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TOVBGEE INTERVIEWED ' AND
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TWO
OTHER . NORTHERN OPIN-
IONSj
liie Chicago Nines of January , 2d
contains an interview of Judge Tour
geei who passed through r that - city..
The Judge learned some things of the
Soujh he will J never forget, and they
wer$ precisely those things of which
the jfNorthern j people are most igno
rant! Tourgee is known to North
Carolinians. . He is: certain to say
some things they will not like, and,
generally, sonte things that are not
trueij But he is very smart, very.
shar, ; very observant, and -i he sees
howjjjvery ignorant his own-people are
of the South and its people, and he is
nowand then instrumental in correct
insr some of their foolish notions. - He
was interviewed as to the meaning
and raportance of the Mahone move
ment in the South. 1 He is quoted as
saying: " ! ' ;
5 "It pu call it Mahoneism, but the move
mcnt was on foot long before he took it up.
He was a leader jn the strife, and so the
viewtf which h(fe. "put forward-received a
namej which is now given to the party. I
don't! expect anything alarming from it,
though the party may prove , triumphant in
North Carolina and Virginia, and hold those
States till 1884, which adds so much to the
strength of the Republicans. It mean noth
ing more tlian Republicanism."
Toe Judge Itells the truth when he
saysthis Mahone movement "means
'nothing- morej than Republicanism.'
Just! so Mahone turned traitor, and
I - 1- '
nowhe,is a Radical in full standing,
havmsr" bHjii embraced byithe Presi-
dent and fondled by the Stalwart
Senators. It twill be ' so with other
boltprs. They will become Radicals.
Th
say
carpet-bag Judge has much - to
abou t the need of education in
the South, and it is i difficult to say
too fnuch on .that subject, i Tourgee
has jwritten for the Reviews, and lec
tured in the North about it," and he
hasj gathered facts and ideas that are
worth considering. He says war was
not the only, trouble but ignorance.
We copy a paragraph : i- r :
''You must ged rtd of ;the 45 per cent,
of ignorance there before you can expect
anyschange in the country's condition. The
increase of - manufacturing industries and
thejbuildiug of railroads will have as much
of & tendency to better and educate them as
three drops of oil in a bucket of water-will
hate a tendency ; to make rti? oiL ,. Pour
$4,000,000 or $10,000,000' intofthe schools,
and the coming: generation will grow up
ennghtened, and the. differences - of i the
North and South will disappear. It is not
thf work of a day nor a year, but will take
generations to accomplish it. The people
of the North are. ever looking for miracles
in Ithe South. They expect . the millenium
about once in two years." - -
Xiong ago we took the position that
the North was in duty; bound to- pro
vide for the education of the enfran
- v - . -
i chised negroes. : By T their ; own act
they deliberately placed i the ballot
in the hands of ignorance and then
" canonized it, as if the great political
cjire-all had been discovered at last
Sow when the dominancy of ignorant
negrodom is about - to threaten the
rhole country, and the North is be
ginning to suffer ! from its influence
itnd power so , wide-spreading, , the
. people of thati section begin to real
ize that even too
muchr ignorance
and that they
tnav nrove a icurse.
were not wise, and just i when they
icompelled thel whites of the South to
fagree that ; illiterate negroes . should
vote and pay no taxes to 'support the
government and the schools.
Judge Tourgee ' gives some speci
mens of the stupidity existing in the
North about the South, but we are
not concerned just now i what s fools
g " O "--LJ VLAU& V UOf : A llJ
following contains a truth, and we,
therefore, copy it:
"People must remember that ideas and
principles are the growtn or i years, and it
takes just as Ions: for their passage inward.
The Southerners are a different neonle
from those of the ' North, and distinct in
habits and m thought as the residents of St
Petersburg and Constantinople."
yWe repeat, :-Tourgee has learnt
something by his residence in North.
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VOL. XIII.
Carolina during ten or twelve years;
lie speaks the truth when he . avers
that the people of, the two ( gfeat sec
tions differ, i They differ as to a hunt
dred particulars, j enough so .as ' to be
two distinct peoples, t iThe ideas, tra
ditions, attachments, prejudices,pnn
ciples, : faiths of .the best people.' of
the two sections are asunlike as thbsd
cherished by. the French and the1 En
giish.-
AV"e return for a moment' to
the
bounden ;. duty ; b the North to edu
cate the enfranchised ; negroes. The
Southern. States. have done excellent
ly, all things considered irl . their ef
forts to improve the mental conditiopi
of the .negroes.Tn.l.faot'.atentb.cof
what should be done has been aane
In their efforts to provide schooling
for the millions of negroes the whites
deprive - theirs own race ' of many
very needed advantages. ; They
could give several ; additional weeks
of ! schooling lyearlyi to 'their i;own
cniiaren 11 iney aia. no, nave vq pay
for the' s schooling ' of the ' other
race. ; l he . wnites s neea eaucauon
very ! much. Ignorance s of a very
dense kind prevails . to ,a; learjui
extent, and" in ' some sections'; the
whites are not much, xf ,anyx better
educated than the former slaves:
We wish in this ,-connection; to ; give
some extracts from a letter in the
Boston Jidvertiser concerning the ed
ucational condition of the South and
the power : of : ignorance; and also a
paragraph from an address, of .Gen.
Armstrong before the: American
Colonization Society.. The write-in
the Adoertisert a Republican paper,
says: . - ' " . .i
".'Everv uneducated voter is a blind ruler;
a king on a throne of vast power without
knowledge of his position a navigator
without chart or compass. 'Honest igno
rance is more dangerous than the .political
demaeoeue. V. At nresent the ignorant .voter
wields a vast power in the country, and if
not checked he will soon determine tne aes
tiny of the nation. In the cotton States the
ncaro vote is for sale to the highest bidder.
