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ILIITEBACT.
The c
?nsns ol l0 shows that
there was
7 per cent, of whites and
4 per cent of colored in the United
states who could not read. Here are
a - - J . - . i . V . I " " . .
the statistics for the South. They
show thej per cent, of illiterates: ;
- White. ! r Colored. i
No Per ctJ No. Per ct
...111.767 16 321,680 53
Alabama. I
Florida. .
..10,763 .13 30,420
..128,934 15 391,482
..214,497 15 133,895
..'58,951 12 259,429
.. 53,448 11 319,753
47
53
49
53
49
51
51
48
48
49
Georgia. . I.
Kentucky j. .
Louisiana!..
Mississippi . .
North Carolina. .192,032 22 271,943
South Carolina. .- 59,577 15 : 310,071
Tennessee . . . - .216,227 : 18 194,495
Texas. . . g . ; . . ..123,812 . 10 7 192,520
Vmrinia.1...... 114,693 13 315,660
WesrVirginia... 75,237' 12"; 10,18939
Look at Northi7 Carolina - and then
say yonjare not ashamed -of the facts
given, pot only does North Caroli-
na leacy m illiteracy5 1 amon s the
whites,
hut behold ' how great, the
Tennessee, her j daughter.
distant!
i -
per, ceni. : better off, whilst
is -. live
i . - i
Other Sfcites are from fifty, to seven-ly-tive
er cents in advance. -Will
our leading men remain
such a disgraceful exhi
satisfied with
exhibit? One; of
the oldjthirteen original ' States,,and
I 1 -, ;. i - .
vet North Carolina is far. behind her
youugc
sisters in the race of Ihtelli-
ii J
We hope the more intelli
gent editors will not cease to make
war ripen this shameful condition of
things, i Twentvi-two per cent, of the
whites are as ignorant as the slaves
that hve been i liberated, and less
than 400,000 is' .expended annually
for cnrtg ther dangerons and off en
sive evij. .!! n
The fntelli gent white people should
bestir themselves and demand larger
and better : educational - facilities.
When the State has been . provided
with the means to educate all then
it will te time enough to talk about
a law to compel those to send their
children to school who have neglected
or refused to do so. : In the- mean.-
- f . ' i-.- . a- -
time we must have more ; money. : It
must be had., Either the- taxes must
be increased so as ' to 'enlarge - the
school? fund, or i the - State must ob
tain help from the public .lands or
other I sources. ; The point ' in-hand
now il the 'necessity" of an t increase.
We tike it to be too plain to require
argument that illiteracy! is :an evil;
that the evil abounds in North Caro
lina, and that it is the part of states
manship to relieve or. eradicate . it.
How jthis shall be done is a question
worthy of the most - patient thought
and f a most i enlightened' people.
'The pTAE ha? long essayed' to push
on the ball of educational progress,
and it proposes to continue its efforts
front time to time. Vwv . . i
AT THE FOOT;
" pn may rest assured that the com
moil schools of North ' Carolina wUl
ner be what they ought to be. until
more money for educational pur posei
has! been secured. The time of school
- ingf must be extended and the quality
of the instruction mnst be improved.
In fcther words,! first get more money,
and, second,' have "a higher . grade 'Vf
teachers emoloved. The nav for teach
. -..is very low.f.. You can not get the
best work in any department without
prosper remuneration. Pay your teach
erslbetter, have the1 gf adei of qiialifi
caton made higher, have the exarai
nations conducted rigidly by qualified
i examiners, if you wish to see. good
rlresMtsf f -
IfCt us for a moment; institute ; a
comparison as to the length of school
terms and the pay of teachers. New
Jersey has an. average of -194 school
day ; -Rhode Island, 182 days j
"Michigan, 150ldays California,': 149
days North Carolina, as is to be tsx-
,'pected,':is at th- footi'.with ,only 46
days.l -As to -j pay - North ' Carolina
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VOL. XIII;
fihows : the same backwardness the
same . criminal , .neslect.V:; Whilst a
new-tate like-Nevada pays $83.50
per month , and :CaHf ornia : pays $69
per month, North Carolina is .content;
to give her children such instruction!,
as can be procured f at $2 per month
less than the commonestmechanics
get less than the. colored mpn get in.
W umington who labor on the wharf.:
Teachers are; expected to .feed and
clothe themselves ' and many of them
to walk miles to tlid school houses-at
a" pay f . $5.50 a week; oi 78 cents
uay. ) a-ure asBameqiu puuuM
such disgraceful faetsc.cphcerning-
North Carolina. , . . i i .
Look at the matter in another way
in order to see how very neglectful
North Carolina Is " of ; her. children.
Massachusetts appropriates annually
$15.28 "for ' the schooling : of each
child. : v California, a new State : com
paratively,' provides ' $12.44. And
now ? what do you ' suppose North
Carolina' provides ? .'The magnificent
sum of 79 cents for each child. "The
most ignorant of all . States provides -
less than all others' for the 'education
of her children. "We hold our heads
down in shame1 at the exhibit-f i
Where is the remedy Our poli-
ticians are afraid to lead the people
in this matter, the most important by.
odds that concerns . them. vJ Our poli
ticians are far more concerned with
their popularity than J they are with
the illiteracy of the people ; . As long
as the candidates for office refuse to
.i t ,
take open ground in favor of a high-
grade of schooling, with' better
payt for teachers, and : longer terms
for the children, we . fear there will
be no; substantial progress. ; Dema
gogues-areTal ways flattering the" peo
pled They take care to 1 swim with
the current. ? As ,'ignorance is in( the
ascendant in many communities and
sections--you find the so-called leaders
dumb as oysters : as to a higher taxa
tion for school purposes. The talk
about leaders being needed, is true.
