bounce.

Chicago Herald.
The army officers who were instrumental in
removing Captain COUGHS boomers" from Ir-
dian Territory say that all the settlers went out
and stayed out, except one old man and his fam
iy They had big covered wagon, in which
they lived and pair of melancholy mules. The
day after the squatters were driven out detach-
ment of troops was sent back iuto tho Territory
ways and came upon the old man. who was
headed south. He was ordered out once more
and followed by the troops clear to the boundary
Two days later they found him on the govern
ment land again and made him turn back. After
this they watched him. In one weeks time they
put him out eight times, and on the last occasion
they warned him that they did not propose to
fool with him all summer. He laughed incredu-
lousy and camped just north of the line.
Last Sunday while the squad was out on q
scouting expedition they came upon the old man
making his way south once more. This time he
was walking by the side of his mules and his
wife was driving. The lieutenant, big, strap
ping fellow, got mad when he saw the outfit
again, and, dismounting, he grabbed the old
man by the collar and booted him all over a
quarter section of the Promised Land. AS the
old woman with the mules and the troops kept
up with the procession they had quite a parade
When the officer stopped to take breath the old
man turned to his wife and said:
by cracky, Sarah Ann, these blue devils is in
earnest and no mistake. It's bounce; and if
you don't believe it come out and try it. I've
just caught on, Mr.. Officer"
With that he mounted one Of the mules and in
fifteen minutes the wagon was speck On the
northern horizon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-25
LITTLE SAMMY RANDALL,
A Chip Of the Old Block, Secures an Auto
graph Letter from Cleveland.

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a. Tho Sunday Capital
says that that national statesman, Sam Randall,
jr., is one of the few politicians in Washington
who cannot show an autograph letter from the
Presidentelect Before the election he ad
dresscai ar Cleveland an epistle assuring him
of his warm support, while regretting that the
boys of Capitol Hill made it rather warm for
him by their enthusiastic support of Mr. Blaine.
Sammy was somewhat ehagrined at not getting
an early reply, but excused it on the suggestion
of his father that it indiscreet IL candidates
to write letters.
A week or two ago. however, he wrote to Mr..
Cleveland again, reminding him of the previous
letter. and hoping that now an answer might be
expected The President was informed of the'
success his correspondent had had in securing a
place in the Senate for that faithful Democrat,
Joe Duddington. and that the Blaine boys OF the
hill were now singing very small, in fact, were
not so flip as they had been by long chalk
Mr.. Cleveiand's reply has been exhibited TO
nearly everybody at the Capitol Sammy
ceived handsome apology for the neglect to an
swer the first letter, and is congratulated on his
efforts to secure great Democratic victory
under the adverse surroundings of Capitol hill.
He is cordially invited TO be among the first to
welcome Democratic President to the White
House. Sammy says he is going to stand on
the White House steps when the new President
drives up from the Capitol on the 4th of March
and cheer for Cleveland and Hendricks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-25
SEARCHING FOR HIS MOTHER.
A Story of Domestic DiscOrd Revealed by
the Narrative of Delivery Clerk.