It is a fiating vote of vast proportions. : If
it depended on their (the : negroes) votes,- a
gentleman of keen observation writes, 'and
if recent elections can be taken as examples,
the ablest statesman in the land could be
defeated by any demagogue who. had the
money" ' ' I : --K-. ''T.l-. v - -
6en. Armstrong is at the ; head-of
the: negro - school at Hampton, ; V a.
He is a Northern soldier. Her says:
f'The African race has been pushed sud-
denly from the depths of bondage to the
highest liberty; it has skipped centuries in
. m i i -a. S Ji
tne line oi aeveiopmeni. ua us unaccus
tomed height it-is confused, easily victi
mized by bad 'men; 'and ' troubles are inevi
table. Tne argument usea in vir
'einia with' thenegro ' voters in a condensed
form was th& sophistic but captfvatiog one :
-You had no part ia reatiag this debt why
should you pay'iti ii-v- s j
j The writer in the Advertiser&ds
this: i - - . .
I' 'The great addition to the ignorant suf
frage of the country was made by Acts of
Congress by constatutional amendment.;' It
was thrust upon a section of our common
country without preparation. '. .That sec
tion is unprepared at present to educate it;
if time could be : allowe3, it would do it ;
the law -of self-preservation will demand it.
But, unfortunatelyr the nation.' cannot af
ford to wait- the , States most directly in
volved cannot afford to wait ; it is unrea
sonable and unjust to demand of them, the
vast outlay ana saennce. - ;;
::- j He wishes, the- Congress;, to make
education compulsory; and to provide
the means. I But: more' of this here
after. We have said and l think that
the rich North : should educate: the
"man and brother.' Since 1865 not
over seven tfrilKoTidoliars is known
.to have been. given, iby theNortkior
educational purposes. The poor.
stripped South ;the whites at that-r-
give half of that sum annually, possi
bly the whole of it or even more, t -.to
educate the nesroes. -; The North has
not done and is not doing its duty in
regard to the true ; welfare of the ne
gro. It is eternally ; fussing, about
the negro's right to vote; but takes
good care not to qualify him for ans
intelligent and virtuous exercise of !
the right. i - , .
J.-l -,a good man gone.!' .. -,-- -v;
In. the death of -Hon. George W. 1
Brooks, of Elizabeth City, IT. S. Dis
trict Judge for the Eastern District
of North Carolina, our State has lost
forever one of the truest and noblest
of her sons. . A more honest, a more
candid, a more;. honorable, and pa
triotic citizen North Carolina did not
have. , Measured',-by: the high stan
dards of the past, When v men of the
loftiest moulds presided in our Courts,
Judge Brooks in purity and eleva
tion of character, in devotion to prin
ciple, in simplicity of -life, in amia
bility of deportment, in ftrue: .manli
ness, deserved to rank, with "the fore
most., ,? .He was a i good'avryeir, a good
jurist.' 'He aimed to do .what he cot
ceived to be righ?and be had taken
pains to instruct ; his'; miiid in those
grana . unaenying principles. vii tiu
; i, ; .1 tu -r tT. 1f If B ti ? '- i 'tit t fi -.1
! i " i ? r ' ; . ---if n ir)i j.
:.;u,-;TOMlNiSipv N. C.v FRIDAY, J ANIJAIY; 13, ,1882. ;; - j
true ethics that he might kno w -what
was right He Kethe.scalCofFiSr
tice with an even: balance, sd that his
fellow .' men "jnight;. have "meted j to
them ' what was,', their - de.',; ' Strict
justice was is governing,' principle,
tempered ..with mercy. l;- It wai Tthfe
rudder of the jjhip jja which steer
ed through all the shallows and deeps
of , judicial ; . life. - .An upnght, , an
amiable, a-lovely if e vhas , been for
ever. quenched, iin.the , night of the
grave.'r Said Daniel. Webste inhis
lofty, sonorous English:-! .( j: ;1
"Whoever labors "oa the edifice (oi
j:urisprttdence);i' with ltisef nlne8 " nd
distinction, whoeverclears Hxi ounida
tions'strengthenVrts 'pillars', ; adorns
its , entablatures, i or contributes to
raise, its august dome ; still - higher to
the skies, connects bimself, in name,'
and fame, and character,-, with 'that
which is and must be as durable as
thie f ame ipf " human society., V J udge
Brooks adorned his profession,; and
reflected j honor, , upon the pameof
North Carolinian.'! This Judge . ; :
' 'Math borne bis ; faculties ' so meek nam
.been - . ai j.- j. ' ' - -
So clear in his great office, that his, .Virtues
Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued"-
in the Great Day, and twill make his
name for generations to come a sweet
smelling savor in North Carolina, ,
"His eyes diffused a venerable grace,
And charity itself was in his face; ' 1 : (
"Yet had his aspect nothing of severe !'i:;f':'
But such a face as pronused him sincere."
it To the true people - of North Caro
lina the memory, of Judged. Brooks
must long be cherished. He proved
himself a man every inch a acAN
when other guardians of the5 law
quailed, , -slunk away, j and left the
people to their - fate.- ' When1 the
Chief Justice of the . State declared
with the helplessness of 1 infaricy--"the.
powers of the . Judiciary are .ex
hausted" at a : time when - the best
citizens of a portion , of the State
were ' seized in their persons by
a set of cut-throats acting under
orders from the Governor,' who had
lost his head and his principles with
itand were hnrjied to. prison 'at a
1 distance of thirty or forty miles from
their homes without any real offence,
being as innocent as the angels before
the throHe, the pure and admirable
Judge Brooks said, Bring : these
citizens ; before me, and , I will show
the people that my judicial authority
is oif exhausted." - This was done,
and J udge Kerr,' and Dr. Roane, and
Josiah . Turner, and Mr. , Bow, and
Frank Wiley, and the twenty or
thirty other excellent citizens who
were in ; prison with Kirk's Tennes
see : cut-throats ; over them threaten
ing to murder theia,: were soon at
liberty enjoying that freedom which
under , wod and the ; Uonstitution is
.... . i i , i . , i. . ,
guaranteed' to every good, law
abiding citizenj ; ... J .