Bat the leaders , needed : are men. jof
courage; .men of devotion to! ithe
people's true ' interests; men who
dare do-right in evil, corrupt times;
men who tell the people plainly what
their duty is;, men, ,who enlightened
themselves, are able to describe
the curse of ignorance and to! point
to the remedy, r ' - ; ' , ,
, If a much larger fund is not raised
in North - Carolina' for the education
of the children then' no - very import
ant results can be xpec ted f rom the
present - very imperfect . . common
school system;' The' fund must come
either from the? tax-payers or from
the Congress. ' , (' , .
The whites are Being taxed to edu
cate the negroes. .This ought notr to
be 'necessary because the rich North
that liberated them ought to perform
this dntyV-? Until this is one then
their pretensions of "devotion to the
true welfare of.' the colored people 18
all sounding brass. They " free' Tthe
negro, give him the: elective franchise
without -qualification', and r then leave
hini f to struggle bn in 'the quagmire
of; ignorance and , supei'stition. t The
whites in the South are hampered by
the t ignorance o the' negro. tl They
have tens of thousahds:of their own
numbers to educate or J havq them re
main in a 'condition "'of the' profound
est ignoranceaJA-isJbut fair that
the Northern edple' should assume
-at once ,theT;xesponsibUityyd dijty
whieb belong tettheini inti5premises
shirked thisu responsibility ami duty
far too long. , i
It is a fact- that the negroes' ,them
i8elves "are doing but' very : little to
ediitiate their children'.' They' vote,
but the: great mass of - them - pay. no
poll tax. f In a word, they are igno
rant and their children are ignorant,
arid stillithey . pay !-nothing' towards
' educating? them: T"; This V educational
question is the. greatest of all oft the
questions now" concerning our 1 State,
illnless active measures are adopted to
elevate the standard ; of- teaching and
to secure longer school terms and .to
induce the people to ay ail" themselves
of the voppOTtunities; afforded them
for edttcating their .'childrn , then
North Carolina swill-remain at the
tail end;-'a;'ilaning4tD.ck,W'iiho8e
f 'witlings i iwho have.-, soiiongsvtime
def amed ' her.? :; JMore : money
needed. Ilow-shall it be seenred?
is
,Mrf Archibald" Forbes', lectured in
Baltimore on Thursday, night "to an
addienefip
gence of the city,M says thenS'im. :
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WILMINGTON, N; t!., FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, ;1882;
-According to- the New .. York
'Wbrld8 correspondent ,at-Washing-"
ton thef Democrats 7in Congress have
agreed ' to reduce t both the internSil
revenues j and the -tariff; -'They 'will
not commit' the unpardonable tlun-,
der of wiping out 1 the one-jand yet
leave the other ,in the hands ofa-mO-nopolistc,
committee who will try to
stave off a thorough revision of the
tariffjuntil-188.4 or-85; and ; as ',inucth"?
longer aa possible. The plan, is- to'
place ar tax of 50 cents' a gallon on
.. i ...iJ J i :.j.. i i-i-i .J-J I: j ...... . ...( j
whiskey, but the tobacco tar will not
be touchedL If this, turns1 out! to be
true' 6''rHacgglTlgan tirHy iir-j
'deep distress.",: The" plan "is. to rense
the tariff thoroughly andto cut down
the excessive duties,' and to place cer
tain articles on the ! free lists Such
Democrats as Voorhees, and ineh who
aspire to leadership with; no- more
balance and wisdom than the In-
dianian will kick up. Let em kick,'
say. we.
The?letter of Mr.. Benjamin- rela
tive to the supposed Confederate
funds in Europe will settle the ques
tion for all time, wesuppose. There
are no funds, and so there is no value
to be attached to Confederate bonds.,
Those who r bought ; recently1' were
sold badly, whilst those who realized
from a sale, made that ' much clear.
The bubble has bursted. I -
North Carolina stands tiptoe
to
see who comes next in the
grand
parade of Mahone racers. Thns far
only twd are on the track and they
look already - as if they had run a
few races and been beaten. ;
The Demands Upon Blrs. Garfield.
. A gentleman of tLis city, having noticed
the suggestion of the'Washington Post,ns it
appeared in our last issue, to the effect that
Mrs. Garfield might . be Induced to give of,
her abundance in aid of a certain 3 worthy .
charity, has -shown us a private letter from
a member of the late President's family,
which shows that Mrs. Garfield has been'
subjected to almost constant importunities
for aid, of one sort or another, ever since
her husband's death, and that, while she is
disposed to do all the good she can in a
quiet way, it would be an effort of no "littljS 1
magnitude for her to attempt to meet ond
tenth of the demands upon her. It is hoped
the suggestion of , Col. Waddell may be
carried out, and a r handsome subscription
secured in Washington for the1 benefit of
Mrs. Sneedcn. It would be better still,
however, if a special pension could be ob
tained from Congress to meet his case. I
By the way since the above watf written
we learn that 31 r: Sneeden has a petition,
already quite numerously signed, asking for
an appointment as messenger in the Treasu
ry . Department at; Washington, and it is
thought very likely he will get the position.