New YORK, Feb. 2.-Thomas P. McGowan,
aged eighteen, delivery clerk in the employ of
the Postal Telegraph Company, told the tale of
his search for his mother TO Police Officer Wall
ing this afternoon. When he was five years old
his parents quarreled, and his father took the
child to California The mother tracked them,
and reconciliation took place, and the family
returned to New York, where they lived for two
years, when another outbreak occurred. The
husband had the wife locked up as
drunkard and placed the boy in German iusti-
tuition, in Orange n. j. When the'mether was
released from the penitenriary she again found
her son and brought him to ST. Barnabaa Home,
n j., where she had obtained employment 1t
being the fathers turn to seek, he sought and
discovered his wife and son by accident, but the
young Thomas refused to go with his father, so
the parent had him arrested for breaking win
dow. In this way he had the youngster
committed to Juvenile asylum
there. Thomas remained two years
before his mother found him. then she made
arrangements to take him away, but the father
anticipated her, and removed the lad to Newark.
~ j., the day before Mrs. MCGOWAN was to
come for him. At Newark McGowen lived with
another woman, whom the boy was ordered to
call stepmother. Mrs. MCGOWAN began another
pursuit, and reached Newark just after the
stepmother died. The boy had been sent to a
hospital very i'll. and the father had fled. After
many months. Thomas then a boy of ten years,
left the hospital and instituted search for his
mother, which has continued ever since. He
mother. The police believe the story and will
bpD him
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business. the cloture was proposed ard voted for
POI yeas, 90 nays.
Mr. Parnell expressed dissatisfaction with the
tally. and as protest. insisted upon division.
This resulted in the adoption of Gladstones mo-
ton to resume debateson Sir Stafford Northcote's
motion of censure-222 to ID.
Trevelyan said he thought the government was
justified in adopting vigorous offensive policy
after the fall of khartoum. Negotiations with
the Mahdi were impossible while the government
was fighting him.
Edward Gibson, member for Dublin Univers
sity, thought Trevelyan's statement indicated
that at no very remote time the Mahdi
would become an element in setting
the Soudan question. Gibson violently
attacked the government, and accused
the Ministry of deliberately gambling away the
life Of the hero Gordon. The present policy ap
peared to be one Of going to Khartoum to please
the Wings and running away to please
the Radicals. The sHouse required a
that the governments policy was not one of use
less expense or wanton boodshed.
Dir. Goschen said it was necessary for
the government 10 clearly define its
policy affecting the grave military operations
and important political question at issue. He
wanted to know what Fehmi Pasha, the special
Turkish envoy, endeavoring to negotiate,
and the purport of his mission to Hassan
Bey, and if the treaty with Italy provided for
assistance to the British in the Egyptian
troubles. He also wanted information in regard
to the desire of Germany and Russia to acquire
greater control over Egypt. In rcla-
ton to England's future position
there, he asked Mr.. Gladstone if
British troops were going to Khartoum
to suppress the slave trade, and, If so, whether
it was the intention to mako occupation perma-
nent; if not, he said. the expedition had letter
be dropped. Mr.. Gladstones statement. yester
day. was altogether vague, and gave no
indication what would be done when the British
got to Khartoum Mr. Goschen wished TO know
if the Suakm-Berber railway was to be be-
queathed to the Arabs to assist them in pursuing
the slave trade, or would it be destroyed at
the conclusion of the military operations. He
retain its grip on the Nile by retention
of the railway to Berber than by smashing
the Mahdi at Khartoum. He would be unable
to support the latter measure un-
less the government declared a policy
different from any yet announced Without
such declaration. Mr. Goschen said he should
support Sir Stafford Eorthcote'S motion of Gen.
ure. Adjourned
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Advocate general, in his second trial by
minded men in the army as evidence sufficient
that the persecution Of this officer has gone
far enough. When tho second charges
were fled against him it required but a crlrsory
glance at their contents to convince anyone that
General Swain was being bounded by his enc
mics He was charged with drawing forage for
horses which he did not own. One Of the per-
quisites of general officer Of the army is forage
for such horses as he uses in his official capacity
Swain always drove pair of trotters to and
from his Office. His accusers attempted to show
that he sold these animals to Bateman, and that
he continued to draw the regulation allowance
for their keep after he had disposed of them.
The weakness of the case was shown
when the prosecutors own witnesses
swore that the sale was conditional,
and that Swain was allowed to use the team,
with the understanding that he should furnish
their feed. Swain is no doubt a close-fsted
man. and his financial transactions were not
strictly in accord with "good FORM among gen
tle,nen. The man, however, who accused him
Of an attempt to steal s. COO has shown that lie
is 10 say the least, bad financier in that by his
own evidence he establishes the fact that he not
only paid loan in negotiable due-bill but left
an open account for the same amount, which
was subject to the check Of General Swain at
any time.
The verdict of the court is an honorable ac-
ouittal
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The MOTION OF cENsuaE.
An Excitia z EpisodA-The Debate Continued,
without Reaching q Vote.