AH honor, say we, in our hearts, to
the upright nd fearless Judge! , Hq
nor and praise? and glory to the name
or Aieorge nVy. jotooks now, ana tor
ever!15-4' '"ul "H" "'' ''-
it tilf :;Nortb Carolin oloes not erect a
monument, to his memory it will be a
blistering reproach. A shaft of pure
native granite ; should ' be ! erected in
capitol square at Raleigh i to teach
the youtWof, this and coming Igenera
tions a grand lesson of duty and ho-
noix .andx to- let.i.hem ee of. what - ad
mirabl4ftoerial :4re;;.beM. men
of - past .generational fashioned.- ,t We
hope there4 'will1 be' nix delay 1 in this
inciter Vf 'cuments,',-! kbry
town c 'an-virlagMJ ithif Movement
should1 "be sponaheous lahdJraedi-
ate.; The legal, profession should see
to it that this": rapper -tribute;; should
be paid: to the eliaracter -.a.nd. name
of an ideal :3ix$ge, in; the simplicity,
purity, iirbanity, justice and decisive
nesS of hia rulings and his conduct, s
, Not being in: possession of the. ne
cessary. data we shall copyLthe facts
of his life "hereafter 'from ''other
sources. , ,
A Sujcfijeatlon and a Reminiscence.
It has t been : suggested to .the Histories
and Scientific Society; of this city that the
;"Devirs Tranvping Gtound,"in Chatham,
recently;.: described by a -correspondent, is
only the -remains of several' tar -kilns of
ancient days. "'In th connection, a, gen
tleman reminds us of an anecdote that
prominent . lawyer .- of : this ."city; not . long
since deceased,' used to tell with great relish,
to the effect that, whenever Mr. B., a prom
inent, citizen, long: since dead, used to be
passing- the remains of a kiln, he was in the
'habit, of 'striking, an attitude,, and,, shaking
his Angers excitedly, point into space and
suggestively ask, in a deep,; guttural tone,
'Whar.is the man that ' built that, ax tar-
kiln now I'lvo And the echo would answer,
Where J" . " - - ' ? -
, L 1 - i
-St t; iff
Foreign Shipments. ' ., ';.''.- .-.".'
The followlng' comprise the foreign shlp
ments froni this port yesterday :: ; . The Nor
wegian bartjue Chriittne, Capt Jtenseni1 tbi
Bremen,' Germany, by Ifessrs. Williams &
Murchison'. with' 1.180 bated of c6ttori.
weighing ' 670, 930 1 pounds," and ' vated 'at
$62802; the Norwegian " barque 'WorbC;
Capt'Christenseri; for Hufl.s iEngland,' by
Messrs: Paterson; Downing & Co.. with
1,638; barrels- : of rosin" and' 'f ,478 barrels
of tar, valued at $7,460.TdtaI 5 value ' of
foreign exports for' the day,' $76V27i;
WllaUvston & Weldon,Raira4
The 3,000 shares pf. WUmmgtoa .We-
don Railroad : stock, , for which proposals
were Jnvited up. to 12; o'clock, M.,on yesterr
deyr were awarded to Harmanus Tosher
& Son,, of Baltim.ore, at $10150 per , share.
Only 100 shares were Jtld, for at above - that
price; hut as the proposal of Messrs. fisher
& Son was for the whole or none? the; whole
was of course awarded to them. 1 1 -:
The owners of $391,000 pf the 7 per cent
bonds of . the. company also. notified the
Treasurer that they would avail .themselves
of the privilege accorded them; by a resolu
tion; ! of the stockholders at their annua J
meeting. , in November, , last, ; to, exchange
.their bonds at $1 10 for stock of the compa
ny at par.,
Init.
GUITEAIT.
A Proposition from a Ifledical Gentle
man to Purenaae the Rody of . the
Prisoner Gultean Pleased with the
8nggstln He Insists Upon IKIafcln
the Closing 'Argument ; tor the 1 De
tenee .i' :.i:',t
. , By Telegraph to the Horning Star. t . , i
- Washington.. Januarv 6r-Mr. Scoville
has received a bona fide proposition from a
medical gentleman for the body of Charles ;
j.iliuiteau. ? ? This gentleman. whose ; name
Mr. - Scoville declines to make known at
nrftsent has nfFfiiwi to nav dnWn'' imitifidf- i
ately 81,000, the amount of tne purcnase
money, on condition that lie shall . have tne ,
body of the prisoner as soon as the-exac
tions of . the law have been met, to be dis
posed of as he shall see ' fit; 1 He 'also
agrees to ' take : his chances of i waiting
one month, or twenty years for the con
summation of the bargain on ..Guiteau's
part. This somewhat liberal ; proposition
was submitted to Uuiteau " to-davi and :
seemed ; to impress : him quite favorably.