Foreign. Shipment. : (-.-
; ' The following comprise the foreign ship
ments from this port yesterday : " The Brit
ish barque Geo, Davis, CapL. Malloy, for
Liverpool, by Messrs. Alex. Bprunt & Son,
with 2,442 bales of cotton weighing 1.187J
956 pounds, and valued at, $130,000; and
the German barque Albatross, 1 Capt. Siebe,
f or.Lirerpool,' by Messrs. T'&terson, ' Down
ing. & Co., with 2,733 barrels , of tar and
250 casks of spirits . turpentine,; valued, at
$12,940.64. Total value of foreign exports
for the day! $142,940.64. ...
'-, -r The British barque Geo. - Dam Capt.
Malloy; takes- out the largest cargo of cotton
'shipped by any one sailing Vessel this ' sea
son, and , the entire lot was shipped; by
iMcssrs Alex, fiprunt & Son. 1 r ' . 5
Accbrding to 'British 4 statistics "two
"thousand and thirty-nine shipwrecks took
place throughout the. world : in 188V or,, on
an : average,; six; a- Klay."': The value of the
property lost is' estimated a one thousand
four hundred 'milllon i dollars an increase
-of three hundred and fifty-nine vessels over
1880 and -of :about: five- hundred million
dollars 'in' property.!!.The'.loss ; of .life also
was. - very ' great, the figures .being - four
thousand one hundred and thirty-four per
sons, which!, include., ofljeers,'. seamen .and
passengers. Great Britain was the severest
safferen more than one thousand of her
vessels' having been destroyednearly tWo
hundred of which were 'steamers. I The
year just Closed waa one of the most tem
pestuous ever experienced oh the ocean.-'
Foreign" Shlpmentt. " . '
The following comprise the foreign ship
ments from this port yesterday : -,'Tlie Nor
wegian barque Saron. Capt, " Christiansen',
for Liverpool,1- by Messrs. D. R. Murchison
& Co.; DeRosset & Co.V and Russell & Pot
ter, with 1,748 rbales of - cotton; weighing
803,108 pounds; and valued at $91,308', and
tho Norwegian brig' Retfulntcn, Capt Olsen,
for laverpooly hyMessrs D, R. Murchison
& Co., with 1,080" bales of cotton, weighing
509.570 ixyunda and valued at $56,053. To-
tat value of foreign exports for . the ,-day.
$147,361. , '. j . . t
Cotton Heeelpt. , . . ,.
- r 4-Tha receipte of cotton at this port for the
: week ending yesterday "footed Jup 2,864
bales, as acamst 2,078 bales . for the corres-
ponding.weetlastyear. 4.- t- .: ,,
Thus f ar ;qdnrinsr the erop year the re
celpts have footed up ' 111,927 ' bales, - as
against ,097432 1 .bales.!.up',to, January 24th,
1881i beidg an v incaase hus.Kiar of 12,495
bales in favor of 1882. f f - 1
''-TJ"'' ' ft j''" II" MIL - , 1 V IV , 1 I i-M' ! "7 " -'It " 1
jjX- )1 A jl - -T:' Kiy Jli: -iiillto"'-
. . 1IES8 DOINGS. - r
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A Udr In Bladen . County Nearlv
.Bnrm4,to DttthoMuraw Euap or
A serious accident happened in the neigh-
hdrhood of South River, Bladen'" county, a
few nights. $go. ..Mr., Ifloyd "Johnson, left
home for the purpose of attending to some
business, and during his absence his wife
aid down with her . .child jon.a, .pallett made;
:on the floor betoro the fire, where ; she -fell
asleep. - Soon- afterwards she awoke .to find
that the lire 3 UfldJ corapnnicated to, her
clothing. ,She jumped up with her. gar-f
meats in a light blara ' and ran hither and
thither, ; powerless in ' '.the. ; embrace 4 L
4.Ua".firy... nuMwtia-fclw ingge4Jier,
in; its" deathly folds. As' 5 good fortune
would have it, just as the critical moment
Mr. Mitchell Johnson,, a relative, . who hap
pened to have business with Mr Lloyd
Johnson; approached " the house and saw
through the window what .appeared to be a
solid column of fire flitting backwards and
forth.-' He- tried thedoor and found it
ocked, whereupon he ; rushed ; against it
with all his strength and forced itopenjlle
found Mrs.1- Johnson in a fearful condition, !
with -, the ? fire blazing above her ' head
nearlyi to;,, the ceiling, .Luckily, j? there
was a bucket of water close at handwhich
he dashed over her, and soon had the satis-'
faction of , seeing the fire entirely- extin--
guished. He now turned- his attention to
the pallets ' which was also .blazing with
fire,! while the little- child was screaming
franticallyi but fortunately . the flames had
not communicated to her clothing, though
she : had suffered 'considerably froms'the
heat. , ' ,i , 1 ,
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Mrs. Johnson at last accounts was in a
critical condition, with but small hopes of
her recovery. But for Mr. Mitchell John
son's timely arrival : the- house and ' all it
contained would have been burned "to
ashes.