An Exciting EpisGdH-Thc Debate Continued,
without Reaching e Vote.
LONDON, Feb a4-NIr. Gladstone, in the Com
mons this evening. moved to postpone ell
notices of motions until after the order Of the
day, reeuming debate on Northcotes motion OF
censure against the government for its Egyptian
policy. was disposed of. In response tc an in
terrogatory put by Ashmea6 Bartlett Conserva
tive. Mr.. Gladstone explained that he had never
mentioned abandoning the Soudan by her Ma
jesty's forces after the capture of khartoum; he
had merely said the evacuation of the Soudan
by Egypt had formed the original policy of her
Maiesty'e government, and that policy remained
unaltered: bnt recent events had prevented its
immediate execution.
Sir John Lubbock. Liberal, resumed the debate
on Eorthcote's motion of censure. He said he
could be relied on to support any measure
necessary to benefit Egypt,
Charles Stuart Wolseley, Conservative, said he
thought the government had acted with mean
ness toward General Gordon.
Mr. Redmond, Home Rnler, opposed the
motion, and was seconded in his opposition by
several Paruellites.
The opposition became SO noisy that the Speak
or irterfercd, and when quiet was restored an
nounced that he thoughtit his duty to inform the
House that he thought the subject had been
sufficiently discussed.
AT this the Parnellitcs nearly all Joined in pro
longcd cheers. O'Brien, editor of United Ireland
and Home Ruler shouted out: I'VE will remem.
Dor this in Ireland This remark was greeted
with cries of '.Oh! OH Name him, name him. =
The Speaker thererpon named O'Brien
Mr.. Gladstone at once moved to name the
member as being suspended
OBrien jumped up and shouted, I'm that is
the honor Of my ambition"
When the excitement which attended this pas
sage between the Dublin editor aud the Prime
Minister had subsidized. Mr.. Sexton, Home Ruler
rose to a point of order, but he was sum,narily
overrEled by the Speaker
A division was then called upon Mr. Glad
suited in a vote OF 542 for the motion, and but
20 against it,
The Speaker. when the vote was being re-
corded ordered O'Brien to withdraw from the
house.
O'Brien arose, Strengthened himself up to his
full height and exclaiming, with great precision
and sarcasm: Certainly. sir; ! will withdraw
from the House more willingly than enteredlt, ;"
strobe out.
The Parnelites objected to resumption Of de-
bate on the motion Of censure because there was
an order Tor discussion of motion made by Mr.
Redmond, relating to the conduct OF an Irish
constable named Murphy.
The GLADSTONE q Brien episode was quite sem
sationai while 1t lasted, and Gladstone's conduct
was finn and determined
When the House had again settled down to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-25
Trouble Caused by ''Lady Convict"

y
The penitentiary lessees Mt Tracy City, Tenn,
are puzzled to know what disposition to make of
their new convict, Mrs. Links. The Tracy City
penitentiary is not fitted up with many of the
nesSTa conveniences of life. and the accommo-
dations for ladies decidedly primitive. Now
Mrs. Links. although she has been convicted of
stealing diamond ring, is to all outward APP
pearances a lady. She is handsome, refined, we'll
educated. and her husband is gentleman Of
some means. The convict lessees have the right
to put Mrs. Links in the stockade and compel
her to wash clothes for the other convicts, but
they hesitate to make her do this To add to the
painful features of the situation, the distressed
husband of the unfortunate woman is preparing
to close out his business in Chicago and open a
hotel at Tracy City, with a view to hiring his
wife from the lessees to assist in the hotel. For
the present the lessees allow Mrs. Links to board
at private house, with guard occupying the
opposite room. IL Tennessee there is quite a
difference of opinion as to the course of treatment
that should be pursued. Some are in favor of
treating the prisoner kindly and CONSIDERABLY.
Others demand that she shall be forced to work
in the stockade, where she will be subjected to
any indignites and outrages that may be offered
by the male convicts. In other words there are
people who want this guilty woman not only pun
iShed, but destroyed for the one criminal act, so
far as is known, Of her life
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-25
Senator Bayard's Daughter at Ball.