After reflecting a moment, he suggested, 'T
think I ought to bring more than that; per-
naps some otner fellow will oner a.UW-
Then 1 can pay my debts, and if
I have, tp
get a new trial that miserable Corkhill can;t.
bring on a lot of fellows just to swear how
much I owe them." The only persons ad
mitted to the prisoner's cell . to-day were J.
W. Guiteau, his brother, and a friend .who
accompanied him, . : The brothers held a
long cohf erence ins an effort to arrange, the
order of arguments to be. mad -before the
jury. ,. liuiteau not only msists upon speak
ing in nis own benalr, but iu making tne
closing argument for the defence.". He can
not; lie says, artnla- tete-stage leopardizse
his case by , allowing Scoville to, have he !
last say. , , ,
The Programme .for Saturday Arsn-
ments of Counsels Guiteau to be Al
lowed to Address the Jury.
" WAsmNGTONi January S.-The counsel !
lor : tne : oefence in tne Uuiteau ; case wul
present their law - points to Judge Cox to
morrow . morning. His . Honor will rule:
upon them Saturday morning immediately
upon tne opening of th3 court. jnr lJa
vidge will then make the opening argument
for the prosecution, which will probably
occupy the entire day. Mr Scoville will
reply for the defence on Monday,"' and will
be followed by Mr. Keed and by Guiteau,
who will be nermitted to address the iurv
if he desires to do so. Judge Porter will
make tne closing argument to tne jary.
Mr. Scoville remarked : this morning that
he did not think the arguments would con
sume more man tour days, if tnis expec
tation is realized the case will probably -go
to the jury not later than Thursday next. !
THE TKIA-Zi ' OF t XTTTEjL
The General PnhUe Scelnded from the
Court Room A ; Number ' of Ladles
. Obtain Seats aa. Members of the Rar
' or PressMr. Davidffe Opens the Ar
gument TTpon the IeKal Points Gnl
team sets up in Ui stirrups-1- Jsige
Porter Insists that the l.on-Enaeted
. Farce Shall StoplEtc..; -,; tj
, By Teleeraph to the Mornlne Star.l . i
Washington Tanuary' 7. None 'hut
members of the bar, - members 6f the press,
and those who are engaged upon this Case, j
will be admitted to-day, was the announce-j
ment at the outer door of, the court roomi
this morning. ' Every avenue to ' the' court'
room was caref.ully guarded, and ; ven the 1
policemen on duty indicated that the , day j
would be one of unusual -importance in the;
pruirress oi w inai. numuer oi lauies
succeeded in ; persuading Marshal Henry
that they were either members of the bar
or press; at least such would be the natural
inference, as the seats reserved for the legal
f mtftrnitv "wprp. .fji$rfclvt fiTlpfJ mfth I lswKfl
There was a fair representation of .the. bar,
though by far the greater., part of the audi-!
ence was. maae up oi ine geniier sex. rue.
court room was filled, "and with "probablys
the best '-representative-' audience- since the;
opening of the trial, in point of standing
and mtelugence .
' ' ' Mr. Davidge opened the argument upon
the ; legaF points. and!' was followed !wifli!
elose attention,! ..! - ' . it I ;. tt .-kt
The jury were told .by , the Judge that
they might be excused for ' the 'day, ' hutj
they preferred to remain and hear the.ar-
The pnsonerassured his counsel thai lie;
would not ask; to ;take nart !hl ' the legal
arguments : to-day, but'- he should insist
upon making any" comments he might deem.
necessary to set them nglit on- either were.
fi As the argument progressed Guiteau pre
tended to read a letter, .but. in, reality .ifol-j
lowed Mr. Uavidge with the, closest, atten
tion; The 1 few interruptions 1 which he
made were unheeded by counsel; save when;
Guiteau called out "1 .didn't 'know the
difference between right and wrong: I had
no' choice; if I had I would hot 'have' done;
it" To.thisMr. Davidge said "We will
nnma tn that Vtt utifl fT ; - -
, The first sensation of the day was caused
by the reading of the charge to the 'jury of
Judge Davis. Of New York. " in the Cole-!
man murder case! Judge Porter relieved:
Mr. Davidge, and read from1 a" "newspaper:
slip.; - ,J :J '" -"'j ;
.-. iMt.-Scoville.' with some impatience. -ob-!
jected tq any more such dramatic efforts on!
the part of Judge Porter, intended for effect
might asweu read a stumps speech : to : the
jury; that he, (Porter) knew that- if hadi o
bearing upon the case. . v .
ut course ne Knew n, snouted ui-s
teau : "and more than - that, the jury I de
hi -If
-.1." .." r -P.. :
cided the case directly against , the charge
Ul I1XC VUU1 1. . -. ,
i Judge Porter, repelled the, intimation, and
insisted, that this .farce which had so long
been Enacted"' by counsel for' the- defence
must ! now,- 4torx If .not, a-ebuked . by. the
Court it would be by others. v' , i
j uaee uo-x ' enaea tne aispuxe Dy saying
that the, ; matter tread was , undoubtedly, au
thority; its apph'cability to this case would
be conimehtedupon by counsel at the rpro-
pertime,. ,.!.. I V,lh-."''li - 'r
&a wr. uaviuge resumed uuiteau again
shouted -' 'I w-ant to get this thing right be
fore the jury.t :t Jlvervpne knows all,about
that Coleman case. The ': jury gave a ver
dict against thafe :chrge,1and tffia prosecu-
toon knew ijt wei V. . ,., , f, A - .