Gone Home. , "
The Columbus county sensational bubble
has burst. The lasttscene in the drama in
which the young -man Wheeler and5 the
ittle ten-year old daughter of 'Mr.' Luke
Cartwright figured, and which;has created
no little stir in Columbus and-some. of the
surrovHldlngcounties (some; mention of.
which was made in this paper on Sunday
morning last,) is depicted in the following
postal from a gentleman of this city, under
date of Fair Bluff, Columbus county,' Jan
uary 18th : ' Mr. Cartwright and daughter,
together with Wheeler, are here, on train,
en route for home. , Their relations seem
tob rrTeflffly.- - v,
. Since writing the above we find a special
telegram in the Charleston News andCourier,
from Sumter, South Carolina, under date
of January 17th, .giving the details of the
alleged abduction of the little girl, as they
have already appeared in the Star, and
stating that a request had been ' received by
the Chief of Police from Mr. Cartwright to
arrest the man and detain, tho little girl, who
were last heard from at Florence and be
lieved to be on their way to Sumter. ..The
telegram adds :: . '.' The i Chief ; of n Police
went Immediately toWedgefield, and, hear
ing there that two persons had been seen
on the railroad track, started afoot in quest
of the fugitives, and had just come in sight
of them when. the Western-bound freight
train came thundering along.: , The father
of the girl was on the train, and, seeing his
child, pulled the bell-rope and. made the
capture in person before, the heavy train
was brought to a stand.-; The angry father
was prepared to' wreak vengeance on'the
kidnapper, but was persuaded to let the law
ake its course." 1 u ' A
Warehoow and Elevator. " " '.- . - r
The Champion Compress and Warehouse
Company have erected a warehouse and ele
vator on the west-side of, the river, nearly
opposite their place of business in the city,
which is how about complete; It is'suppliea
with Hunt's' Automatic Railway and Elevator,-
the two working, in : connection -with
each other; The new arrangement was ope
rated on Wednesday'and again yesterday,
and found to act like a charm.? jiThe . build
ing is 246 feet long, 45 feet wide 16 feet
deep, and has a Capacity of from 6,000 to
7,000 tons,- with a shed attached with an ad
ditional capacity of about 1,000 tons.'! The
building was erected and ', everything plan
ned, ana put m position oy ,.Jir. ,i onu,
Hanby, of thiscltyv ! n A:! i'
An Appeai lh Benalf of m ;tVortHr
We find Ja'the Washingt6n ' JPostt 6f ! the
15th insi nnderj.Uie head :of ? "A,AWorthy
Charity," a letter from Hon. A. M. Wad-
rdeH!slatliig the'ciCBm8talc1s, ofthettnfor
thnkteacddnrjhaVeirfrV John A.
Sneeo'en.Ioi 8cjtylluffiriH6,fe5alute
m honpr of the martyred President? ir Sep
tember last, and suggesting that-6'subscrip
tion be started In the capita? city (in his be
half Col. i Waddell addss ; '.'He. has been
kindly taken care of here, but his case does
hdt come under "any; existing provision' of
law; 'and! the. Legislature i does, .not meet
resrularlv- for., a year yet - to . come." : To
- which the Post rejoins': W e could uoti nn
aeriaKe w open ; a regular suusenpuou. ior
the object suggested' as Worthy, as it doubt
less is--but : we- will fake pleasure in for
warding' any .subscriptions that may be
made -by; our readers, ta. ex-Congressman
WaddelL Mrs. XJarfleld might be wQUng,
out of ner abundance, to give a handsome
. , ; - , -,v- -r - fi r,.i;., ,4 Jj.it'l
. " pa-nwa r
'W!e- ieam ".fromJ;:the, Charlotte
06rtrlthaVRcv Dr. . G.' -D. Bernhehn
formerly of "this ".city, was unanimously
elected. President, of j the-3 North Carolina
Coltege,: located at i MtLPteasant Cabarrus
county,' on Wednesday last.' ' " ' " '
THE TRIAL, OF GJIITEA U.
The Accused RIakes his Usual Speech
Berera to and . Expresses Thanks for
Recent Decisions In New Tork. Co nrt ,
of Appeals IaTr.: Scovllle's Arsament
Contlnned'litsecntlonCharsed
with. TTnYalrneis - all- Throttgh' the-
j - By Teleirraplx to the Homing Star.) f
Washingtojt. Januarv 19: When the
Court opened .this morning Gulteau made
his usual speech, and called attention to the
recent decision in theiNewTTork Court of i
Appeals, and. said :in i the r name r of the.
American people, and - American judiciary,
he ' desired to thank the arentlemen of the!;
Conrt'df Appeals.-'' ''S?!""'" I i
Wri: Dcovjllo resumed .his arerument. and
complained .that -theprpsecution failed o.
call "detective' MelfreshlT tecause. his'evir '
dence' wOnld liavb' beeft '!of i service' to the" !
ninseme. --H &1sb eharged'the prosecutidn. -j
with unfairness all through the trial;--'! -Mr.'
Scoville proceeded, apparently going'
over the same ground he bad 'once before.
traversedfto show that the prisoner's morals,
had been correct and his life proper up to
the point when, , as j he (Scoville) .claimed, -the
evidence pointed to unsoundness f
mind. He dehuoteathe Oneida Commu
nity and their vile' practices. The' defence
could' not summon any of their iveoDie as
witnesses, but, said Mr. Scoville. with the-
telegraph and all the power of the Govern-
ment. at their back, if there , had been ta"
single immoral or vicious act on the part of
ousjjiiBuuci .uuitug bucBiA. jemo jue was ta
the , Oneida Community,, , .the prosecution
would have produced witnesses to show! it.
Counsel ' for - the "prosecution continually
badgered the speaker,'; who-1 as frequently
digressed from-his :argument- to respond ;
as a consequence the thread was so ..of
ten broken it was a matter of some diflicul
ty at times to detect any logical sequence in
the argument,:: It, is' understood that the'
defence will, at the conclusion of Mr. Sco--ville's
speech,1 renew the motion, to allow
the prisoner to address the jury and wfll
ask to be heard hr support of the motion.!.
The effect of this, if permitted by the Court
will be to consume another day.r Allowing
two days for Judge Porter, and it is 'more
than probable that he : Swill require a third,
the case will Jiardl v eret to the iurv-before
Wednesday next. ; ,.vt;i ;t-1 ..
