Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-14
NORTH STATE.
WORK or THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
rroEs CONFIRMED.
state Normal sehopls-rhs oyster Interest,"
A Very Interesting Case
General Fotes
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p.,rtcu n, G.. February i3.-lbe oe''o
s,natf to-day In executive session couu''neu
tbe Nominations sent ~ ny the Governor o'
John Y. Hrown. 10 be solicitor. ana inonlss
r. Roberts, clerk Of the Mecklenourg ciiuir
nal Court. The session OF the senate was
yery uuintcrcs,ing. u... o.
sholtsh the inferior court OF buhcotHVo
conntv and establish criminal court
Tho Uouse passed on thru resding Az
t,nroytaot Mill TO abolish the state noIhai
schools for white scholars, OF which ,"e'o
arc EIGHT. and 70 amply the S4,OD no" au-
xtls,lv spprOpria,ed TO those scnoo's
<scountv ,ns,itutc.. The latter sre 10 oe nelu
u,det control OF the state superintendent OF
pnhlIe Instruction and competent teachers
will be secured 10 conduct these scboo.s. ~
the original bin II wa proposed tnat sS,VVy
should also be appropriated Tor teacpeIs
training school. but this feature ~ e"'nf
mated.
OYSTERS.
The Governor sent message 10 tne hou.e
TODAY transmitting petitions from gleaI
number az people OF Cartcret county asAIus
that toe depredahons upon tne oy.,eI.oeue
and ,be tasiog Of oysters from the e'a,e DC
stained With the petitions was letter
from Atiorpey. General Davidson 10 Inc e'-
feet that The matter was OF special impofSnce
and tina; legislative sction was necessary anu
shouid be proInpt and thorough. inns roo-
herv Of the oysier.gr0unds IL greatly stifripg
ND The people Of the eastern Counties
TIE BURST BANK.
Major Dowd. receiver Of the state Ma
t,nnai Rank Of Raleigh. Informed me this
afternoon that no Is preparing cheeks LOT
the dspositors for smother 10 per cent. uiVr
den6. which will be paid next week. Hnay
be the last dividend, but possibly per cent.
more nav be secured, thus making 20 per
cent. IN all.
snecIsl.OCic Charles A. separk returned
this morning from Lumberi0n, kooeson
county, having placed In jail there AleNen-
der Oxendine and another negro, VINO "eIc
broueht from Florence. ). g., hod are
charged with the murder OF Mrs. Csuua0e
Earn in Robson county last hsrcn.
Moonshiners are becoming very daring IN
The extreme western counties, and illici as
filling there, as in this section, Is largely on
the increase.
II is rumored that the steamer Tshona,
plying between Newberne and Broad Creek,
has been burned a, the latter place.
Since last Friday three hundred negroes
have beeD waiting al the depot at GoldsOoro'
for a train 10 take them free Of charge 10
Arkansas. That train will never come Inc
cty authorities fed these deuded negroes
Sunday and Yesterday.
AN IMPORTANT CASE.
At Newberne yesterday the case OF y. "A:
Bryapt against Washington SpVey ana
others was taken up IN the Superior court
This ~ an extremely important case. III ih'
wolves the title to all the property 10 a to"h
OF negroes near Newberns. The properly
was given the negroes during the last year OF
the war by the Frcedman's Bureau, ana seVe-
raj thousand Of them have since resiGed
on II. Spyey Is one OF these residents.
The defendants made strong defence.
The plaintiff proved title from 1888 TO 1850
The defendants discovered that at the latter
date deeds to Mrs. J. A. Bryan had not been
probated. The plaintiffs were taken by
surprise, so a Juror was Withdrawn ana
misirial made. The case was then set lot
hearing Of the next term OF the court.
Senator Vance says that he is so much I'M
proved that be will he able TO attend the fair
at NewbCrne next week.
THE CuEROGEEs
Chief Smith. OF the Eastern band OF
Cherokee Indians, Is It'll here. A bill 10
grant a charter to his band has been intro
duced In the House. Tue band now has no
Official status and Is placed In very anoma-
Ious position. The United states supreme
Court has decided that there IS no sucn
thing IA the Eastern Band OF Cher0kees."
The State, though it has most elaborate
system OF what are known "a Cherokee laws,
does not recognize the band as an organlza-
ton. Asa result squatters are trying the
Oklahoma game upon the lands which The
State has given them. The lndians now de-
sire 10 ret a charter, which will give them an
official status aud the power TO sue or other
wise recover their lands. There are 1.6OO IN
the tribe or band The capital Is Yellow
Hill or Cherokee. There are 800 other
Indians (haf.brceds) who are not Off
cially recognized. There are other Cherokees
IN Tennessee and Georgia VINO have COM
mupication with their brethren IN North
Carolina. In all there are about 5000. There
are 10000 Cherokees in the Indian Terri
tory. The North Carolina Cherokees VIII
probably ALWAYS remain here. They certain
ly VIII IL they can secure the passage OF The
desired act, which will enable them TO project
their lands.
II Is not yet known that North Carolina
will have sny troops at the presidential In.
auguration.
A great many persons OF prominence were
asked Yesterday by your correspondent whd
Harrison should do for the South. The re-
ply Of most OF them was very aconic, but
certainly drect--"Let us alone"