1 xne eneciwas eieciricai wnen jar. xjbl--vidgeiiin'
-the 'most; deliberate ind earnest
mannerr said; ''Your.Honor, this man was
for three weeks held up td us as an imbe-
eue; and now listen, to himi Tine noiionlv
knows--, the diHerencebetween- right . and
wrong! but he understands fully .the law of
tfhd-caBcc'i. iv-ff,t:f -.a A YU -m,- Jiii
.-Gmtu.V'lTSnatory matrtacthars Tiry
tsaseJ j 1 Uoim pretend rm insane now;?: 1 ve
ot as good a head: as you! oc Porter either,
icoville's a fool thousrhc tI i repudiate him
aaxlihis-i whole theory of- defenea-' All I
want is two oours before that) jury, and i
ean set this thing all ;right." ,s-nil'
Tueuscene'. was a;. lively i one for a lew
mmutea. Judge. Oex rapped for : order,
and soon iGuitean j subsided, : and Davidse
continued without , further interruption, to
the end x his argument' ; l ' i,
i i' CoL :Reed addressed, the Court in replv to
Judge Davidge;; and eonnned his argument
to tne. consideraxlon of two questions: nrst,
the : definition laid. -downs in . the Revised
Statutes of murder and-manslaughter,: un
der wnicn, if mauee be not proven; ne con
tended the. icrime would be manslaughter ;
secundL.tho application ton this case of the
-question of reasonable doubts ia connection :
with the plea of tnsaaity. : Col.tJKeed con
cluded . at a quarter past ,2 o clocis,- witn a -
peroration m wnicn nenaruredwitn a glow
ing! allusion to the latitude of liberty and ;
the far-reaching impartiality of law under
UUi 11 w UUUkUblVilO. , ,
Mr. Scoville, .upon ibeinsr. informed by
the Court that Jheprosecution were entitled
to the opening andcfoiing where both par
ties prayed instractiohsi called attention to
tbtjfact that the prosecution had made one
argument to which the iurv had listened
'this moTBiii 'ahd 'Would have some advan
tage Monday j while the defence probably :
u was a mere acciaeni, iiKe mr. uaviage s
cold in the morning, which allowed Judge
Porter tq ajr his eloquence .before the jury !
uiusi. ik couieui. w uiscuss luetse uues
tions in their absenay A lively and some
what sarcastic jcolloqwy between counsel'
ensued" The Court aid not think any re-1
section upon tne prosecution was intended
by Mr. i ScovilIe, sand put an end to the dis
pute by telling Mr. Scoville' to proceed
-with his argument, o Mr. Scoville criticised
severely tne action, of Judge Davis (in a
New York ca& just decided) in going out
Gf his wav.' as -heCScovilleysaid. to render
a decision that might be made use of in this
trial. " - '-'
Guiteau r" Yes ; and the jury in that case
went out of their way to rebuke Judge Da
,lpJVI VAXiU uou nut iuuuucu uu uu-
ment at 3 o clock, and tne court adjpurned
until Monday. ! -J'"'i- n ' :
Governor Cameron's First Message to
, the General. Assembly What ,he has
to Say About the State Debt and Its
Settlement. V'A :"
-! .r.ETelefflrjiuli'tothellojJflng 8tar.l,, ,
Richmond. ; January 6,' Gov. Cameron
sent in his first message to the General As
sembly to-dayr-Itt-it-he--Tecommends the
adoption without unnecessary delay of
measures' which shall provide ' for a dis
charge of public obligations upon the basis
set forth in the act passed by the last. As
sembly; and known 1 'as the - Riddleberger
bill. , ! ; Great misapprehension exists, he say s
as to the purpose of the people of Virginia
in regard to the final settlement of all the
controversy concerning tne state debt., As
he understands the views and will oi the
people, they do not intend to' repudiate any
.just obligation, but to assume and pay, that
I - i - .i..f. i i i t i l
portion oi. uie priuciptu. wiucu is unjpti
chargeable to the present state of V rrsrima,
and. to "restore . all classes of -creditors to a
plane'of equality. The true indebtedness of
the State, he says; should be determined by
competing rail interest to-toe cate oi setue-
ment, from the period when: Virginia lost
control of and ceased to draw revenue from
the territory of !West Virginia. -Second,
crediting against th sum- total of the prin
cinal and interest so obtained, the acknowl
i 'edged payments bu bothaoeounts made by
- V irgima. , i uia Bvau rue uyuc auu pruvx
ion made for theliguidation of the amounts
so tounu to' De one, bo cnarge oi repudia
jk . . m '..!.- w t: . i .m- ... 1
tion can be laid at the. door, or the people
of this commonwealth.' As "to the 'rate of
interest, which cart and should be paid on
the principal oo oooortainod -and assumed,
the Governor ssysi all. parties in the State
are agreed tnat tne .present rate oi taxation
cannot be increased, and Uhat careful esti
mates establish the proposition that three per
i- ' ! AT. 1 A. k- .? 1 1.
cent, la uie wrset iaxo iij. niteieau uiui van
be provided for with5 icertainty. f ;The Gov-
eraor concludes,, 'we are supported in - this
conclusion not onlv bv a financial exre-
rience of many 'years, but also by the. fact
that the proposed interest is as great as the
average rate raid bv the debtor class of the
world on public securities "at" the present
.oay,,.!.n 1'''"''lif',i'IT':'' " -?t 5
Rescue of a Portion of the Crew of a
Shlp-ineeked'KeaseWTlKeir : Endure
f Agonies from Runner and Cold'and
, jv m aa a mmm? afAVviij j t ssw - awva, vwi aav.