Mr. Scoville Besomes ills Areument
for the Defence Dr. Samllton'S Tes
timony Reviewed -"Word Passage
Between Opposlns Counsel. ': :. (. j
-' By Telegraph 'to the prnlng Star.J ;
WAsnroGjXBsljAnuary-20. Mr. Scoville
resumed lus arBTnent itoiday. sdrlevcalledi
attention to the testimony of Dr. Hamilton,
and said from the Very start he had pervert- i
ed his own testimony, and studiously made
use of the strongest adjectives; showing the
intensity of his, feehngs; against the prison
er." He pointed 6ut seventeen, instances
where Dr. Hamilton had used strone adlee-
tiyes -ivhere none were needed. Mr. Scoville
continued to review the evidence and Was
frequently interrupted by District Attorney
Ctorkhill, and several " word passages took
place between them. 1 ! 1 "" ;
Mr, , Scoville continued to discuss the
subject of head.diagrams, and the proeeed
in?3 were becoming somewhat tedious,
when they were enlivened' by the prisoner
Hig. first utterance was from ' some icause
postponed until ;naTf;past' ll 'clocks . He 1
had been busily .engaged Th reading, papers
when' he suddenly took advantage of a
pause and called out; !'The District Attor
ney has run out. of money, r Ha can t pay
these fellows tilths can :et an extra appro
priation from Congress. fLaughing.1 They
iad.beter stayed jnr New York. jThey .
will go home. with, less money than they
expected. Sefyes4 them right." I
Mr. Scoville proceeded, to -anticipate the
argument of Judge Porter and to point ot
to the "jury -the fallacy of the argument
which he predicted J udge1 Porter . would
advance to support the theory of the prose
cution and ( to secure the hanging of Gui
teau. '. " , ':
In conclusion? he said?- It has often been
said that our jury trials are .farces, -"and :I.
have in my practice frequently heard it said
that the ury system ought to be abolished
uecause juries maue iuisuiK.es; oecause mey
are influenced by advocates v: because they
are influenced-Trnot ' by justicej not by:. evi-dence-but
bv the last sneech : hut:' f ffentle-
men, I thank God that there was', a- time
When our ingusn ancestry stood up against
wrong .and injustice and wrested from a
despptic.king the right Of trial1 by jury, and
I have never vet seen the time when I would
wish ,tq, see ,that right abolished.' 1' feel-
more secure ana more sate in ,tnis ;moge of
administering justice' than in any other, So
long as juries 'are h'dnest. it does not require
that you should have read Kent or ' Black-
stone. 7 it requires tnax you snouia nave non
est hearts' and clear heads, and above all that
youjshould be.feat3.ess to find for the righi
regaraiess or ,wnar may comef ;regaraiess
of whether vour ' fellow men may:' approve
it or tiot. a This is What r 'expect of you,
gentiemen,'.vand'L'beeye that .y6n!"l !dp
it. i-leave tne-casewith yovr, gentlemen,
mauRiug V7 u iui v uui uuu abwuiiuu !
'.V-At'-' the !c6nchlsi6n;'iof Mr. "Scoville's Re
marks District Attorney Corkhill withdrew
his, objection to.Guiteau's addressing the
Court, and Judge Cpx announced that he
would permit 'him1 to speak',' which he will
probably do to-morrow.' J : !; , !
Te Prisoner Beads Bis Speech Which
,:.was Given to- the Press on Jdonday
j;I . Ji.: By Tel0npfatol;h&Jforninff Star.).': r a )
WASirnira,r6, January 21.- In the Gui
teau trial to-day. the - prisoner made a few
introductory; remai'ks.and then read liis
Bpeecti published on Monday last v At the
conclusion ' of s thgJ reading the tJourt 'ad
journed untirMOhday. Stud: sjor -i ...Ixw f
In the Guiteail trial, t-day, at ah intima
tion from Judge Cox.1 ;the .prisoner care
fully arranged hls glasses 'and with a flour
ish began vto-read irom manuscript as fol
lows: "The'Hbecutidn pretendthat I am
a wicked man. Mr; -Scoville and Mr. Reed
think-f affia- JUhfttft and lpresume you
think i;am;t? I scertainly.Tvas.ra ilunatic oh
July 2nd, when I fired at the President, and
the American people generally, and l pre
surne;ybu, -thiak:i wisi Can you .imagine
anything: :more, i insane : than my going to
that depot ; and: shooting the rresident of
the? United; States ? t : You s are here to' say
Whether I was sane tor insane at the mo
ment I fired that shot .' You have ndthing
to do:iw3mmy:.lconQitional)efore
that shot was firerllvi You must say byyour
verdict; sane nr.insane at'the? moment the
shot was.firedV -- ILyou nave any.; doubt of
jnyi sanity at' then moment, : you: must Tgive
me the benefit of.that.:doubt and " acquit.
.That is,i ; it yea: Jiave i any 4oubt .whether
lirnredsthats snot; w.nr? as vi-tneat agent
of the Deitv. If I fired it on mv own ac-
:ceuntljwas sane; if Hired, it supposing
jnyselt the agent of the Deity 1 was insane,
and -voai must -acquit i This is the law. as
given in arecent decdsion of ; the New York
Court , of ( Appeals. It. revolutionizes old
rules and isa ewindri forward m the law
of insanity.-?5t is WDrthy; o tMs -nge of
railroads, . electricUy and telephones and .it
well wmesJfromi the. progressive ;State pf
New'York' f J do not hesitate to say that it
is a' special providence, in my. favor, and
I ask .this ' Court . and '- jury to consider
it. Some of the bestr "people of America
NO; 15
think me the greatest man of ;this age, and
icciuig is luwiug. 4.iievt -ueiievt; ill
S V inspiration, and that Providence and : I
have really saved the , nation ; another war.