Wasbington Letter.
Miss Bayard was the sensation of the evening,
in dress OF the First Empire. copied from q
portrait of one of the ladies of the Empress Jo-
sephine's court. Miss Bayard is slender. grace
full girl, with great deal of animation and spirit,
her dress, and the scant, clinging skirt of pink
cashmere open at one side as high as the knee,
and the narrow waist, which was mere belt
covered with pearl embroidery. was rather the
furthest that anyone has gone in realistic cos
tuning After seeing the costume copied care
fully from a painting, one can understand
why more women died of consumption
during and after the First Empire than
at any other time in the history of France She
carried an immense fan Of white feathers, and,
until. the mystery was solved, there were excited
and persistent crowds about her.
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Obituary.

BURLINGTON, VT, Feb. 24.-Miss Mary A.
Fletcher, founder of the Fletcher Free Library
and the Mary Fletcher Hospital, died in the hos
pital to-day, Of congestion of the lungs, after a
brief illness
ST. MIcHAELs Md. Feb. "a Mrs Frazier
mother of Agnes Herndon, the actress, died of
heat disease, to day. at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs George Edmond. Mrs Frazier
was an aunt of President Arthur's deceased WIFE
Her remains will DO taken to New York fer in
terment.
WASHINGTON, Feb A-Colonel A. NJ Daw-
ley, claim agent said to be from Iowa, dropped
dead from apoplexy in Turkish bath establish
ment in this city to-day. He made an argument
before the House committee this morning, and
feeling badly on leaving tho committee room
went to the bath house, where he died while pre-
pairing for bath
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-25
A Salvation ARMY Disturbed by Ronghs,

CLEVELAND, o.. Feb. pa Salvation Army
meeting in the opera house at Newark, O., to-
night. was disturbed by roughs. Special police
man Best endeavored to arrest one
of the roushs, when the quarrel became general.
Several persons were knocked down and badly
hurt. William Patterson resisted arrest, and
an officer beat him over the head with
mace, iniuring him so badly that he
will die Best and his prisoner were followed
through the streets by large crowd OF men,
who threatened to mob the officer, but lie left
the prisoner in saloon and escaped. 1t is
claimed that the officer made mistake, and
that the arrested person was not one of the dis
turbers.
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
An Imperative Demand for the Release of
an Alleged American Citizen.

PANAMA, Feb 16.--The United States steamer
Wachusetts is now in GuayaQuil river, having
been ordered there by cable to inquire into the
outrages experienced by citizen of the United
States, a man named Santos. The consul Of the
United States at first asked that he be at once
placed trial. hut the Bahia military authori
ties paid no attention to this action, declaring
that they considered Santos an Ecuadorian.
The consul thon received orders from Washing
ton TO demand the Immediate release of the pris-
oner, and this has been officially done, without
an answer having been received up to the latest
dates from Bahia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-25
wonKINGalEN CALL ON THE POPE.
His Holiness Points Out the Cause of Their
Grievances and Suggests a Remedy.

His Holiness Points Out the Cause of Their
Grievances and Suggests Remedy.
ROME, Feb. 24.-The Pope, replying to an ad-
dress of operatives, traced the evils affecting the
working classes to their abandonment of the
principles of religion, and to their submitting
themselves to the influences of agitators who
deceived them with vain promises and
1attered them by magnifying their rights and
never abiding to their duties. Nothing good
could arise from exciting workmen's hate of
proprietors and the rich The remedy for the
evils of the workers lot was to be found in
associations and cooperation, and the rendering
of mutual assistance in cases of sickness and old
age. Catholics ought to unite and work in con
cert in preparing for the church and society
better future. The Popes speech made a
marked impression On his auditors
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-25
Recorder Ford To Re Imneached.

New ORLEANS. Feb 24-The committee on
public order submitted to the City Council, to-
night, resolution impeaching Recorder Thos
J. Ford for misdemeanor in Office the committee
also submitted rules. for organizing court of
impeachment The report was adopted and the
date for the meeting Of the court fixed for
March g.
The trial of Ford and others, for the murder
of Murphy, is going on. The testimony is about
the same as given at the first trial.