. to Allay Thirst. s ,f. , - r -
GibiJCESTER: -Ma8s'.'.! : January : O.-The
-fishing: schooner Cora Ie arrived at Pigeon
Cove yesterday, . bringing in a small open
boat and five ,of the ,crew.of, the schooner
Windsor. N; for 'Alexandria, Virginia.
with tfi eargo of plaster, .who were picked
.up yesterday morning ou the , eastern part
oi jenrrey s.jtsank, iorty mnes east oi nortn
east 'Of Cape 5 Ann: The' vessel shipped a
sea during jthe. storm ;on- Sunday night,
which smashed ill the" hatches; and; filling
iL 1 .1 J . . j fT.1 . , .
ine uuiUi Banii. iitir.tu me crew consisting
of eight men, took .to, .the boat.. Two of
them were deacLwhea picked up, and one
has died ;: since.. 3T he . three survivors
are badlv frozen ..and greaflv exhausted,
They' were itnprbpefly clad.5 " They had no
water and have been on a scant ' allowance
t; of food since -Supday. ' .The names - of , the
dead . men ,were. Charles Chapless, Horace
Small and a man called Patrick: The sur
vivors ar&Capt.' Paekard, 'William Hark
man, Allen: Small, A. B.- Henderson and
IFrank Hamilton , They tell a, terrible story
of suffering' from cold and' lack of water.
The sfcond mate-died last in the boat and
the crew, maddentjd syRh" thirst, opened his
veinB and'drankf his'blood.- They then
tossed stlie body j overboard.' :The captain;
and one man are so badly frozeU .that they;
ceiving every attention. ' y--;-m
. ', ';NO. 11
. j rs WASHINGTON.: : -
Gen. Flta John Porter's Justification
Grant's Aeknowledsment of Error
and Prejudice A Letter, from Gen.
Terry of the Scbofield Board of In
quiry. ', f ' vv'f-.; ,,l .r,, i-f:
- Washington, Jan. 5.-i-Senator Sewell.
of New Jersey, has' laid before President
Arthur a letter from Fitz John . Porter . to
himself, calling attention tp his . appeal for
vindication and asking the good office of
Senator Sewell in the matter. ! .With r Gen;
Porter's letterr is L one from Ge"n. Grant to
President Arthur",' in-which Grant says he
has recently, read carefully the testimony in
tne rorter courts oi rnqmry; and nas, given
tne matter -mucn Thought and caretut con
sideration; and as a result, has become oori-
ymced that he has for nineteen, years been
doing- injustice to a galltitntand efficient sol
dier, anp now feels it inpumbent upon him. to j
do au - in Jus power to renan the miustice
len. Grant feels this more strongly;- be- j
cause, he says, auriug; the, time her was, Gen.
emui me ariiiH. liuu.m -tus power to pro
cure for Gen Porter a? hearing" which he
only obtained at a Jater , period,- and i while :
President it was at any time in his pdwer to ?
have ordered such a hearing. Geiwi' Grant
here goes on to say;-i"In justification for
my injustice to Gen. Porter T can' only
state that shortly after, the war closed his
defense, was brought to my attention; but I
read in connection with it a sketch of the
field wherei his 'offences were said to. have
been, committed, which I now see, since
perfect maps have ' been made by the en
gineer department of the whole field, were
totally incorrect as showing the, position of !
the two armies.' I have read it and in con-1
nectioh. with; statements made on theTother
side against Gen. Porter," and I am afraid.
possibly with some little; prejudice in the
case,, although mmctcd upon any but the
most guilty, I am, very truly yours, ,
1 "u. B; Grant."
Among the , papers . submitted is a letter
from Gen. Terry, who was a member of the
Schofield board of inquiry, in reply-i to one
from Gen, Porter, conveying thanks for his
action as a member of that .board, in which
Terry says:f "I write'now to 'say'that it is
not thanks but pardon which )I should ask
from you.' ' 1 For years ' I did you wrong in
thought, and j sometimes wrong in speech.
it is true tnat tnis was tnrougn. lgorance, ,
I might have learned something at least of
the truth had I, diligently , sought it. If I
you nnd anything in my action as a mem-:
ber ot the board which you . can accept as
an atonement for the wrong which I did
'you, 1 shall "be more than gratified. ? "
" W ith - great respect and admiration,
am yours, most sincerely, 1 1 ' r
'. " ' ; AXPBED 11. TEEHT, " '
"Major General. " J
. Washington, Januarv ,6. The Presi
dent sent the following nominations to the
senate to-day: Samuel U. Parks, of Hew
Mexico to be Associate Justice of the. Su
preme Court of Wyoming; Joseph Bell, of
New York, to be Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of New Mexico..
The House Committee on Appropriations
met this morning and the following assign
ments of sub-committees for the considera
tion of the regular Appropriations bill, were
made : Sundry Civil-iliscock, Jiutier,
Worth, : f Blackburn. Jfavy Robeson,
Ketcham. Atkins.' Legislative, 'Executive
and Judicial Cannon, of Illinois Con
sular and Diplomatic Burrows, ..Robeson,
Cox.' i Army Uutterworth, Burrows, Jfillis.