My speech-setting -forth in detailmy.de-'
fence was - telegraphed Sunday to; all the
leadinar naDers and nuhliRhed Mnnflav
tng,.and; now I am permitted by his Honor
w ueuver n xo you fAS;ne -reacnea mat
point-1!'! have alwaysserved the Lord, and
whether I live or die" he broke down
completely, stopped; tried to choke dowh
the rising lamp in his throat, but found it
impossible to keep back a genuine sob, and,
taking out Bis handkerchief , he buried his
face in it for a few-seconds, wiped his eyes.
anu, jiu a ueteruiineu eix on,-sxariea on
againi Mrs. .Scoville was' deeply affected. .
and wept and . sobbed bitterly fori some
:' cdjEDERATE R6XdM
Ietter troitaaltEty, Bensann Selatl vo, to
-the Valns of 'TheserSaemtties Nt
. Penny f to be' Fonndla' Enrope Bo
JoocIdk to -, th Confederate CrOTeri
ment How the Financial - Agents
SnflTered. ' " " , i" "t '. J.
, : i By Telegraph to the Morning Star. J- V -j
Nbw Yorkv Jan; 20. The followinn is
published. here to-day: J
Barlow: I have yours of the 15th inst, and
have no obiection 'whatever to pi vine vnii'
a.11 the information I possess on the subject .
oi i;onieaerate oonas, whicn some specula
tors on the Stock Exchange have made the"
subject of inquiry on the rumcirr sedulously
spread abroad, that there are vast sums det
posited in the Bank of England". and else-'
where- in Europe. . The Confederate Go
vernment never -i had but ' two means of :
Taising money in; Europe; one waJMby the
export oi .cottonf, all of which, was con
signed to the house of Frazier, Trenholm &'
Co;, - Liverpool: the other was bv- a loan ef
fected through Messrs., Erlanger J& Co aiwl
iscnroeaer b uo.r tne proceeds oi -wnicn
were.i all received j by ; AJolm J. i jlac-;
Rae, .: financial agent , of. the . Govern
ment. fAt'- the close of f"the-f " war
the United j States Government-Iclaiming.
the right to receive the entire assets. of the
Confederate; Government- instituted!' suits
against , Frazer, , Trenholm. Co.', I and
against MacRae. After . determined .and
protracted litigation, Messrsj Frazer '-Tred-
nolm & Co. werC ; driven: into bankruptcy,
as uieir wnoie uusiness was uesiroyeu anu
their credit broken by the ' apprehehsioris
created in.themercan$le,world.:ot the; ;re-.
suit of .the, enormous claims .hanging o ver
them when they really owed Uttle ' or no
thing. ,riAnd. I think, the United;.,. States
ultimately recovered a few thous
and ; dollars . as the compromise; ' Mac-.
Rae proved in his r case ; that, he had ren-.
dered a full and faithful account to the
Confederate Government: of (the: entire pro
ceeds or the loan- in the payment of sup
plies and munitions of war to various Com
missariat and jquartermaster officers in. this -country,
and or the, coupons on the bonds,
but he was ready -to render' his accounts
over again if the United States' would agree
to reimburse him any balance found due in
his favor. This, was declined. The case
is reported in Law Reports, 8, Eg. 69.. . I
; PooriMacitae, in shattered . health and
With a few hundred, pounds,, the wreck of
his. toitaneiriKn
duras. where he souerht ?to arn support
on a small stTE-JfarnTbut dTea. tojextrem'-
,ly reduceu -circumstances..- A lie lasti pay
ment of coupons oa-the Confederate loan
was ; only effected, after . great, effort, by
means o cotton sold.ii through ; Frazer,
Trenholm & .Co., as all proceeds of the loan
had long previously been exhausted. : . i
: The Ii 85.. Government also recovered
some supplies, machinery, and several ves
sels, in fact, everything that remained from
the wreck ; and In do ; not believe J;hat one
penny! is to be found anywhere in Europe
of the assets of the defunct Confederacy. If
anything can ever be recovered by the bond
holders it can only be by government action
in the United States, and you can judge bet
ter than 1 if there "is the remotest iiope of
- f .--i-':: xours; taitmuiiv. J - r v
To S. L. M. Barloic, Esq.
Wain 'Vsivk ,
VIRGINIA.
The Court of Appeals Confirms a Death
Sentence Strange Grave Bobbery A
Doubtful Story of .Murder, and Bob
hery. f . , , j '
By Telegraph to- the Homing Star.) ' ? 2
DANvixSrTanurv ' 211 The Supreme
Court of ; Appeals has sustained the ; act Of
the Hustings Court and the Circuit Court of
rittsylvania, under which Dock w right will
be hung unless the Governor interposes. In
February last Wright, in a fight between
Joe Wrieht and 'Austin Adkins, at a Coun
try store, rushed into the crowd of bystand
ers with a large suck, brose the head ot pne
man. the arm of -another, and -killed J. C.
Arthur. -lTocKrwasTrounag murder
in the Hustings Court; "and the writ of error
refused in the CircuittJourt !,v jJ i:- -u I!
