The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-09
FRon THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Things Seen and Reported by Our
Washington Correspondent.
(From Our Special Correspondent


WASHINGTON, d. c., March 6, '99.
The North Carolina members are
not at all pleased with what the State
was granted by the Congress that
closed Saturday at noon. Winston
and Elizabeth City are the only towns
that get public buildings and the APP
preparations made by the River and
Harbor bill amount to very little.
In fact, North Carolina has received
less from the present Congress than
from any other in years past, and
that, too, when the majority of it's
members in both Houses belonged to
the dominant party. The Ewart case
was fought out to the very last hour
of the session, Mr.. Butler taking up
a large portion of the last executive
session by talking the case out Ct
| court. He was in the present Con-
gress but his triumph was short
lived. Pritchard went to work at
once and secured the signatures Of
forty-nine senators to Il petition ask
ing the President to re-app,int
Ewart. He will be re-appointed in a
few days and will probably be con
tirmed, though Butler Will keep up the
fight. The Durham public building
| bill was defeated at the last moment.
Nearly all the North Carolina mem
bers have left for their homes. Messrs.
Skinner, Fowler, Strowd, Shuford,
| Martin and Pearson retire from pub
lie life. They are succeeded by
Messrs. Small. Thomas, Atwater,
! Kluttz, Bellamy and Crawford. Mr..
| Atwater was in Washington several
days last week, getting initiated into
his new work.
| David Bagley, of Raleigh, brother
of Worth Bagley, who was the first
naval officer to fall in the war with
Spain, has been appointed by the
President cadet at Annapolis.
Mrs. Judge Avery has been here
| for several days, and has made an
effort to have the portrait of the late
Lieutenant VIM. f. Shipp, who was
killed at San Juan, Santiago, hung in
the Corcoran gallery.
Chas. c. Myers, Edenton; s. W.
Byrd, Princeton; Thos. Trueblood,
Elizabeth City, and Jas. Flowers,
New Berne, have been awarded pen
| sions.
Butler fought with Tillman for the
reduction of armor plate and for the
establishment of an armor plate fac
tory in the South. The factory pro-
ject was defeated, but armor plate
was reduced to $500 ton for the
| twelve new battleships
One of the last nominations con-
firmed was that of William A. Cooper,
to be postmaster at Laurin burg.
In the French spoilation claim APP
preparations North Carolina gets the
following: J. c. Half, $3,OS1; J. r.
B. Hathaway, $3,OS1; Thos. H. Lee
Berg, 800, all of Chowan; William
j. Carter, of Hyde county, $1,000.
Two North Carolina officers, Capts
Bachelor and Settle, are slated for
promotion.
Among the new postmasters are:
j. j. jenkins, Bethel; G. B. Lemon,
Black Greek; j. M. Edwards, Baldwin;
Mary J. Punyear, Oak Hill; S. r.
Smith, Redland; Lucy P. Ellis, Shocas;
Sarah E. Green, Aho; Geo. Porter,
Bernica; S. A. Hotter, Barcley; Wiley
Goodwin, Ascend; R. F. johnson,
Bryant; Geo. S. Haithcock, Whitley;
John Davidson, Richardson's; J. b.
Golding, Doremora; j. A. Holloway,
Fishdam; L. B. Edmonson, Reheat
Julia L. Smith, Jefferson; Zeb. Nj.
Caimess, Brayville.
| 1t is expected that the order to
muster out the First North Carolina
regiment will be given some time
this week as Adjt. Gen. Corbin prom
ised it as soon as possible.
A new postotfice has been estab-
lished at Uno, Henderson county.
1t is claimed that the North Caro-.
lima volunteers will receive two
months extra pay, as they have
served in Cuba.
Representative Kitchin, of the Fifth
District, has made a fine record in
this Congress. He is considered one
Of the ablest young men in the lower
House, and will have large influence
in the next House as he was the only
white member from North Carolina
reelected.
A dozen or so of North Carolinians
will be benefited at once by the act
under which those who served in the
Confederate army and afterwards in
the Union army are declared entitled
to pensions.