x uaifUiuvc xsaa vv piy vau-uwi. -. -- Lxiii9.,. y -Indian
Affairs Ryan; Caswell,. Lefeyre. Pen
sions U JNeui, Kurrows, 1 ijetevre. Min-
tary Academy Blackburn. , Ryan; Butter-
worth. Fortifications Forneyv Ketcham,
Ryan. 4 District of idolumbia-; Ketcham,
Hiscock, Forney. Deficiency Hiscock,
Kobeson. Cox.. - -- ' '
'y The President sent to the Senate i to-day
the followme letter; from the late. Postmas
ter General, with regard to the responsi
bility of sureties upon bonds accompanying
bids and contracts for mail service during
the last four years : " . ''
; "Sir? I have the honor to transmit
herewith a (letter from Hon. George Bliss,
special counsel of the United States for the
prosecution of the Star Route cases, and
the report of Inspectors Tydball and Shal-
lews, detailing the result of a most Careful
examination into the responsibility of the
sureties upon bonds accompanying bids
and contracts for maU service during the
last four years. This report seems to show
conclusively that there have been imposed
upon the Postoffice-' Department (not less
than 13,000 bonds; the sureties upon which
were, with perhaps few exceptions; worth
less, and were known to the parties present-
Ingthemtobe worthless; s There is reason to
believe that the same parties will present - a.
large number of proposals at the: letting oi
mail service west or the juississippi rrver,
which is to take place on the - 7th of this
month, and I am advised that the Postmas
ter General would have no authority to re
ject such bids if regular inform, t While it
is impossible to properly investigate the xe-j
sponsibility of th sureties before the : time
when contracts must be awarded, under.
these circumstances it seems to me proper
that the attention of - Congress - should- be
called to this - condition of the -law.- and.al
change be made by which some power may!
be vested in the department to debar from
bidding persons, who have hitherto been en-?
gaged in such .practices. As; in order to
make the remedy effective at the next' bid
ding immediate action upon the - part : of
Congress will be required. I call your at
tention to the matter; instead of leaving : it
to my, successor. ; ; 5 i (.
- 1 "Very respectfully, -'''
f ,! - . "Thos. S. James.-
.; -! v; l-i:- "P. M. GeneraL
.. It appears generally conceded to-day that
ex-Senator- Sargeant - has been definitely,
selected by President Arthur' fori ;appoint-
ment as Secretary of the Interior. , It is
understood, however, that the nomination
will not be sent to the. Senate until after
the Senatorial . election in Iowa, towards the
enu 01 tne present month.
NEW YORK.
New York. Jan. 5. At a . meeting of the
Military Legion of the United States," held
last night at Delmonico s, a letter, from Mrs,
Garfield was. read acknowledging the re-i
ceipt of the obituary ' resolutions passed by
the Commandery on the deceaseQf the late
President. 4t ,..; , , '.'
' -' After the routine 'business' was transacted
a formal : reception was tendered , to Gen
Winfield Scott Hancock, acting commander-
in-chief of the order. The dinner was par
taken of by. one hundred and fifty guests.
Gen. Henry W. Slocum presiding. , Gen!
Hancock ! thanked his 'comrades, for the
nonor paid mm. i ne iestmues were pro-:
longed untu a late nour. .
Ill
DEATH OF. JUIGE BROOKS
District Court Judge for the iSastern
District of North Carolina. ' : i
fBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.l r
" Raleigh. N. C. Jan, 6. Hon. Geo. W,
Brooks, U. S. District Court Judge for the
Eastern District of North Carolina, died at
his residence in Elizabeth City, this morn
ing, alter a lingering illness, 1
.'gSEiTSP.mei-'1
:-. Snow was fifteen inches deep at'
Weldon. and the . mercurv stood at 12 de,
grefes below freezing. -v.
The Tarboro Southerner has
just begun' its sixtieth' year. A'good old
age that, and a good old paper besides.
"Frosty and kindly." it is still full of the
virility at -youth." Long may it flourish 1 '' -
Tarboro Southerner: The Jher-
niometer, was only;:4 degrees above zero
yesterday. Vr-'-'-Tarboro parties increase in
costliness and- elegance. - - One Tarboro
hat holds , nines ostrich - plumes. '. Our
third ward- hasOO voters and two commis;
sioners ;. pur second 125 voters and one com- '
missioner; but our first ward has at least 49
voters, and only three commissioners.""' jS;, l
Kockmchara Bee: . .- First thread
spun at the Leak; Wall & McRae Factor -
on Friday, December 80th, 1881; -' The'
llolmes family of Pee Dee village, .have,
had a 8eries"oi affirctions and bereavements
duringthe pastfew weeks.--ThejPTflrst took
measles, then pVeUmbhia: ? During the lat
ter d ays of last year two 'of the daughters
died ; Mrs. Holmes, the mother, died Janu-
J Ralei arh k 'Neios- Observer. 1 The
people of Wake intend to have a new courl v
house. They mean business this time, and
no mistake. '- - The 'AdiutahV General
has notified ail companies to send in then
annual, returns ot strength, retq., by-the
1 Ot.h iriat.. :" A' IfittAi frnirt ' .TiiHfrrt Ttntiil ;
directs the'iUnited Statefi - Circuit Ctwztito ;
be adjourned from the second Monday in
January to the third Tuesday in January.
wl&n he'expects;,to attend and "hear .theen .
ture civil docket. - r - ,
Raleiijh .JNew's-Observer : : Hts
tExcellcncy Governoi; ''Jarvis returned last
night from the eastern part of the state.