Nbwv YORK. January 21. A Lynehburg
(V a.) special states that tb body of a: youn
man, "nT"w1 HitfgMP'tf wh"'h wng bune
about January,! near mplmS jlepQt, in
Appomattox ,"county."fias"nnken jrrom
the grave and carried away without any ciue
being left as to tne motive oi tne need or tne
naimAtmfA s i . . . - . .. .. i- " i 1. r . 1 !
Another Lynchburg special to the Herald
tells a strange: and aouDttul story 01 tne
murder of a wotnan -near Central Depot,
Montgomery :-eounty, on the r Norfolk: &
Western . Railroad, , last Wednesday. On
that day. the woman; whose name ; is not
given, received a sum of .'money, ancTwas
knownita haveat m ,ner,possession.,:ibne
.took it . to ;her house,: where ; a gentletnaii
occunied a room in the upper part of the
building.' : Hearing loud and threatening
noises duringhnight, this man came
down ; stairs and I found the landlady lying
dead on the floofof her apartment, with her
throat s cut v The story - goesj bn, to relate
tiiat the man followed the mnrderers.with
a doubie-barreled gnn ana' snot ' two
sons, who Proved to be women .dissuised in
male apparel, I and who; had visiteoVthe-
nouse ior xno 'purpose- 'Oi"' Btjcuring uie
moneys h.;T?; j. ; , ,v Hrf!)- fj
- LYNcnsutWr-Jaaaary 81 ' Diligent in-;
quiry fails to .confirm.the reported horrible
WASHINGTON t r ,
Action of the Senate Committee on the
. ' ' r i . t- .fat
,-. Application of Mrf Iilneoln.,.!
IBy Telegraph to the Mornine Star. .,
WAsniKGTOJr, January 21. The1 Senate
Xtommitteepii Pehsiohsoay unanimous
ly agreedtto report a bill,1 erantinff to1 Mrs
Lihcohi $15,000 in cash' to be available im
mediate! y.r 4 ' also.; providing-' that from and.
r after thd enactment of ; this bill her pension
snail be at the rate ' of sa.ooo per annum
for the remainder of her life,' in Uexi ;pf her
present, annual ' pension ,vpf . $3,000. The
cash payment of $15,000 is to he granted as
.a.relief and not as arrears of pension.- . v
I A detective left New- York1 Friday .for
Mobile, Alabama, with John J. Thompson.
the telegraph operator who defrauded, the
Western Union of $12,000. -
f
IISirililTjientine.
Asheville Citizen: The death of
aoajher sterling citizen tnpst beannoUCed,
Thomas L. Lenoir died at his residence on,'
Pigeon rivert Haywood county, last Friday.
'phTiMevdtfsi&er fitthero are
at present in attendance upon the white
graded school in this city about 190 1 pupils
some 40 in the male department and 150
in the female department v Last night
..rauliheMarkham'arfd , her .! company 'gave
what purported to be '.a representation; of
the 'Two OrphansUiad it.is- difilcult to
say which excelled? the cutting or butchering.-
Seyerarof the" most important "parts :
of the piece were omitted and that portion '
gven was sufficient to condemn the rendi
,tion in the estimation -of all who have . ever
,seen the play given correctly. i tr -
tDurham JPlatit ''Save mo from ,
my friends" was the exclamation of a man
Thomas M.. Holt, of Alamance, might well
iathl3-'seOJmem 'Sdftia 'Sealous hat in
discreet friend has written a card advoca- :
tingJiim for GoYernorJ Now, CoL Holt
may be a. very proper man for the place,
-but,. unless he chokes off: this letter writer,. .
as a candidate he will be laid out cold as an
iron wedge long before- the people begin to
. tiiink about the next gubernatorial election.
- MrV ChaSt Price,? the senior member
of this firm, is!a eonttrmed - invalid, having
been a sufferer from. a chronic caseof big-. :
head ;! since his accidental election to the
speakership in 1876,? andj hiaT capacity for
usefulness has been -so greatly jiimiuished
by this sid hiflrmity that4-nW;.we fear it
wiU.'effetjially prey'ent ' his affordinff any .
material assistance - to. his partner in : the
accomplishment of the purpose for which
they tare, associajed, Col. Wnu Johnston,
the next member of this Sweet-scented part-
nership, is chiefly - remarkable for the un
tiring persistency with - which he continues
to run for.office, and the unfailing uniform- - '
ity with; which he is defeated. 1 ? : ': '
!; i Tf.alpitrh ?fcir.a-f)h.Hit' And
now they say that Judge Buxton has the in
side track. But who knows? . We hear
from one source that Cooper is about to get
jthe appointment, and yet the. Greensboro
Patriot says. that Cooper's star basset. -
The Tth'ahniversdty of the Euzelian and
. Philomatheskn literary societies of this ad- '
"mirable ' institution- will ',be , celebrated on
; Friday, February 17. siA public debate will
be held at 2 p. m... -MaJ. Charles Price
is credited with saying1 at Washington that .
, he would not under any circumstances c- '
cept : a Democratic nomination for Con- ,
gress.i What! never? ; Hardly ever, i Gen
erous MajCr Pnce.. Declined ;with thanks, ;
but j not offered.! ; - -Before his . Honor -Judge
Gilmer yesterday the suits -brought
by the Public Treasurer : against the ; Wil
mington and Weldon Railroad Company,
! the-Petersburg ' Railroad - Company, the
Raleigh and .-, Gaston Railroad; Com :
pany,. and the SeaBoard .and Roan
oke f -Railroad -' Company. - ' were ' taken
up r 1 an ifi discussed. ; r Major : John , W.