-The following prisoners escaped from
the 'Hillsboro'. jail:; John' ,W:; Smith' and
xnos.' pnipps, white, in tor horse stealing;
George and Joe Morphis. colored: larceny:
Philip Roberts and, Wm.' Thompson,"," col
ored; larceny juiisha Hasiuns,. whue, lar
ceny; Dock Jones, colored, larceny: ; lioan
Shaw, celored,. and. James; Jones, white,
failed to escape. . -": !. ' ,'V"i -
Elayetteville, ,Meaminer:S. -We
learn that CoL Wharton J; Green: has been -eminently
successful at the Atlanta Pair in
competing for: premiums: for the wines of
to-day-i-taking four-fifths - of .-.'those for -
which he. was contending. ; -1- It appears '
from the annual ; statement of the trade of
Wilmington, published, in another column
of .this paper, .that its business as a cotton
market is on the increase,-- whilst the naval
store business , is declining. : '1 A similar
change is going : on in : this market, and in
the Cape Fear country it is evident that tho
production of naval stores is giving way: to
that of cotton. , Yet it will be. many a year
before pitch and turpehtine will altogether
cease to - be important; productions in our
Stated . -. S. .
; Goldsboro essewo'er."-. The ne
gro who robbed the : store - of Asher Ed
wards has been captured and is now m jail.
He says ' other parties were implicated in
the robbery, sheriff ; Grantham: is ' after
them:' ' Sunday morning last found out :
city covered . with snow to the depth, of two
and a half inches- -Mri' J. D:- Came
ron; late of the Durham Recorder; "paid us
a short but pleasant ' visit .Tuesday; and j we
were pleaseu to learn that he contemplates
connecting himself with one of the leading
papers in w estern Carolina. A corres
pondent .writes oh the 2d inst..: Our un
usually quiet little village was thrown Into
great excitement last Saturday evening. It
seemed that ' everybody wanted to fight.
Knives and sticks were freely used, though
no serious damage was done.1 -'- 5 V
A letter from Philadelphia1 to
the Baltimore limes gets 0$ the ', following:
Gov. .Vance, , of North : Carolina; was in
town the other day and while- here met In
the person of a hotel "waiter, a negro; ad
vanced to middlegei'-whom he had known.
down South. ; He had made a few pleasant
remarks to the colored man and got led: into
twitting him about religious matters on
which the darkey spoke with some fervor.
"Well now, Joe," said the Governor, i ' 'do
you really believe in this matter of election
by God, that you speak of?" . "Deed I. do.
Massa Vance," said the negro seriously,
with a shake of the" head; ; Well, do you
think I am elected to be saved ?" "Scasly
know; Massa Vance; but I : nebber "heered
of anyone being 'lected what wan't a . can
derdate." , ' ', ,
; Mr. A. D. Gaylprd, Mayor, of
Plymouth, has written a letter to the -' Go
vernor giving a history of the late riot, Mis o
letter closes as follows: On jthe following
day sheriff Spruil arrived "with a posse .
hastily summoned from the body of . the ' :
county!, I at once issued warrants, against
Matthew Wilson, Cain Jenhett; " Elias Jen- V
nett, John Johnson and Albert Nixon. The
sheriff, with his posse, arrested them, .and ;
fearing an . attack, upon the jail here, I
caused them to be confined in the prison of
Chowan county. The negro named Gus
Wuhams has absconded and thus -iar has .
evaded arrest, I should have notified your
Excellency of the facts supervening the
sending of my telegram. . but for the fact ,
that I could not do so before Friday, . when '
it was too late", nor is it to ! be regretted,
since the presence of. the troops ? has had,
and I trust will continue to have, a ' very -salutary
effect. 1
; Weldon News: Mr; Morrjs, the
mail, carrier between Littleton 1 and Ring
wood, was carelessly handling a gun at Mr. :
Joe Dickens', near Brinkleyyille, on Mon
day, the 29th ult., .when one barrel was dis
charged; 'and the load passed through his
boot and foot. ? Dempsy Bryan, of
Enfield, one of the parties under indictment -for
alleged election frauds iw this county, ,
some time since went to - Baltimore to live,
having obtained a position in a wholesale ;
store. He was arrested there: last - week
and brought back to this county, where he y
readily gave a bond of .,.$2,000 for his ap
pearance when wanted at the Circuit Court.
On Tuesday of last week Mayor Emry :
received a telegram from Mayor Johnston,
of -Littleton; asking him to arrest Peter -Little
and George Starke, colored, who had' :
dangerously stabbed a man and -: escaped.
Officer McGee caught them and sent, them -to
Littleton the next day, and after an exam- ..
ination they were Committed to await, the
action of the grand jury.
t -r Warsaw Brief Mention: A son .
of James F. Shine, Esq., of Faison Town
ship; aged about fourteen years, had both
oyes severely, if not fatally injured by the :
.explosion ; of a bomb of some sort, with - .
! which he and a lad named Herring were ;
Playing -. ; The store of Alex. Powell,
Esq., of Reed Ford, Sampson county,. was
'destroyed by fire on the morning of , the - .
27th ult.,, together with its entire contents.- .
-Mr. . James W.: Loftin, living near
Bowden's station, ; Faison: Township, lost "
his dwelling on the night before Christmas.
Most of the furniture was saved. The fire
was accidental. No insurance on the build- .
ing1 - According" to the last census re
ports Duplin county raised 830,437 bushels
of corn; 6,132 bushels of oats; 1,931 bush
els of rye; and 6,292 bushels of wheat.
According to the last census report
Sampson county raised 486,768, bushels of
Indian corn; 6,297 bushels of oats; 2,086
bushels of rye; 7,970 bushels of wheat, -r- r
. Whatever will build up a large city or large
cities within our borders will certainly build
up the whole State. . If the company fail to
complete the work it has undertaken, it will
be compelled to do a great deal, and all it
does will put the C. F. & Y. V. R.- R. that
much nearer completion. It will be done
sometime even if this company fails-, but we
hope it will be done within the next three
years. When completed ' Wflmington and
1 the whole State will take newt and rapid 1
strides in the march of material prosperity.