Graham .represents - the ' plaintiff, assisting
the Attorney General in these ases.U Hon;
:George Davis and Major, C. M. Stedman
appear for the'Wilmington & Weldon Rail
road: CompahyJ Hon. ; A. S. ;Merrimon for
,tne Raleigh. & Gaston . and Petersburg-Railroad
1 Companies, ' and '.' Hon. - David ' A.
Barnes! for the - Seaboard & Roanoke Rail
roadCompany. These " cases involve the
right ! of the 4 State to levy a franchises.' or
privilege . tax upon: the defendants,:; The
levy is resisted by the defendants; on the
ground ihat in the Original 'charters, of these
companies the -State has .wholly exempted
them from - taxation, which is a common
defence with all these 'companies. " As to .
the Raleigh & Gaston, Petersburg, and Sea
board & Roanoke Railroads ,' there are addi
tional-defenses, which remain yet-' to be
J mi - P . 1 TITM . . tr
argucu. iue; ase -. oi : me. ) umingiou oz
Weldon Railroad is the only one . as vet .
fully- argued.. These additional defenses
wUlfh.argnd Jthis morning ',..4,. t
r- Ooldsborb-ilcscn7J?V We learn
that'lMrW: Lof tin! -whose !"! non&e 'was
destroyed by Are recently in Duplin county, !.
was insured .to : tne amount oi if too,, - j- -
We regret to learn that, owing ' to"a" disa-
greement on the part of the publishers, the
GreenvilWJrire hag .been temporarily
uspehded.t-:.Mr. .Whlchard hopes to be able
soon to resume its,, puoncation. . : - l he .
SOttiiiNjCiRegunent; reuniohT at ?Faisbn .
last' week ;proved a very pleasant occasion. ;
The negro Jerry Cox, who t-turned
State's, evidence in the Worley murder trial
in 1878, is now in jail at Nashville for the
murder of the white woman at Battleboro,
particulars of .which were -given' in this
paper a week or two age. . Col. John
ston wants'to goto .Congress and would like 1
for Mr. " Arthur to help him. He will be
more1; effectually buried than Zeb. Vance '
buried him 4n therubernatorialvrace of
1862 f and as for Price well, the poor fel
low feels badly, because he irho longer ap
preciated by the Democrats of his section.
This will be a bad year ; for Independents,
-i Snow Hill correspondent :: Prof. " W. :
L. Hargrave, whose death you announced -in,a
former issue of your paper, as having
occurred in our village-- on the morning of
the 6th inst.-, was one of the:; most learned
and - accomplished ,, gentlemen 4 of not only
the State but Of the South.1 '.-In variety and
extent of r information , he had few . equals.
He4 was a mathematician of extraordinary
powers.- He spoke French with the ease
and grace of a native born Jfrenchman.was
a splendid Latin and Greek scholar, and -
was well acquainted -Witn Italian, Aierman,
(Spanish and fortuguese.- Chemistry, med
icine and law received; much of his atten- -tion,;
and he was an admirable historian.
(We kew Wm--a! ntan of genuine talents
and accomplishments. ' He wrote well, and
even aspired', to versification.. He left one
or more books m manuscript. otab.),
-jNew1 Berne iVetos: ;The Nor
folk papers give currency to the rumor that .
John Robinson, v of lb$ ''Silent Syndicate,"
has bought out the Old Dominion Steam
ship Company', for the Bay Line, Seaboard
& Roanoke, - Raleigh & Gaston,f . Raleigh & -Augusta
and Carolina . Central Railroads,
constituting the 5 "Seaboard Inland ' Air
Line." There is some reason in the rumor.
,Maj. Robinson controls some five hundred
mites or railways Deside nne ijay Ltne or
steamers, and, his railway traflic centering
at Norfolk and wilmmgton, requires a
steamship line: under; his own control. If
such an arrangement as this should go into
effectr the New York' steamers of the Sea
board i Inland Air-Line would; run with
regularity and frequency to Wilmington in
Connection with the Carolina Central Rail- T
way.i as well - as - to Norfolk in cbnnec- .
tion with the -Seaboard & - Roanoke rail
road, "and prove ' quite .'an acquisition -to
the .commerce- of 0 Wilmington.!
We believe that a reduction of the . whisky
.'tax' to fifty cents a gallon: 'will in great
.measure, stop the system of blockading. At
all events we favor the reduction. :: -Thc
war wages between the Stab and News and
'Obserwn : The former tries to pin the lat
ter down, but he is top much like the Ir
ishman's flea, and always was: Yon can't
I put your finger on him, for his cohiDius can
prove any osiuoa vn any , sudjcci.---- ' 1
The monopoly organs are trotting out'Tfcm
Uolt-ioruoyernorratheT. early. .The Col
onel ' is' president of the North Carolina
Railroad Company! and is, or was, - a live
monopolist. , r- It is rumored that Capt.
Octavius Coke, chairman the State Ex;
ecutive j commhteeialarmedvat the defec
tion in ranks? -deekeato call a meeting of
bis. committee f but that a portion :of the
f cpmmUtee. is. divided, and split, up on tho
muuupuiy question, t a corresponaent
Hi. 11 m . - r
b iruiu pionewaii, :.or,ine; icrn; writes;.. ; Air.
Joseph j M Cabo, ex-shenff of Pamlico
county, died Jast night about 11 o'clock, of
pneumonialjuyl toayAt.. 12 ,M., Mrs.
j V kginia,Cabo,-.wife of the above deceased
"died 'Of heart' disease.!' aggravated bv the
! shock; of 1 her j" husband's ' deathi" " The 5 re
mains of both are . now - lying in the same
room. - .-.'..........